Pāṭṇā plates of Mahāśivagupta Yayāti year 8 EpiDoc Encoding Amandine Wattelier-Bricout intellectual authorship of edition Amandine Wattelier-Bricout European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Berlin DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00022.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 DHARMAbase Grant by the king of a piece of land situated in the northern part of the village Talakajja included in the Sanūlā viṣaya in the Kosala country together with the bed of the lower flow of the river and extending to its borders on all the four sides in favour of a brahmin Kāmadeva, son of Narasiṁha and grandson of Harṣam belonged to the Kaśyapa gotra zith the pravaras Kāśyapa, Āvatsarā and Naidhruva, student of the Mādhyandina śākhā of the Vājasaneya caraṇa, immigrant from Mādhvāka and resident of Jalajaḍḍa situated in Kosala. Written with the permission of the Mahāsandhivigrahin Rāṇaka Dhāradatta, by Utsavanāga, son of Āllava and incised by the vijñānin Mādhava, son of Vāsu.

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Oṁ svasti. śrī-viniīta-pūurāt kaṭakāt parama-māhesśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-śrī-mahābhavagupta-rāja-deva-pādānūudhyāyīparama-māhesśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-paramesśvara-soma-kūula-tilaka-trikaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahāsśivagūupta-rāja-devaḥ kūusśalīḥ. kosśala-deśe. sanulāviṣayoya-talakaj jagrāmasambandhīturadāśānarīya nadī sameta-bhūmiś catusśīmayākṣipreptavataḥbrāhmaṇān sampūjya catadviṣayīyaniṣiddha cāṭabhaṭapraveśakasya. gotrayakaśyapāvatsānaidhruvapravarāya. vādajaśena madhyandina śaākhādhyayīine. mādhvīlavinirgatāyakosalajalajaḍḍavāstavyāya. śrīkāmadevanāmne. harṣanaptre narasiṁhasutāyasaliladhārāpūuraḥsaramācandratārārkkakṣitisamakālopabhogārthaṁ mātāpitror ātmanaś ca puṇyayaśo 'bhivgaddhaye tāmraśāsanenākarīkr̥tya pratipādīita Ity avagatya yathā dīyamāna karahiraṇya bhogabhāgādikaṁ dadadbhīiḥ bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prativastavyam iti. bhāvibhiś ca bhūpatibhir dantttir iyam asmadīyā dharmmāagauravādasmadanurodhāc ca svadantttir ivānupālanīyā. tathā coktaṁ dharmmaśāstre.

vbahubhir vvbasudhā dattā rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ. yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaḥṁ. mā bhūd a-phala-sśaṅkā vaḥ para-datteti pārthivāṁḥ. sva-dattāānāt phalam ānantyaṁ padara-dattānupālane. Āsphoṭayanti pitaro valgayanti pitāmahāḥ. bhūmi-dātā kulejātaḥ sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati. ṣaṣṭhiṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmidaḥ. Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca dvau tau narakāvāsinau. Agner apatyaṁ prathamaṁ suvarṇṇaṁ bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūrya-sutāsś ca gāvaḥ. yaḥ kāñcanaṅ gāṁ ca mahīñ ca dadyād dattās trayas tena bhavanti lokāḥ. bhūmiṁ yaḥ pratigr̥hṇāti yaś ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati. Ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau niyataṁ svargga-gāminau. taḍāgānāṁ sahasreṇa vāja-peya-sśatena ca. gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena bhūmi-harttā na sśudhyati. haratie hārayed yas tu manda-vuddhis tamo-vr̥taḥ. sa vaddho vāruṇaiḥ pāsśais tiryag-yoniṁ sa gacchati. sūuvarṇṇam ekāṁ gām ekāṁ vā bhūmer apy arddham aṅgulaṁ. haran narakam āyāti yāvad ābhūtia-saṁplavaṁ. sva-dattām para-dattām vā yo hareta vasundharāṁ. sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate. Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇuḥ vrahmā somo hutāsśanaḥ. sśulpāṇis tu bhagavān abhinandanti bhūmidaḥM. sāmānyo 'yanṁ dharmma-setur nr̥pāṇāṁ kāle kāle pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ. sarvaān etāna bhaāvinaḥ pārthivendādrāN bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmabhadraḥ. Iti kamala-dalāmbu-vindu-lolāṁ śriyam anucintya manuṣya-jīvitañ ca. sa-kalam idam udāhr̥tañ ca vuddhvā na hi puruṣaiḥ para-kīrttayo vilopyāḥ.

parama-māheśvara-paramabhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-paramesśvara-soma-kula-tilaka-trikaliṅgādhipati-śrīmad-yayāti-deva-rājasya vijayarājye sāmvatsarāṣṭame maārggaśiramāse śuklapakṣe trayodasyāmaṅke samvaT 8mārgga śudi 13 likhitam idaṁ tāmraśāsanaṁ mahāsandhivigrahi rāṇakadhāradattasmāsyāvagatena Uthītāsanī śrī Ucchavaṇnāgasa rmpaṇāllavasutena. Utkīrṇṇaṁ vijñānī mādhavena vāsusuteneti.

sambedo jalaja-parṇṇa-jalaṁbhā jīvitaṁ maraṇa-santata-sasthaṁ. bhoga-muktīratināṁpravilokyāḥ kīrttayo nr̥patibhir na vilopyā

Itiḥ.

so bhū-nr̥paḥ soma-kulāvbja-bhānuḥ svabhāvatuṅgo nija-pauuruṣeṇa. yaḥ kosśalā-pālana-kaumudindu vijitya caucaidyānvitatāna lakṣmīṁ. rāmāharāścedipa paddha ṭāN sa bhaṭṭapeḍi prabhr̥tiN muṇḍaṁ nihaṇyāhita śarvva-rāmañ sa lakṣmaṇo rāma Ivāptasetuḥ. tasmāta suto viṣṇur ivājaneṣu sa durga-rājaṁ mbīvighaṭa-pralāpaṁ tr̥ṇāya ca Icaidhyaṁ vata manyamāno dagdhāṁ ḍahālā vijanīñ cakāra.

He, who shines as bright as the sun in the Soma-kula, compared with the lotus flower, is naturally high (svabhāvatuṅga) for his prowess. His reign in the Kośala country is as pleasant as the sweet beams of the full-moon, and he acquired the goddess of wealth (Lakṣmī) by defeating the Cedis.

This verse renders two meanings, viz. one referring to Rāmacandra (of the Rāmāyaṇa age) and the other referring to the king of Cedis (Lakṣmaṇa) Rāmacandra entered into the forest with his brother Lakṣmaṇa by tying jaṭā on his head, by losing his wife Sītā (Lakṣmī), by considering Virādha (a giant of that name) to be his enemy, and arrived at a far of place in South Asia named Setu, near Rāmeśvara (Sarvarāma).So also, the king of Cedi (Lakṣmaṇa) tied jaṭā on his head like on ascetic and entered into the jungle in the fear of the Somavaṁśin king, Svabhāvatuṅga. He (Lakṣmaṇa) also considered Bhaṭṭapeḍi and other Virādhas (the arboriginals) as the enemies, (for which reason) he lost his Lakṣmī or the kingdom and wealth and went to the far south where he took shelter in a Śaivakṣetra (sarvvārāma)

His (Svabhāvatuṅga's) son was born like the Viṣṇu, and, having valued the turbulant Caidyas (the kings of Cedi) or Durgarāja nothing more than mere straw, burnt that country, ruining it to desolation. Svabhāvatuṅga's son has been compared with the divine Viṣṇu who killed the epic - Caidya or Śiśupāla in the Rājasūya-yajña, performed by Yudhiṣṭhira.

The set is preserved in the Odisha State Museum. The photos are available here.

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