Kudopali plates of the time of Mahābhavagupta year 13

Author of digital edition: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout (amwb).

Summary: Grant of the village Loisarā attached to the Śiḍāṇḍā maṇḍāka by the Rāṇaka Puñja, son of Vodā, devout worshipper of Maheśvara and belonged to the Māṭhara family, who obtained fifteen pallikās by the grace of the goddess Kāleśvara and acquired the five mahāśabdas, in favour of Nārāyaṇa, son of Janārdana, immigrant from Hastipada, student of the Kāṇva śākhā, belonged to the Kauṇḍinya gotra and had the pravara of Mitrāvaruṇa. Written by Pūrṇadatta, son of the śreṣṭhin Kiraṇa, an inhabitant of Lenapura.

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Latin (latin)].

Repository: Somavaṁśin (tfb-somavamsin-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00026.

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00026.xml.

Version: (39eae9b), last modified (ad9b176).

Edition

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peṁṭāpahālātalikitamvolabholichatrasatau∥

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⟨1⟩ Oṁ svasti⟨.⟩ śrī-yayāti-nagare pa¿ma?mamāhesvara-paramabhaṭṭā-

⟨2⟩ raka-mahārājādhirāja-pa⟨ra⟩meśvara-soma-kula-tilaka-trika-

⟨3⟩ liṅgādhipati-śrī-mahāśivagupta-rājadeva-pādānudhyāta-parama-mā-

⟨4⟩ heś⟨v⟩ara-paramabhaṭṭāraka-m¿ā?hārājādhirāja-parameśvara-soma-ku-

⟨5⟩ la-tilaka-¿tr̥i?kaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahābhavagupta-rājadeva-mahī-

⟨6⟩ -pravarddhamāna-kalyā¿n?a-vijayarājye trayodaśa-samvatsare {Ā}trāṅke sa-

⟨7⟩ mvata 13 (vvā)maṇḍāpāṭ{ṭ}ī-samāvāsakāta parama-māheśvara-maṭhara-

⟨8⟩ -vaṁ¿ṣ?odbhava-kula-tilaka-k(ā)leśvar¿i?-vara-lavdha-prasāda-pañca-daśa-pallikā-

⟨9⟩ dhipati-samadhigata-pañca-mahāśavda-māṇḍalika-rāṇaka-śrī-puṇja-

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⟨10⟩ (vvo)ḍā-suta⟨ḥ⟩ kuśal¿i? giḍāṇḍā-maṇḍala-prativaddha-loIsarā-grāmya

⟨11⟩ sa-garttośara sa-jala-sthala sāmvra-madhu sa-(vā)ṭṭa-viṭṭapāranya cā-

⟨12⟩ tuḥ-sima-paryānta Ācāṭa-bhaṭa-praveśa sarvva-vādhā-vivarji-

⟨13⟩ ta sarvvaoparikara-karāvāṁ-sahita vrāhmaṇāṁ sampujya tatra pratinivā-

⟨14⟩ sino rājaputra-talavargi-sāmavāji ca sarvve janapadāṁ

⟨15⟩ samājñāpayati viditam astu bhavatāṁ hastipada-vinirgata kauṇḍi¿ṇ?ya

⟨16⟩ gotra mitrāvvaruṇa-pravara ka¿n?va-śākhāddhyai bhaṭṭaputra-śrī-nārāyaṇa danārdana-suta

⟨17⟩ sasaliladhārā-puraścareṇam a-candra-tārkārka-khiti-samakālopa-

⟨18⟩ bhogārttham mātāpitror ātma⟨na⟩ś ca pu¿n?ya-yaśopivarddhaE tāmra-śā-

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⟨19⟩ sanenākar¿i?kr̥tya pratipāditosmābhi⟨ḥ⟩ śāsana-gauragaura-

⟨20⟩ vā dharmma-gauvaṇā ca bhavadbhī pratipālanipā tathā coktaṁ dharma-

⟨21⟩ -śāstre vahubhir vvasudhā dattā rājana sagarā⟨di⟩bhiḥ yasya yasya yadā

⟨22⟩ bh(ū)mi tasya tasya tadā phalam mā bhūd a{ḥ}-phala-śaṁkā va⟨ḥ⟩ para-dateti

⟨23⟩ pārthiv¿a? sva-dānāt phalam ¿a?nantyaṁ para-datānupālane śaṣṭiṁ varśa-

⟨24⟩ –sahasrāṇi svarge (m)odati bhūmida∥ ⟨Ācchettā cānumantā ca⟩ ⟨tāny eva narake vaset⟩ bhūmī yaḥ pratigr̥hṇanti yasya bhūmi

⟨25⟩ prayacchati Ubhau tau punya-karmāṇau niyatau taṁ svarga-⟨gā⟩minau∥ Āditya varu-

⟨26⟩ ṇo viṣṇu vrahmā somo hutāśana śūlapāṇis tu bhagavāṁ mabhinandanti bhū-

⟨27⟩ mida bhūmidātā kule jātā sa nyas trātā bhaviśati Ubhau tau punya-ka-

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⟨28⟩ rmāṇau niyatau taṁ svarga-gāminau∥ taḍāgānāṁ sahasrāṇi vā-

⟨29⟩ japeya-śatāni ca gavāṁ koṭṭi-pradānena bhūmi-harttā na śu-

⟨30⟩ dhyati∥ harate hāravate yas tu manda-vuddhis tamā-vr̥ta sa vaddhaḥ vāru-

⟨31⟩ ṇai pāśai tiryag-yoni ca gacchati∥ sva-datt¿a? para-dattām vā yo

⟨32⟩ hared vasundharā sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bh¿u?tvā pitr̥bhi⟨ḥ⟩ saha pa-

⟨33⟩ cyate∥ Iti{ḥ} kamala-dalāmvu-vindu-lolā śrīm anucintya manuṣya-ji-

⟨34⟩ vitaṁ ca sakalam idam udāhr̥taṁ ca vuddhāḥ na hi puruṣaṁ para-kirtima vilo-

⟨35⟩ pyate∥ ∥ lenapura-śreṣṭhi-śrī-kiraṇa-suta-(pū)rṇṇadat(e)na Idaṁ tāmvraṁ yalikhi

⟨36⟩ taṁ

Apparatus

⟨7⟩ -samāvāsakāta • Kielhorn 1896–1897 suggests reading samāvāsakāt.

⟨10⟩ °grāmya • Kielhorn 1896–1897, n. 15, p. 258: “From here the arrangement and the details of the text are quite incorrect. What the writer meant to say, would be about this: loIsarā-grāme brāhmaṇān saṁpūjya tatra pratinivāsano rājaputra-talavargi-sāmavāji⟨kādīn⟩ sarvān janapadān samājñāpayati | viditam astu bhavatāṁ ⟨yathāyam grāmaḥ⟩ sa-gartoṣaraḥ sa-jala-sthalaḥ sāmra-madhūkaḥ sa-vāṭa-viṭapāraṇyaś catuḥ-sīmā-paryanto cāṭa-bhaṭa-praveśaḥ sarva-vādhā-vivarjitaḥ sarvoparikara-karādāna-sahito hastipada-.”

⟨23⟩ pārthiv¿a?⟨āḥ⟩ ⬦ pārthiva K. — ⟨23⟩ ¿a?⟨ā⟩nantyaṁ ⬦ anantyaṁ K.

⟨32⟩ bh¿u?⟨ū⟩tvā ⬦ bhutvā K. — ⟨32⟩ pitr̥bhi⟨ḥ⟩ ⬦ pitr̥bhi K.

⟨33⟩ Iti{ḥ} ⬦ Itiḥ K.

Commentary

avagraha and virāma are absent in this set. Kielhorn 1896–1897, p. 256 bases his datation on the particular form of the initial vowel e and states that this inscription cannot have been written earlier than about the first half of the 12th century A.D.

Bibliography

Primary

[K] Kielhorn, Lorenz Franz. 1896–1897. “Kudopali plates of the time of Mahābhavagupta II.” EI 4, pp. 254–259.

[R] Rajaguru, Satyanarayan. 1966. Inscriptions of Orissa, vol. 4. No place: Sri Sarada Press. [URL]. Item 37, pages 237–241.

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