# A Stray Plate of a Somavaṁśin or Telugu-Coḍa Grant from Kelga

Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Author of digital edition: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Contributor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00035

Repository: Somavaṁśin (tfb-somavamsin-epigraphy)

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00035.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-10-07 18:12 (dbc7acc), last modified 2026-09-09 14:25
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## Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨1⟩ pramukhaḥ catvāri sīmantajānapadāḥ| ṣaṣṭhīgābhurapramukha⟨2⟩taḥ|
yathārtha⟨ṁ⟩ mānayati| sadād¿a?⟨i⟩śati ⟨ca⟩∥ viditam astu bhava⟨3⟩tā⟨ṁ⟩
roṅgaḍā-maṇḍala-vuravuḍā-grāma-gudhvamālakhaṇḍakṣetrakahna⟨4⟩purakhaṇḍakṣetrapraviṣagr¿a?⟨ā⟩m¿e?⟨aḥ⟩
catu⟨ḥ⟩sīmāyāva¿ḥ?⟨T⟩|
nidhy¿o?⟨u⟩panidhihasti⟨5⟩danta¿vā?⟨ṇya⟩ghracarmanānāvancara⟨sametaḥ⟩
sajalasthala⟨ḥ⟩ sam¿ccha?⟨tsya⟩kaccapa⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨6⟩ sakh¿a?⟨e⟩
ṭaviṭapa⟨ḥ⟩sakhallaUn⟨n⟩ata⟨ḥ⟩ sapadrāraṇyaka⟨ḥ⟩∥ sagulmal{l}a ⟨7⟩
t¿ā?⟨a⟩⟨ḥ⟩∥ sa¿A?⟨Ā⟩m{v}ramadh¿a?⟨u⟩ka⟨ḥ⟩∥ satantalika⟨ḥ⟩
satālak¿ai?⟨a⟩ḥ nānāvr̥kṣa⟨sametaḥ⟩ śā⟨8⟩sanīkr̥tya pratipādita⟨ḥ⟩∥
kumārahārīt{r}a-gotrāya pañc¿a?⟨ā⟩r{i}ṣa⟨9⟩yapravarāya∥
mādhyandinak¿a?⟨ā⟩r¿ṇṇa?⟨ṇva⟩śākhādhyāy¿a?⟨i⟩ne sāvathamaṇḍala ⟨10⟩ |
mahuvālīvin¿ī?⟨i⟩rgatāya∥ kamala-puravāstavyāya∥
bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩a-pu⟨11⟩tra-jayakaraprapautrāya∥ bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩a-vidyākarapautrāya|
bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩a-putra ⟨12⟩ Udayakaraputrāya∥
bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩a-putrābhābhakaraś{r}a¿śa?⟨rma⟩ṇe∥ vidhiv¿a?⟨i⟩dhāne⟨13⟩na
sa⟨ṁ⟩vidhāya| tām{v}ra-śāsanena p⟨r⟩atipādito pāraṁparthak⟨r⟩a-bhāga
⟨14⟩ tasarvavacanena∥ ya⟨Page 1v⟩⟨15⟩thā kāṇḍātkāṇḍ¿a?⟨ā⟩tprarohantī| yā
¿s?⟨ś⟩atena pratanoṣi∥ Evaṁ rā¿c?⟨j⟩a-śāsa⟨16⟩nena pratipādita¿ṁ?⟨ḥ⟩|
Evaṁ vadhāḥ parāvahama parato vaṁśakāreṇaḥ ⟨17⟩ ṭha yāyasmād
anurādharmma∥ (gau)ravā na tena vi∥ Anyepavādhaḥ ⟨18⟩ raṇeya∥ tasyāg⟨r⟩e
ko’s⟨t⟩i dha⟨r⟩mmavit{a}∥ śāsedr̥ṣā dhamahi nada∥ ⟨19⟩ tāsavijaṁ
sasyamedini∥ yāvatsuyakathālloke tāvatsagemāda⟨20⟩yata∥ vedavākamayā
jāhvā vadanti∥ śādevatāḥ∥ bhūmihatā tathā⟨21⟩nye ca| Aho mohana mā hara
yathāyaṁ patitaḥ śakra| tena vendati ⟨22⟩ sapati| Evaṁ bhūmikr̥ta dāna|
saśe saśe prarohiti∥

1. Anuṣṭubh

Ādity¿ā?⟨o⟩ ⟨23⟩ varuṇo viṣṇu⟨r⟩|
vrahmā som¿a?⟨o⟩ hutāśanaḥ
ś¿a?⟨ū⟩lapāṇiś tu bhagavān
A|⟨24⟩bhinandanti bhūmidaṁ

2. Anuṣṭubh

¿A?⟨Ā⟩s⟨ph⟩oṭayaṁti pitaraḥ∥
p⟨r⟩aval¿s?⟨g⟩anti pitāmahāḥ|
⟨25⟩ bhūmidātā kule jāt¿ā?⟨aḥ⟩
sa te dātā bhaviṣyati|

3. Anuṣṭubh

vahubhi⟨r⟩ vasudhā datt¿a?⟨ā⟩ ⟨26⟩ |
rāj¿āna?⟨abhiḥ⟩ sagarādibhiḥ∥
mā rodhaḥ phalatatkaya
para-datteṣu pāṇita ⟨27⟩ |

4. Anuṣṭubh

yasya yasya ⟨ya⟩dā bh¿a?⟨ū⟩mi⟨s⟩|
tasya ⟨tasya⟩ tadā ¿p?⟨pha⟩laṁ|
tasm¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨t⟩ tvayā na ha⟨r⟩tavyaṁ|
¿s?⟨ś⟩ā[1×]|⟨28⟩śvatīṅgyim āpnuyāt∥

5. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattā⟨ṁ⟩ para-dattāṁ vā
yo har¿a?⟨e⟩t¿i?⟨a⟩ vasundhar¿a?⟨ām⟩>

## Bibliography

### Primary

[M] Mazumdar, B. C. 1913–1914. “Sonpur Plates of Kumāra Someśvaradeva.”
EI 12, pp. 237–242.

[Si] Sircar, Dines Chandra. 1949–1950. “Two Inscriptions from Kelga.” EI
28, pp. 321–328.

[R] Rajaguru, Satyanarayan. 1966. Inscriptions of Orissa, vol. 4. No
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[Sh] Shastri, Ajay Mitra. 1995. Inscriptions of the Śarabhapurīyas,
Pāṇḍuvaṁśins and Somavaṁśins, Part II: Inscriptions. New Delhi: Indian
Council of Historical Research; Motilal Bandarsidass. Appendix IV, pages
337–340.

### Secondary

ARIE 1950–51. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1950-51. Edited by
N. Lakshminarayan Rao. Delhi: Manager of Publications (Department of
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Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive topographical catalogue of Orissan
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Acharya, Subrata Kumar. 2014. Copper-plate inscriptions of Odisha: a
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