# Sambalpur University Museum Plates of Rāṇaka Devapya of the Time of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya, Year 23 Amandine Wattelier-Bricout Author of digital edition: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout Identifier: DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00036 Repository: Somavaṁśin (tfb-somavamsin-epigraphy) File path: texts/DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00036.xml Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-10-07 18:12 (dbc7acc), last modified 2026-09-21 09:06 (63628e0) ## Summary The inscription records the gift of the village of Derindha situated in Kolleḍā maṇḍāla by Rāṇaka Devapya, son of Rāṇaka Śāṅkilla, belonging to the Rāṣṭrakula in favour of Bhaṭṭaputra Vāmana son of Vāpilla belonging to the Agasti gotra, the Chāndoga caraṇa and the Āśīti pravara ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ siddham svasti| parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī-śi⟨2⟩vagupta-deva-pādānudhyāta-parama-māheśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-māhārājādhi⟨3⟩rāja-somakula-tilaka-tr̥kaliṅgādhipati-parameśvara-śrī-mahābhavagupta-pāda-pravarddhamā⟨4⟩na-vijaya-rājye| kolleḍā-samāvāsakāt| mahārājādhirāja-maṇḍaleśvara⟨5⟩-rāṣṭra-kula-tilakāṇḍājodbhava-rāṇāka-śrī-śaṁkilla-suta-parama-vaiṣṇava⟨6⟩-khambeśvarī-vara-lla¡v!⟨b⟩dha-prasāda-samadhogatāśeṣa-paṁcamahāśa¡v!⟨b⟩da-mahāma⟨7⟩ṇḍalādhipati-rāṇaka-śrī-devapyaḥ kuśalī Ihaiva kolleḍā-maṇḍāle ḍe⟨8⟩rindha-grāme ¡v!⟨b⟩rāhmaṇā¿ṁ?⟨n⟩ samp¿u?⟨ū⟩jya yathākālādhyāsinaḥ samāhartr̥-sannidhātr̥⟨9⟩-dāṇḍa-pāśika-vetrikāvarodhajana-rājaputra-rājavallabhādīn anyāṁś ca cā⟨10⟩ṭa-bhaṭa-jātiyān| mānayati ¡v!⟨b⟩odhayati samādiśati viditam astu bhava⟨Page 2r⟩⟨11⟩tā yathāsmābhir ayaṁ grāmaḥ sa-nidhiḥ sopanidhiḥ sarvva-¡v!⟨b⟩ādhā-vivarji⟨12⟩taḥ sarvoparikara-karādāna-sameta sa-garttoṣaraḥ sa-valli-latā-viṭa⟨13⟩pa-sāmvramadh¿u?⟨ū⟩ka sa-jala-sthalas catuḥ sīmā pa⟨r⟩yantaḥ pratiniṣiddha-cāṭa⟨14⟩-bhaṭa-praveśaś cāndoga-caraṇāya Agasti-gotrāya Āśīti-pravarā⟨15⟩ya tālī-vinirgatāya dharmanagara-vāstav{y}āya bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩aputra-śrī-vā⟨16⟩mana-nāmne vāpilla-sutāya sūrya-graho-parāge mahānadī-tī⟨17⟩ropakaṇṭhe saliladhārāpuraḥsaram ācandra-tārakārkka-kṣiti-samakā⟨18⟩lopabhogārthaṁ mātā-pitror ātmanaś ca pu¡n!⟨ṇ⟩ya-yaśo ’bhivr̥ddhaye tāmvra-śā⟨19⟩sanenākarī-kr̥tya pratipādita Ity avagatya samucita-bhoga-bhāga-ka⟨Page 2v⟩⟨20⟩ra-hiraṇyādikam upanayadbhir bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prativastavyam iti bhā⟨21⟩vibhiś ca bhūpatibhi⟨ḥ⟩ dattir iyam asmadīya⟨ṁ⟩ dharmma-gauravād asmad-anurodhā⟨22⟩c ca sva-dattir ivānupālanīyā| tathā cokta⟨ṁ⟩ dharmmaśāstre| 1. Anuṣṭubh ¡v!⟨b⟩ahubhir vvasu⟨23⟩dhā dattā rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmiḥ tasya ta⟨24⟩sya tadā phalaM| 2. Anuṣṭubh mā bhūd a{ḥ}phala-śaṅkā vaḥ para-datteti pārthivāḥ sva⟨25⟩-dānāt phalam ānantyaṁ para-dattānupālane| 3. Anuṣṭubh ṣaṣṭhi-varṣa-saha⟨26⟩srāṇi svarge modati bh¿u?⟨ū⟩midaḥ Ākṣiptā {c}c¿a?⟨ā⟩numantā {c}ca tāny eva narake va⟨27⟩se⟨t⟩| 4. Indravajrā Agner apatyaṁ prathamaṁ suvarṇṇaṁ bhūveṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ yaḥ ⟨28⟩ kāñcana⟨ṁ⟩ gāṁ ca mahīṁ ca dadyā dattās trayas tena bhavanti llok¿e?⟨āḥ⟩| 5. Anuṣṭubh Āsphoṭa⟨Page 3r⟩⟨29⟩yanti pitaraḥ pravalganti pitāmahāḥ bhūmi-dātā kule jātaḥ sa nas trā⟨30⟩tā bhaviṣyati| 6. Anuṣṭubh bhūmiṁ yaḥ pratigrih¡n!⟨ṇ⟩āti yaś ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati Ubhau tau ⟨31⟩ pu¡n!⟨ṇ⟩ya-karmmāṇau niyat¿au?⟨aṁ⟩ svarga-gāminau| 7. Anuṣṭubh suva⟨r⟩ṇṇam ekaṁ gām ekāṁ bhūmer apy a⟨32⟩rddham aṅgulaṁ haraṁ narakam āyāti yāvad āhūta-samplavaṁ| 8. Anuṣṭubh harate hārayate ⟨33⟩ bhūmiṁ manda-¡v!⟨b⟩uddhi⟨s⟩ tam¿a?⟨o⟩-vr̥taḥ sa ¡v!⟨b⟩addho vāruṇaiḥ pāsais tiryag-yo⟨34⟩niñ ca gacchati| 9. Anuṣṭubh taḍāgānāṁ sahasrāṇi vāja-peya-śatāṇi ca gavāṁ ⟨35⟩ koṭi-pradānena bhūmi-harttā na śudhyati∥ 10. Anuṣṭubh Anyāyena hr̥tā bhūmir anyāyena tu {hā}⟨36⟩hāritā harate hārayate caiva sahanyāt saptamaṁ kulaṁ∥ 11. Anuṣṭubh Ādityo varuṇo ⟨37⟩ viṣṇur ¡v!⟨b⟩rahmā somo hutā¡s!⟨ś⟩ana⟨ḥ⟩ śūlapāṇis tu bhagavāṁ Abhinandaṁtu bhūmidaṁ∥ ⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨38⟩ 12. Śālinī sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharmma-setur nr̥pāṇāṁ kāle kāle pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ sarvvānn etā⟨39⟩n bhāvino bhūpat¿i?⟨ī⟩ndrāN bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmacandraḥ| 13. Puṣpitāgrā Iti kamala-{da}⟨40⟩dalām¡v!⟨b⟩u-¡v!⟨b⟩indu-llolāṁ śriyam anucintya manuṣya-jīvitaṁ ca sa-kalam idam udāhr̥taṁ⟨41⟩ca ¡v!⟨b⟩u⟨d⟩dhvā na hi puruṣaiḥ para-kīrtta¿p?⟨y⟩o vilopyāḥ| parama-bhaṭṭāraka⟨42⟩-mahārājādhirāja-śrī-janamejaya-devasya rājye samvatsare tra⟨43⟩yoviṁśati tame bhādrapada-māsa-śukla-pakṣa-tithau trayodasyāṁ yatrāṁ⟨44⟩kataḥ samvat 23 bhādrapada śu di 13 likhitam idaṁ tāmvra-śāsanaṁ kāya⟨45⟩stha-śrī-gura-sutena śrīkaṇṭheneti maṁgala-māhāśrīḥ ∥ ## Bibliography ### Primary [S] Shastri, Ajay Mitra. 1995. Inscriptions of the Śarabhapurīyas, Pāṇḍuvaṁśins and Somavaṁśins, Part II: Inscriptions. New Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Motilal Bandarsidass. Item supplement I, pages 343–347. [A] Acharya, Subrata Kumar. 2022. Inscriptions of the minor ruling dynasties of Odisha (circa 8th-12th century CE). Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan. Item II, pages 278–281. ### Secondary Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive topographical catalogue of Orissan inscriptions. 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