# Degaon plates of the time of Janamejaya Amandine Wattelier-Bricout Author of digital edition: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout Contributor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout Identifier: DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00037 Repository: Somavaṁśin (tfb-somavamsin-epigraphy) File path: texts/DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00037.xml Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-10-07 18:12 (dbc7acc), last modified 2026-10-02 19:01 (f30440e) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ siddham 1. Vasantatilakā svasti sphurad-gaja-turaṅga-sam¿a?⟨u⟩dga¿r?⟨t⟩ai{-ghā}⟨r⟩ddhanika-dhanya-janaiḥ suse⟨2⟩vy¿a?⟨ā⟩t{a}⟨.⟩ svargga-devendraya-subhoga-sukhābhiramyāt{a} sthānāditaḥ prakaṭa-citta-¿yo?⟨vā⟩[…] ⟨3⟩ ṭikābhidhānāt{a}∥ 2. Indravajrā nānā-manojño matimān{a} sudhakṣo yo vandhu-varggam prati kalpa⟨4⟩-vr̥kṣaḥ durvvāra-vīravara-vairi{r}-śiro-vidār¿ā?⟨a⟩ḥ ¿sukhā?⟨śūrā⟩ra yāruṇatara⟨ḥ⟩ ¿su?⟨sa⟩raṇāṅgaṇa⟨5⟩sthaḥ 3. Vasantatilakā śrī-maṅgalāspada-pa¿dām?⟨daṁ⟩ vipadām abh¿u?⟨ū⟩miḥ śrīmat khaḍga-śiva-māṇḍa[…] ⟨6⟩ li¿ka?⟨kau⟩ va¿bhu?⟨bhū⟩va{ḥ} taysaiva ¿su?⟨sū⟩¿nū?⟨nu⟩⟨r⟩ ma¿lī?⟨li⟩¿ni?⟨nī⟩ kr̥tāri⟨ḥ⟩ ¿sphu?⟨sphū⟩rjat karāla-karavāla-lalatka⟨7⟩rāgraḥ 4. Vasantatilakā Āruḍha-tuṅgasuturuṅga-vala-sedaṅge lakṣmīm vahan{a}{∥} s⟨v⟩a-kula-jāṁ kula-nā ⟨8⟩ tha-bhūtaḥ dānābhimanan¿ā?⟨a⟩ya-vikrama-sat-pratāpaḥ satyāti-sat⟨t⟩va-dhr̥ti-saṁyatibh¿u?⟨ū⟩tivāsa 5. Vasantatilakā ⟨9⟩ khyātas satā⟨ṁ⟩ guṇa-guṇai⟨r⟩ggaṇi¿kau ma?⟨tova⟩dānyo śrīmad-vālatuṅga Iti māṇḍalika⟨ḥ⟩¿kī?⟨li⟩lā ⟨10⟩ sīt{a}| Asya sutaḥ pravara-bhadra-gajendra-kalpa-vr̥kṣaḥ prod⟨d⟩arpya-śatru-dalanoti vinī[…]⟨11⟩ta-mūrtti⟨ḥ⟩ 6. Vasantatilakā Ālamva-pīvara-karoti sucāru śūrasad-dāna-santati sadā-vilasaj jaya ⟨12⟩ śrīḥ 7. Indravajrā ⟨Page 2r⟩⟨13⟩cakreṇa cakrī gadayāca bhīmaḥ sal-lāṅga¿leḥ?⟨lai⟩⟨r⟩ lāṅgaliko ¿ma?⟨va⟩dāny¿o?⟨aḥ⟩ cāpena pārtha⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨14⟩ titha⟨ḥ⟩ pr̥thivyā¿ḥ?⟨ṁ⟩ śastreṇa śastr¿ā?⟨aḥ⟩ turagair atulyaḥ 8. Vasantatilakā śrīmaj-janmejaya-deva-nr̥pe satataṁ ⟨15⟩ prasanne sāmanta-cakra-śirasā paricumbitāṅghr¿eḥ?⟨aiḥ⟩ yasya pratāpa-śikhin¿aḥ?⟨ā⟩ prasabhaṁ ⟨16⟩ prataptāḥ pr¿a?⟨ā⟩jñā bhavanti sakalāḥ khalu maṇḍaleśaḥ 9. Mandākrāntā tyaktvā śīghraṁ sukara-kaṭakaṁ{∥} kāma⟨17⟩r¿u?⟨ū⟩pāñ ca gatvā kṣiptvā kāñc¿i?⟨ī⟩ṁ samataṭam anu{ḥ}prāpya sanmadhya-deśaṁ yasyām ār{j}ya pra⟨18⟩thita vibha{ḥ}vā kuntalaṁ śodhayitvā kīrta⟨ḥ⟩ snātā sa-padi-jaladhau-bhāti la¡v!⟨b⟩dhām¡v!⟨b⟩reti ⟨19⟩ sa⟨ḥ⟩ paramamāheśvara⟨ḥ⟩ samadhigata-pañca-śa¡v!⟨b⟩da⟨ḥ⟩ mahārājādhirāja⟨ḥ⟩ mātā⟨20⟩-pitr̥-pādānudhyātaḥ lattalora-pura-vin¿ī?⟨i⟩rggataḥ vaddhāṁ kula-bhaṭṭārakasya la¡v!⟨b⟩dhavara⟨21⟩prasādaḥ rāṣṭrak¿u?⟨ū⟩ṭāmala-kula-tilaka⟨ḥ⟩ para-kula-maṇḍalādhipati⟨ḥ⟩ rāṇaka-śrī-mugdha⟨22⟩gondala⟨ḥ⟩ kuśalī telātaṭṭa-viṣayīya-kiraṅkelā-grāme mahāsāmanta-rājanaka-rāja⟨23⟩putrān{a} viṣaya-patīn{a} grāma-bhujodhikāriṇaḥ bhogi-gaṇḍāprabhr̥t¿ayaḥ?⟨īn⟩ j¿a?⟨ā⟩na-padān{aḥ} ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨24⟩ Anyānapi rāja-prasādinaś cāṭ{ṭ}a-bhaṭṭa-vallabha-jātīyān{a} ghaṭa-pālad¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇḍapā¡s!⟨ś⟩ikā⟨25⟩dīn{a} mānayati ¡v!⟨b⟩o dhayati samādiśati ca sarvvataḥ śivamihānyaT viditam astu bhava⟨26⟩tā¿ḥ?⟨ṁ⟩ grāmo’yaṁ c¿ā?⟨a⟩tu⟨ḥ⟩sa-jala-sthalāraṇya⟨ḥ⟩ sagarttā¡s!⟨ṣ⟩arapāṣāṇaḥ sām{v}ra⟨27⟩madhuka-padra-sahitena{∥} A-cāṭa-bhaṭṭa-praveśaḥ nidhiś copanidhi-varjitaḥ vakhauḍa-vin¿ī?⟨i⟩⟨28⟩rggataḥ Antaralā-vāstavyaḥ bhaṭṭa-putra-śrī-bhava¿ṇ?⟨n⟩āgasya sutaḥ nārāyaṇadāsaḥ Asyai⟨29⟩cana¿ptyā?⟨ptre⟩ śrī-bhuvaṇāṁga kauṇḍinya-gotra-vasiṣṭha-pravara-mitrā-varuṇānuprava⟨30⟩rāya kāṇva-śākhāya mā¿l?⟨t⟩ā-pitror ātmanaś ca puṇyābhivr̥ddhaye tāmr{v}a-śasanīkr̥⟨31⟩tya pradattosyābhiḥ yatas tām{v}ra-śāsanāM Avalokya Asyājñāvidh¿i?⟨e⟩yībhūka Ucitānucitaṁ ⟨32⟩ tādavyaṁ puṣya śudi 14 Asya śāsanasya prati-vārṣikadāne ¡s!⟨ś⟩obhanarūpya pla 3 dātavya⟨M⟩ ⟨33⟩ dharmma-śloko ’nulikhite 10. Anuṣṭubh sva-dattām para-dattām vā yo hared vasundharā¿ḥ?⟨ṁ⟩ sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mi⟨r⟩ bhūtvā ⟨34⟩ pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate 11. Anuṣṭubh sva-dānāt phalam ānantya⟨m⟩ para-dattānupālane mā bhūd a-phala-śaṅkā v¿ā?⟨aḥ⟩ ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨35⟩ para-datteti pārthivāḥ 12. Śālinī sarvv¿a?⟨ā⟩n etān{a} ⟨bhāvinaḥ⟩ pārthivendrān{a} bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāma⟨36⟩bhadraḥ s¿a?⟨ā⟩mānyo ’yaṁ dharmma-setur nr̥pāṇāṁ kāle kāle pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ 13. Anuṣṭubh ⟨37⟩ hiraṇyam ekaṁ gām ekāṁ bh¿umim apy a?⟨ūmer apy a⟩rdh⟨am⟩ aṅgulaṁ hara⟨n⟩ narakam āyāti yāvad—ā-⟨b⟩h¿uy?⟨ūt⟩a⟨38⟩-saṁplava⟨M⟩ 14. Anuṣṭubh harate hārayate bh¿u?⟨ū⟩mi⟨ṁ⟩ manda-¡v!⟨b⟩u⟨d⟩dhis tam¿a?⟨o⟩-vr̥taḥ sa ¡v!⟨b⟩addho vāruṇai⟨ḥ⟩ pā¡s!⟨ś⟩ai⟨s⟩ tir¿jj?⟨y⟩a⟨39⟩⟨g⟩-yoni¡s!⟨ṣ⟩u ga⟨c⟩chati 15. Anuṣṭubh ⟨saṣṭiṁ varṣa–sahasrāṇi⟩ ⟨svarge modati bhūmidaḥ⟩ Ā¿kh?⟨kṣ⟩eptā c¿a?⟨ā⟩n¿a?⟨u⟩mantā ca tān⟨y⟩ eva narake vaseT 16. Indravajrā Agner ap{r}atya{ya}⟨ṁ⟩ ⟨40⟩ prathama¿ḥ?⟨ṁ⟩ ⟨suvarṇaṁ⟩ bh¿u?⟨ū⟩r vv¿a?⟨ai⟩ṣṇ¿i?⟨a⟩v¿i?⟨ī⟩ ⟨sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ⟩ yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāñ ca {na} mah¿i?⟨ī⟩ñ ca dadyā⟨T⟩ dat⟨t⟩ās traya{ṁ}¿nti?⟨s te⟩na bhava{ṁ}⟨41⟩nti lokā 17. Anuṣṭubh ⟨Ā⟩spho{ṣ}ṭayanti pitaraḥ prava{r}lganti pitāmahā⟨ḥ⟩ bh¿u?⟨ū⟩midātā kule jāta⟨ḥ⟩ sa nas trātā bha⟨42⟩viṣyati 18. Anuṣṭubh bh¿u?⟨ū⟩mi⟨ṁ⟩ yaḥ pratigr̥h¿n?⟨ṇ⟩āti yaś ca bh¿u?⟨ū⟩mi⟨ṁ⟩ prayacchati Ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau niyat¿e?⟨aṁ⟩ sva⟨43⟩rgga-gāminau nyūnākṣaram adhikākṣaram vā ya¿di?⟨T⟩ pari-likhitaṁ tat sarvvam pramāṇam iti likhita⟨44⟩ñca ⟨I⟩da⟨ṁ⟩ tām{v}raśāsana⟨ṁ⟩ sāndhivigrahi-ghālākeneti∥ ḥ ḥ rayaṇā-Ojha-sutena sa{ṁ}ṅgrāme¿n?⟨ṇ⟩a U¿lki?⟨tkī⟩rṇṇa ⟨45⟩ taṁ tām{v}ra-śasa⟨na⟩m iti{ḥ}∥ ## Bibliography The set is preserved in the Odisha State Museum. Photos available here. ### 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 II, pages 348–353. Acharya, Subrata Kumar. 2022. Inscriptions of the minor ruling dynasties of Odisha (circa 8th-12th century CE). Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan. Pages 272–275. ### Secondary Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive topographical catalogue of Orissan inscriptions. New Delhi: Manohar. Pages 460–461. Acharya, Subrata Kumar. 2014. Copper-plate inscriptions of Odisha: a descriptive catalogue (circa fourth century to sixteenth century CE). New Delhi: D. K. Printworld. Item 20, page 252.