# Khandahata plates of Khoṭika of the time of Mahāśivagupta Yayāti year 3 Amandine Wattelier-Bricout Author of digital edition: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout Contributor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout Identifier: DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00046 Repository: Somavaṁśin (tfb-somavamsin-epigraphy) File path: texts/DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00046.xml Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-10-07 18:12 (dbc7acc), last modified 2026-10-01 18:52 (0a6accb) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ Oṁ parameśvara-parama-māheśvara-paramabhaṭṭāraka-mahā⟨2⟩rājādhirāja-somakula-tilaka-trikaliṅgādhi⟨3⟩pati-ma{ma}hāś¿ī?vagupta-rājadeva-śrī-yayāti ⟨4⟩ pāda-pravarddhamāna-vijayarājye samva¿ccha?⟨tsa⟩re tr̥⟨5⟩tīye aṅkenāpi samvat 3 parama-māhe⟨6⟩śvara-samadhigata-pañca-mahāśa¡v!⟨b⟩da-yāmala⟨7⟩-śaṅkha-dhvani-vijaya-ghoṣa-tūrya-rava-trāsitā⟨8⟩rāti-māṭhara-vaṁśā-kula-tilaka-kaleśvarī-vara⟨9⟩la¡v!⟨b⟩dha-prasāda-padmodbhava-m¿ā?⟨a⟩hā-māṇḍalika-rāna⟨10⟩ka-śrī-khoṭikkena yaśaḥ puṇy¿a?⟨ā⟩vivr̥ddha⟨11⟩ye∥ madhya-deśīya-kāntijoṅga-vinirgga⟨12⟩ta-gautamasa-gotrāya triyārṣ¿a?⟨e⟩ya-pravarā⟨13⟩ya-rigvedādhyāyina bhaṭṭa-putra Udyotaśa⟨Page 2r⟩⟨14⟩rammaṇa-putrāya pautrāya parama-vaiṣṇava-bhaṭṭa-putra⟨15⟩-śrī-śaraṅgaḥ Aṅgaṇi-śarmmāṇi śidāṁḍā-maṇḍala⟨16⟩-vasantapura-grāmo yaḥ| sa-khaṭa-viṭapa-sajala⟨17⟩-sthala-sapadr¿a?⟨ā⟩mya sakalām{v}ra-madhū⟨18⟩kaś cat{t}u⟨ḥ⟩ sīmā{ḥ} paryanta∥ ¿A?⟨Ā⟩tmana⟨19⟩puṇy¿a?⟨ā⟩vivr̥ddhaye caitramāsi trayodaśyā-viṣū⟨20⟩vātyaṁ tāmraśasanam pradād vādhāye kecit kā⟨Page 3r⟩⟨21⟩ladhyāno bhavāni mama data paripālanīyam ka(thi)tam ⟨22⟩ 1. Anuṣṭubh svadattā⟨ṁ⟩ paradattām v¿a?⟨ā⟩ yo hareta vasundharā⟨m⟩ sa vi⟨23⟩ṣṭhāyām kr̥mir bh¿u?⟨ū⟩tvā pitr̥bhiḥ saha (pa)cyate 2. Anuṣṭubh harate hā⟨24⟩rāti yas tu manda-¡v!⟨b⟩uddhi tamo vr̥taḥ sava⟨25⟩ddho vārunai⟨ḥ⟩ pāśaiḥ {s}tiryak-yoniś ca ⟨26⟩ jāyate likhitam parama-māheśvara kāyasthādi ⟨27⟩ tya-suta somanātham iti ## Apparatus ⟨1⟩ siddham A ⬦ Oṁ R • Acharya 2022, n. 25, p. 289 mentions that it is a symbol. ⟨3⟩ ma{ma}hāś¿ī?vagupta R ⬦ mahāś¿ī?vagupta A. ⟨4⟩ samva¿ccha?⟨tsa⟩re A ⬦ samvacchare R. ⟨5⟩ tīye aṅkenāpi A ⬦ °tīye ank¿a?⟨e⟩ R. — ⟨5⟩ parama-māhe° A ⬦ parama-mahe° R. ⟨7⟩ trāsitā° A ⬦ trāsita° R. ⟨8⟩ rāti A ⬦ rati R. ⟨10-11⟩ puṇy¿a?⟨ā⟩vivr̥ddhaye A ⬦ puṇya-vinirgaye R. ⟨12⟩ triyārṣ¿a?⟨e⟩ya A ⬦ triyarṣaya R. ⟨13⟩ °vedādhyāyina A ⬦ °vedādhyāIna R. ⟨15⟩ Aṅgaṇi A ⬦ (adamni) R. — ⟨15⟩ śidāṁḍā A ⬦ rovigada R. ⟨16⟩ grāmo yaḥ| A ⬦ grāmo ’yam R. — ⟨16⟩ sa-khaṭa-viṭapa-sa-jala A ⬦ sa¿g?⟨k⟩uta-sajala- R. ⟨17⟩ sakalām{v}ra-madhū A ⬦ sa-kalamaba-madhu R. ⟨18⟩ cat{t}u⟨ḥ⟩ sīmā{ḥ} A ⬦ ca{r}ttuḥ sīmāḥ R. ⟨19⟩ caitramāsi R ⬦ caitrasita A. ⟨19-20⟩ trayodaśyā-viṣūvātyaṁ A ⬦ trayodaśya-vistāvātyam R • Acharya 2022 suggests reading trayodaśyā-viṣuva-saṁkrāntyāṁ. ⟨20⟩ pradād vādhāye kecit A ⬦ pradadye ye kenacit R. ⟨20-21⟩ kāladhyāno A ⬦ kaladhyāsino R • For the lines 20-21, Acharya 2022 suggests reading tāmraśāsanaṁ pradtipādita | ity avagatya kecit vādhā-karaṇiya yathākālādhyāsin bhāvinaś ca. ⟨22⟩ yo hareta vasundharā⟨m⟩ A ⬦ yo harant¿a?⟨i⟩ vasundharām R. ## Commentary The edition is based on the editions of Rajaguru 2011 and Acharya 2022 but both of them seem to contain some printed errors and so on... Moreover there is no mention of the place of preservation and I have no idea where I can find the copper plates to check the readings and produce a better edition. Rajaguru 2011 attributes this charter to the time of Yayāti the second. ## Bibliography ### Primary [R] Rajaguru, Satyanarayana. 2011. “Appendix 1: A New Copperplate of the Time of Mahasivagupta Yayati-II.” In: Inscriptions of Orissa: with special reference to Subarnapur. Edited by Pabitra Mohana Nayak. New Delhi: Readworthy Publications, pp. 98–105. Appendix I, pages 99–105. [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 288–290. ### Secondary 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 34, page 270.