Gatarei Plate of Gayāḍatuṅga

Editor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTunga00003.

Hand description:

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Tuṅga dynasty (tfb-tunga-epigraphy).

Version: (61be6b8), last modified (61be6b8).

Edition

⟨Page 1v⟩

⟨1⟩ ⟨2⟩ ⟨3⟩ ⟨4⟩ ⟨5⟩ ⟨6⟩ ⟨7⟩ ⟨8⟩ ⟨9⟩ ⟨10⟩ ⟨11⟩ ⟨12⟩ ⟨13⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨14⟩ Api ca paṭhyate{|} ddharmmaśāstre|

II. Anuṣṭubh

¡v!⟨b⟩ahubhir vasudhā dattā{ḥ}

a

rājabh¿ī?⟨i⟩ḥ ⟨15⟩ sagarādibh¿ī?⟨i⟩ḥ

b

yasya yasya yadā bhūmi{ḥ} s

c

tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ

d
III. Anuṣṭubh

sva-⟨16⟩dattā p{a}halam ānantyam

c

para-dattānupālan¿aṁ?⟨e⟩

d
IV. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattaś ca para-dattām vā{||}

a

⟨17⟩ yo hare⟨ta⟩ vasundharā⟨M⟩|

b

sva viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥m¿ī?⟨i⟩r bhūtvā{|}

c

pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate

d
V. Anuṣṭubh

⟨18⟩ A-sthiraṁ sarvvam ālocya

a

śarīraṁ yauvanaṁ dhanaṁ

b

satvasūḥ sūsratām ¡v!⟨b⟩u⟨19⟩ddh¿ī?⟨i⟩ḥ

c

sthirārambhā pravarttate

d
VI. Anuṣṭubh

kva gatās-te mahī-pālāṁ{||}

a

dattāyaiḥ ⟨20⟩ bhutṛ-pādhyāyaḥ

b

Etat ukta bhūyo bhūyaḥ

c
VII. Puṣpitāgrā

Iti kamala-dalā⟨21⟩m¡v!⟨b⟩u-¡v!⟨b⟩ind¿ū?⟨u⟩-lolāṁ

a

ś¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩⟨ya⟩m anucintya manuṣya-jīvitaṁ ca

b

sakalam i⟨22⟩dam udāhr̥taṁ ca ¿dhūdhyā?⟨buddhvā⟩

c

na ¿bhiḥ?⟨hi⟩ p¿ū?⟨u⟩ruṣaiḥ{|} para-kīr¿ṇṇ?⟨t⟩ayo vilo¿s?⟨p⟩yā⟨ḥ⟩

d

⟨23⟩ iti{ḥ}||

Apparatus

Translation

Commentary

Bibliographical reference : S. Tripathy JESI 7 1980 120-127. Acharya Acharya 2014, n. 32, p. 388 : " invocatory verse oṃ namaḥ viśuddhajñānadehāyaḥ traivedīdivyacakṣuṣe | śreyaprāptinimittāyaḥ namaḥ satvārthatyāyine ||" There are 6 customary verses. ’The two verses written in lines 18 20 are not usually met in the epigraphical literature of India" ; Acharya Acharya 2014, n. 33, p. 388:" only charter of Gayātuṅga in which the ruler is described as paramasaugata a buddhist title while in his other plates as well as in the plates of Vinītatuṅga the rulers assumed the śaivite title of paramamāheśvara. It may be said that the charter was issued earlier than the other three plates of Gayāḍatuṅga" For this last part of the note, I am wondering how Acharya knows that this charter was issued before the others because there is no date.

Bibliography

Primary

[T] Tripathy, Snigdha. 1980. “Copper Plate Grant of Gayāḍatuṅga.” Journal of the Epigraphical Society of India 7, pp. 120–127.

[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 161–162.

Secondary

Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive topographical catalogue of Orissan inscriptions. New Delhi: Manohar Publishers & Distributors. Item 6, pages 166–167.

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 2, pages 387–388.