# Copper plates of Kṛṣṇa-deva Temple at Toṇḍanūr (Tirumalasāgara-chatra
hobli)

Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Author of digital edition: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Contributor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Identifier: DHARMA_INSVaria90002

Repository: Varia Epigraphy (varia-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSVaria90002.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-09-29 11:15 (2438289), last modified 2026-09-29 11:15
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## Summary

The previous identifier of this file was INSEC03Sr064.

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## Edition

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1. Anuṣṭubh

dharmmās su-sthiratāṁ yāntu
kṛṣṇa-rāja-mahīpateḥ|
yāvad-dharādharādhārā
yāvac chandra-divākarau ∥

gautama-kṣetrada paścima-raṅganātha-svāmiyavara
caraṇāravinda-sannidhiyalli nānā-gotrada nānā-sūtrada
nānā-vicitra-śākheya nānāvidha-nāmadheyādi Yādavapurī-agrahārada 112
nūra-hanneraḍu-vṛitti-mahājanaṅgaḷgam ī 23 ippattu-mūru-grāmagaḷaṁ
sa-hiraṇyodakavāgi śrī-Kṛiṣṇā- rppaṇa-buddhiyiṁ dhāreyan eredu koṭṭu
tāvu māḍid īy-agrahāraṁ śāśvatavāgi ā-candrārkkamuṁ sarvvamānyavāgi
naḍeyutt irali yendu dharaṇī-varāha-mudrā-sahitavāgi
sva-hastākṣaraṅgaḷiṁ sva- nāma-sañcihuitaṁ geydu baresi koṭṭa
bhū-dāna-tāmra-śāsanaṁ∥ śrīḥ ∥

2. Anuṣṭubh

Ekaiva bhaginī loke
sarvveṣām eva bhūbhujāṁ|
na bhojyā na kara-grāhyā
vipra-dattā vasundharā∥

3. Anuṣṭubh

dāna-pālanayor mmadhye
dānāc chreyonupālanaṁ |
dānāt svarggam avāpnoti
pālanād acyutaṁ padaṁ∥

4. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattād dviguṇaṁ puṇyaṁ
para-dattānupālanaṁ|
para-dattāpahāreṇa
sva-dattaṁ niṣphalaṁ bhavet ∥

5. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā
yo hareta vasundharāṁ|
ṣaṣṭir-vvarṣa-sahasrāṇi
viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyate krimiḥ∥

6. Anuṣṭubh

Indraḥ pṛcchati caṇḍālīṁ
kim idaṁ pacyate śubhe |
śva-māṁsaṁ surayā siktaṁ
kapālena citāgninā∥

7. Anuṣṭubh

kim artthaṁ vada kalyāṇi
carmmaṇā pihitaṁ tvayā |
brahma-svaṁ brāhmaṇa-kṣetraṁ
hārayanti haranti ye|
teṣāṁ pāda-rajo-bhītyā
carmmaṇā pihitaṁ mayā∥

8. Anuṣṭubh

imaṁ dharmmaṁ ca ye ghnanti
ye ca tat sahakāriṇaḥ |
kirāta-mleñcha-caṇḍāla
-carmmakārātmajās tu te ∥

9. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā
rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ|
yasya yasya yadā bhūmis
tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ∥

10. Śālinī

sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharmma-setur nṛipāṇāṁ|
kāle kāle pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ|
sarvvān etān bhāvinaḥ pārtthivendrān|
bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmacandraḥ∥

11. Vasantatilakā

mad-vaṁśajā vānya-kulodbhavā vā |
rakṣanti ye dharmmam imaṁ nṛipālāḥ |
teṣan tu nityaṁ sa harir ddadātu|
santāna-vṛiddhiṁ bhuvanādhipatyaṁ∥

12. Anuṣṭubh

dharmmās su-sthiratāṁ yāntu
kṛiṣṇa-rāja-mahīpateḥ|
yāvad-dharādharādhārā
yāvac candra-divākarau ∥

## Commentary

Mysore District

## Bibliography

### Primary

[R] Rice, Benjamin Lewis. 1894. Inscriptions in the Mysore district
(part I). Epigraphia Carnatica 3. Bangalore: Mysore Government Press.
Page 50.

### Secondary

Sircar, Dines Chandra. 1965. “Stanzas on Bhūmi-dāna quoted in
Raja-śāsanas, Appendix II.” In: Indian epigraphy. Delhi: Motilal
Banarsidass, pp. 170–201. Appendix II, note 5, page 175.