# Benares Copper-plate Grant of Govindracandra of Kanauj Saṁvat 1162

Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Author of digital edition: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Contributor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Identifier: DHARMA_INSVaria90007

Repository: Varia Epigraphy (varia-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSVaria90007.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 INSEI2_29.

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## Edition

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⟨17⟩ atrātha paurāṇikāḥ⟨18⟩ślokāḥ

8. Anuṣṭubh

bhūmi⟨ṁ⟩ yaḥ pratigr̥hṇāti
yaś ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati
Ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau
niyataṁ svargga-gāminau

9. Anuṣṭubh

yo ’rccitaṁ pratigr̥hṇāti
dadāty arcci⟨19⟩tam eva vā
tāv ubhau gacchataḥ svargaṁ
narakaṁ tu viparyaye

10. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vasudhā bhuktā
rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ
yasya ¿satya?⟨yasya⟩ yadā bhū¿g?⟨m⟩is
tasya tasya ¿v?⟨t⟩adā ⟨20⟩ phalaṁ

11. Indravajrā

yānīha dattāni purā narendrair
dānāni dharmmārtha-yaśas-karāṇi
nirmmālya-v¿attat?⟨ānta⟩-pratimāni tāni
ko nāma sādhuḥ punar ādadīta

12. Vasantatilakā

Asmat-kula-¿para?⟨krama⟩⟨21⟩m udāram udāharadbhir
anyaiś ca dānam idam ¿|ṇumā?⟨abhyanumo⟩danīyam
lakṣmyās taḍit-salila-budbuda-ca¡ṁ!⟨ñ⟩calāyā
dānaṁ phalaṁ para-yaśaḥ-paripālana¡ṁ!⟨ñ⟩ ca {ja}

13. Anuṣṭubh

¡ṣaṁ!⟨śaṅ⟩kha⟨ṁ⟩ bhadrāsanaṁ ⟨22⟩ chatra⟨ṁ⟩
varāśvā vara-vār¿e?⟨a⟩ṇāḥ
bhūmi-dānasya cihnāni
¿masaṁ?⟨phalaṁ⟩ [svargaḥ] pura¡ṁ!⟨n⟩dara

14. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā
yo ¿dare?⟨hara⟩ti ¿vamaṁ?⟨vasun⟩dharāṁ
sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir ¿dūlā?⟨bhūtvā⟩
pitr̥bhiḥ sa⟨23⟩ha majjati

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## Apparatus

⟨22⟩ cihnāni V • The standard stanza recorded by Sircar 1965 has the
reading puṣpāṇi.

## Commentary

Sircar 1965, n. 1, p. 172 indicates the purāṇic authorship attributed to
the final stanzas.

## Bibliography

### Primary

[V] Venis, Arthur. 1894. “Benares Copper-plate Grants of Govindachandra
of Kanauj.” Epigraphia Indica 2, pp. 358–363.