Nālandā cp., Dharmapāla unknown r. y.
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⟨1⟩ śrīmān-dharmapāladevaḥ
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⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1⟩ oṁ svasti| mahā-nau-hasty-aśva-ratha-patti-sampa¡t!⟨tt⟩y-upātta-jaya-śa¡v!⟨b⟩dā⟨2⟩(t kapilā?)-vāsakāt śrīmaj-jaya-skandhāvārāt parama⟨3⟩-saugato mahārājādhirāja-śrī-Gopāladeva-pādānudhyā⟨4⟩taḥ{|} parameśvaraḥ paramabhaṭṭārako mahārājādhirājaḥ śrī⟨5⟩mān-dharmmapāladevaḥ kuśalī nagara-bhuktau{|} gayāviṣ⟨6⟩yāntaḥpāti-jam¡v!⟨b⟩ū-nadī-vīthī-prati¡v!⟨b⟩addha-nigūha-grāmāsanna U⟨7⟩ttarāmagrāmake{|} samupagatān sarvvānn eva rāja-rājāna⟨8⟩ka-rājaputra-rājāmātya-mahākārttākr̥tika-mahādaṇḍanāya⟨9⟩ka-mahāpratīhāra-mahāsāmanta-mahārāja-dauḥsādhasādhanika⟨10⟩-pramātr̥-sarabhaṅga-kumārāmātya-rājasthānīyoparika-viṣaya⟨11⟩pati-dāśāparādhika-cauroddharaṇika-dāṇḍika-dāṇḍapāśika-¿kṣa?⟨kṣe⟩⟨12⟩(trapa-prā)ntapāla-tadāyuktaka-viniyuktaka-hasty-aśvoṣṭra-¡v!⟨b⟩ala-vyā⟨13⟩(pr̥taka)-kiśora-vaḍavā-go-mahiṣy-adhikr̥ta-dūta-¿pre?⟨prai⟩ṣaṇika-gamā⟨14⟩gamikābhitvaramāṇaka-gauḍa-mālava-khaśa-kulika-hūṇa-bhaṭa⟨15⟩-(cāṭa)-sevakādīn anyā¡ṅ!⟨ṁ⟩ś cākīrtitān (sva)-pāda-padmopajīvinaḥ pra⟨16⟩tivāsinaś ca ¡v!⟨b⟩rāhmaṇottarān mahattara-kuṭum¡v!⟨b⟩i-puroga-medāndhra-caṇḍā⟨17⟩(la)-[paryantān sa]mājñāpayaty astu (vaḥ) saṁvi[di]taṁ yathoparilikhita Utta⟨18⟩[rāma-grāmakaḥ] (sva-sīmā-tr̥ṇa-yūti)-gocara-paryantaḥ soparikara[ḥ] ⟨19⟩ […]sa-cauroddharaṇaḥ sarva-pīḍā-parihr̥ti ⟨20⟩ […][r a]cāṭa-bhaṭa-pra(veśo kiṁci)t-pragrāhyo rāja-bhāvya sarvvapra⟨21⟩(tyāya-sameto bhūmicchidra-nyāye)nāc¿ā?⟨a⟩ndrārkka-kṣiti-sama-kālī⟨22⟩[naḥ pū]rva-bhuktaka-bhujyamāna-deva-¡v!⟨b⟩rāhma-deya-varjjito mayā ⟨23⟩ [mātāpitror] ātmanaś ca puṇya-yaśobhivr̥ddhaye vandya-Ācārya-dharma ⟨24⟩ (bhaṭṭa)ke ārya-tārā-bhaṭṭāri[kā] ⟨25⟩ […]⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ [6 illegible lines][prativā]sibhiś cājñā-śravaṇa-vi⟨2⟩[dheyair bhūtvā] samucita-deya-bhā(ga-bhoga)-kara-hiraṇyādi ⟨3⟩ [1 illegible line] ⟨4⟩ [1 illegible line] ⟨5⟩ […](ma)hāsenāpati-śrī[…]datt(a)[…] ⟨6⟩ […][likhi]tam ida(ṁ) śāsana(ṁ) mahākṣapaṭali(ka)[…] ⟨7⟩ […](ku)la(da)tte(na) dharmadatta-putreṇeti[…] ⟨8⟩ […]catuḥṣaṣṭika datti[ḥ][…] ⟨9⟩ […]pratipāditā[…] ⟨10⟩ tathā[…]tasya mūlaṁ (catuḥṣa)ṣṭikaḥ ⟨11⟩ ka[ṁ]sakārasya[…] ⟨12⟩ (u)tkīrṇa(ṁ) s(ū)ttradhāra[…]
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Translation
Bibliography
First noticed by Sastri 1927–1928, p. 138. First edited by Bhattacharyya 1935–36.
Primary
[B] Bhattacharyya, P. N. 1935–36. “Nālandā Plate of Dharmapāladeva.” Epigraphia Indica 23, pp. 290–2.
Secondary
Sastri, Hirananda. 1927–1928. “Sanskrit epigraphy.” Annual Report of the Archaeological Survey of India, pp. 136–148.
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amwb : note concerning the daṇḍa : I deduce from the note 4 p. 290 that all the daṇḍas are original. It should be checked by reading the plate
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amwb : Bhattacharyya mentioned that it is noted by a symbol
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amwb : The scan of EI23 is not clear but thanks Bhattacharyya's note, I understand that here there is an original but superfluous danda
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amwb : The scan of EI23 is not clear but thanks Bhattacharyya's note, I understand that here there is an original but superfluous danda
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amwb : in the file Post-Gupta-Bengal-around.txt, the compound viṣyāntaḥpāti is noted viṣayāntaḥpāti, I assume it is a correction which seems relevant
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amwb : in the file Post-Gupta-Bengal-around.txt, it is noted 1/2 line ? Need to check in order to approximately know how many akṣaras are lost
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amwb : in the file Post-Gupta-Bengal-around.txt, it is noted 1/2 line ? Need to check in order to approximately know how many akṣaras are lost
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amwb : I am surprised because there is not the doubling consonne after r as in sarvva or dharmma or arkka or varjjito ? So the double vv ou single v should be checked by reading the plate
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amwb: in EI23 it is noted vandya-ācārya and in the file Post-Gupta-Bengal-around.txt, it is noted vandyācārya. As I reported EI23, I have interpreted vandya-ācārya as if ācārya begins with an initial vowel
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amwb : in the file Post-Gupta-Bengal-around.txt, it is noted 1/4 line. Need to check in order to approximately know how many akṣaras are lost [1/4 line]--><unclear>bhaṭṭa</unclear>ke ārya-tārā-bhaṭṭāri<supplied reason="lost">kā</supplied><lb n="25"/><gap reason="illegible" unit="character" extent="unknown"/><!--
amwb: I added this line because of the note 1 p.292 which mentions that traces of another half line are visible below the line 24
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amwb : I assume in EI, Bhattacharyya restarts a numbering because he doesn't know exactly how many lines are lost; if the indications given in note 2p.292 are exact, it will be possible to continue the numbering
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amwb : in the file Post-Gupta-Bengal-around.txt, it is noted ke instead of ka ?
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amwb : here I note some interesting information contained in notes or in the introduction of EI23
Line 2 : Bhattacharyya note 3 : analogous passages in Nidhanpur Plate of Bhāskaravarman EI12 p.73 and Deo-Baranark inscription of Jīvitagupta II (Fleet CII 3 p.213)
Place and date of discovery : during the excavations carried out by Mr. J.A. Page of the Archaelogical Survey of India in 1927-28 at Nālandā, Patna District among burnt debris in the north veranda of Monastery number 1 (identical level of the grant of Devapāladeva EI17 p.310-27)
Noticed first by Dr. Hirananda Sastru in the Annual Report of the Archaeological Survey of India, 1927-28 p.138.
Cause of the loss of a large number of lines : the destruction of the monastery by fire
Characters very similar to those of the Khalimpur Plate ;
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Orthography . b is always noted by v
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