Junvānī Plates of Śivagupta, Year 57

Editor: Natasja Bosma.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSDaksinaKosala00047.

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Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Dakṣiṇa Kosala (tfb-daksinakosala-epigraphy).

Version: 2024-05-31 13:36 (048a990), last modified 2024-05-18 13:12 (d59dd56).

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I. Anuṣṭubh

rājña⟨ḥ⟩ śrīharṣaguptasya sūno⟨ḥ⟩ sadguṇaśālina⟨ḥ⟩

śāsanaṁ śivaguptasya sthitam ā bhuvanasthite⟨ḥ⟩

Plates

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1v1⟩ @ svasty aśeṣakṣit¿i?⟨ī⟩śavidyābhyāsaviśeṣāsāditamahan¿i?⟨ī⟩ya{naya}vinayasaṁ⟨1v2⟩patsampāditasakalavijigīṣuguṇo guṇavatsamāśrayaḥ prakṛṣṭataraśau⟨1v3⟩ryyaprajñāprabhāvasaṁbhāvitamahābhyudayaḥ kārttikeya Iva kṛttivāsas¿au?⟨o⟩ rā⟨1v4⟩jñaḥ śrīharṣaguptasya sūnuḥ somava¡ṅ!⟨ṁ⟩śasaṁbhavaḥ {t}paramamāheśvaro mātā⟨1v5⟩pitṛpādānu{nu}dhyātaḥ śrīmahāśivaguptarājadevaḥ kuśalī|| ¿u?⟨o⟩ṇi⟨1v6⟩bhogīyagrām¿a?⟨e⟩ pāśipadrake kurapadrakasahite| brāhmaṇāṁ sa{ṁ}mp¿u?⟨ū⟩jya ta⟨1v7⟩tpratinivāsikuṭumbino yathākālādhyāsinaḥ samāhartṛsannidhātṛpra⟨1v8⟩bhṛt¿i?⟨ī⟩n asmatpādopajīvinaḥ sar¡bv!⟨vv⟩arājapuruṣā¡ṁ!⟨n⟩ samājñāpayati

viditam a⟨Page 2r⟩⟨2r1⟩stu bhavatāṁ yathāsmābhir ayaṁ grāmaḥ sakurapadrakaḥ vājasaneyaca⟨2r2⟩raṇād abhyarthya bhāṇḍāgāratulapadrakam oṇ¿ī?⟨i⟩bhogīyaṁ parivarttena dat⟨t⟩vā ⟨2r3⟩ sa¡t!⟨m⟩prati sanidhānaḥ sopanidhānaḥ sar¡bb!⟨vv⟩akarādānasametaḥ sar¡bb!⟨vv⟩apīḍāvi⟨2r4⟩va⟨r⟩jj¿a?⟨i⟩tas sada¡s!⟨ś⟩āparādhaḥ prat¿a?⟨i⟩ṣiddhacāṭabhaṭaprave¡g!⟨ś⟩aḥ asyā{ṁ}⟨2r5⟩m ¡āpu!⟨phālguna⟩paurṇṇamā¡ś!⟨s⟩yām atraivātmakāritaśrībāleśvarabhaṭṭārakatapo⟨2r6⟩vanapratipālanārtham āropitebhyaḥ śivasya mūrtt¿i?⟨ī⟩nām aṣṭau vigraheśvarāṇāṁ ga⟨2r7⟩haneśasya mūrttayo rudrāḥ ṣaṭ¡ś!⟨ṣ⟩aṣṭy anugrāhakā yuge yuge parivarttamā⟨2r8⟩nā Adhunā kalikālam āsādya śrīmallakulīśanātho ’vatīryya soma¡s!⟨ś⟩a⟨Page 2v⟩⟨2v1⟩rmmākhyabrāhmaṇakule bhūtvā mahā¡b!⟨v⟩ratena dīkṣito jagadindus tenāpi ⟨2v2⟩ mugalisas tataḥ somādipāraṁparyakrameṇa sthān¿e?⟨a⟩guruśr¿i?⟨ī⟩rudra¡ś!⟨s⟩omapra⟨2v3⟩śiṣyaśr¿i?⟨ī⟩teja¡ś!⟨s⟩omaśiṣ⟨y⟩ebhya⟨ḥ⟩ śr¿i?⟨ī⟩⟨ma⟩dbh¿i?⟨ī⟩masomapādebhya⟨ḥ⟩ śiṣyapraśiṣyāṇā⟨ṁ⟩ ⟨2v4⟩ yāgad¿i?⟨ī⟩kṣā¡b!⟨v⟩yākhyān¿ā?⟨a⟩{n}vasat{r}¿a?⟨i⟩pravarttanāya bhagnavid¿i?⟨ī⟩rṇṇadevakula⟨2v5⟩saṁskṛtaye ca| mātāpitror ātmanaś ca puṇyābhi¡b!⟨v⟩ṛddhaye samakālopa⟨2v6⟩bhogārtham ācandratārakārkkam udakapūr¡bb!⟨vv⟩akaṁ tām{b}raśāsanena pratipādi⟨2v7⟩ta Ity

avagatya samucita⟨ṁ⟩ bhogabhāgādikam upanayanto bhavantaḥ sukhaṁ prati⟨2v8⟩vasantu|| bhāvinaś ca bh¿u?⟨ū⟩mipālān ud⟨d⟩iśyedam abhidhīyate

I. Vasantatilakā

bhūmipradā divi ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨3r1⟩ lalanti patanti hanta

hṛtvā mahī⟨ṁ⟩ nṛpatayo narake nṛśa¡t!⟨ṁ⟩sā⟨T⟩

Etad ⟨d⟩vaya⟨ṁ⟩ pari⟨3r2⟩kalayya calāñ ca lakṣmīm

āyus tathā kuruta yad bhavatām abh¿i?⟨ī⟩ṣṭaṁ|

Api ca

II. Anuṣṭubh

ra⟨3r3⟩kṣāpālanayos tāvat phalaṁ sugatidurggatī

ko nāma svarggam utsṛjya narakaṁ pra⟨3r4⟩tipadyate||

¡b!⟨v⟩yāsag¿i?⟨ī⟩tāṁś cāt{t}ra ślokān udāharanti

III. Indravajrā

Agner apatyaṁ pratha⟨3r5⟩maṁ suvarṇṇaṁ

bhūr ¡bb!⟨vv⟩aiṣṇavī sūryasutāś ca gāvaḥ

dattās trayas tena bhavanti ⟨3r6⟩ lokā

yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāñ ca mahīñ ca dadyā⟨T⟩|

IV. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭi{ṁ}varṣasahasrāṇi svarge ⟨3r7⟩ modati bhūmidaḥ

¡Atsettā!⟨Ākṣeptā⟩ cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vase⟨T⟩|

V. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhi⟨r⟩ va⟨3r8⟩sudhā dattā rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ

yasya yasya yadā bhūmi⟨s⟩ tasya tasya tadā pha⟨Page 3v⟩⟨3v1⟩la⟨ṁ⟩

VI. Anuṣṭubh

svadattā⟨ṁ⟩ paradattām ¡b!⟨v⟩ā yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira

mah¿i?⟨ī⟩ṁ mahī¿ma?tāṁ śreṣṭha dānāt ¡s!⟨ś⟩re⟨3v2⟩yo ’nupālanaṁ||

pūr¡bb!⟨vv⟩āyā¡n!⟨ṁ⟩ diśi nady¿ā?⟨a⟩rddheṇa uttaradakṣiṇāyatena ha⟨3v3⟩stasahasrāṇi saptaśatatrayapañcāśābhyadhikañ ca| dakṣiṇāyā¡n!⟨ṁ⟩ diśi ⟨3v4⟩ p¿u?⟨ū⟩r¡bb!⟨vv⟩apaścimāyatena ṣaṭsahasrāṇi śatam ekapañcāśad uttare ⟨3v5⟩ paścimāyā⟨ṁ⟩ diśi dakṣiṇottarāyatena sahasrāṇi sapta| uttarāyā¡n!⟨ṁ⟩ diśi ⟨3v6⟩ paścimapūr¡bv!⟨vv⟩āyatena ṣaṭsahasrāṇi śatatrayapañcāśābhyadhikañ ca| ⟨3v7⟩ catur¡bbiṅ!⟨vviṁ⟩śāṅgu¡le!⟨lair⟩ hastair mmānam eta⟨d a⟩nusa⟨ṁ⟩khyayā| pravarddhamānavijayarājye ⟨3v8⟩ sam¡b!⟨v⟩atsare saptapañcāśattame ph¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨l⟩gunakṛṣṇapakṣaprathamadvādaśyām ¿ā?⟨a⟩ṅkena⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1r1⟩ sam¡b!⟨v⟩aT 50 7 ¡phagguṇa!⟨phālguna⟩ dina ⟨10⟩ 2

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rājña⟨ḥ⟩ śrīharṣaguptasya sūno⟨ḥ⟩ sadguṇaśālina⟨ḥ⟩ śāsanaṁ śivaguptasya sthitam ā bhuvanasthite⟨ḥ⟩

Plates⟨Page 1v⟩ 
⟨1v1⟩ @ svasty aśeṣakṣit¿i?⟨ī⟩śavidyābhyāsaviśeṣāsāditamahan¿i?⟨ī⟩ya{naya}vinayasaṁ-
⟨1v2⟩ patsampāditasakalavijigīṣuguṇo guṇavatsamāśrayaḥ prakṛṣṭataraśau-
⟨1v3⟩ ryyaprajñāprabhāvasaṁbhāvitamahābhyudayaḥ kārttikeya Iva kṛttivāsas¿au?⟨o⟩ rā-
⟨1v4⟩ jñaḥ śrīharṣa◯guptasya sūnuḥ somava¡ṅ!⟨ṁ⟩śasaṁbhavaḥ {t}paramamāheśvaro mātā-
⟨1v5⟩ pitṛpādānu◯{nu}dhyātaḥ śrīmahāśivaguptarājadevaḥ kuśalī|| ¿u?⟨o⟩ṇi-
⟨1v6⟩ bhogīyagrām¿a?⟨e⟩ pāśipadrake kurapadrakasahite| brāhmaṇāṁ sa{ṁ}mp¿u?⟨ū⟩jya ta-
⟨1v7⟩ tpratinivāsikuṭumbino yathākālādhyāsinaḥ samāhartṛsannidhātṛpra-
⟨1v8⟩ bhṛt¿i?⟨ī⟩n asmatpādopajīvinaḥ sar¡bv!⟨vv⟩arājapuruṣā¡ṁ!⟨n⟩ samājñāpayati viditam a-
⟨Page 2r⟩ 
⟨2r1⟩ stu bhavatāṁ yathāsmābhir ayaṁ grāmaḥ sakurapadrakaḥ vājasaneyaca-
⟨2r2⟩ raṇād abhyarthya bhāṇḍāgāratulapadrakam oṇ¿ī?⟨i⟩bhogīyaṁ parivarttena dat⟨t⟩vā
⟨2r3⟩ sa¡t!⟨m⟩prati sanidhānaḥ sopanidhānaḥ sar¡bb!⟨vv⟩akarādānasametaḥ sar¡bb!⟨vv⟩apīḍāvi-
⟨2r4⟩ va⟨r⟩jj¿a?⟨i⟩tas sa◯da¡s!⟨ś⟩āparādhaḥ prat¿a?⟨i⟩ṣiddhacāṭabhaṭaprave¡g!⟨ś⟩aḥ asyā{ṁ}-
⟨2r5⟩ m ¡āpu!⟨phālguna⟩pau◯rṇṇamā¡ś!⟨s⟩yām atraivātmakāritaśrībāleśvarabhaṭṭārakatapo-
⟨2r6⟩ vanapratipālanārtham āropitebhyaḥ śivasya mūrtt¿i?⟨ī⟩nām aṣṭau vigraheśvarāṇāṁ ga-
⟨2r7⟩ haneśasya mūrttayo rudrāḥ ṣaṭ¡ś!⟨ṣ⟩aṣṭy anugrāhakā yuge yuge parivarttamā-
⟨2r8⟩ nā Adhunā kalikālam āsādya śrīmallakulīśanātho ’vatīryya soma¡s!⟨ś⟩a-
⟨Page 2v⟩ 
⟨2v1⟩ rmmākhyabrāhmaṇakule bhūtvā mahā¡b!⟨v⟩ratena dīkṣito jagadindus tenāpi
⟨2v2⟩ mugalisas tataḥ somādipāraṁparyakrameṇa sthān¿e?⟨a⟩guruśr¿i?⟨ī⟩rudra¡ś!⟨s⟩omapra-
⟨2v3⟩ śiṣyaśr¿i?⟨ī⟩teja¡ś!⟨s⟩omaśiṣ⟨y⟩ebhya⟨ḥ⟩ śr¿i?⟨ī⟩⟨ma⟩dbh¿i?⟨ī⟩masomapādebhya⟨ḥ⟩ śiṣyapraśiṣyāṇā⟨ṁ⟩
⟨2v4⟩ yāgad¿i?⟨ī⟩kṣā◯¡b!⟨v⟩yākhyān¿ā?⟨a⟩{n}vasat{r}¿a?⟨i⟩pravarttanāya bhagnavid¿i?⟨ī⟩rṇṇadevakula-
⟨2v5⟩ saṁskṛtaye ◯ca| mātāpitror ātmanaś ca puṇyābhi¡b!⟨v⟩ṛddhaye samakālopa-
⟨2v6⟩ bhogārtham ācandratārakārkkam udakapūr¡bb!⟨vv⟩akaṁ tām{b}raśāsanena pratipādi-
⟨2v7⟩ ta Ity avagatya samucita⟨ṁ⟩ bhogabhāgādikam upanayanto bhavantaḥ sukhaṁ prati-
⟨2v8⟩ vasantu|| bhāvinaś ca bh¿u?⟨ū⟩mipālān ud⟨d⟩iśyedam abhidhīyate  bhūmipradā divi 
⟨Page 3r⟩ 
⟨3r1⟩ lalanti patanti hanta hṛtvā mahī⟨ṁ⟩ nṛpatayo narake nṛśa¡t!⟨ṁ⟩sā⟨T⟩ Etad ⟨d⟩vaya⟨ṁ⟩ pari-
⟨3r2⟩ kalayya calāñ ca lakṣmīm āyus tathā kuruta yad bhavatām abh¿i?⟨ī⟩ṣṭaṁ| Api ca  ra-
⟨3r3⟩ kṣāpālanayos tāvat phalaṁ sugatidurggatī ko nāma svarggam utsṛjya narakaṁ pra-
⟨3r4⟩ tipadyate|| ◯¡b!⟨v⟩yāsag¿i?⟨ī⟩tāṁś cāt{t}ra ślokān udāharanti  Agner apatyaṁ pratha-
⟨3r5⟩ maṁ suvarṇṇaṁ ◯bhūr ¡bb!⟨vv⟩aiṣṇavī sūryasutāś ca gāvaḥ dattās trayas tena bhavanti 
⟨3r6⟩ lokā yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāñ ca mahīñ ca dadyā⟨T⟩|  ṣaṣṭi{ṁ}varṣasahasrāṇi svarge 
⟨3r7⟩ modati bhūmidaḥ ¡Atsettā!⟨Ākṣeptā⟩ cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vase⟨T⟩|  bahubhi⟨r⟩ va-
⟨3r8⟩ sudhā dattā rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmi⟨s⟩ tasya tasya tadā pha-
⟨Page 3v⟩ 
⟨3v1⟩ la⟨ṁ⟩  svadattā⟨ṁ⟩ paradattām ¡b!⟨v⟩ā yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira mah¿i?⟨ī⟩ṁ mahī¿ma?tāṁ śreṣṭha dānāt ¡s!⟨ś⟩re-
⟨3v2⟩ yo ’nupālanaṁ|| pūr¡bb!⟨vv⟩āyā¡n!⟨ṁ⟩ diśi nady¿ā?⟨a⟩rddheṇa uttaradakṣiṇāyatena ha-
⟨3v3⟩ stasahasrāṇi saptaśatatrayapañcāśābhyadhikañ ca| dakṣiṇāyā¡n!⟨ṁ⟩ diśi
⟨3v4⟩ p¿u?⟨ū⟩r¡bb!⟨vv⟩apaści◯māyatena ṣaṭsahasrāṇi śatam ekapañcāśad uttare
⟨3v5⟩ paścimāyā⟨ṁ⟩ diśi dakṣiṇottarāyatena sahasrāṇi sapta| uttarāyā¡n!⟨ṁ⟩ diśi
⟨3v6⟩ paścimapūr¡bv!⟨vv⟩āyatena ṣaṭsahasrāṇi śatatrayapañcāśābhyadhikañ ca|
⟨3v7⟩ catur¡bbiṅ!⟨vviṁ⟩śāṅgu¡le!⟨lair⟩ hastair mmānam eta⟨d a⟩nusa⟨ṁ⟩khyayā| pravarddhamānavijayarājye
⟨3v8⟩ sam¡b!⟨v⟩atsare saptapañcāśattame ph¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨l⟩gunakṛṣṇapakṣaprathamadvādaśyām ¿ā?⟨a⟩ṅkena
⟨Page 1r⟩ 
⟨1r1⟩ sam¡b!⟨v⟩aT 50 7 ¡phagguṇa!⟨phālguna⟩ dina ⟨10⟩ 2

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I. Anuṣṭubh

rājña⟨ḥ⟩ śrīharṣaguptasya sūno⟨ḥ⟩ sadguṇaśālina⟨ḥ⟩

śāsanaṁ śivaguptasya sthitam ā bhuvanasthite⟨ḥ⟩

Plates

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1v1⟩ @ svasty aśeṣakṣit¿i?⟨ī⟩śavidyābhyāsaviśeṣāsāditamahan¿i?⟨ī⟩ya{naya}vinayasaṁ⟨1v2⟩patsampāditasakalavijigīṣuguṇo guṇavatsamāśrayaḥ prakṛṣṭataraśau⟨1v3⟩ryyaprajñāprabhāvasaṁbhāvitamahābhyudayaḥ kārttikeya Iva kṛttivāsas¿au?⟨o⟩ rā⟨1v4⟩jñaḥ śrīharṣa◯guptasya sūnuḥ somava¡ṅ!⟨ṁ⟩śasaṁbhavaḥ {t}paramamāheśvaro mātā⟨1v5⟩pitṛpādānu◯{nu}dhyātaḥ śrīmahāśivaguptarājadevaḥ kuśalī|| ¿u?⟨o⟩ṇi⟨1v6⟩bhogīyagrām¿a?⟨e⟩ pāśipadrake kurapadrakasahite| brāhmaṇāṁ sa{ṁ}mp¿u?⟨ū⟩jya ta⟨1v7⟩tpratinivāsikuṭumbino yathākālādhyāsinaḥ samāhartṛsannidhātṛpra⟨1v8⟩bhṛt¿i?⟨ī⟩n asmatpādopajīvinaḥ sar¡bv!⟨vv⟩arājapuruṣā¡ṁ!⟨n⟩ samājñāpayati

viditam a⟨Page 2r⟩⟨2r1⟩stu bhavatāṁ yathāsmābhir ayaṁ grāmaḥ sakurapadrakaḥ vājasaneyaca⟨2r2⟩raṇād abhyarthya bhāṇḍāgāratulapadrakam oṇ¿ī?⟨i⟩bhogīyaṁ parivarttena dat⟨t⟩vā ⟨2r3⟩ sa¡t!⟨m⟩prati sanidhānaḥ sopanidhānaḥ sar¡bb!⟨vv⟩akarādānasametaḥ sar¡bb!⟨vv⟩apīḍāvi⟨2r4⟩va⟨r⟩jj¿a?⟨i⟩tas sa◯da¡s!⟨ś⟩āparādhaḥ prat¿a?⟨i⟩ṣiddhacāṭabhaṭaprave¡g!⟨ś⟩aḥ asyā{ṁ}⟨2r5⟩m ¡āpu!⟨phālguna⟩pau◯rṇṇamā¡ś!⟨s⟩yām atraivātmakāritaśrībāleśvarabhaṭṭārakatapo⟨2r6⟩vanapratipālanārtham āropitebhyaḥ śivasya mūrtt¿i?⟨ī⟩nām aṣṭau vigraheśvarāṇāṁ ga⟨2r7⟩haneśasya mūrttayo rudrāḥ ṣaṭ¡ś!⟨ṣ⟩aṣṭy anugrāhakā yuge yuge parivarttamā⟨2r8⟩nā Adhunā kalikālam āsādya śrīmallakulīśanātho ’vatīryya soma¡s!⟨ś⟩a⟨Page 2v⟩⟨2v1⟩rmmākhyabrāhmaṇakule bhūtvā mahā¡b!⟨v⟩ratena dīkṣito jagadindus tenāpi ⟨2v2⟩ mugalisas tataḥ somādipāraṁparyakrameṇa sthān¿e?⟨a⟩guruśr¿i?⟨ī⟩rudra¡ś!⟨s⟩omapra⟨2v3⟩śiṣyaśr¿i?⟨ī⟩teja¡ś!⟨s⟩omaśiṣ⟨y⟩ebhya⟨ḥ⟩ śr¿i?⟨ī⟩⟨ma⟩dbh¿i?⟨ī⟩masomapādebhya⟨ḥ⟩ śiṣyapraśiṣyāṇā⟨ṁ⟩ ⟨2v4⟩ yāgad¿i?⟨ī⟩kṣā◯¡b!⟨v⟩yākhyān¿ā?⟨a⟩{n}vasat{r}¿a?⟨i⟩pravarttanāya bhagnavid¿i?⟨ī⟩rṇṇadevakula⟨2v5⟩saṁskṛtaye ◯ca| mātāpitror ātmanaś ca puṇyābhi¡b!⟨v⟩ṛddhaye samakālopa⟨2v6⟩bhogārtham ācandratārakārkkam udakapūr¡bb!⟨vv⟩akaṁ tām{b}raśāsanena pratipādi⟨2v7⟩ta Ity

avagatya samucita⟨ṁ⟩ bhogabhāgādikam upanayanto bhavantaḥ sukhaṁ prati⟨2v8⟩vasantu|| bhāvinaś ca bh¿u?⟨ū⟩mipālān ud⟨d⟩iśyedam abhidhīyate

I. Vasantatilakā

bhūmipradā divi ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨3r1⟩ lalanti patanti hanta

hṛtvā mahī⟨ṁ⟩ nṛpatayo narake nṛśa¡t!⟨ṁ⟩sā⟨T⟩

Etad ⟨d⟩vaya⟨ṁ⟩ pari⟨3r2⟩kalayya calāñ ca lakṣmīm

āyus tathā kuruta yad bhavatām abh¿i?⟨ī⟩ṣṭaṁ|

Api ca

II. Anuṣṭubh

ra⟨3r3⟩kṣāpālanayos tāvat phalaṁ sugatidurggatī

ko nāma svarggam utsṛjya narakaṁ pra⟨3r4⟩tipadyate||

◯¡b!⟨v⟩yāsag¿i?⟨ī⟩tāṁś cāt{t}ra ślokān udāharanti

III. Indravajrā

Agner apatyaṁ pratha⟨3r5⟩maṁ suvarṇṇaṁ

◯bhūr ¡bb!⟨vv⟩aiṣṇavī sūryasutāś ca gāvaḥ

dattās trayas tena bhavanti ⟨3r6⟩ lokā

yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāñ ca mahīñ ca dadyā⟨T⟩|

IV. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭi{ṁ}varṣasahasrāṇi svarge ⟨3r7⟩ modati bhūmidaḥ

¡Atsettā!⟨Ākṣeptā⟩ cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vase⟨T⟩|

V. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhi⟨r⟩ va⟨3r8⟩sudhā dattā rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ

yasya yasya yadā bhūmi⟨s⟩ tasya tasya tadā pha⟨Page 3v⟩⟨3v1⟩la⟨ṁ⟩

VI. Anuṣṭubh

svadattā⟨ṁ⟩ paradattām ¡b!⟨v⟩ā yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira

mah¿i?⟨ī⟩ṁ mahī¿ma?tāṁ śreṣṭha dānāt ¡s!⟨ś⟩re⟨3v2⟩yo ’nupālanaṁ||

pūr¡bb!⟨vv⟩āyā¡n!⟨ṁ⟩ diśi nady¿ā?⟨a⟩rddheṇa uttaradakṣiṇāyatena ha⟨3v3⟩stasahasrāṇi saptaśatatrayapañcāśābhyadhikañ ca| dakṣiṇāyā¡n!⟨ṁ⟩ diśi ⟨3v4⟩ p¿u?⟨ū⟩r¡bb!⟨vv⟩apaści◯māyatena ṣaṭsahasrāṇi śatam ekapañcāśad uttare ⟨3v5⟩ paścimāyā⟨ṁ⟩ diśi dakṣiṇottarāyatena sahasrāṇi sapta| uttarāyā¡n!⟨ṁ⟩ diśi ⟨3v6⟩ paścimapūr¡bv!⟨vv⟩āyatena ṣaṭsahasrāṇi śatatrayapañcāśābhyadhikañ ca| ⟨3v7⟩ catur¡bbiṅ!⟨vviṁ⟩śāṅgu¡le!⟨lair⟩ hastair mmānam eta⟨d a⟩nusa⟨ṁ⟩khyayā| pravarddhamānavijayarājye ⟨3v8⟩ sam¡b!⟨v⟩atsare saptapañcāśattame ph¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨l⟩gunakṛṣṇapakṣaprathamadvādaśyām ¿ā?⟨a⟩ṅkena⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1r1⟩ sam¡b!⟨v⟩aT 50 7 ¡phagguṇa!⟨phālguna⟩ dina ⟨10⟩ 2

Apparatus

Seal

⟨ab⟩ rājña⟨ḥ⟩ ⬦ rājña⟨ḥ⟩ RS; rājñaḥ ?; rājña⟨ḥ⟩ BJ; rājñaḥ SBM. — ⟨ab⟩ sūno⟨ḥ⟩ ⬦ sūno⟨ḥ⟩ RS; sūnoḥ ?; sūno⟨ḥ⟩ BJ; sūnoḥ SBM. — ⟨ab⟩ sadguṇaśālina⟨ḥ⟩ ⬦ sadguṇaśālina⟨ḥ⟩ RS; sadguṇaśālinaḥ ?; sadguṇaśālina⟨ḥ⟩ BJ; sadguṇaśālinaḥ SBM.

⟨cd⟩ °sthite⟨ḥ⟩ ⬦ °sthite⟨ḥ⟩ RS; °sthiteḥ ?; °sthite⟨ḥ⟩ BJ; °sthiteḥ SBM.

Plates

⟨1v6⟩ °bhogīya° ⬦ °bhogīya° RS; °bhog¿i?⟨ī⟩ya° ?; °bhogiya° BJ; °bhogīya° SBM. — ⟨1v6⟩ brāhmaṇāṁ ⬦ brāhmaṇāṁ RS; brāhmaṇā⟨n⟩ ?; brāhmaṇāṁ BJ; brāhmaṇā⟨n⟩ SBM.

⟨1v7⟩ °kālā° ⬦ °kālā° RS; °kālā° ?; °kālā° BJ; °kalā° SBM.

⟨1v8⟩ sar¡bv!⟨vv⟩arājapuruṣā¡ṁ!⟨n⟩ ⬦ sar¡vb!⟨vv⟩arājapuruṣāṁ RS; sar¡bv!⟨vv⟩arājapuruṣāṁ ?; sar¡bb!⟨vv⟩arājapuruṣā⟨n⟩ BJ; sar¡bb!⟨vv⟩arājapuruṣā⟨n⟩ SBM.

⟨2r2⟩ bhāṇḍāgāra° ⬦ bhāṇḍāgāra° RS; bhāṇḍāgāra° ?; bhāṇḍāgāra° BJ; bhāṇḍagāra° SBM. — ⟨2r2⟩ °bhogīyaṁ ⬦ °bhogīyaṁ RS; °bhogīyaṁ ?; °bhogīyaṁ BJ; °bhogiyaṁ SBM.

⟨2r3⟩ sar¡bb!⟨vv⟩akarā° ⬦ sar¡vb!⟨vv⟩akarā° RS; sar¡bb!⟨vv⟩akarā° ?; sar¡bv!⟨vv⟩akarā° BJ; sar¡bb!⟨vv⟩akara° SBM. — ⟨2r3⟩ sar¡bb!⟨vv⟩apīḍā° ⬦ sar¡vb!⟨vv⟩apīḍa° RS; sar¡bb!⟨vv⟩apīḍā° ?; sar¡bv!⟨vv⟩apīḍā° BJ; sar¡bb!⟨vv⟩apīḍā° SBM.

⟨2r4⟩ °prave¡g!⟨ś⟩aḥ ⬦ °prave¡g!⟨ś⟩aḥ RS; °praveśaḥ ?; °prave¡g!⟨ś⟩aḥ BJ; °praveśaḥ SBM.

⟨2v2⟩ °pāraṁparya° ⬦ °pāraṁparya° RS; °pāraṁparya° ?; °pāraṁparya° BJ; °pāramparya° SBM.

⟨2v4⟩ °¡b!⟨v⟩yākhyān¿ā?⟨a⟩{n}vasat{r}¿a?⟨i⟩° ⬦ °vyākhyānānvasatṛ° RS; °vyākhyān¿ā?⟨a⟩{n}vasat¡ṛ!⟨i⟩° ?; °vyākhyānānvasatṛ° BJ; °vyākhyānānn{v}asattra° SBM.

⟨2v6⟩ pratipādi⟨2v7⟩ta ⬦ pratipādi⟨2v7⟩ta RS; pratipādi⟨2v7⟩ta ?; pratipādi⟨2v7⟩ta BJ; pratipād¿ī?⟨i⟩⟨2v7⟩ta SBM.

⟨3r1⟩ nṛśa¡t!⟨ṁ⟩sā⟨T⟩ ⬦ nṛśastā RS; nṛśa⟨ṁ⟩{n}sā⟨ḥ⟩ ?; nṛśastā BJ; nṛśa⟨ṁ⟩sā⟨ḥ⟩ SBM. — ⟨3r1⟩ pari⟨3r2⟩kalayya ⬦ pari⟨3r2⟩kalayya RS; pari⟨3r2⟩kalpayya ?; pari⟨3r2⟩kalayya BJ; pari⟨3r2⟩kalayya SBM.

⟨3r2⟩ abh¿i?⟨ī⟩ṣṭaṁ ⬦ abh¿i?⟨ī⟩ṣṭaṁ RS; abhīṣṭaṁ ?; abh¿i?⟨ī⟩ṣṭaṁ BJ; abh¿i?⟨ī⟩ṣṭaṁ SBM.

⟨3r4⟩ cāt{t}ra ⬦ cāt{t}ra RS; cāt{t}ra ?; cāt{t}ra BJ; cātra SBM.

⟨3r5⟩ bhūr ¡bb!⟨vv⟩aiṣṇavī sūryasutāś ⬦ bhur baiṣṇavī sūryyasutāś RS; bhūr ¡bb!⟨vv⟩aiṣṇavī sūryyasutāś ?; bhur baiṣṇavī sūryyasutāś BJ; bhūr ¡bb!⟨vv⟩aiṣṇavī sūryasutāś SBM.

⟨3r6⟩ ṣaṣṭi{ṁ}° ⬦ ṣaṣṭiṁ° RS; ṣaṣṭi⟨ṁ⟩° ?; ṣaṣṭi° BJ; ṣaṣṭiṁ° SBM.

⟨3r7⟩ ¡Atsettā!⟨Ākṣeptā⟩ ⬦ Astettā RS; ¡Atsetettā!⟨Ākṣeptā⟩ ?; Astettā BJ; ¡Atsetettā!⟨Akṣeptā⟩ SBM.

⟨3v1⟩ mah¿i?⟨ī⟩ṁ mahī¿ma?tāṁ ⬦ mah¿i?⟨ī⟩ mahi¡v!⟨m⟩atāṁ RS; mah¿i?⟨ī⟩ṁ mah¿i?⟨ī⟩¡v!⟨m⟩atāṁ ?; mah¿i?⟨ī⟩ mahi¡v!⟨m⟩atāṁ BJ; mah¿i?⟨ī⟩⟨ṁ⟩ mahi¡y!⟨m⟩atāṁ SBM. — ⟨3v1⟩ dānāt ¡s!⟨ś⟩re⟨3v2⟩yo ⬦ dānās te⟨3v2⟩yo RS; dānāt se⟨3v2⟩yo ?; dānās te⟨3v2⟩yo BJ; dānās te⟨3v2⟩yo SBM.

⟨3v3⟩ °pañcāśābhyadhikañ ⬦ °pañcāśābhyadhikañ RS; °pañcāśābhyadhikañ ?; °pañcāśābhyadhikañ BJ; °pañcāsābhyadhikañ SBM. — ⟨3v3⟩ dakṣiṇāyā¡n!⟨ṁ⟩ ⬦ dakṣiṇayān RS; dakṣiṇāyā¡n!⟨ṁ⟩ ?; dakṣiṇayān BJ; dakṣiṇāya¡n!⟨ṁ⟩ SBM.

⟨3v4⟩ p¿u?⟨ū⟩r¡bb!⟨vv⟩a° ⬦ pūr¡vb!⟨vv⟩a° RS; pūr¡bb!⟨vv⟩a° ?; pūr¡bb!⟨vv⟩a° BJ; pūr¡bb!⟨vv⟩a° SBM.

⟨3v6⟩ °pūr¡bv!⟨vv⟩ā° ⬦ °pūr¡vb!⟨vv⟩ā° RS; °pūr¡bb!⟨vv⟩ā° ?; °pūr¡bb!⟨vv⟩ā° BJ; °pūr¡bb!⟨vv⟩ā° SBM. — ⟨3v6⟩ °pañcāśābhyadhikañ ⬦ °pañcāśābhyadhikañ RS; °pañcāśābhyadhikañ ?; °pañcāśābhyadhikañ BJ; °pañcāśebhya dhikañ SBM.

⟨3v8⟩ sam¡b!⟨v⟩atsare ⬦ sambatsare RS; sa¡m!⟨ṁ⟩vatsare ?; sambatsare BJ; sa¡m!⟨ṁ⟩vatsare SBM.

⟨1r1⟩ ¡phagguṇa!⟨phālguna⟩ ⬦ ¡phagguṇa!⟨phālguna⟩ RS; ¡phāgguṇa!⟨phālguna⟩ ?; ¡phagguṇa!⟨phālguna⟩ BJ; ¡phāgguṇa!⟨phālguna⟩ SBM. — ⟨1r1⟩ ⟨10⟩ 2 ⬦ 10 2 RS; 10 2 ?; 1 2 BJ; 10 2 SBM.

Translation by Natasja Bosma

Seal

The charter of Śivagupta, son of the illustrious king Harṣagupta, who is possessed of good qualities, endures as long as the existence of the world

Plates

(1v1–1v8) Success! Hail! The illustrious and great rājadeva Śivagupta who has been born in the Lunar Dynasty as the son of a king, the illustrious Harṣagupta, like Kārttikeya is of Kṛttivāsas (i.e., Śiva); who is entirely devoted to Maheśvara; who is favoured by his father and mother; and who is in good health: He has acquired all the qualities of a conqueror through the perfection of praiseworthy discipline, effected in particular by implementing all the "political sciences"; he is a refuge for the virtuous; and his great prosperity has been brought about by his superior valour, intelligence, and strength! After having saluted the Brahmins in the village of Pāśipadraka together with [the village of] Kurapadraka situated in the Oṇi bhoga, [the king] issues [the following command] to all royal officers who are dedicated to our service, beginning with the collector and the receiver; to those who are temporarily posted [in the village], and to the householders being inhabitants of that [village]:

(1v8–2v7) Let it be known to you that by means of [this] copperplate charter and preceded by a libation of water, this village together with [the village of] Kurapadraka has been granted by us today for the increase of religious merit of father, mother, and ourselves, to the illustrious and venerable Bhīmasoma, the pupil of the illustrious Tejasoma and grand-pupil of the illustrious sthānaguru Rudrasoma. The villages were retrieved from [brahmins of] the Vājasaneya caraṇa, who were given the village of Bhāṇḍāgāratulapadraka situated in the Oṇi bhoga in return. There are eight embodiments of Śiva, the Vigraheśvaras; the embodiments of Gahaneśa are the sixty-six Rudras who bestow grace (i.e., initiation) and who roam about in each yuga. Now the Kali age has come and the illustrious Lakulīśanātha has descended: He was born in the family of a Brahmin named Somaśarman. By him (i.e., Lakulīśanātha) he (i.e., Somaśarman) was initiated in the Great Vow and [came to be] a "Moon on Earth". By him again (i.e., Somaśarman), Mugalisa [was initiated]. Then, in due succession of the lineage that started with the Moon, [the aforementioned Bhīmasoma] was raised [to a position] in charge of the tapovana of the Bāleśvara-bhaṭṭāraka temple that was erected by ourselves (i.e., Śivagupta) here (i.e., in the plains of Śrīpura). [The grant of the village took place] on this day of the full moon in the month of Phālguna, for the purpose of meeting the expenses of offering ceremonies, initiations, teaching and housing for the pupils and grand-pupils; as well as [to finance] the repairs of the temple’s broken parts. [The grant], which is meant to be enjoyed as long as the moon, the stars, and the sun will endure, comes along with [the right to] hidden treasures and deposits; [the right to collect] all taxes [payable to the king]; the exemption from all kinds of unpaid labour; [the right to] punish and realise fines for the ten offences; and the exemption from being entered by irregular or regular troops.

(2v7–2v8) Having taken note of that, you should render the proper [shares of] periodical offerings, produce, and the like, while living happily [in this village]. And this is said for the instruction of the future kings:

2v8–3r2

[Kings] who donate land sport in heaven, [but] look, kings who have taken land fall into hell for their wickedness. After having taken to heart these two rules and taken hold of Lakṣmī, you should live you life as you wish!

And also:

3r2–3r4

Fortune and misfortune are truly the fruit of protecting and not protecting [the land]; who then discards heaven and resorts to hell?

(3r4) And in this respect they quote the [following] stanzas sung by Vyāsa:

3r4–3r6

Gold is the first child of Agni, land is born of Viṣṇu, and cows are the offspring of Sūrya: [Therefore], whoever would give gold, a cow, and land would give the three worlds

3r6–3r7

A giver of land rejoices in heaven for sixty thousand years; he who confiscates it or allows [another to confiscate it] will dwell for the same period in hell!

3r7–3v1

The earth has been granted by many kings, beginning with Sagara; whoever possesses the land at any time, to him belong the fruits at that time!

3v1–3v2

O Yudhiṣṭhira, zealously protect the land which was given by yourself or by others! O best of kings, protection is superior to giving!

(3v2–3v7) [The extent of the granted land] is 7350 hastas in the east, [measured] from the middle of the river and stretching from north to south; it is 6151 hastas in the south, stretching from east to west; it is 7000 hastas in the west, stretching from south to north; and it is 6350 hastas in the north, stretching from west to east. The measure of one hasta is equivalent to twenty-four aṅgulas.

(3v7–1r1) [The copperplate charter has been engraved] on the twelfth [day] of the first, dark, fortnight of the month of Phālguna, in the fifty-seventh year of the increasingly victorious reign [of Śivagupta]. In numbers: Year 57, [Month] Phālguna, Day 12.

Commentary

It was clearly the intention to leave the recto side of the first copperplate blank, but in the end the scribe was forced to use this empty space to finish the last sentence of the inscription.

Bibliography

First edited by Raikwar and Singh 1994 from the original plates; published again by Shastri 2001, Jain et al. 2005, pp. 188–192, and Majumdar 2007; re-edited here by Natasja Bosma from the original plates.

Primary

[BJ] Jain, Balchandra, Girdhari L. Raikwar and Rahul Kumar Singh. 2005. Utkīrṇa lekha. Second edition. Chhattīsgarh (India): Culture & Archaeology Department. Pages 188–192.

[SBM] Basu Majumdar, Susmita. 2007. “Re-editing the Junwani copper plate inscription of Mahāsivagupta Bālārjuna, regnal year 57.” In: Kalhār (white water-lily): Studies in art, iconography, architecture and archaeology of India and Bangladesh—Professor Enamul Haque felicitation volume (the volume is presented on the 70th birthday of Prof. Enamul Haque). New Delhi: Kaveri Books, pp. 286–295.

[RS] Raikwar, Girdhari L and Rahul Kumar Singh. 1994. “Mahāśivagupta Bālārjuna kā 57 veṃ rājya varṣa kā junavānī (malhār) tāmralekha.” Purātan 9, pp. 146–147.

[AMS] Shastri, Ajay Mitra. 2001. “Malhar plates of Mahāsivagupta, year 57.” JESI 27, pp. 25–48.

Secondary

[HTB] Bakker, Hans T. 2000. “Somaśarman, Somavaṃśa and Somasiddhānta: A Pāśupata tradition in seventh-century Dakṣiṇa Kosala—Studies in de Skandapurāṇa III.” In: Harānandalaharī: Volume in honour of professor Minoru Hara on his seventieth birthday. Reinbek: Verlag für Orientalische Fachpublikationen, pp. 1–19.

Bosma, Natasja. 2018. Dakṣiṇa Kosala: A rich centre of early Śaivism. Groningen: Barkhuis. [URL]. Pages 83, 257.

Shastri, Ajay Mitra. 2001. “Malhar plates of Mahāsivagupta, year 57.” JESI 27, pp. 25–48.

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<p><pb n="1v"/><lb n="1v1"/><g type="spiralR"/> svasty aśeṣakṣit<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>śavidyābhyāsaviśeṣāsāditamahan<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>ya<surplus>naya</surplus>vinayasaṁ<lb n="1v2" break="no"/>patsampāditasakalavijigīṣuguṇo guṇavatsamāśrayaḥ prakṛṣṭataraśau<lb n="1v3" break="no"/>ryyaprajñāprabhāvasaṁbhāvitamahābhyudayaḥ kārttikeya Iva kṛttivāsas<choice><sic>au</sic><corr>o</corr></choice> rā<lb n="1v4" break="no"/>jñaḥ śrīharṣa<space type="binding-hole"/>guptasya sūnuḥ somava<choice><orig>ṅ</orig><reg>ṁ</reg></choice>śasaṁbhavaḥ <surplus>t</surplus>paramamāheśvaro mātā<lb n="1v5" break="no"/>pitṛpādānu<space type="binding-hole"/><surplus>nu</surplus>dhyātaḥ śrīmahāśivaguptarājadevaḥ kuśalī<g type="ddandaHooked"/> <choice><sic>u</sic><corr>o</corr></choice>ṇi<lb n="1v6" break="no"/>bhogīyagrām<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>e</corr></choice> pāśipadrake kurapadrakasahite<g type="dandaPlain"/> brāhmaṇāṁ sa<surplus>ṁ</surplus>mp<choice><sic>u</sic><corr>ū</corr></choice>jya ta<lb n="1v7" break="no"/>tpratinivāsikuṭumbino yathākālādhyāsinaḥ samāhartṛsannidhātṛpra<lb n="1v8" break="no"/>bhṛt<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>n asmatpādopajīvinaḥ sar<choice><orig>bv</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>arājapuruṣā<choice><orig>ṁ</orig><reg>n</reg></choice> samājñāpayati</p> <p>viditam a<pb n="2r" break="no"/><lb n="2r1" break="no"/>stu bhavatāṁ yathāsmābhir ayaṁ grāmaḥ sakurapadrakaḥ vājasaneyaca<lb n="2r2" break="no"/>raṇād abhyarthya bhāṇḍāgāratulapadrakam oṇ<choice><sic>ī</sic><corr>i</corr></choice>bhogīyaṁ parivarttena dat<supplied reason="omitted">t</supplied>vā<lb n="2r3"/>sa<choice><orig>t</orig><reg>m</reg></choice>prati sanidhānaḥ sopanidhānaḥ sar<choice><orig>bb</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>akarādānasametaḥ sar<choice><orig>bb</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>apīḍāvi<lb n="2r4" break="no"/>va<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>jj<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>i</corr></choice>tas sa<space type="binding-hole"/>da<choice><orig>s</orig><reg>ś</reg></choice>āparādhaḥ prat<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>i</corr></choice>ṣiddhacāṭabhaṭaprave<choice><orig>g</orig><reg>ś</reg></choice>aḥ asyā<surplus>ṁ</surplus><lb n="2r5" break="no"/>m <choice><orig>āpu</orig><reg>phālguna</reg></choice>pau<space type="binding-hole"/>rṇṇamā<choice><orig>ś</orig><reg>s</reg></choice>yām atraivātmakāritaśrībāleśvarabhaṭṭārakatapo<lb n="2r6" break="no"/>vanapratipālanārtham āropitebhyaḥ śivasya mūrtt<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>nām aṣṭau vigraheśvarāṇāṁ ga<lb n="2r7" break="no"/>haneśasya mūrttayo rudrāḥ ṣaṭ<choice><orig>ś</orig><reg>ṣ</reg></choice>aṣṭy anugrāhakā yuge yuge parivarttamā<lb n="2r8" break="no"/>nā Adhunā kalikālam āsādya śrīmallakulīśanātho 'vatīryya soma<choice><orig>s</orig><reg>ś</reg></choice>a<pb n="2v" break="no"/><lb n="2v1" break="no"/>rmmākhyabrāhmaṇakule bhūtvā mahā<choice><orig>b</orig><reg>v</reg></choice>ratena dīkṣito jagadindus tenāpi<lb n="2v2"/>mugalisas tataḥ somādipāraṁparyakrameṇa sthān<choice><sic>e</sic><corr>a</corr></choice>guruśr<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>rudra<choice><orig>ś</orig><reg>s</reg></choice>omapra<lb n="2v3" break="no"/>śiṣyaśr<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>teja<choice><orig>ś</orig><reg>s</reg></choice>omaśiṣ<supplied reason="omitted">y</supplied>ebhya<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> śr<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice><supplied reason="omitted">ma</supplied>dbh<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>masomapādebhya<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> śiṣyapraśiṣyāṇā<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied><lb n="2v4"/>yāgad<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>kṣā<space type="binding-hole"/><choice><orig>b</orig><reg>v</reg></choice>yākhyān<choice><sic>ā</sic><corr>a</corr></choice><surplus>n</surplus>vasat<surplus>r</surplus><choice><sic>a</sic><corr>i</corr></choice>pravarttanāya bhagnavid<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>rṇṇadevakula<lb n="2v5" break="no"/>saṁskṛtaye <space type="binding-hole"/>ca<g type="dandaPlain"/> mātāpitror ātmanaś ca puṇyābhi<choice><orig>b</orig><reg>v</reg></choice>ṛddhaye samakālopa<lb n="2v6" break="no"/>bhogārtham ācandratārakārkkam udakapūr<choice><orig>bb</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>akaṁ tām<surplus>b</surplus>raśāsanena pratipādi<lb n="2v7" break="no"/>ta Ity</p> <p>avagatya samucita<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> bhogabhāgādikam upanayanto bhavantaḥ sukhaṁ prati<lb n="2v8" break="no"/>vasantu<g type="ddandaHooked"/> bhāvinaś ca bh<choice><sic>u</sic><corr>ū</corr></choice>mipālān ud<supplied reason="omitted">d</supplied>iśyedam abhidhīyate</p>

<l n="a">bhūmipradā divi <pb n="3r"/><lb n="3r1"/>lalanti patanti hanta</l>

<l n="b">hṛtvā mahī<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> nṛpatayo narake nṛśa<choice><orig>t</orig><reg>ṁ</reg></choice>sā<supplied reason="omitted">T</supplied></l>

<l n="c">Etad <supplied reason="omitted">d</supplied>vaya<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> pari<lb n="3r2" break="no"/>kalayya calāñ ca lakṣmīm</l>

<l n="d">āyus tathā kuruta yad bhavatām abh<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>ṣṭaṁ<g type="dandaPlain"/></l></lg>

<l n="ab">ra<lb n="3r3" break="no"/>kṣāpālanayos tāvat phalaṁ sugatidurggatī</l>

<l n="cd">ko nāma svarggam utsṛjya narakaṁ pra<lb n="3r4" break="no"/>tipadyate<g type="ddandaHooked"/></l></lg>

<p><space type="binding-hole"/><choice><orig>b</orig><reg>v</reg></choice>yāsag<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>tāṁś cāt<surplus>t</surplus>ra ślokān udāharanti</p>

<l n="a">Agner apatyaṁ pratha<lb n="3r5" break="no"/>maṁ suvarṇṇaṁ</l>

<l n="b"><space type="binding-hole"/>bhūr <choice><orig>bb</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>aiṣṇavī sūryasutāś ca gāvaḥ</l>

<l n="c">dattās trayas tena bhavanti <lb n="3r6"/>lokā</l>

<l n="d">yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāñ ca mahīñ ca dadyā<supplied reason="omitted">T</supplied><g type="dandaPlain"/></l></lg>

<l n="ab">ṣaṣṭi<surplus>ṁ</surplus>varṣasahasrāṇi svarge <lb n="3r7"/>modati bhūmidaḥ</l>

<l n="cd"><choice><orig>Atsettā</orig><reg>Ākṣeptā</reg></choice> cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vase<supplied reason="omitted">T</supplied><g type="dandaPlain"/></l></lg>

<l n="ab">bahubhi<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied> va<lb n="3r8" break="no"/>sudhā dattā rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ</l>

<l n="cd">yasya yasya yadā bhūmi<supplied reason="omitted">s</supplied> tasya tasya tadā pha<pb n="3v" break="no"/><lb n="3v1" break="no"/>la<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied></l></lg>

<l n="ab">svadattā<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> paradattām <choice><orig>b</orig><reg>v</reg></choice>ā yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira</l>

<l n="cd">mah<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>ṁ mahī<sic>ma</sic>tāṁ śreṣṭha dānāt <choice><orig>s</orig><reg>ś</reg></choice>re<lb n="3v2" break="no"/>yo 'nupālanaṁ<g type="ddandaHooked"/></l></lg>

<p>pūr<choice><orig>bb</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>āyā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṁ</reg></choice> diśi nady<choice><sic>ā</sic><corr>a</corr></choice>rddheṇa uttaradakṣiṇāyatena ha<lb n="3v3" break="no"/>stasahasrāṇi saptaśatatrayapañcāśābhyadhikañ ca<g type="dandaPlain"/> dakṣiṇāyā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṁ</reg></choice> diśi<lb n="3v4"/>p<choice><sic>u</sic><corr>ū</corr></choice>r<choice><orig>bb</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>apaści<space type="binding-hole"/>māyatena ṣaṭsahasrāṇi śatam ekapañcāśad uttare<lb n="3v5"/>paścimāyā<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> diśi dakṣiṇottarāyatena sahasrāṇi sapta<g type="dandaPlain"/> uttarāyā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṁ</reg></choice> diśi<lb n="3v6"/>paścimapūr<choice><orig>bv</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>āyatena ṣaṭsahasrāṇi śatatrayapañcāśābhyadhikañ ca<g type="dandaPlain"/><lb n="3v7"/>catur<choice><orig>bbiṅ</orig><reg>vviṁ</reg></choice>śāṅgu<choice><orig>le</orig><reg>lair</reg></choice> hastair mmānam eta<supplied reason="omitted">d a</supplied>nusa<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied>khyayā<g type="dandaPlain"/> pravarddhamānavijayarājye<lb n="3v8"/>sam<choice><orig>b</orig><reg>v</reg></choice>atsare saptapañcāśattame ph<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice><supplied reason="omitted">l</supplied>gunakṛṣṇapakṣaprathamadvādaśyām <choice><sic>ā</sic><corr>a</corr></choice>ṅkena<pb n="1r"/><lb n="1r1"/>sam<choice><orig>b</orig><reg>v</reg></choice>aT <num value="57">50 7</num> <choice><orig>phagguṇa</orig><reg>phālguna</reg></choice> dina <num value="12"><supplied reason="omitted">10</supplied> 2</num></p></div></div>

<lem>rājña<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied></lem>

<rdg source="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01">rājña<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied></rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Shastri2001_01">rājñaḥ</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Jain+al2005_01">rājña<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied></rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01">rājñaḥ</rdg>

</app>

<rdg source="bib:Shastri2001_01">sūnoḥ</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01">sūnoḥ</rdg>

</app>

<lem>sadguṇaśālina<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied></lem>

<rdg source="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01">sadguṇaśālina<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied></rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Shastri2001_01">sadguṇaśālinaḥ</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Jain+al2005_01">sadguṇaśālina<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied></rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01">sadguṇaśālinaḥ</rdg>

</app>

<lem>°sthite<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied></lem>

<rdg source="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01">°sthite<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied></rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Shastri2001_01">°sthiteḥ</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Jain+al2005_01">°sthite<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied></rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01">°sthiteḥ</rdg>

</app>

</listApp>

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<lem>°bhogīya°</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01">°bhogīya°</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Jain+al2005_01">°bhogiya°</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01">°bhogīya°</rdg>

</app>

<lem>brāhmaṇāṁ</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01">brāhmaṇāṁ</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Shastri2001_01">brāhmaṇā<supplied reason="omitted">n</supplied></rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Jain+al2005_01">brāhmaṇāṁ</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01">brāhmaṇā<supplied reason="omitted">n</supplied></rdg>

</app>

</app>

<lem>sar<choice><orig>bv</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>arājapuruṣā<choice><orig>ṁ</orig><reg>n</reg></choice></lem>

<rdg source="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01">sar<choice><orig>vb</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>arājapuruṣāṁ</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Shastri2001_01">sar<choice><orig>bv</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>arājapuruṣāṁ</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Jain+al2005_01">sar<choice><orig>bb</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>arājapuruṣā<supplied reason="omitted">n</supplied></rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01">sar<choice><orig>bb</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>arājapuruṣā<supplied reason="omitted">n</supplied></rdg>

</app>

<lem>bhāṇḍāgāra°</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01">bhāṇḍāgāra°</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Shastri2001_01">bhāṇḍāgāra°</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Jain+al2005_01">bhāṇḍāgāra°</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01">bhāṇḍagāra°</rdg>

</app>

<lem>°bhogīyaṁ</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01">°bhogīyaṁ</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Shastri2001_01">°bhogīyaṁ</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Jain+al2005_01">°bhogīyaṁ</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01">°bhogiyaṁ</rdg>

</app>

<lem>sar<choice><orig>bb</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>akarā°</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01">sar<choice><orig>vb</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>akarā°</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Shastri2001_01">sar<choice><orig>bb</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>akarā°</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Jain+al2005_01">sar<choice><orig>bv</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>akarā°</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01">sar<choice><orig>bb</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>akara°</rdg>

</app>

<lem>sar<choice><orig>bb</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>apīḍā°</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01">sar<choice><orig>vb</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>apīḍa°</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Shastri2001_01">sar<choice><orig>bb</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>apīḍā°</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Jain+al2005_01">sar<choice><orig>bv</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>apīḍā°</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01">sar<choice><orig>bb</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>apīḍā°</rdg>

</app>

<lem>°prave<choice><orig>g</orig><reg>ś</reg></choice>aḥ</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01">°prave<choice><orig>g</orig><reg>ś</reg></choice>aḥ</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Shastri2001_01">°praveśaḥ</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Jain+al2005_01">°prave<choice><orig>g</orig><reg>ś</reg></choice>aḥ</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01">°praveśaḥ</rdg>

</app>

<lem>°pāraṁparya°</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01">°pāraṁparya°</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Shastri2001_01">°pāraṁparya°</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Jain+al2005_01">°pāraṁparya°</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01">°pāramparya°</rdg>

</app>

<lem>°<choice><orig>b</orig><reg>v</reg></choice>yākhyān<choice><sic>ā</sic><corr>a</corr></choice><surplus>n</surplus>vasat<surplus>r</surplus><choice><sic>a</sic><corr>i</corr></choice>°</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01">°vyākhyānānvasatṛ°</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Shastri2001_01">°vyākhyān<choice><sic>ā</sic><corr>a</corr></choice><surplus>n</surplus>vasat<choice><orig>ṛ</orig><reg>i</reg></choice>°</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Jain+al2005_01">°vyākhyānānvasatṛ°</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01">°vyākhyānānn<surplus>v</surplus>asattra°</rdg>

</app>

<lem>pratipādi<lb n="2v7" break="no"/>ta</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01">pratipādi<lb n="2v7" break="no"/>ta</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Shastri2001_01">pratipādi<lb n="2v7" break="no"/>ta</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Jain+al2005_01">pratipādi<lb n="2v7" break="no"/>ta</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01">pratipād<choice><sic>ī</sic><corr>i</corr></choice><lb n="2v7" break="no"/>ta</rdg>

</app>

<rdg source="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01">nṛśastā</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Jain+al2005_01">nṛśastā</rdg>

</app>

<lem>pari<lb n="3r2" break="no"/>kalayya</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01">pari<lb n="3r2" break="no"/>kalayya</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Shastri2001_01">pari<lb n="3r2" break="no"/>kalpayya</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Jain+al2005_01">pari<lb n="3r2" break="no"/>kalayya</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01">pari<lb n="3r2" break="no"/>kalayya</rdg>

</app>

<rdg source="bib:Shastri2001_01">abhīṣṭaṁ</rdg>

</app>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01">cātra</rdg>

</app>

<lem>bhūr <choice><orig>bb</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>aiṣṇavī sūryasutāś</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01">bhur baiṣṇavī sūryyasutāś</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Shastri2001_01">bhūr <choice><orig>bb</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>aiṣṇavī sūryyasutāś</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Jain+al2005_01">bhur baiṣṇavī sūryyasutāś</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01">bhūr <choice><orig>bb</orig><reg>vv</reg></choice>aiṣṇavī sūryasutāś</rdg>

</app>

<lem>ṣaṣṭi<surplus>ṁ</surplus>°</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01">ṣaṣṭiṁ°</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Shastri2001_01">ṣaṣṭi<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied>°</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Jain+al2005_01">ṣaṣṭi°</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01">ṣaṣṭiṁ°</rdg>

</app>

<lem><choice><orig>Atsettā</orig><reg>Ākṣeptā</reg></choice></lem>

<rdg source="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01">Astettā</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Shastri2001_01"><choice><orig>Atsetettā</orig><reg>Ākṣeptā</reg></choice></rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Jain+al2005_01">Astettā</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01"><choice><orig>Atsetettā</orig><reg>Akṣeptā</reg></choice></rdg>

</app>

</app>

<lem>dānāt <choice><orig>s</orig><reg>ś</reg></choice>re<lb n="3v2" break="no"/>yo</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01">dānās te<lb n="3v2" break="no"/>yo</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Shastri2001_01">dānāt se<lb n="3v2" break="no"/>yo</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Jain+al2005_01">dānās te<lb n="3v2" break="no"/>yo</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01">dānās te<lb n="3v2" break="no"/>yo</rdg>

</app>

<lem>°pañcāśābhyadhikañ</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01">°pañcāśābhyadhikañ</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Shastri2001_01">°pañcāśābhyadhikañ</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Jain+al2005_01">°pañcāśābhyadhikañ</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01">°pañcāsābhyadhikañ</rdg>

</app>

<lem>dakṣiṇāyā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṁ</reg></choice></lem>

<rdg source="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01">dakṣiṇayān</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Shastri2001_01">dakṣiṇāyā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṁ</reg></choice></rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Jain+al2005_01">dakṣiṇayān</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Majumdar2007_01">dakṣiṇāya<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṁ</reg></choice></rdg>

</app>

</app>

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<lem>°pañcāśābhyadhikañ</lem>

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<p>The charter of Śivagupta, son of the illustrious king Harṣagupta, who is possessed of good qualities, endures as long as the existence of the world</p></div>

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<p n="1v1-1v8">Success! Hail! The illustrious and great <foreign>rājadeva</foreign> Śivagupta who has been born in the Lunar Dynasty as the son of a king, the illustrious Harṣagupta, like Kārttikeya is of Kṛttivāsas <supplied reason="explanation">i.e., Śiva</supplied>; who is entirely devoted to Maheśvara; who is favoured by his father and mother; and who is in good health: He has acquired all the qualities of a conqueror through the perfection of praiseworthy discipline, effected in particular by implementing all the "political sciences"; he is a refuge for the virtuous; and his great prosperity has been brought about by his superior valour, intelligence, and strength! After having saluted the Brahmins in the village of Pāśipadraka together with <supplied reason="subaudible">the village of</supplied> Kurapadraka situated in the Oṇi <foreign>bhoga</foreign>, <supplied reason="subaudible">the king</supplied> issues <supplied reason="subaudible">the following command</supplied> to all royal officers who are dedicated to our service, beginning with the collector and the receiver; to those who are temporarily posted <supplied reason="subaudible">in the village</supplied>, and to the householders being inhabitants of that <supplied reason="subaudible">village</supplied>:</p>

<p n="1v8-2v7">Let it be known to you that by means of <supplied reason="subaudible">this</supplied> copperplate charter and preceded by a libation of water, this village together with <supplied reason="subaudible">the village of</supplied> Kurapadraka has been granted by us today for the increase of religious merit of father, mother, and ourselves, to the illustrious and venerable Bhīmasoma, the pupil of the illustrious Tejasoma and grand-pupil of the illustrious <foreign>sthānaguru</foreign> Rudrasoma. The villages were retrieved from <supplied reason="subaudible">brahmins of</supplied> the Vājasaneya <foreign>caraṇa</foreign>, who were given the village of Bhāṇḍāgāratulapadraka situated in the Oṇi <foreign>bhoga</foreign> in return. There are eight embodiments of Śiva, the Vigraheśvaras; the embodiments of Gahaneśa are the sixty-six Rudras who bestow grace <supplied reason="explanation">i.e., initiation</supplied> and who roam about in each <foreign>yuga</foreign>. Now the Kali age has come and the illustrious Lakulīśanātha has descended: He was born in the family of a Brahmin named Somaśarman. By him <supplied reason="explanation">i.e., Lakulīśanātha</supplied> he <supplied reason="explanation">i.e., Somaśarman</supplied> was initiated in the Great Vow and <supplied reason="subaudible">came to be</supplied> a "Moon on Earth". By him again <supplied reason="explanation">i.e., Somaśarman</supplied>, Mugalisa <supplied reason="subaudible">was initiated</supplied>. Then, in due succession of the lineage that started with the Moon, <supplied reason="subaudible">the aforementioned Bhīmasoma</supplied> was raised <supplied reason="subaudible">to a position</supplied> in charge of the <foreign>tapovana</foreign> of the Bāleśvara-bhaṭṭāraka temple that was erected by ourselves <supplied reason="explanation">i.e., Śivagupta</supplied> here <supplied reason="explanation">i.e., in the plains of Śrīpura</supplied>. <supplied reason="subaudible">The grant of the village took place</supplied> on this day of the full moon in the month of Phālguna, for the purpose of meeting the expenses of offering ceremonies, initiations, teaching and housing for the pupils and grand-pupils; as well as <supplied reason="subaudible">to finance</supplied> the repairs of the temple’s broken parts. <supplied reason="subaudible">The grant</supplied>, which is meant to be enjoyed as long as the moon, the stars, and the sun will endure, comes along with <supplied reason="subaudible">the right to</supplied> hidden treasures and deposits; <supplied reason="subaudible">the right to collect</supplied> all taxes <supplied reason="subaudible">payable to the king</supplied>; the exemption from all kinds of unpaid labour; <supplied reason="subaudible">the right to</supplied> punish and realise fines for the ten offences; and the exemption from being entered by irregular or regular troops.</p>

<p n="2v7-2v8">Having taken note of that, you should render the proper <supplied reason="subaudible">shares of</supplied> periodical offerings, produce, and the like, while living happily <supplied reason="subaudible">in this village</supplied>. And this is said for the instruction of the future kings:</p>

<p n="2v8-3r2" rend="stanza"><supplied reason="subaudible">Kings</supplied> who donate land sport in heaven, <supplied reason="subaudible">but</supplied> look, kings who have taken land fall into hell for their wickedness. After having taken to heart these two rules and taken hold of Lakṣmī, you should live you life as you wish!</p>

<p n="3r2-3r4" rend="stanza">Fortune and misfortune are truly the fruit of protecting and not protecting <supplied reason="subaudible">the land</supplied>; who then discards heaven and resorts to hell?</p>

<p n="3r4">And in this respect they quote the <supplied reason="subaudible">following</supplied> stanzas sung by Vyāsa:</p>

<p n="3r4-3r6" rend="stanza">Gold is the first child of Agni, land is born of Viṣṇu, and cows are the offspring of Sūrya: <supplied reason="subaudible">Therefore</supplied>, whoever would give gold, a cow, and land would give the three worlds</p>

<p n="3r6-3r7" rend="stanza">A giver of land rejoices in heaven for sixty thousand years; he who confiscates it or allows <supplied reason="subaudible">another to confiscate it</supplied> will dwell for the same period in hell!</p>

<p n="3r7-3v1" rend="stanza">The earth has been granted by many kings, beginning with Sagara; whoever possesses the land at any time, to him belong the fruits at that time!</p>

<p n="3v1-3v2" rend="stanza">O Yudhiṣṭhira, zealously protect the land which was given by yourself or by others! O best of kings, protection is superior to giving!</p>

<p n="3v2-3v7"><supplied reason="subaudible">The extent of the granted land</supplied> is 7350 <foreign>hastas</foreign> in the east, <supplied reason="subaudible">measured</supplied> from the middle of the river and stretching from north to south; it is 6151 <foreign>hastas</foreign> in the south, stretching from east to west; it is 7000 <foreign>hastas</foreign> in the west, stretching from south to north; and it is 6350 <foreign>hastas</foreign> in the north, stretching from west to east. The measure of one <foreign>hasta</foreign> is equivalent to twenty-four <foreign>aṅgulas</foreign>.</p>

<p n="3v7-1r1"><supplied reason="subaudible">The copperplate charter has been engraved</supplied> on the twelfth <supplied reason="subaudible">day</supplied> of the first, dark, fortnight of the month of Phālguna, in the fifty-seventh year of the increasingly victorious reign <supplied reason="subaudible">of Śivagupta</supplied>. In numbers: Year 57, <supplied reason="subaudible">Month</supplied> Phālguna, Day 12.</p></div></div>

<p>It was clearly the intention to leave the recto side of the first copperplate blank, but in the end the scribe was forced to use this empty space to finish the last sentence of the inscription.</p></div>

<p>First edited by Raikwar and Singh <bibl rend="omitname"><ptr target="bib:Raikwar+Singh1994_01"/></bibl> from the original plates; published again by Shastri <bibl rend="omitname"><ptr target="bib:Shastri2001_01"/></bibl>, Jain <foreign>et al.</foreign> <bibl rend="omitname"><ptr target="bib:Jain+al2005_01"/><citedRange>188-192</citedRange></bibl>, and Majumdar <bibl rend="omitname"><ptr target="bib:Majumdar2007_01"/></bibl>; re-edited here by Natasja Bosma from the original plates.</p>

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