Penukonda Plates of Mādhava II (495 AD)

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⟨16⟩ yo ’sya harttā sa pañcamahāpātaka-samyukto bhavati|| Api cātra manu-gītāḥ ślokāḥ

⟨17⟩ bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalam

⟨18⟩ svan dātuṁ sumahac chakyan du¿ṣ?kham anyārttha–pālanam dānaṁ vā pālanaṁ veti danāc chreyo ’nupālanam

⟨19⟩ sva-dattām para-dattāṁ vā yo hareta vasundharāM ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi ghore tamasi varttate

⟨20⟩ Iti suvarṇṇakārārryaputreṇa Apāpena likhiteyan tāmra-paṭṭikā

Commentary

Dynasty of Gaṅga kings of Mysore ; three plates with four faces engraved (5 lines per face); grant of 65 paddy fields to a Brahmin by the Gaṅga king Mādhava, Fleet’s opinion on the date: 475 AD

Each stanza starts at the beginning of a line and the w are all inscribed on the third plate

Bibliography

Primary

[R] Rice, B. Lewis. 1917–1918. “Penukonda Plates of Madhava II (III).” EI 14, pp. 331–339.