Charkari Plate of Devavarmandeva: [vikrama] samvat 1108
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⟨18⟩ yathā dīyam¿a?nasya bhāgabhogakarahira¡n!yadaṇdādāyādi¿kuvitānvacitaṁ?prabhṛtayastatsarccamasyopanetavyaṁ|| sarvvān{y} etān bh¿a?-
⟨19⟩ vin¿o? pārthivendrā⟨n⟩ bhūyo bhūy¿aḥ? yācate rāmabhadraḥ sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharmma-setur nr̥pāṇāṁ kāle 2 pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ bhūm¿ī? yaḥ pratigr̥h¡n!āti{|} yaś ca
⟨20⟩ bhūmiṁ prayacch¿ā?ti| Ubhau tau pu¡n!ya-karmmāṇau{|} niyatau svargga-gāminau saṣṭ{h}i{r}vvarṣa–sahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmidaḥ ¿A?cchet⟨t⟩ā cān⟨u⟩mantā ¡vva! t¿a?n⟨y⟩ e-
⟨21⟩ va narak¿a? vaset{a}| sva-dāt⟨t⟩āṁ para-dat⟨t⟩āṁ ⟨vā⟩{|} y¿e? har¿anti? vasundharāṁ| ¿s?vāna-yoni-¿s?ataṁ gatvā{|} cāṇḍāleṣv abhijāyate| viṁdhyāṭavīṣv a-toyāsu śuṣka-koṭara-
⟨22⟩ -vāsinaḥ marusarppābhijāyaṁte ¿j?e haranti rasuddhacā| vāpī-k¿u?pa-sahasrāṇi{|} Aśvamedha-śatāni ca gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena bhūmi-hartā na
⟨23⟩ śudhyati|| maṅgalaṁ mahāśrīḥ| Akṣapaṭalikayaśobhaṭena likhitaṁ||
Bibliography
Primary
[H] Hira Lal, Rai Bahadur. 1929–1930. “Four Chandella Copper-plate Inscriptions.” EI 20, pp. 125–136. Entry A, pages 125–128.
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<p>One large copper-plate; Nāgarī characters , gift of a village to a brahmin from Devavarmandevam 12th king of the Chandella dynasty</p>
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One large copper-plate; Nāgarī characters , gift of a village to a brahmin from Devavarmandevam 12th king of the Chandella dynasty