Samgamner Copper-Plate inscription of the Yadava Bhillama II, the śaka year 922 (=AD 1000)

Author of digital edition: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout (amwb).

Summary: It records the grant of lands by the king Bhillama II (Yādava dynasty) to twenty-one Brahmins. Gift made at the occasion of a solar eclipse at the holy bathing-place of the confluence of the Aruṇa (and Godāvarī) at Nāsik.

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Source Script (other) (source_other)].

Repository: BESTOW - Amandine Wattelier-Bricout's Post-doc project (BESTOW).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEI2_15.

File path: DHARMA_INSEI2_15.xml.

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Edition

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⟨55⟩ na tathā saphalā vidyā
⟨56⟩ na tathā saphalaṁ dhanam yathā tu munayaḥ prāhur dānam ekaṁ kalau yuge Agner apatyaṁ
⟨57⟩ prathamaṁ suvarṇaṁ bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ lo⟨ka⟩trayas tena bhavet dattaṁ yaḥ
⟨58⟩ kāñcanaṁ gāṁ ca mahīṁ ca dadyāt Āsphoṭayanti pitaraḥ pravalganti pitāma-
⟨59⟩ hāḥ bhūmido ’smat-kule jātaḥ sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati bhūmi-dānaṁ su-pātreṣu su-
⟨60⟩ -tīrtheṣu su-parvasu Agādhāpāra-saṁsāra-sāgarottāraṇaṁ bhaveT dhavalānyātapa-
⟨61⟩ trāṇi dantinaś ca bhadoddhatāḥ bhūmi-dānasya puṣpāṇi phalaṁ svargaḥ purandara
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⟨89⟩ yānīha dattāni purā narendrair dānāni dharmmārtha-yaśas-karāṇi
⟨90⟩ nirmālya-vānta-pratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḥ punar āda-
⟨91⟩ dīta bahubhir vasudhā bhuktā rājabhiḥ sagarādi-
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Anuṣṭubh

na tathā saphalā vidyā

⟨56⟩ na tathā saphalaṁ dhanam

yathā tu munayaḥ prāhur

dānam ekaṁ kalau yuge

Indravajrā

Agner apatyaṁ ⟨57⟩ prathamaṁ suvarṇaṁ

bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ

lo⟨ka⟩trayas tena bhavet dattaṁ

yaḥ ⟨58⟩ kāñcanaṁ gāṁ ca mahīṁ ca dadyāt

Anuṣṭubh

Āsphoṭayanti pitaraḥ

pravalganti pitāma⟨59⟩hāḥ

bhūmido ’smat-kule jātaḥ

sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati

Anuṣṭubh

bhūmi-dānaṁ su-pātreṣu

su⟨60⟩-tīrtheṣu su-parvasu

Agādhāpāra-saṁsāra-

-sāgarottāraṇaṁ bhaveT

Anuṣṭubh

dhavalānyātapa⟨61⟩trāṇi

dantinaś ca bhadoddhatāḥ

bhūmi-dānasya puṣpāṇi

phalaṁ svargaḥ purandara

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Indravajrā

yānīha dattāni purā narendrair

dānāni dharmmārtha-yaśas-karāṇi

⟨90⟩ nirmālya-vānta-pratimāni tāni

ko nāma sādhuḥ punar āda⟨91⟩dīta

Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vasudhā bhuktā

rājabhiḥ sagarādi⟨92⟩bhiḥ

yasya yasya yadā bhūmis

tasya tasya tadā phalam

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Anuṣṭubh

na tathā saphalā vidyā

⟨56⟩ na tathā saphalaṁ dhanam

yathā tu munayaḥ prāhur

dānam ekaṁ kalau yuge

Indravajrā

Agner apatyaṁ ⟨57⟩ prathamaṁ suvarṇaṁ

bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ

lo⟨ka⟩trayas tena bhavet dattaṁ

yaḥ ⟨58⟩ kāñcanaṁ gāṁ ca mahīṁ ca dadyāt

Anuṣṭubh

Āsphoṭayanti pitaraḥ

pravalganti pitāma⟨59⟩hāḥ

bhūmido ’smat-kule jātaḥ

sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati

Anuṣṭubh

bhūmi-dānaṁ su-pātreṣu

su⟨60⟩-tīrtheṣu su-parvasu

Agādhāpāra-saṁsāra-

-sāgarottāraṇaṁ bhaveT

Anuṣṭubh

dhavalānyātapa⟨61⟩trāṇi

dantinaś ca bhadoddhatāḥ

bhūmi-dānasya puṣpāṇi

phalaṁ svargaḥ purandara

⟨62⟩

⟨89⟩

Indravajrā

yānīha dattāni purā narendrair

dānāni dharmmārtha-yaśas-karāṇi

⟨90⟩ nirmālya-vānta-pratimāni tāni

ko nāma sādhuḥ punar āda⟨91⟩dīta

Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vasudhā bhuktā

rājabhiḥ sagarādi⟨92⟩bhiḥ

yasya yasya yadā bhūmis

tasya tasya tadā phalam

Bibliography

Primary

[K] Kielhorn, Lorenz Franz. 1894. “Samgamner copper-plate inscription of the Yadava Bhillama II, the Śaka year 922.” Epigraphia Indica 2, pp. 212–221.

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