Phulbāni copper-plate grant of Raṇabhañjadeva year 28

Editor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEI42_9.

Language: Sanskrit.

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

Version: (8fb66aa), last modified (15d3b0c).

Edition

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I. Anuṣṭubh

phāla-kṛṣṭā⟨ṁ⟩ mahī⟨ṁ⟩ dadyā⟨t⟩

a

sa-¡vi!⟨bī⟩ja-śasya-medini⟨m⟩

b

yāva⟨t⟩⟨35⟩-s¿u?⟨ū⟩rya-kṛtāloke

c

tāva⟨t⟩ svargg¿a?⟨e⟩ mahīyat¿oḥ?⟨e⟩

d
II. Anuṣṭubh

veda-vākya-smayo jihvā

a

⟨Page 3r⟩⟨36⟩vadanti rṣi-devatāḥ

b

bh¿u?⟨ū⟩mi-harttā tathānyāca

c

aho māhara mā hara

d
III. Anuṣṭubh

ya⟨37⟩th¿a?⟨ā⟩psu patitaṁ śakra

a

t¿e?⟨ai⟩la-vindu⟨r⟩ vi¿ś?⟨s⟩arppati

b

eva⟨ṁ⟩ bh¿u?⟨ū⟩mi-kṛtaṁ dānaṁ

c

¿s?⟨ś⟩asye ⟨38⟩ śasye prarohati

d
IV. Anuṣṭubh

Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇu

a

vrahmā som¿a?⟨o⟩ hutāśanaḥ

b

¿s?⟨ś⟩ūla⟨39⟩pāṇ¿ī?⟨i⟩¿su?⟨s tu⟩ bhagavāṁ

c

abhinandanti bh¿u?⟨ū⟩mida⟨M⟩

d
V. Anuṣṭubh

Āsphoṭayanti pitaraḥ

a

pravalga⟨40⟩nti pitāmahā⟨ḥ⟩

b

bh¿u?⟨ū⟩midātā kule jāt¿ā?⟨aḥ⟩

c

sa me trā⟨tā⟩ bhaviṣyati

d
VI. Anuṣṭubh

⟨41⟩ {r}vvahubhir vvasudhā dattā

a

rāj¿ā?⟨a⟩¿noḥ?⟨bhiḥ⟩ sagarādibhiḥ

b

mā bh¿u?⟨ū⟩d a-phala⟨42⟩-śaṅkā vaḥ

c

para-dateṣu pāli¿taṁ?⟨te⟩

d

yasya yasya yadā bh¿u?⟨ū⟩mi⟨ḥ⟩

e

tasya ⟨43⟩ tasya tadā ¿p?⟨ph⟩ala⟨m⟩

f
VII. Anuṣṭubh

s⟨v⟩a-da¿tā?⟨ttāṁ⟩ para-da¿tā?⟨ttāṁ⟩

a

yo hare¿d?⟨ta⟩ vasundharām

b

sa viṣṭhāyā⟨ṁ⟩ ⟨44⟩ kṛmir bh¿u?⟨ū⟩tvā

c

pitṛbhi⟨ḥ⟩ saha pacyate

d
VIII. Anuṣṭubh

hiraṇyam ekāṁ gā⟨m ekaṁ⟩

a

bh¿u?⟨ū⟩m¿im a?⟨er a⟩py ardham aṅgu⟨45⟩lam

b

hara¿na?⟨n na⟩⟨ra⟩kam āyāti

c

yāvad—ādhūt¿i?⟨a⟩-saṁplava¿ḥ?⟨m⟩

d
VIII. Anuṣṭubh

bh¿u?⟨ū⟩miṁ yaḥ pratigṛhṇāti

a

⟨46⟩ ya¿c cha?⟨ś ca⟩ bh¿u?⟨ū⟩miṁ prayacchati

b

Ubhau tau pu¿na?⟨ṇya⟩-ka⟨r⟩mmāṇau

c

niyat¿au?⟨aṁ⟩ svargga-gāminau

d
IX. Anuṣṭubh

⟨47⟩ harate hāray¿ate?⟨ed⟩

a

manda-vuddhis tam¿ā?⟨o⟩-vṛta⟨ḥ⟩

b

sa vaddho vāruṇaiḥ pāśai⟨ḥ⟩⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨48⟩ {śai}

c

tirya⟨g⟩-yoniṣu jāyate

d
X. Anuṣṭubh

mā pārthiva{ḥ} kadācit ⟨tv⟩aṁ

a

vrahma-svaṁ manasā {d}a⟨49⟩pi

b

ān¿au?⟨e⟩ṣa dh¿ā?⟨a⟩⟨r⟩ma-bhaiṣa{r}jya⟨m⟩

c

eta¿t h?⟨d dh⟩alāhala⟨ṁ⟩ viṣa⟨m⟩

d
XI. Anuṣṭubh

Aviṣaṁ viṣam ity ā⟨50⟩hu⟨ḥ⟩

a

⟨brahma-svaṁ viṣam ucyate⟩

b

⟨viṣam ekākinaṁ hanti⟩

c

vrahma-svaṁ putra-pautrikam

d
XII. Anuṣṭubh

loha-c¿u?⟨ū⟩⟨r⟩ṇṇā¿sa?⟨ś⟩ma-c¿u?⟨ū⟩rṇṇañ ca

a

viṣañ ca jaraye⟨n⟩ naraḥ

b

vra⟨51⟩hma-svaṁ triṣu lokeṣu

c

kaḥ pumā⟨ñ⟩ j{v}ara¿m?⟨y⟩iṣyati

d
XIII. Anuṣṭubh

vājapeya-sahasrāṇi

a

aśva⟨52⟩medha-śatāni ca

b

gavā⟨ṁ⟩ koṭ¿e?⟨i⟩-prad¿att?⟨ān⟩ena

c

bh¿u?⟨ū⟩mi-harttā na ¡s!⟨ś⟩udhyati

d
XIV. Puṣpitāgrā

Iti ka⟨53⟩mala-dalāmvu-vindu-lolā⟨ṁ⟩

a

śr¿ī?⟨i⟩yam anucintya ⟨manu⟩¿s?⟨ṣ⟩ya-jīvitañ ca

b

saka⟨54⟩lam idam udāhṛtañ ca vu¿dhaiḥ?⟨dhvā⟩

c

na hi puruṣaiḥ para-k¿i?⟨ī⟩rtayo vilopyā⟨ḥ⟩

d

⟨55⟩ vijaya-rājya-saṁvasare āṭāvisanti variśe uktinañca vaṇi⟨56⟩ka-suvarṇṇakāra sivanāga-pāṇḍi-suta lāchita mahārājakī-ludreṇati

Apparatus

Translation

Commentary

Discovered at Phulbāni in the Phulbani Tahsil in the district of the same name. Preserved in the Orissa State Museum. Set of three oblong copper plqtes (approximately 18,6 cm in lenght and 11,9 cm in breadth. Strung on a circular copper ring with an oval seal (5, cm in diameter). Circular hole on the left side of the plate. Total of fifty six lines of writing. First plate : thirteen lines on the verso. Second plate : eleven lines on each side. Third plate : recto 12 line and verso 9 lines.

King Raṇabhañjadeva described as a paramavaiṣṇava and endowed with the title Rāṇaka, Son of Śatrubhañja and grandson of Śilabhañja. He is blessed by the boon from Stambheśvarī

Content : gift of the village Vāḍhamaśara to Bhaṭaputra Trivikramanandi belonging to the Kṛṣṇātreya gotra. Gift zith the privileges nidhi and upanidhi

Bibliography

Primary

[siglum] Subramonia Iyer, S. 1977-1978. “Phulbāni copper-plate grant of Raṇabhañjadeva, year 28.” EI 42, pp. 65–71.