Odisha State Museum Plates of Narendradhavala year 189

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

Contributor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout (amwb).

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Script (other) (script_other)].

Repository: Nalodbhava dynasty (tfb-nalodbhava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSNalodbhava00002.

File path: DHARMA_INSNalodbhava00002.xml.

Version: (df6c178), last modified (df6c178).

Edition

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⟨1⟩ siddham svasti śrī-bhīmapurādgavataś carācara-gur¿u? śaśā-

⟨2⟩ ṅkārddha-śekhara-dhara⟨sya⟩ sthity-utpatti-pralaya-kāraṇa-hetoḥ śrī-

⟨3⟩ ya¿ta?liṅgeśvara-bhaṭṭārakasya śikhara-nivāsinaś ca-

⟨4⟩ raṇa-kamalārādhana-vyāpta{sya}-puṇya-nicayasya śa-

⟨5⟩ kti-traya-prakarśānurañjitāśe¿ya?-sāmanta-cakrasya

⟨6⟩ bhuja-¡v!alākrānta-sakala-khiḍḍiraśṛṅga-maṇḍalādhi-

⟨7⟩ pateḥ parama-māheśvaro mātā-pitṛ-pādānudhyā-

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⟨8⟩ t¿o? parama-bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩ārako mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī-pṛ-

⟨9⟩ tvībhañjasya naptā śrī-ripudhavala-sutaḥ parama-māheśvaro-

⟨10⟩ nala-vaṁśodbhava-kula-tilaka-mahārāja-śrī-narendradhavala-

⟨11⟩ -devaḥ kuśalī heṭṭāpatha-viṣaye{|} sāmanta-sāma¡t!ā ji-

⟨12⟩ nivāsi-janapadān samādiśati sarvvataḥ śivam a-

⟨13⟩ s⟨m⟩ākam anyaT| viditam astu bhavatāṁ śaucapura-grāmo ’yaṁ

⟨14⟩ catuḥsīmā-paryantaḥ sa-jala-sthala⟨ḥ⟩ sa-padrāraṇya-sah¿a?taḥ par¿ī?-

⟨15⟩ śara-gotrāya pañcā¿riṣa?ya-pravarāya vājas¿e?na-ca⟨raṇāya⟩

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⟨16⟩ hastipada-vinirgatāya bhīmapura-vāstuvyāya bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩aputra-

⟨17⟩ ¡v!aladeva-naptre{|} Uḍḍha-sutāya bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩aputra-śrī-gabhiṭṭa sa-

⟨18⟩ lila-dhārā-puraḥ sareṇa candrārka-vāyu-sthi¿to? grāmo ’yaṁ pratipādi-

⟨19⟩ to ’smābhi⟨ḥ⟩ yato bhavadbhir yadā kālā¿tta?re brā⟨hma⟩ṇa-puro-

⟨20⟩ hita-mahādevī-mahāsāmanta-śrī-sāmanta-pratī¿dā?ra rājaka-rāja-

⟨21⟩ putra-¡v!ahir-antaraṅgādīnāṁ na ¿ka?ścid uparodhād dharmma-gauravā-

⟨22⟩ n na kenāpi ¡v!ādhā karaṇīyā ¿tanta? śāsanatayā paṭhyate māna-

⟨23⟩ vīye dharmaśāstre| ¡v!ahubhir vasudhā dattā {rājabhir va ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨24⟩ ttā} rājabhis sagarādibhi¡r! yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tas¿ā? tasya tadā

⟨25⟩ phala⟨m⟩ saṣṭir varṣa–sahasrāṇi svarge modati bhūmidaḥ ⟨Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca⟩ ⟨tāny eva narake vaset⟩ mā bhūd a-pha-

⟨26⟩ la-śaṅkā vaḥ para-datteti pārthivāḥ sva-dānāt phalam ānantyam para-¿dā?-

⟨27⟩ nupālane harate hārayate bhūmiṁ manda-¡v!uddhis tam¿a?-vr̥taḥ sa

⟨28⟩ ¡v!addho vāruṇaiḥ pāśais tiryag-yoniṣu jāyate sva-dattāṁ

⟨29⟩ para-dattāṁ vā yo hareta vasundharā⟨m⟩ sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā pitr̥bhiḥ

⟨30⟩ saha pacyate Iti kamala-dalām¡v!u-¡v!¿a?ndu-l¿ā?lāṁ śriyam anuci-

⟨31⟩ ntya manuṣya-jīvitaṁ ⟨ca⟩ sakalam idam udāhr̥taṁ ca ¡v!uddh¿y?ā na hi pu-

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⟨32⟩ ru¿v?aiḥ para-kīrtayo vilopyāḥ samvat 100 80 9

⟨33⟩ phālguna vadi 12 likhitam idaṁ tāmra-śasanaṁ sāndhi-

⟨34⟩ vigrahi-vādhyalakeneti

Commentary

Bibliographical references : Iyer Tripathy EI41 1975-76 p 148-153 ARIE 1974-1975 CP14 Pal n°117 OSM CP68. Introductory porrtion agrees with INSNalodbhava00001

Informations collected from EI41. Place of discovery : somewhere in the Aska division in Ganjam District in Orissa. Place of presevervation : Odisha State Museum, accession number CP68. Seal : a crescent moon at the top and a standing boar below, no legend. Total 34 lines of writing. Script : kaliṅga alphabet of about the 11th century A.D. comparable with INSNalodbhava00001 and INSNalodbhava00003, but with some special features. Date : year 189 evidently of the Bhaumakara era on the 12th day of the dark half of the minth Phālguna (i.e. 1020 A.D.). Importance of this record : from it, it can be asserted that Narendradhavala belongs to the Nala family. The use of the bhaumakara era shows that the Nalas might once upon a time have been the feudatories of the imperial Bhaumakaras.

Bibliography

Primary

[SIT] Subramonia Iyer, S. & Snigdha Tripathy. 1975–1976. “Orissa State Museum Plates of Narendradhavala Year 189.” EI 41, pp. 148–153.

Secondary

Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive topographical catalogue of Orissan inscriptions. New Delhi: Manohar. Item 34, pages 208–209.

Acharya, Subrata Kumar. 2014. Copper-plate inscriptions of Odisha: a descriptive catalogue (circa fourth century to sixteenth century CE). New Delhi: D. K. Printworld. Item 2, pages 417–418.