Madras Museum Plates of Narendradhavala

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⟨1⟩ siddham khiṇḍarasigheṃ| śrī-narendradhavala-rājye| gomuṇḍa-maṇḍale| dharaṇimpha-vi-

⟨2⟩ nīsṛta| nāgavanśa-śambhava| rāṇaka-śrī-mudhavarāha| suta-rāṇaka-śrī-vikāra

⟨3⟩ | vikāra-suta-rāṇaka-śrī-ghoṅghakena| rājaputra-vigraha-śahasthena| rupyaka-śo-

⟨4⟩ padhinā| kraya-śāsanatvena| kulaputraka| vaṇadeva-suta| bhaṇḍāri-raṇiyā

⟨5⟩ | tasya śuta seḍa| śrī-śilābhañjadeva-krita| ṭhākura-konvi| ṭhākura

⟨6⟩ Uma¡v!ā| ḍom¡v!ī| syobhanadagge tīrna| rupyaka pla 10 Ā|2 gu 4

⟨7⟩ taḍesvargrāma| catu-simā-paryaṁntayā| śa-saila-vana-kānanna-sameta| purva-

⟨8⟩ diśena| cāmpā-sāndhi-¡v!ṛhada-pāthara| paḍum¡v!ā-śāndhi| gāḍa Ārdhdhd-śrotri-

⟨9⟩ prākacheda| dakṣine gaḍa-prākacheda| paścimena vori-stupa-śāndhi| pa-

⟨10⟩ ścima-Utarena kosu(mvra)-pāthara-prākacheda| ¡v!ṛhata-parvvate| ga(la)-

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⟨11⟩ chinā-prākacheda | sṛviḍā-parvvata-madhya-prākacheda| sṛviḍā-Uta-

⟨12⟩ rena| galachinā-pāthara-prakachedā| Utara-disena| guḍesara-pā-

⟨13⟩ thara-simaya| Utara-purvva-disena| viṇa-pāthara-pravvata-prākacheda|-

⟨14⟩ hāśāmanta-kaveṭhī| māhāsāmanta-AIcharā| suta-sonapa| khā-

⟨15⟩ ṭāvādāmaya| ṭhākura-¡v!ahulā| kaḍulliṅga Etatta-sa-

⟨16⟩ rvva-śamnatena| dāyādya-maṇḍala-vibhramena| Aśana-ka-

⟨17⟩ rpaṭābhāvina| gāmo ’yaṁ kraya-śāsanaṁ pradata| Etāna vidi-

⟨18⟩ taya| bhāṭaputra-Aṁkura| bhāṭaputra-vāghaḍa| bhāṭaputra-ka-

⟨19⟩ Uḍḍiyā| bhāṭaputra-heU| māhā-kuḍḍapolu| yāvad¿aṇḍā? bha-

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⟨20⟩ ved bhumi| ¡ś!ama-cchedā suśobhanā{}| ¿tāvda? yuga-sahasrāṇi

⟨21⟩ rudra-lok¿? ca tiṣṭhati| sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā| yo hare

⟨22⟩ t¿i? vasundharām| sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bh¿u?tv¿a?| pitr̥bhi ¡ś!aha pacyate|

⟨23⟩ ta¡!ā¡k!ānāṁ sahasreṇa| A¡s!vamedha-śatena ca| go-¿ghna-

⟨24⟩ -sahasreṇa?| bh¡u!mi-hartā na śudhyati| yasya yasya yadā

⟨25⟩ bhūmis{|} tasya tasya tadā phala| harate hārayate bh¡u!ūmi|

⟨26⟩ manda-¡v!uddhis tam¿ā?-vr̥ta| sa ¡v!addho vāruṇai pāśai|

⟨27⟩ tirya-yoniṣu jāyati| ¡A!dityo varuṇo vi¿mnu?| ¡v!rahmā

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⟨28⟩ somo hutā¡s!ana| ¡s!ūlapā¡n!iś tu bhagavā¡!| Abhinandanti bh¡u!-

⟨29⟩ midaṁ| go-¡v!rāhmaṇa-vi¡s!vebhya rājñ¿ā? ¡s!āntir bhabhavati| pitā-

⟨30⟩ moha-pātena| bho¡tka!vyaṁ| deśa-maryādayā| niUnākṣaram a-

⟨31⟩ vaṇik{a}-pāṇḍi| suta-padmanābha| śāsana Udagirītam iti

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Commentary

Bibliographical references : Sircar EI28 1949-1950 p 44-50; ARSIE 1916-1917 CP11 . This charter records a krayaśāsana (line 4 and line 17) which means a "deed of purchase" and indicates acutally a sale deed. It was transacted when Narendradhavala was the king of Gomuṇḍā-maṇḍala Prose except for 6 customary verses in line 19-28 which are hopelessly defective due to the writer’s inadvertance or to the considerable influence of the local pronunciation. (Acharya2014 p418)

Sircar EI28 : findspot unknown. Line 28 contains the maṅgalam ’let there be peace to the cow, the Brāhmaṇa and the world as well as to the king’.

Bibliography

Primary

[S] Sircar, Dines Chandra. 1949–1950. “Madras Musuem Plates of the Time of Narendradhavala.” EI 28, pp. 44–50.

Secondary

Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive topographical catalogue of Orissan inscriptions. New Delhi: Manohar. Item 35, pages 210–211.

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 3, pages 418–419.