Baigram Charter of the Time of Kumāragupta I

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh (daba).

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Southern Brāhmī (other) (brāhmī_southern_other)].

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham).

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⟨1⟩ svasti⟨.⟩ pañcanagaryyā bhaṭṭāraka-pādānuddhyātaḥ kumārāmātya-kulavr̥ddhir etad-viṣayādhikaraṇañ ca-
⟨2⟩ vāyigrāmika-trivr̥t¿a?-śrīgohālyoḥ brāhmaṇottarān samvyavahāri-pramukhān grāma-kuṭumbinaḥ kuśalam anu-
⟨3⟩ varṇya bodhayanti⟨.⟩ ¿vijñāpayator atraiva?-vāstavya-kuṭumbi-bhoyila-bhāskarāv⟨.⟩ āvayoḥ pitrā śivanandi-
⟨4⟩ nā kāritaka-bhagavato govindasvāminaḥ deva-kulas tad asāv alpa-vr̥ttikaḥ⟨.⟩ Iha viṣaye samudaya-
⟨5⟩ -bāhyādy-astamba-khila-kṣ¿a?ttr¿a?ṇām akiñcit-pratikarāṇāṁ śaśvad ācandrārkka-tāraka-bhojyānā¿ṁm? akṣaya-nīvyā
⟨6⟩ dvi-dīnārikkya-kulya-vāpa-vikkrayo nuvr̥ttas⟨.⟩ tad arhathāvayos sakāśāt ṣ¿ī?ḍ dīnārān aṣṭa ca rūpakān āyī-
⟨7⟩ kr̥tya bhagavato govindasvāmino deva-kule khaṇḍa-phuṭṭa-pratisaṁsk¿a?ra-karaṇāya ⊔ gandha-dhūpa-dīpa-
⟨8⟩ -sumanasā⟨ṁ⟩ pravarttanāya ca trivr̥tāyām bhogilasya khila-kṣettra-kulya-vāpa-trayaṁ ⊔ śrīgohālyā¿(ś)? api
⟨9⟩ tala-vāṭakār(t)tha⟨ṁ⟩ sthala-vāstuno droṇa-vāpa(m) ekaṁ _ bhāskarasyāpi sthala-vāstuno droṇa-vāpañ ca dātu-
⟨10⟩ m iti⟨.⟩_ yato yuṣmān bodhayāma⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩_ pustapāla-durgādattārkkadāsayor avadhāraṇayā Avadhr̥ta-
⟨11⟩ m astīha viṣay(e) samudaya-bāhyādy-astamba-khila-kṣettrāṇā⟨ṁ⟩ śaśvad ācandrārkka-tāraka-bhojyānāṁ dvi-dī-
⟨12⟩ nārikya-kulya-vāpa-vikkrayo nuvr̥ttaḥ⟨.⟩ Evaṁ-vidhāpratikara-khila-kṣettra-vikkraye ca na kaścid rājārttha-
⟨13⟩ virodha Upacaya Eva bhaṭṭāraka-pādānāṁ dharmma-phala-ṣaḍ-bhāgāvāptiś ca⟨.⟩ tad dīyatām iti Etayoḥ
⟨14⟩ bhoyila-bhāskarayos sakā⟨śā⟩t ṣaḍ dīnārān aṣṭa ca rūpakān āyīkr̥tya bhagavato govindasvāmino
⟨15⟩ deva-kulasyārtthe bhoyilasya trivr̥tāyāṁ _ khila-kṣettra-kulya-vāpa-trayaṁ tala-vāṭakādy-artthaM

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⟨16⟩ śrīgohālyā⟨ṁ⟩ sthala-vāstuno droṇa-vāpaṁ bhāskarasyāpy atr¿ī?va sthal¿i?-v¿a?stuno droṇa-vāpa-
⟨17⟩ m eva⟨ṁ⟩ kulya-vāpa-trayaṁ sthala-droṇa-vāpa-dvayañ ca _ Akṣaya-¿nīvyās? tāmra-paṭṭena dattaM⟨.⟩ ninna
⟨18⟩ ku 3 sthala-dro 2 te yūyaṁ sva-karṣaṇāvirodhi-sthāne darvvīkarmma-hastenāṣṭaka-navaka-naḷābhyā-
⟨19⟩ m apaviñcchya ⊔ cira-kāla-sthāyi-tuṣāṅgār-ādinā cihnaiś cāturddiśo niyamya dāsyathākṣaya-
⟨20⟩ -nīvī-dharmme¿n?a ca śaśvat-kālam anupālayiṣyatha varttamāna-bhaviṣyaiś ca saṁvyavahāryy-ādibhir eta-
⟨21⟩ d dharmmāpekṣayānupālayitavyam iti⟨.⟩ _ Uktañ ca bhagava⟨tā⟩ veda-vyāsa-mahātmanā⟨.⟩_ sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ
⟨22⟩ v{v}ā yo hareta vasundharāṁ(|) sa viṣṭhāyāṁ k¿ri?mir bhūtvā pitr̥bhis saha pacyate_ ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa-saha-
⟨23⟩ srāṇi svargge modati bhūmidaḥ_ Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT pūrvva-
⟨24⟩ -dattāṁ dvijātibhy¿ā? yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira_ mahī⟨ṁ⟩ mah¿i?matāṁ śreṣṭha dānāc chreyo nupāla-
⟨25⟩ nam iti⟨.⟩ saṁ 100 20 8 māgha di 10 9

⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti⟨.⟩ pañcanagaryyā bhaṭṭāraka-pādānuddhyātaḥ kumārāmātya-kulavr̥ddhir etad-viṣayādhikaraṇañ ca⟨2⟩vāyigrāmika-trivr̥t⟨ā⟩-śrīgohālyoḥ brāhmaṇottarān samvyavahāri-pramukhān grāma-kuṭumbinaḥ kuśalam anu⟨3⟩varṇya bodhayanti⟨.⟩ ⟨vijñāpayato ’traiva⟩-vāstavya-kuṭumbi-bhoyila-bhāskarāv⟨.⟩ āvayoḥ pitrā śivanandi⟨4⟩nā kāritaka-bhagavato govindasvāminaḥ deva-kulas tad asāv alpa-vr̥ttikaḥ⟨.⟩ Iha viṣaye samudaya⟨5⟩-bāhyādy-astamba-khila-kṣ⟨e⟩ttr⟨ā⟩ṇām akiñcit-pratikarāṇāṁ śaśvad ācandrārkka-tāraka-bhojyānā¿ṁm? akṣaya-nīvyā ⟨6⟩ dvi-dīnārikkya-kulya-vāpa-vikkrayo nuvr̥ttas⟨.⟩ tad arhathāvayos sakāśāt ṣ⟨a⟩ḍ dīnārān aṣṭa ca rūpakān āyī⟨7⟩kr̥tya bhagavato govindasvāmino deva-kule khaṇḍa-phuṭṭa-pratisaṁsk⟨ā⟩ra-karaṇāya ⊔ gandha-dhūpa-dīpa⟨8⟩-sumanasā⟨ṁ⟩ pravarttanāya ca trivr̥tāyām bhogilasya khila-kṣettra-kulya-vāpa-trayaṁ ⊔ śrīgohālyā⟨m⟩ api ⟨9⟩ tala-vāṭakār(t)tha⟨ṁ⟩ sthala-vāstuno droṇa-vāpa(m) ekaṁ _ bhāskarasyāpi sthala-vāstuno droṇa-vāpañ ca dātu⟨10⟩m iti⟨.⟩_

yato yuṣmān bodhayāma⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩_ pustapāla-durgādattārkkadāsayor avadhāraṇayā Avadhr̥ta⟨11⟩m astīha viṣay(e) samudaya-bāhyādy-astamba-khila-kṣettrāṇā⟨ṁ⟩ śaśvad ācandrārkka-tāraka-bhojyānāṁ dvi-dī⟨12⟩nārikya-kulya-vāpa-vikkrayo nuvr̥ttaḥ⟨.⟩ Evaṁ-vidhāpratikara-khila-kṣettra-vikkraye ca na kaścid rājārttha- ⟨13⟩ virodha Upacaya Eva bhaṭṭāraka-pādānāṁ dharmma-phala-ṣaḍ-bhāgāvāptiś ca⟨.⟩ tad dīyatām iti Etayoḥ ⟨14⟩ bhoyila-bhāskarayos sakā⟨śā⟩t ṣaḍ dīnārān aṣṭa ca rūpakān āyīkr̥tya bhagavato govindasvāmino ⟨15⟩ deva-kulasyārtthe bhoyilasya trivr̥tāyāṁ _ khila-kṣettra-kulya-vāpa-trayaṁ tala-vāṭakādy-artthaM ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨16⟩ śrīgohālyā⟨ṁ⟩ sthala-vāstuno droṇa-vāpaṁ bhāskarasyāpy atr⟨ai⟩va sthal⟨a⟩-v⟨ā⟩stuno droṇa-vāpa⟨17⟩m

eva⟨ṁ⟩ kulya-vāpa-trayaṁ sthala-droṇa-vāpa-dvayañ ca _ Akṣaya-⟨nīvyā⟩ tāmra-paṭṭena dattaM⟨.⟩ ninna ⟨18⟩ ku 3 sthala-dro 2

te yūyaṁ sva-karṣaṇāvirodhi-sthāne darvvīkarmma-hastenāṣṭaka-navaka-naḷābhyā⟨19⟩m apaviñcchya ⊔ cira-kāla-sthāyi-tuṣāṅgār-ādinā cihnaiś cāturddiśo niyamya dāsyathākṣaya⟨20⟩-nīvī-dharmme⟨ṇ⟩a ca śaśvat-kālam anupālayiṣyatha varttamāna-bhaviṣyaiś ca saṁvyavahāryy-ādibhir eta⟨21⟩d dharmmāpekṣayānupālayitavyam iti⟨.⟩ _ Uktañ ca bhagava⟨tā⟩ veda-vyāsa-mahātmanā⟨.⟩_

1. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ ⟨22⟩ vā

yo hareta vasundharāṁ(|)

sa viṣṭhāyāṁ k¿ri?mir bhūtvā

pitr̥bhis saha pacyate_

2. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa-saha⟨23⟩srāṇi

svargge modati bhūmidaḥ_

Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca

tāny eva narake vaseT

3. Anuṣṭubh

pūrvva⟨24⟩-dattāṁ dvijātibhy⟨o⟩

yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira_

mahī⟨ṁ⟩ mah¿i?matāṁ śreṣṭha

dānāc chreyo nupāla⟨25⟩nam

iti⟨.⟩ saṁ 100 20 8 māgha di 10 9

⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti⟨.⟩ pañcanagaryyā bhaṭṭāraka-pādānuddhyātaḥ kumārāmātya-kulavr̥ddhir etad-viṣayādhikaraṇañ ca⟨2⟩vāyigrāmika-trivr̥t¿a?⟨ā⟩-śrīgohālyoḥ brāhmaṇottarān samvyavahāri-pramukhān grāma-kuṭumbinaḥ kuśalam anu⟨3⟩varṇya bodhayanti⟨.⟩ ¿vijñāpayator atraiva?⟨vijñāpayato ’traiva⟩-vāstavya-kuṭumbi-bhoyila-bhāskarāv⟨.⟩ āvayoḥ pitrā śivanandi⟨4⟩nā kāritaka-bhagavato govindasvāminaḥ deva-kulas tad asāv alpa-vr̥ttikaḥ⟨.⟩ Iha viṣaye samudaya⟨5⟩-bāhyādy-astamba-khila-kṣ¿a?⟨e⟩ttr¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇām akiñcit-pratikarāṇāṁ śaśvad ācandrārkka-tāraka-bhojyānā¿ṁm? akṣaya-nīvyā ⟨6⟩ dvi-dīnārikkya-kulya-vāpa-vikkrayo nuvr̥ttas⟨.⟩ tad arhathāvayos sakāśāt ṣ¿ī?⟨a⟩ḍ dīnārān aṣṭa ca rūpakān āyī⟨7⟩kr̥tya bhagavato govindasvāmino deva-kule khaṇḍa-phuṭṭa-pratisaṁsk¿a?⟨ā⟩ra-karaṇāya ⊔ gandha-dhūpa-dīpa⟨8⟩-sumanasā⟨ṁ⟩ pravarttanāya ca trivr̥tāyām bhogilasya khila-kṣettra-kulya-vāpa-trayaṁ ⊔ śrīgohālyā¿(ś)?⟨m⟩ api ⟨9⟩ tala-vāṭakār(t)tha⟨ṁ⟩ sthala-vāstuno droṇa-vāpa(m) ekaṁ _ bhāskarasyāpi sthala-vāstuno droṇa-vāpañ ca dātu⟨10⟩m iti⟨.⟩_

yato yuṣmān bodhayāma⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩_ pustapāla-durgādattārkkadāsayor avadhāraṇayā Avadhr̥ta⟨11⟩m astīha viṣay(e) samudaya-bāhyādy-astamba-khila-kṣettrāṇā⟨ṁ⟩ śaśvad ācandrārkka-tāraka-bhojyānāṁ dvi-dī⟨12⟩nārikya-kulya-vāpa-vikkrayo nuvr̥ttaḥ⟨.⟩ Evaṁ-vidhāpratikara-khila-kṣettra-vikkraye ca na kaścid rājārttha- ⟨13⟩ virodha Upacaya Eva bhaṭṭāraka-pādānāṁ dharmma-phala-ṣaḍ-bhāgāvāptiś ca⟨.⟩ tad dīyatām iti Etayoḥ ⟨14⟩ bhoyila-bhāskarayos sakā⟨śā⟩t ṣaḍ dīnārān aṣṭa ca rūpakān āyīkr̥tya bhagavato govindasvāmino ⟨15⟩ deva-kulasyārtthe bhoyilasya trivr̥tāyāṁ _ khila-kṣettra-kulya-vāpa-trayaṁ tala-vāṭakādy-artthaM ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨16⟩ śrīgohālyā⟨ṁ⟩ sthala-vāstuno droṇa-vāpaṁ bhāskarasyāpy atr¿ī?⟨ai⟩va sthal¿i?⟨a⟩-v¿a?⟨ā⟩stuno droṇa-vāpa⟨17⟩m

eva⟨ṁ⟩ kulya-vāpa-trayaṁ sthala-droṇa-vāpa-dvayañ ca _ Akṣaya-¿nīvyās?⟨nīvyā⟩ tāmra-paṭṭena dattaM⟨.⟩ ninna ⟨18⟩ ku 3 sthala-dro 2

te yūyaṁ sva-karṣaṇāvirodhi-sthāne darvvīkarmma-hastenāṣṭaka-navaka-naḷābhyā⟨19⟩m apaviñcchya ⊔ cira-kāla-sthāyi-tuṣāṅgār-ādinā cihnaiś cāturddiśo niyamya dāsyathākṣaya⟨20⟩-nīvī-dharmme¿n?⟨ṇ⟩a ca śaśvat-kālam anupālayiṣyatha varttamāna-bhaviṣyaiś ca saṁvyavahāryy-ādibhir eta⟨21⟩d dharmmāpekṣayānupālayitavyam iti⟨.⟩ _ Uktañ ca bhagava⟨tā⟩ veda-vyāsa-mahātmanā⟨.⟩_

1. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ ⟨22⟩ v{v}ā

yo hareta vasundharāṁ(|)

sa viṣṭhāyāṁ k¿ri?mir bhūtvā

pitr̥bhis saha pacyate_

2. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa-saha⟨23⟩srāṇi

svargge modati bhūmidaḥ_

Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca

tāny eva narake vaseT

3. Anuṣṭubh

pūrvva⟨24⟩-dattāṁ dvijātibhy¿ā?⟨o⟩

yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira_

mahī⟨ṁ⟩ mah¿i?matāṁ śreṣṭha

dānāc chreyo nupāla⟨25⟩nam

iti⟨.⟩ saṁ 100 20 8 māgha di 10 9

Bibliography

First reported and edited in Basak 1931–1932.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh. Encoding updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

Secondary

Bhandarkar, Devadatta Ramakrishna. 1927–1936. A list of the inscriptions of northern India in Brahmi and its derivative scripts, from about 200 A. C.: Appendix to Epigraphia Indica and record of the Archaeological Survey of India, volumes XIX to XXIII. Calcutta: Archaeological Survey of India. [URL]. Item 2114.

Sircar, Dines Chandra. 1965. Select inscriptions bearing on Indian history and civilization. Volume I: from the sixth century B.C. to the sixth century A.D. 2nd edition revised and enlarged. Calcutta: University of Calcutta. Book III, item 41.

Agrawala, Prithvi Kumar. 1983. Imperial Gupta Epigraphs (गुप्ताधिराजलेखमण्डल). Ancient Indian Epigraphical Sources (प्रत्नाभिलेखसंहिता) 10, pt. 1 / 2. Varanasi: Books Asia, Distributed by Prithvi Prakashan. Item 29.

Goyal, Śrīrām. 1993. गुप्तकालीन अभिलेख/Guptakālīna Abhilekha (Inscriptions of the Gupta Age). Jodhpur: Kusumanjali Prakashan. Items 183-188.

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<p><pb n="1r"/><lb n="1"/>svasti<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> pañcanagaryyā bhaṭṭāraka-pādānuddhyātaḥ kumārāmātya-kulavr̥ddhir etad-viṣayādhikaraṇañ ca<!--

Edition based on Basak (B), Sircar (SI) and Agrawala, revised on the basis of the photo at http://museumsofindia.gov.in/repository/record/nat_del-66-1-551, in which many details are much clearer than in the early rubbings.

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L1. Agrawala prints °dhyātaḥ, a typo; B correctly has °ddhyātaḥ.

--><lb n="2" break="no"/>vāyigrāmika-trivr̥t<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>-śrīgohālyoḥ brāhmaṇottarān samvyavahāri-pramukhān grāma-kuṭumbinaḥ kuśalam anu<lb n="3" break="no"/>varṇya bodhayanti<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> <choice><sic>vijñāpayator atraiva</sic><corr>vijñāpayato 'traiva</corr></choice>-vāstavya-kuṭumbi-bhoyila-bhāskarāv<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> āvayoḥ pitrā śivanandi<lb n="4" break="no"/>nā kāritaka-bhagavato govindasvāminaḥ deva-kulas tad asāv alpa-vr̥ttikaḥ<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> Iha viṣaye samudaya<!--

Not sure about kāritaka. B and Agrawala print the ta as unclear and the ka as clear (Agrawala then emends to kāritakaḥ). Both are quite indistinct in my facsimiles, but other solutions seem equally plausible: 1. read kāritaḥ, with a scratch on the plate between the dots of the visarga; 2. read kārito, followed by a malformed character; 3. combine these two and assume first-hand correction from kāritaḥ to kārito: the indistinctness of the o mātrā of the t would then be explained by its being a later addition, and the scratch across the visarga could be a deletion mark. Note though that -svāminaḥ devakulas is not corrected later on in the same line.

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B and Agrawala both correct devakulas to devakulam and all adjectives and the pronoun to neuter. This seems like over-correction to me.

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L5. SI says ādyastamba means "covered with original shrub, i.e. fallow". I don't find this very convincing and I'm inclined to think astamba means not planted with grain, or perhaps without grass (for grazing), but the whole expression seems rather uncertain; in my interpretation, the ādi is a bit unexpected.

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L5. B and SI both read kṣettrāṇām, but I see no trace of e and ā mātrā in the very clear photograph.

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L5. The anusvāra in bhojyānāṁm may have been deleted.

--><lb n="6"/>dvi-dīnārikkya-kulya-vāpa-vikkrayo nuvr̥ttas<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> tad arhathāvayos sakāśāt ṣ<choice><sic>ī</sic><corr>a</corr></choice>ḍ dīnārān aṣṭa ca rūpakān āyī<!--

L6. B and SI read ṣaḍ; the plate clearly has ṣīḍ. Must be a sort of eyeskip with ḍdī.

--><lb n="7" break="no"/>kr̥tya bhagavato govindasvāmino deva-kule khaṇḍa-phuṭṭa-pratisaṁsk<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>ra-karaṇāya <space type="descender"/> gandha-dhūpa-dīpa<!--

L7. The word phuṭṭa seems to be a Prakritism for sphuṭita (Basak). See also the same word in IN00056 and IN00062.

--><lb n="8" break="no"/>-sumanasā<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> pravarttanāya ca trivr̥tāyām bhogilasya khila-kṣettra-kulya-vāpa-trayaṁ <space type="descender"/> śrīgohālyā<choice><sic><unclear>ś</unclear></sic><corr>m</corr></choice> api<!--

L8. The spelling of the name is bhogila here, but bhoyila in lines 3 and 14.

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L8. B and SI read °gohālyāścāpi, emending to gohālyāñ cāpi. But the photo shows the character clearly: there is neither a subscript v, nor an ā mātrā here, only a śa, with the top stroke extended on the left toward the ā of lyā. This may have been meant as correction from śa to ma, transforming the top stroke into a headmark. The right descender does not seem to have been deleted or corrected.

--><lb n="9"/>tala-vāṭakār<unclear>t</unclear>tha<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> sthala-vāstuno droṇa-vāpa<unclear>m</unclear> ekaṁ <space/> bhāskarasyāpi sthala-vāstuno droṇa-vāpañ ca dātu<!--

L9. The t of rttha (read as rtha by B and SI) is malformed, missing the side stroke. Still, the long stem was definitely meant to be t, and th is subscript.

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L9. me is also malformed, with a body shaped much like p, but a headmark on the right vertical.

--><lb n="10" break="no"/>m iti<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied><space/>

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<p>yato yuṣmān bodhayāma<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied><supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied><space/> pustapāla-durgādattārkkadāsayor avadhāraṇayā Avadhr̥ta<lb n="11" break="no"/>m astīha viṣay<unclear>e</unclear> samudaya-bāhyādy-astamba-khila-kṣettrāṇā<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> śaśvad ācandrārkka-tāraka-bhojyānāṁ dvi-dī<lb n="12" break="no"/>nārikya-kulya-vāpa-vikkrayo nuvr̥ttaḥ<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> Evaṁ-vidhāpratikara-khila-kṣettra-vikkraye ca na kaścid rājārttha-

<lb n="13"/>virodha Upacaya Eva bhaṭṭāraka-pādānāṁ dharmma-phala-ṣaḍ-bhāgāvāptiś ca<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> tad dīyatām iti Etayoḥ <lb n="14"/>bhoyila-bhāskarayos sakā<supplied reason="omitted">śā</supplied>t ṣaḍ dīnārān aṣṭa ca rūpakān āyīkr̥tya bhagavato govindasvāmino

<lb n="15"/>deva-kulasyārtthe bhoyilasya trivr̥tāyāṁ <space/> khila-kṣettra-kulya-vāpa-trayaṁ tala-vāṭakādy-artthaM<!--

L15. The halanta M (obscured by a logo in the photo but clear in the rubbing) is a peculiar cursive form, looking like a la without a headmark. See also note to l17.

--><pb n="1v"/><lb n="16"/>śrīgohālyā<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> sthala-vāstuno droṇa-vāpaṁ bhāskarasyāpy atr<choice><sic>ī</sic><corr>ai</corr></choice>va sthal<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>a</corr></choice>-v<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>stuno droṇa-vāpa<!--

L16. B, SI: atraiva; sthale

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On the facsimile, the text °syāpyatraivasthaleva° seems to be a different hand: the lines are thinner, and the characters are more widely spaced. Note also that this bit contains two spelling mistakes. Is this ancient correction/forgery/filling up of a space left empty? It could be just a random difference in spacing and state of preservation.

--><lb n="17" break="no"/>m</p>

<p>eva<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> kulya-vāpa-trayaṁ sthala-droṇa-vāpa-dvayañ ca <space/> Akṣaya-<choice><sic>nīvyās</sic><corr>nīvyā</corr></choice> tāmra-paṭṭena dattaM<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> ninna<!--

L17. The halanta M has the same strange form as in l15 above.

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L17. B, SI note that that ninna is either a Prakritism (compare phuṭṭa in l7 above) or a spelling mistake for nimna, perhaps meaning low-lying land as opposed to sthala.

--><lb n="18"/>ku <num value="3">3</num> sthala-dro <num value="2">2</num>

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<p>te yūyaṁ sva-karṣaṇāvirodhi-sthāne darvvīkarmma-hastenāṣṭaka-navaka-naḷābhyā<!--

Basak notes that instead of te yūyaṁ the Paharpur plate (%IN00065) has tad yūyaṁ, which he deems better.

--><lb n="19" break="no"/>m apaviñcchya <space type="descender"/> cira-kāla-sthāyi-tuṣāṅgār-ādinā cihnaiś cāturddiśo niyamya dāsyathākṣaya<!--

L19. Basak and Agrawala correct ādinā to ādīnāṁ, but a genitive would look strange to me; I'd expect ādibhiś and assume the single instrumental is a mistake for that. Cf. also l14 of the Nandapur plate (%IN00133), where °ādi is compounded to cihnaiś.

--><lb n="20" break="no"/>-nīvī-dharmme<choice><sic>n</sic><corr>ṇ</corr></choice>a ca śaśvat-kālam anupālayiṣyatha varttamāna-bhaviṣyaiś ca saṁvyavahāryy-ādibhir eta<lb n="21" break="no"/>d dharmmāpekṣayānupālayitavyam iti<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> <space/> Uktañ ca bhagava<supplied reason="omitted">tā</supplied> veda-vyāsa-mahātmanā<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied><space/><!--

Basak corrects bhagava to bhagavad (in comp with vedavyāsa). I follow Agrawala (Sircar?) and emend to bhagavatā, which seems more in line with other versions of this phrase.

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<l n="a">sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ <lb n="22"/>v<surplus>v</surplus>ā</l>

<l n="b">yo hareta vasundharāṁ<unclear>|</unclear><!--

L22. The punctuation character (if it is one) is a curved line slanting from top left to bottom right and bulging to top right. Its top is at the bottom of the ā mātrā; its bottom is a bit above the bottom of the r's descender. There is no punctuation in the subsequent verses. Still, this doesn't seem to be a halanta M.

--></l>

<l n="c">sa viṣṭhāyāṁ k<sic>ri</sic>mir bhūtvā</l>

<l n="d">pitr̥bhis saha pacyate<space/></l>

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<l n="a">ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa-saha<lb n="23" break="no"/>srāṇi</l>

<l n="b">svargge modati bhūmidaḥ<space/></l>

<l n="c">Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca</l>

<l n="d">tāny eva narake vaseT<!--

L23. The halanta T is a cursive subscript character resembling a ga.

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<l n="a">pūrvva<lb n="24" break="no"/>-dattāṁ dvijātibhy<choice><sic>ā</sic><corr>o</corr></choice></l>

<l n="b">yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira<space/></l>

<l n="c">mahī<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> mah<sic>i</sic>matāṁ śreṣṭha</l>

<l n="d">dānāc chreyo nupāla<lb n="25" break="no"/>nam</l>

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<p>iti<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> saṁ <num value="128"><g type="numeral">100</g> <g type="numeral">20</g> 8</num> māgha di <num value="19"><g type="numeral">10</g> 9</num>

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<p>First reported and edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Basak1931-1932_01"/></bibl>.</p>

<p>Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh. Encoding updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.</p>

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