Nahna Charter of Sudevarāja

Contributors: Csaba Kiss (cski), Dániel Balogh (daba).

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

Repository: Siddham (siddham).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham01016.

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Edition

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⟨1⟩ prasannārṇṇava-sambhūta-mānamātrendu-janmana⟨ḥ⟩

⟨2⟩ śrīma(t-sudeva)rājasya sthiraṁ jagati (śāsanaM)

Plates

⟨Page 1v⟩
⟨1⟩ svasti⟨.⟩ śarabha-purād vikkramopanata-sāmanta-makuṭa-cūḍā-maṇi-
⟨2⟩ prabhā-prasekāmbu-dhauta-pāda-yugaloripu-vilāsinī-sīmantoddharaṇa-
⟨3⟩ hetur vvasu-vasudhā-go-pradaḫ parama-bhāgavato mātā-pit¿ri?-pādānuddhyā-
⟨4⟩ taś śrī-mahā-sudeva-rājaḥkṣiti-maṇḍāhārīya-navannaka Etat-prāveśya-
⟨5⟩ śāmbilakayoḫ prativāsi-kuṭumbinas samājñāpayati|| viditam astu

⟨Page 2r⟩
⟨6⟩ vo yathāsmābhi⟦r (aya)⟧⟨⟨r eta⟩⟩d grāma-dvayaṁ t¿r̥?daśapati-sadana-sukha-pratiṣṭhā-karo yāva-
⟨7⟩ d ravi-śaśi-tārā-kiraṇa-pratihata-ghorāndhakāraṁ jagad avatiṣṭhate tāvad upa-
⟨8⟩ bhogyas sanidhis sopanidhir acāṭa-bhaṭa-prāveśyas sarvva-kara-visarjji-
⟨9⟩ to mātā-pitror ātmanaś ca puṇyābhivr̥ddhaye vāj¿i?saneya-kauśika-sagotra-
⟨10⟩ viṣṇusvāminas tām{b}ra-śāsanenātisr̥ṣṭaḥ te yūyam evam ⟦e⟧⟨⟨u⟩⟩palabhyāsyā-

⟨Page 2v⟩
⟨11⟩ jñā-śravaṇa-vidheyā bhūtvā yathocitaṁ bhoga-bhāgam upanayantas sukhaṁ prati-
⟨12⟩ vatsyatha⟨.⟩ bhaviśyataś ca bhūmipān anudarśayati dānād viśiṣṭam anupā-
⟨13⟩ la⟨⟨na⟩⟩-ja⟨ṁ⟩ purāṇā dharmmeṣu niścita-dhiyaḫ pravadanti dharmma⟨M⟩|| tasmā⟨d⟩ dvijā-
⟨14⟩ ya su-viśuddha-kula-śrutāya dattāṁ bhuvaṁ bhavatu vo matir eva goptu⟨M⟩||-
⟨15⟩ tad bhavadbhir apy eṣā dattir anupālayitavyā⟨.⟩ vyāsa-gītāṁś cātra ślokān u-

⟨Page 3r⟩
⟨16⟩ dāharanti|| agner apatya⟨ṁ⟩ prathamaṁ suvarṇṇaṁ bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūryya-
⟨17⟩ -sutāś ca gāvaḥ dattās trayas tena bhavanti lokā yaẖ kāñcanaṁ gāṁ ca mahīṁ ca da-
⟨18⟩ dyāt ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmi-daḥ Acchettā
⟨19⟩ cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT bahubhir vvasudhā dattā rājabhi-
⟨20⟩ s sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmi¿ḥ? tasya tasya tadā phalaM||

⟨Page 3r⟩

⟨21⟩ sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira mahīm mahīmatāñ cchreṣṭha

⟨22⟩ dānāc chreyo ⟨’⟩nupālanam iti⟨.⟩ svamukhājñayā sa¿v?vatsara 2 śrāvaṇa-di 20 9

⟨23⟩ Utkīrṇṇaṁ tām{b}ra-śāsanaṁ droṇas¿ī?ṅghena

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1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ prasannārṇṇava-sambhūta-

-mānamātrendu-janmana⟨ḥ⟩

⟨2⟩ śrīma(t-sudeva)rājasya

sthiraṁ jagati (śāsanaM)

Plates

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti⟨.⟩ śarabha-purād vikkramopanata-sāmanta-makuṭa-cūḍā-maṇi- ⟨2⟩ prabhā-prasekāmbu-dhauta-pāda-yugaloripu-vilāsinī-sīmantoddharaṇa- ⟨3⟩ hetur vvasu-vasudhā-go-pradaḫ parama-bhāgavato mātā-pit⟨r̥⟩-pādānuddhyā⟨4⟩taś śrī-mahā-sudeva-rājaḥkṣiti-maṇḍāhārīya-navannaka Etat-prāveśya- ⟨5⟩ śāmbilakayoḫ prativāsi-kuṭumbinas samājñāpayati||

viditam astu ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨6⟩ vo yathāsmābhi⟦r (aya)⟧⟨⟨r eta⟩⟩d grāma-dvayaṁ t⟨ri⟩daśapati-sadana-sukha-pratiṣṭhā-karo yāva⟨7⟩d ravi-śaśi-tārā-kiraṇa-pratihata-ghorāndhakāraṁ jagad avatiṣṭhate tāvad upa⟨8⟩bhogyas sanidhis sopanidhir acāṭa-bhaṭa-prāveśyas sarvva-kara-visarjji⟨9⟩to mātā-pitror ātmanaś ca puṇyābhivr̥ddhaye vāj⟨a⟩saneya-kauśika-sagotra- ⟨10⟩ viṣṇusvāminas tāmra-śāsanenātisr̥ṣṭaḥ

te yūyam evam ⟦e⟧⟨⟨u⟩⟩palabhyāsyā⟨Page 2v⟩⟨11⟩jñā-śravaṇa-vidheyā bhūtvā yathocitaṁ bhoga-bhāgam upanayantas sukhaṁ prati⟨12⟩vatsyatha⟨.⟩ bhaviśyataś ca bhūmipān anudarśayati

1. Vasantatilakā

dānād viśiṣṭam anupā⟨13⟩la⟨⟨na⟩⟩-ja⟨ṁ⟩ purāṇā

dharmmeṣu niścita-dhiyaḫ pravadanti dharmma⟨M⟩||

tasmā⟨d⟩ dvijā⟨14⟩ya su-viśuddha-kula-śrutāya

dattāṁ bhuvaṁ bhavatu vo matir eva goptu⟨M⟩||

⟨15⟩

tad bhavadbhir apy eṣā dattir anupālayitavyā⟨.⟩ vyāsa-gītāṁś cātra ślokān u⟨Page 3r⟩⟨16⟩dāharanti||

2. Indravajrā

agner apatya⟨ṁ⟩ prathamaṁ suvarṇṇaṁ

bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūryya⟨17⟩-sutāś ca gāvaḥ

dattās trayas tena bhavanti lokā

yaẖ kāñcanaṁ gāṁ ca mahīṁ ca da⟨18⟩dyāt

3. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi

svargge modati bhūmi-daḥ

Acchettā ⟨19⟩ cānumantā ca

tāny eva narake vaseT

4. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā dattā

rājabhi⟨20⟩s sagarādibhiḥ

yasya yasya yadā bhūmi⟨s⟩

tasya tasya tadā phalaM||

⟨Page 3r⟩

5. Anuṣṭubh

⟨21⟩ sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā

yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira

mahīm mahīmatāñ cchreṣṭha

⟨22⟩ dānāc chreyo ⟨’⟩nupālanam

iti⟨.⟩ svamukhājñayā sa⟨ṁ⟩vatsara 2 śrāvaṇa-di 20 9 ⟨23⟩ Utkīrṇṇaṁ tāmra-śāsanaṁ droṇas⟨i⟩ṅghena

Seal

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ prasannārṇṇava-sambhūta-

-mānamātrendu-janmana⟨ḥ⟩

⟨2⟩ śrīma(t-sudeva)rājasya

sthiraṁ jagati (śāsanaM)

Plates

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti⟨.⟩ śarabha-purād vikkramopanata-sāmanta-makuṭa-cūḍā-maṇi- ⟨2⟩ prabhā-prasekāmbu-dhauta-pāda-yugaloripu-vilāsinī-sīmantoddharaṇa- ⟨3⟩ hetur vvasu-vasudhā-go-pradaḫ parama-bhāgavato mātā-pit¿ri?⟨r̥⟩-pādānuddhyā⟨4⟩taś śrī-mahā-sudeva-rājaḥkṣiti-maṇḍāhārīya-navannaka Etat-prāveśya- ⟨5⟩ śāmbilakayoḫ prativāsi-kuṭumbinas samājñāpayati||

viditam astu ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨6⟩ vo yathāsmābhi⟦r (aya)⟧⟨⟨r eta⟩⟩d grāma-dvayaṁ t¿r̥?⟨ri⟩daśapati-sadana-sukha-pratiṣṭhā-karo yāva⟨7⟩d ravi-śaśi-tārā-kiraṇa-pratihata-ghorāndhakāraṁ jagad avatiṣṭhate tāvad upa⟨8⟩bhogyas sanidhis sopanidhir acāṭa-bhaṭa-prāveśyas sarvva-kara-visarjji⟨9⟩to mātā-pitror ātmanaś ca puṇyābhivr̥ddhaye vāj¿i?⟨a⟩saneya-kauśika-sagotra- ⟨10⟩ viṣṇusvāminas tām{b}ra-śāsanenātisr̥ṣṭaḥ

1. Vasantatilakā

dānād viśiṣṭam anupā⟨13⟩la⟨⟨na⟩⟩-ja⟨ṁ⟩ purāṇā

dharmmeṣu niścita-dhiyaḫ pravadanti dharmma⟨M⟩||

tasmā⟨d⟩ dvijā⟨14⟩ya su-viśuddha-kula-śrutāya

dattāṁ bhuvaṁ bhavatu vo matir eva goptu⟨M⟩||

⟨15⟩

tad bhavadbhir apy eṣā dattir anupālayitavyā⟨.⟩ vyāsa-gītāṁś cātra ślokān u⟨Page 3r⟩⟨16⟩dāharanti||

2. Indravajrā

agner apatya⟨ṁ⟩ prathamaṁ suvarṇṇaṁ

bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūryya⟨17⟩-sutāś ca gāvaḥ

dattās trayas tena bhavanti lokā

yaẖ kāñcanaṁ gāṁ ca mahīṁ ca da⟨18⟩dyāt

3. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi

svargge modati bhūmi-daḥ

Acchettā ⟨19⟩ cānumantā ca

tāny eva narake vaseT

4. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā dattā

rājabhi⟨20⟩s sagarādibhiḥ

yasya yasya yadā bhūmi¿ḥ?⟨s⟩

tasya tasya tadā phalaM||

⟨Page 3r⟩

5. Anuṣṭubh

⟨21⟩ sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā

yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira

mahīm mahīmatāñ cchreṣṭha

⟨22⟩ dānāc chreyo ⟨’⟩nupālanam

iti⟨.⟩ svamukhājñayā sa¿v?⟨ṁ⟩vatsara 2 śrāvaṇa-di 20 9 ⟨23⟩ Utkīrṇṇaṁ tām{b}ra-śāsanaṁ droṇas¿ī?⟨i⟩ṅghena

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1. Konow, Sten, 'Khariar plates of Mahā-Sudeva', Epigraphia Indica vol IX,

pp. 170-173 CHECK p. 170, which is missing in the pdf!

2. Shastri, A. M., Inscriptions of the Śarabhapurīyas, Pāṇḍuvaṁśins and Somavaṁśins,

Part II Inscriptions, Motilal Bandarsidass, Delhi, 1995, pp.28-31

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BD: nothing relevant on p170, just 2 lines. Plates sent to Konow in March 1907 from Raipur, dug up at Khariar.

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