Patna plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya Āṣāḍha month year 6

Editor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00005.

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Somavaṁśin (tfb-somavamsin-epigraphy).

Version: (0598937), last modified (c53510e).

Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨Page 1v⟩@ svasti mūrasīma-samāvāsita⟨ḥ⟩ śrīmato vijaya-kaṭakāt parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhi⟨2⟩rāja-parameśvara-śrī-śivagupta-deva-pādānudhyāta-parama-māheśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-māhārā⟨3⟩jādhirāja-parameśvara-somakulatilaka-tr̥kaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahābhavagupta-rājade⟨4⟩vaḥ{||} k¿ū?⟨u⟩śalī{|} Oṅgātaṭa-viṣaya-prati¡v!⟨b⟩addha-vakaveḍḍā-grāme tat-pratinivāsi-kuṭumvi-janapadāṁ⟨5⟩s tad-viṣayīya-yathākālādhyāsinaḥ samāhartr̥-sannidhātr̥-cāṭa-bhaṭa-piśuna-¿dh?⟨v⟩etrikā⟨6⟩varodhajana-rājavallabhādīn sarvvān rāja-pādopajīvinaḥ samājñāpayati⟨.⟩ vidi⟨7⟩tam astu bhavatāṁ| yathāsmābhir ayaṁ grāmaḥ sa-nidhiḥ sopanidhiḥ sarvva-vādhā-viva⟨r⟩jjitaḥ| ⟨8⟩ sarvvoparika{ra}karādāna-sahitaḥ sāmra-madhukaḥ sa-garttoṣaraḥ| prasiddha-catuḥ-s¿i?⟨ī⟩⟨9⟩cacchi¿nv?⟨nn⟩aḥ| pratiniṣiddha-cāṭa-bhaṭa-praveśaḥ nānā-gotra-pravara-vinirgata-vāstavye⟨Page 2r⟩⟨10⟩bhyo dvijāti-varebhyaḥ eka⟨ḥ⟩ kau¿ccha?⟨tsa⟩-gotraḥ Aṅgirasa-varṣa-y¿o?⟨au⟩vanāśva-pravaraḥ yūvanaśvad-amvariṣa⟨11⟩d-aṅgira-anupravaraḥ sāmavede kauth⟨u⟩ma-śākhādhyāyī panpāsaras¿i?⟨ī⟩-vinirgata⟨ḥ⟩ leIśr̥ṅgā-vā⟨12⟩stavya⟨ḥ⟩ bhaṭṭaputra-dāmākaḥ Aivuli-s¿ū?⟨u⟩taḥ⟨.⟩ dvitīyo gaut¿u?⟨a⟩ma-gotraḥ ¿A?⟨Ā⟩ṅgirasa-pravaraḥ vārhaspatyānu⟨13⟩pravara⟨ḥ⟩ yaju⟨r⟩-vvede kāṇva-śākh¿e?⟨ī⟩ Oḍayaśr̥ṅgā-vinirgata⟨ḥ⟩ khaṇḍakṣetra-vāstavya⟨ḥ⟩ bhaṭṭaputro nārapagaṇḍa-s¿ū?⟨u⟩ta⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩ tr̥t¿i?⟨ī⟩ya⟨14⟩ś ca kr̥ṣ⟨ṇ⟩ātreya-gotraḥ ¿A?⟨Ā⟩rcchanāna¿ś?⟨s⟩a-pravaraḥ śyāvāś¿vana?⟨vad⟩-anupravaraḥ yajurvved⟨e⟩ kāṇva-śākhā⟨15⟩dhyāyī koṇkaleḍḍa-vinirggata⟨ḥ⟩ lipatuṅgā-vāstavya⟨ḥ⟩ bhaṭṭaputra-vās¿ū?⟨u⟩devaḥ ¿riśi?⟨hr̥ṣī⟩keśa-s¿ū?⟨u⟩⟨16⟩taḥ⟨.⟩ catu⟨r⟩thaś ca{|} Agasti-gotraḥ{|} ¿Ī?⟨I⟩dhmavāha{va}-pravaraḥ cyav⟨an⟩ānupravaraḥ {ca} yajur-vvede ⟨17⟩ kāṇva-śāhādhyā¿Ī?⟨yī⟩ {cā} kaliṅga-vinirgataḥ{||} pampāsaras¿i?⟨ī⟩-vā⟨18⟩stavyaḥ koṇḍadeva-nām⟨ā⟩ rāmaśa⟨r⟩mma-s¿ū?⟨u⟩taḥ⟨.⟩ etebhyo dvijāti-varebhyaḥ salila-dhārā⟨19⟩p¿ū?⟨u⟩raḥsaram ācandra-tāra⟨kā⟩rkka-kṣiti-samakālopabh¿e?⟨o⟩gārtham prativarṣa-dātavya-r¿u?⟨ū⟩pya-kāṣ¿ṭ?⟨ṭh⟩a-pala⟨20⟩dara-dāna⟨ṁ⟩ viniścitya mātā-pitror ātmanaś ca puṇya-yaśo ’bhivr̥ddhaye tāmra-śāsanenā⟨Page 2v⟩⟨21⟩kar¿i?⟨ī⟩kr̥tya pratipādita ¿Ī?⟨I⟩ty avagatya {sam¿ū?⟨u⟩cita-bho⟨gār⟩thaṁ mātā-pitror} ⟨22⟩ vr̥ddhaye tāmra-śāsanenākarīkr̥tya pratipādita Ity avagatya samucita-bhoga-bhāga-kara-hira⟨23⟩ṇyādikam upanayadbhir bhavadbhiḥ s¿ū?⟨u⟩khena prativastavyam iti⟨.⟩ bhāviśbhiś ca bhūpatibhir ddattir iyam asma⟨24⟩dīyā dharmma-gauravād asmad-a¿t?⟨n⟩urodhāc ca sva-dattir ivā¿t?⟨n⟩upālanīyā⟨.⟩ tathā coktaṁ dharmmaśāstre⟨.⟩

I. Anuṣṭubh

¡v!⟨b⟩ahubhi⟨25⟩r vvas¿ū?⟨u⟩dhā dattā

a

rājabhiḥ sagarādibhi⟨ḥ⟩

b

yasya yasya yadā bhūmis

c

tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ||

d
II. Anuṣṭubh

mā bhūd a-phala⟨26⟩-śaṅkā vaḥ

a

para-datteti pārthivāḥ

b

sva-dānāt phalam ānantyaṁ

c

para-dattānupālane||

d
III. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭhi-varṣa-sa⟨27⟩hasrāṇi

a

svargge modati bhūmidaḥ

b

Ākṣeptā cān¿ū?⟨u⟩mantā ca

c

tāny eva narake vaseT||

d
IV. Indravajrā

⟨28⟩ Agner apatya⟨ṁ⟩ prathamaṁ suvarṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩

a

bhūr vv¿o?⟨ai⟩ṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ

b

yaḥ kā¿ṇ?⟨ñ⟩canaṁ gā¿ṇ?⟨ñ⟩ ca mahī⟨29⟩¿ṇ?⟨ñ⟩ ca dadyād

c

dattās trayas tena bhavanti lok¿e?⟨āḥ⟩⟨.⟩

d
V. Anuṣṭubh

Āsphoṭayanti pitaraḥ

a

pravalg{ay}anti pi ⟨30⟩ tāmahā⟨ḥ⟩

b

bhūmi-dātā k¿ū?⟨u⟩l¿a?⟨e⟩ jāt¿ā?⟨a⟩

c

sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati||

d
VI. Anuṣṭubh

bhūmi⟨ṁ⟩ yaḥ pratigr̥h¡n!⟨ṇ⟩āti

a

yaś ca ⟨31⟩ bhūmiṁ prayacchati|

b

Ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau

c

niyataṁ svargga-gāminau||

d
VII. Anuṣṭubh

taḍāgānāṁ saha ⟨32⟩ sr¿āṇi?⟨eṇa⟩

a

vāja-peya-śat¿āṇi?⟨ena⟩ ca

b

gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena

c

bhūmi-ha⟨r⟩ttā na ś¿ū?⟨u⟩dhyati||

d
VIII. Anuṣṭubh

harate hā⟨Page 3r⟩⟨33⟩ray¿ate?⟨ed⟩ yas tu

a

manda-¡v!⟨b⟩uddhis tamo-vr̥taḥ

b

sa ¡v!⟨b⟩addho vāruṇaiḥ

c

pāśais t¿ī?⟨i⟩ryag-yon¿īṇ?⟨iñ⟩ ca gacchati||

d
IX. Anuṣṭubh

⟨34⟩ sva-dattāṁ para-dattām vā

a

yo hare¿ti?⟨ta⟩ vas¿ū?⟨u⟩ndharāṁ

b

sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mi⟨r⟩ bhūtvā

c

pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate|

d
X. Anuṣṭubh

⟨35⟩ Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇuḥ

a

¿va?⟨bra⟩hmā somo hutāśanaḥ

b

śūlapāṇis ca bhaga{ṁ}¿r?⟨n⟩

c

abhinanda⟨36⟩nti bhūmidaṁ|

d
XI. Śālinī

sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharmma-setu⟨r⟩ nr̥pāṇāṁ

a

kāle kāle pālan¿i?⟨ī⟩yo bhavadbhiḥ

b

sarvvā⟨37⟩n etān bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrā¿ṃ?⟨N⟩{|}

c

bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmacandraḥ||

d
XIII. Puṣpitāgrā

Iti kamala-dalām¡v!⟨b⟩u-¡v!⟨b⟩indu⟨38⟩-lolā⟨ṁ⟩

a

śriyam a¿m?⟨n⟩ucintya manuṣya-jīvita¿ṇ?⟨ñ⟩ ca

b

sa-kalam ida{r}m udāhr̥ta¿ṇ?⟨ñ⟩ ca ¡v!⟨b⟩udhvā

c

⟨39⟩ na hi p¿ū?⟨u⟩ruṣaiḥ para-k¿i?⟨ī⟩rttayo vilopyā

d

Iti parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parame⟨40⟩śvara-śrī-janamejaya-devasya vijaya-rājye samva¿cch?⟨ts⟩are ṣaṣṭheḥ Āṣāḍha-māse sita-pakṣe t⟨i⟩⟨41⟩thāv aṣṭamyāṁ yatrāṅkato ’pi samvat 6 ¿A?⟨Ā⟩ṣāḍha śudi 8 likhitam idaṁ śāsanaṁ mahā-s¿ā?⟨a⟩⟨42⟩grahi-śrī-mallādhāradatta-s¿ū?⟨u⟩ta-prati¡v!⟨b⟩addha-kāyastha-koIghoṣeṇa vallabhaghoṣa-s¿ū?⟨u⟩teneti|

XIV. Sragdharā

⟨43⟩ Asti kṣoṇīśvarāṇām amala-maṇi-rucām anvay¿at?⟨e⟩ kaustubhābhaḥ

a

śaurya-tyāgām¡v!⟨b⟩u-rāśi⟨Page 3v⟩⟨44⟩r viracita-vidhivad-dāna-śubhrīkr̥tābhraḥ

b

śrīmān Jammejayākhyas tr̥daśapati-samaḥ ⟨45⟩ kr̥¿ccha?⟨tsna⟩-gāṁ bhoktu-kāmaḥ

c

prakhyāta-dveśi-vaṅśa-pravidalana-paṭū⟨r⟩ bhūpatiḥ somavaṅś¿i?⟨ī⟩||

d

Apparatus

⟨32⟩ °sr¿āṇi?⟨eṇa⟩ vāja-peya-śat¿āṇi?⟨ena⟩°srāṇi vāja-peya-śatāṇi F.

Translation by Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Commentary

Orthographical peculiarities : the use of v for b; the use of the velar nasal ṅ instead of the anusvāra; use of a long ū for a short one u.

Object: grant of a village to four Brahmins by the reigning king.

Date : āṣāḍha śukla 8 in the sixth year of the reign of Janamejaya.

Kāyastha: KoIghoṣa son of Vallabhaghoṣa, Mahāsandhivigrahin : Mallādhāradatta

Bibliography

First noticed and edited in 1877 in the Journal of the Bengal Asiatic Society, volume XLVI, Part I, p.173 ff., by Babu Pratapachandra Ghosha. It was reedited then by Fleet 1894–1895, № A, pp. 340–344.

Primary

[G] Ghosha, Pratapachandra. 1877. “Notes on, and Translation of three copper-plate inscriptions from Sambalpur.” JASB 46 (1), pp. 173–178. [URL].

[F] Fleet, John Faithfull. 1894–1895. “A Stone Inscription of the Sinda Family at Bhairanmatti.” EI 3, pp. 230–236. Item A, pages 340–344.

[R] Rajaguru, Satyanarayan. 1966. Inscriptions of Orissa, vol. 4. No place: Sri Sarada Press. [URL]. Item 18, pages 106–111.

[S] Shastri, Ajay Mitra. 1995. Inscriptions of the Śarabhapurīyas, Pāṇḍuvaṁśins and Somavaṁśins, Part II: Inscriptions. New Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Motilal Bandarsidass. Item II, pages 172–178.

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 1559.

Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive topographical catalogue of Orissan inscriptions. New Delhi: Manohar Publishers & Distributors. Pages 115–117.

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 5, pages 231–233.