Patna plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya Kārttika month year 6

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

Language: Sanskrit (san).

Version: 2025-09-08 19:26 (61c0c8c), last modified 2025-07-23 15:16 (e3e8c8a).

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⟨1⟩ @ svasti| mūras¿i?⟨ī⟩ma-samāvāsita śrīmato vijaya-kaṭakāT parama-bha-
⟨2⟩ ṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī-śivagupta-deva-pādānudhyāta-parama-mā-
⟨3⟩ heśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-māhārājādhirāja-somakulatilaka-tr̥kaliṅgādhipa-
⟨4⟩ ti-parameśvara-śrī-mahābhavag¿ū?pta-rājadevaḥ{||} ku¿ṣ?alī{|} potā-viṣaya-prati¡v!addha-pā-
⟨5⟩ sitalā-grāme ¡v!rāhmaṇā¿ṁ? sa⟨m⟩pūjya tat-pratinivāsi-k¿ū?ṭ¿ū?m¡v!i-janapadā⟨ṁ⟩s tad-viṣayī-
⟨6⟩ ya-yathākālādhy¿u?sinaḥ samāhartr̥-sannidhātr̥-dāṇḍa-pāśika-cāṭa-bhaṭa-
⟨7⟩ -piś¿ū?na-vetrikāvarodhajana-rājavallabhādī⟨n⟩ sarvvān rāja-pādopajī-
⟨8⟩ vinaḥ samājñāpayati⟨.⟩ viditam astu bhavatāṁ yathāsmābhir aya⟨ṁ⟩ grāmaḥ
⟨9⟩ sa-nidhiḥ sopanidhiḥ sarvva-¡v!ādhā-vivarjjitaḥ sarvvoparikarakarādāna-sa-
⟨10⟩ hitaḥ sāmra-madhukaḥ sa-ga⟨r⟩ttoṣaraḥ pratiniṣiddha-cāṭa-bhaṭa-praveśaś catu⟨ḥ⟩-
⟨11⟩ -s¿i?māparyantaḥ kauśika-gotrābhyāṁ Audala-deva-rā¿j?a-viśvābhiprava-
⟨12⟩ rābhyāṁ kāṇvaśākhādhyāyibhyāṁ kommāyira-vinirggatābhyāṁ loḍa-
⟨13⟩ śr̥ṅgāvāstavyābhyāṁ bhaṭṭa-putra-śrī-

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⟨14⟩ -kośava-śrī-Apyābhā⟨ṁ⟩ bhaṭṭa-dāddīs¿ū?tābhyā⟨ṁ⟩ saliladhārāp¿ū?raḥ-
⟨15⟩ saram ācandra-tārakārkka-kṣiti-samakālopabhogārtha¿ḥ? śrī-deva-mātā-
⟨16⟩ -pitror ātmanaś ca p¿ū?ṇya-yaśo ’bhivr̥ddhaye t{r}āmra-śāsanenākarīkr̥-
⟨17⟩ tya pratipādita Ity avagatya samucita-bhoga-bhāga-kara-hiraṇyādi-
⟨18⟩ kam ¿a?panayadbhir bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prativastavyam iti| bhāvibhiś ca bhūpa-
⟨19⟩ tibhir dattir ¿ī?yam asmadīyā dharmma-gauravād asmad-anurodhāc ca sva-
⟨20⟩ -dattir ivānupālanīyā⟨.⟩ tathā cokta⟨ṁ⟩ dharmmaśāstre| ¡v!ahubhir vvas¿ū?dhā dat⟨t⟩ā
⟨21⟩ rājabhiḥ sagarādibhir yasya yasya yadā bhūmiḥ tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ||
⟨22⟩ mā bhūd a-phala-śaṅkā vaḥ para-datteti pā⟨r⟩thivāḥ sva-dānāt phalam āna-
⟨23⟩ ntyaṁ para-dattānupālane|| ṣaṣṭhi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmi-
⟨24⟩ daḥ Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT| Agner apatyaṁ pratha-

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⟨25⟩ ma⟨ṁ⟩ suva⟨r⟩ṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩ bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāñ ca ma-
⟨26⟩ h¿i?ñ ca dadyā¿T? dattās trayas tena bhavanti lok¿e?|| Āsphoṭayanti pitar¿a?
⟨27⟩ pravalg{ay}anti pitāmahā⟨ḥ⟩ bhūmi-dātā kule jātaḥ sa nas trātā bhaviṣya-
⟨28⟩ ti|| bhūmiṁ yaḥ pratigr̥h¡n!āti yaś ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati Ubhau t¿o? puṇya-ka-
⟨29⟩ rmmāṇau niyataṁ svarga-gāminau taḍāgānā⟨ṁ⟩ sahasr¿āṇi? vāja-peya-
⟨30⟩ -śat¿āṇi? ca⟨.⟩ gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena bhūmi-harttā na śudhyati|| ha-
⟨31⟩ rate hāray¿ate? ¿bhūmi? manda-¡v!uddhi⟨s⟩ tamo-vr̥taḥ⟨.⟩ sa ¡v!addho vāruṇaiḥ pāsai
⟨32⟩ ¿ti?ryag-yoniñ ca gacchati| sva-dattā⟨m⟩ para-dattām vā ¿po? ha¿red va?sundharāṁ⟨.⟩ sa
⟨33⟩ viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate|| suva⟨r⟩ṇṇam eka⟨ṁ⟩ gām ekāṁ
⟨34⟩ bhūmer apy arddham aṅgulaṁ⟨.⟩ haran narakam āyāti yāvad āhūta-saṁplavaṁ| Ā-
⟨35⟩ dityo varuṇo viṣṇuḥ ¡v!rahmā somo hutāśanaḥ śūlapāṇi¿s? ca bhaga-

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⟨36⟩ vān abhinandanti bhūmidaṁ| sāmānyo ’yaṁ dha⟨r⟩mma-setu⟨r⟩ nr̥pāṇāṁ kāle kāle-
⟨37⟩ pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ⟨.⟩ sarvvānn etān bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrāN bhūyo bhūyo yā-
⟨38⟩ cate rāmabhadraḥ|| Iti kamala-dalām¡v!u-¡v!indu-lolāṁ śriyam anucintya-
⟨39⟩ manuṣya-j¿i?vitañ ca⟨.⟩ sa-kalam idam udāhr̥tañ ca ¡v!u⟨d⟩dhvā na hi puruṣaiḥ para-
⟨40⟩ -kīrtta¿p?o vilopyā Iti parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśva-
⟨41⟩ ra-śrī-janamejaya-devasya vijaya-rājye samva¿ccha?re ṣaṣṭhe|| kārtti-
⟨42⟩ kamāsasita-pakṣa-trayodaśyāṁ yatrāṅkataḥ samvaT 6 kārttika ś{r}udi
⟨43⟩ 13 likhitam idaṁ śāsanaṁ mahā-sāndhivigrahi-śrī-malladatta-śrī-dhārada-
⟨44⟩ tta-suta-prati¡v!addha-kāyastha-koIghoṣeṇa vallabhaghoṣa-sutena| prativa-
⟨45⟩ rṣe cātra śāsane kara-paṇcar¿u?pya p⟨a⟩lāni niṣṭaṅkya⟨.⟩ kara-śāsanam idaṁ
⟨46⟩ dattaṁ yatra rūp⟨a⟩la 5

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⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ @ svasti| mūras¿i?⟨ī⟩ma-samāvāsita śrīmato vijaya-kaṭakāT parama-bha⟨2⟩ṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī-śivagupta-deva-pādānudhyāta-parama-mā⟨3⟩heśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-māhārājādhirāja-somakulatilaka-tr̥kaliṅgādhipa⟨4⟩ti-parameśvara-śrī-mahābhavag⟨u⟩pta-rājadevaḥ{||} ku⟨ś⟩alī{|} potā-viṣaya-prati⟨b⟩addha-pā⟨5⟩sitalā-grāme ⟨b⟩rāhmaṇā⟨n⟩ sa⟨m⟩pūjya tat-pratinivāsi-k⟨u⟩ṭ⟨u⟩m⟨b⟩i-janapadā⟨ṁ⟩s tad-viṣayī⟨6⟩ya-yathākālādhy⟨ā⟩sinaḥ samāhartr̥-sannidhātr̥-dāṇḍa-pāśika-cāṭa-bhaṭa⟨7⟩-piś⟨u⟩na-vetrikāvarodhajana-rājavallabhādī⟨n⟩ sarvvān rāja-pādopajī⟨8⟩vinaḥ samājñāpayati⟨.⟩ viditam astu bhavatāṁ yathāsmābhir aya⟨ṁ⟩ grāmaḥ ⟨9⟩ sa-nidhiḥ sopanidhiḥ sarvva-⟨b⟩ādhā-vivarjjitaḥ sarvvoparikarakarādāna-sa⟨10⟩hitaḥ sāmra-madhukaḥ sa-ga⟨r⟩ttoṣaraḥ pratiniṣiddha-cāṭa-bhaṭa-praveśaś catu⟨ḥ⟩⟨11⟩-s⟨ī⟩māparyantaḥ kauśika-gotrābhyāṁ Audala-deva-rā⟨t⟩a-viśvābhiprava⟨12⟩rābhyāṁ kāṇvaśākhādhyāyibhyāṁ kommāyira-vinirggatābhyāṁ loḍa⟨13⟩śr̥ṅgāvāstavyābhyāṁ bhaṭṭa-putra-śrī⟨Page 2r⟩⟨14⟩-kośava-śrī-Apyābhā⟨ṁ⟩ bhaṭṭa-dāddīs⟨u⟩tābhyā⟨ṁ⟩ saliladhārāp⟨u⟩raḥ⟨15⟩saram ācandra-tārakārkka-kṣiti-samakālopabhogārtha⟨ṁ⟩ śrī-deva-mātā⟨16⟩-pitror ātmanaś ca p⟨u⟩ṇya-yaśo ’bhivr̥ddhaye t{r}āmra-śāsanenākarīkr̥⟨17⟩tya pratipādita Ity avagatya samucita-bhoga-bhāga-kara-hiraṇyādi⟨18⟩kam ⟨u⟩panayadbhir bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prativastavyam iti| bhāvibhiś ca bhūpa⟨19⟩tibhir dattir ⟨i⟩yam asmadīyā dharmma-gauravād asmad-anurodhāc ca sva⟨20⟩-dattir ivānupālanīyā⟨.⟩ tathā cokta⟨ṁ⟩ dharmmaśāstre|

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨b⟩ahubhir vvas⟨u⟩dhā dat⟨t⟩ā

⟨21⟩ rājabhiḥ sagarādibhir

yasya yasya yadā bhūmiḥ

tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ||

2. Anuṣṭubh

⟨22⟩ mā bhūd a-phala-śaṅkā vaḥ

para-datteti pā⟨r⟩thivāḥ

sva-dānāt phalam āna⟨23⟩ntyaṁ

para-dattānupālane||

3. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭhi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi

svargge modati bhūmi⟨24⟩daḥ

Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca

tāny eva narake vaseT|

4. Indravajrā

Agner apatyaṁ pratha⟨Page 2v⟩⟨25⟩ma⟨ṁ⟩ suva⟨r⟩ṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩

bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ

yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāñ ca ma⟨26⟩h⟨ī⟩ñ ca dadyā⟨d⟩

dattās trayas tena bhavanti lok⟨āḥ⟩||

5. Anuṣṭubh

Āsphoṭayanti pitar⟨o⟩

⟨27⟩ pravalg{ay}anti pitāmahā⟨ḥ⟩

bhūmi-dātā kule jātaḥ

sa nas trātā bhaviṣya⟨28⟩ti||

6. Anuṣṭubh

bhūmiṁ yaḥ pratigr̥h⟨ṇ⟩āti

yaś ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati

Ubhau t⟨au⟩ puṇya-ka⟨29⟩rmmāṇau

niyataṁ svarga-gāminau

7. Anuṣṭubh

taḍāgānā⟨ṁ⟩ sahasr⟨eṇa⟩

vāja-peya⟨30⟩-śat⟨eṇa⟩ ca⟨.⟩

gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena

bhūmi-harttā na śudhyati||

8. Anuṣṭubh

ha⟨31⟩rate hāray⟨ed⟩ ⟨yas tu⟩

manda-⟨b⟩uddhi⟨s⟩ tamo-vr̥taḥ⟨.⟩

sa ⟨b⟩addho vāruṇaiḥ

pāsai ⟨32⟩ ⟨s ti⟩ryag-yoniñ ca gacchati|

9. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattā⟨m⟩ para-dattām vā

⟨yo⟩ ha⟨reta va⟩sundharāṁ⟨.⟩

sa ⟨33⟩ viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā

pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate||

10. Anuṣṭubh

suva⟨r⟩ṇṇam eka⟨ṁ⟩ gām ekāṁ

⟨34⟩ bhūmer apy arddham aṅgulaṁ⟨.⟩

haran narakam āyāti

yāvad āhūta-saṁplavaṁ|

11. Anuṣṭubh

Ā⟨35⟩dityo varuṇo viṣṇuḥ

⟨b⟩rahmā somo hutāśanaḥ

śūlapāṇi¿s? ca bhaga⟨Page 3r⟩⟨36⟩vān

abhinandanti bhūmidaṁ|

12. Śālinī

sāmānyo ’yaṁ dha⟨r⟩mma-setu⟨r⟩ nr̥pāṇāṁ

kāle kāle⟨37⟩pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ⟨.⟩

sarvvānn etān bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrāN

bhūyo bhūyo yā⟨38⟩cate rāmabhadraḥ||

13. Puṣpitāgrā

Iti kamala-dalām⟨b⟩u-⟨b⟩indu-lolāṁ

śriyam anucintya⟨39⟩manuṣya-j⟨ī⟩vitañ ca⟨.⟩

sa-kalam idam udāhr̥tañ ca ⟨b⟩u⟨d⟩dhvā

na hi puruṣaiḥ para⟨40⟩-kīrtta⟨y⟩o vilopyā

Iti parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśva⟨41⟩ra-śrī-janamejaya-devasya vijaya-rājye samva⟨tsa⟩re ṣaṣṭhe|| kārtti⟨42⟩kamāsasita-pakṣa-trayodaśyāṁ yatrāṅkataḥ samvaT 6 kārttika ś{r}udi ⟨43⟩ 13 likhitam idaṁ śāsanaṁ mahā-sāndhivigrahi-śrī-malladatta-śrī-dhārada⟨44⟩tta-suta-prati⟨b⟩addha-kāyastha-koIghoṣeṇa vallabhaghoṣa-sutena| prativa⟨45⟩rṣe cātra śāsane kara-paṇcar⟨ū⟩pya p⟨a⟩lāni niṣṭaṅkya⟨.⟩ kara-śāsanam idaṁ ⟨46⟩ dattaṁ yatra rūp⟨a⟩la 5

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⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ @ svasti| mūras¿i?⟨ī⟩ma-samāvāsita śrīmato vijaya-kaṭakāT parama-bha⟨2⟩ṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī-śivagupta-deva-pādānudhyāta-parama-mā⟨3⟩heśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-māhārājādhirāja-somakulatilaka-tr̥kaliṅgādhipa⟨4⟩ti-parameśvara-śrī-mahābhavag¿ū?⟨u⟩pta-rājadevaḥ{||} ku¿ṣ?⟨ś⟩alī{|} potā-viṣaya-prati¡v!⟨b⟩addha-pā⟨5⟩sitalā-grāme ¡v!⟨b⟩rāhmaṇā¿ṁ?⟨n⟩ sa⟨m⟩pūjya tat-pratinivāsi-k¿ū?⟨u⟩ṭ¿ū?⟨u⟩m¡v!⟨b⟩i-janapadā⟨ṁ⟩s tad-viṣayī⟨6⟩ya-yathākālādhy¿u?⟨ā⟩sinaḥ samāhartr̥-sannidhātr̥-dāṇḍa-pāśika-cāṭa-bhaṭa⟨7⟩-piś¿ū?⟨u⟩na-vetrikāvarodhajana-rājavallabhādī⟨n⟩ sarvvān rāja-pādopajī⟨8⟩vinaḥ samājñāpayati⟨.⟩ viditam astu bhavatāṁ yathāsmābhir aya⟨ṁ⟩ grāmaḥ ⟨9⟩ sa-nidhiḥ sopanidhiḥ sarvva-¡v!⟨b⟩ādhā-vivarjjitaḥ sarvvoparikarakarādāna-sa⟨10⟩hitaḥ sāmra-madhukaḥ sa-ga⟨r⟩ttoṣaraḥ pratiniṣiddha-cāṭa-bhaṭa-praveśaś catu⟨ḥ⟩⟨11⟩-s¿i?⟨ī⟩māparyantaḥ kauśika-gotrābhyāṁ Audala-deva-rā¿j?⟨t⟩a-viśvābhiprava⟨12⟩rābhyāṁ kāṇvaśākhādhyāyibhyāṁ kommāyira-vinirggatābhyāṁ loḍa⟨13⟩śr̥ṅgāvāstavyābhyāṁ bhaṭṭa-putra-śrī⟨Page 2r⟩⟨14⟩-kośava-śrī-Apyābhā⟨ṁ⟩ bhaṭṭa-dāddīs¿ū?⟨u⟩tābhyā⟨ṁ⟩ saliladhārāp¿ū?⟨u⟩raḥ⟨15⟩saram ācandra-tārakārkka-kṣiti-samakālopabhogārtha¿ḥ?⟨ṁ⟩ śrī-deva-mātā⟨16⟩-pitror ātmanaś ca p¿ū?⟨u⟩ṇya-yaśo ’bhivr̥ddhaye t{r}āmra-śāsanenākarīkr̥⟨17⟩tya pratipādita Ity avagatya samucita-bhoga-bhāga-kara-hiraṇyādi⟨18⟩kam ¿a?⟨u⟩panayadbhir bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prativastavyam iti| bhāvibhiś ca bhūpa⟨19⟩tibhir dattir ¿ī?⟨i⟩yam asmadīyā dharmma-gauravād asmad-anurodhāc ca sva⟨20⟩-dattir ivānupālanīyā⟨.⟩ tathā cokta⟨ṁ⟩ dharmmaśāstre|

1. Anuṣṭubh

¡v!⟨b⟩ahubhir vvas¿ū?⟨u⟩dhā dat⟨t⟩ā

⟨21⟩ rājabhiḥ sagarādibhir

yasya yasya yadā bhūmiḥ

tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ||

2. Anuṣṭubh

⟨22⟩ mā bhūd a-phala-śaṅkā vaḥ

para-datteti pā⟨r⟩thivāḥ

sva-dānāt phalam āna⟨23⟩ntyaṁ

para-dattānupālane||

3. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭhi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi

svargge modati bhūmi⟨24⟩daḥ

Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca

tāny eva narake vaseT|

4. Indravajrā

Agner apatyaṁ pratha⟨Page 2v⟩⟨25⟩ma⟨ṁ⟩ suva⟨r⟩ṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩

bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ

yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāñ ca ma⟨26⟩h¿i?⟨ī⟩ñ ca dadyā¿T?⟨d⟩

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

5. Anuṣṭubh

Āsphoṭayanti pitar¿a?⟨o⟩

⟨27⟩ pravalg{ay}anti pitāmahā⟨ḥ⟩

bhūmi-dātā kule jātaḥ

sa nas trātā bhaviṣya⟨28⟩ti||

6. Anuṣṭubh

bhūmiṁ yaḥ pratigr̥h¡n!⟨ṇ⟩āti

yaś ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati

Ubhau t¿o?⟨au⟩ puṇya-ka⟨29⟩rmmāṇau

niyataṁ svarga-gāminau

7. Anuṣṭubh

taḍāgānā⟨ṁ⟩ sahasr¿āṇi?⟨eṇa⟩

vāja-peya⟨30⟩-śat¿āṇi?⟨eṇa⟩ ca⟨.⟩

gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena

bhūmi-harttā na śudhyati||

8. Anuṣṭubh

ha⟨31⟩rate hāray¿ate?⟨ed⟩ ¿bhūmi?⟨yas tu⟩

manda-¡v!⟨b⟩uddhi⟨s⟩ tamo-vr̥taḥ⟨.⟩

sa ¡v!⟨b⟩addho vāruṇaiḥ

pāsai ⟨32⟩ ¿ti?⟨s ti⟩ryag-yoniñ ca gacchati|

9. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattā⟨m⟩ para-dattām vā

¿po?⟨yo⟩ ha¿red va?⟨reta va⟩sundharāṁ⟨.⟩

sa ⟨33⟩ viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā

pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate||

10. Anuṣṭubh

suva⟨r⟩ṇṇam eka⟨ṁ⟩ gām ekāṁ

⟨34⟩ bhūmer apy arddham aṅgulaṁ⟨.⟩

haran narakam āyāti

yāvad āhūta-saṁplavaṁ|

11. Anuṣṭubh

Ā⟨35⟩dityo varuṇo viṣṇuḥ

¡v!⟨b⟩rahmā somo hutāśanaḥ

śūlapāṇi¿s? ca bhaga⟨Page 3r⟩⟨36⟩vān

abhinandanti bhūmidaṁ|

12. Śālinī

sāmānyo ’yaṁ dha⟨r⟩mma-setu⟨r⟩ nr̥pāṇāṁ

kāle kāle⟨37⟩pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ⟨.⟩

sarvvānn etān bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrāN

bhūyo bhūyo yā⟨38⟩cate rāmabhadraḥ||

13. Puṣpitāgrā

Iti kamala-dalām¡v!⟨b⟩u-¡v!⟨b⟩indu-lolāṁ

śriyam anucintya⟨39⟩manuṣya-j¿i?⟨ī⟩vitañ ca⟨.⟩

sa-kalam idam udāhr̥tañ ca ¡v!⟨b⟩u⟨d⟩dhvā

na hi puruṣaiḥ para⟨40⟩-kīrtta¿p?⟨y⟩o vilopyā

Iti parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśva⟨41⟩ra-śrī-janamejaya-devasya vijaya-rājye samva¿ccha?⟨tsa⟩re ṣaṣṭhe|| kārtti⟨42⟩kamāsasita-pakṣa-trayodaśyāṁ yatrāṅkataḥ samvaT 6 kārttika ś{r}udi ⟨43⟩ 13 likhitam idaṁ śāsanaṁ mahā-sāndhivigrahi-śrī-malladatta-śrī-dhārada⟨44⟩tta-suta-prati¡v!⟨b⟩addha-kāyastha-koIghoṣeṇa vallabhaghoṣa-sutena| prativa⟨45⟩rṣe cātra śāsane kara-paṇcar¿u?⟨ū⟩pya p⟨a⟩lāni niṣṭaṅkya⟨.⟩ kara-śāsanam idaṁ ⟨46⟩ dattaṁ yatra rūp⟨a⟩la 5

Bibliography

The set is preserved in the Odisha State Museum. The photos are available here.

Primary

[L] Laskar, Ganga Mohan. 1905. “Four new Copper-Plate Charters of the Somavaṁśī Kings of Kośala (and Kaṭaka?)” JASB 1 (1), pp. 1–26. Item G, pages 4–6, pages 12–13.

[R] Rajaguru, Satyanarayan. 1966. Inscriptions of Orissa, vol. 4. No place: Sri Sarada Press. [URL]. Item 19, pages 112–117.

[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 III, pages 179–183.

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 1558.

Gai, Govind Swamirao. 1986. Dynastic list of copper plate inscriptions noticed in annual reports on Indian epigraphy from 1887 to 1969. Mysore: Archaeological Survey of India. Item 942.

Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive topographical catalogue of Orissan inscriptions. New Delhi: Manohar Publishers & Distributors. Pages 117–118.

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 6, pages 233–234.

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