Satalma plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya year 8

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

Summary: The object of the inscription is to record the gift of the village Satamallā attached to the viṣaya of kaśaloḍā to Sānthakara, son of Dhṛtikara, belonging to the Gautama gotra with the pravaras of the three ṛṣis (Gautama, Āṅgirasa, Autathya), student of the Mādhyandina śākhā of the Vājasaneyi school of the Yajurveda, immigrant from Puruṣamaṇḍapa situated in the Oḍra country and resident of Murujuṅga. The dūtaka of the grant was Sādhāraṇa, son of Śobhana. The record was written by Kāyastha Āllava son of Kailāsa, attached to the office of the mahāsandhivigrahin Rāṇaka Malladatta, son of Dhāradatta and incised by Saṅgrāma, son of Rayaṇā Ojjhā.

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Latin (latin)].

Repository: Somavaṁśin (tfb-somavamsin-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00008.

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00008.xml.

Version: 2026-05-06 08:43 (b4e5dbd), last modified 2026-04-23 16:36 (94c161e).

Edition

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⟨1⟩ siddham svasty aneka-varavilāsinīcaraṇan¿o? p¿u?rakhodbhrāntamattaparāvāta-
⟨2⟩ kulāt{a} sakaladigantarāgatavandijanavistāritakīrtteḥ śrīmato muras¿i?mnaḥ
⟨3⟩ Asti koṇīścarāṇāmamalamaṇirucāmanvayāta kaustubhābhaḥ śauryatyāgā-
⟨4⟩ m¡v!urāśirviracitavidhivaddān¿ā?śubhrīkṛtābhrāḥ śrīmānnjanmeyākhyast¿ṛ?daśa-
⟨5⟩ patisama⟨ḥ⟩ kṛ¿cchna?gāṁ bhokt¿a? kāmaḥ prakhyātadveṣi vaṁśapravidalanapaṭurbh¿u?pati⟨ḥ⟩ so-
⟨6⟩ mavaṁśe so ’yaṁ parama-bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩āraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī-mahā-
⟨7⟩ śivagupta-rājadeva-pā{ṁ}dānudhyā{p}ta-parama-bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩āraka-mahārājādhirāja-parame-
⟨8⟩ śvara-soma-kula-tilaka-t¡r̥!kaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahābhavagupta-rāja-devaḥ ku-
⟨9⟩ śalī kaśaloḍā-viṣaya-prati¡v!addha-satallamā-grāme ¡v!rāhmaṇāN samp¿u?jya ta-
⟨10⟩ t-pratiinivāsi-kuṭum¡v!i-janapadān{a} tad-viṣayīya-yathā-kālādhyāsina⟨ḥ⟩ samā-
⟨11⟩ ha¿tri?-sannidhā¡tri!-cāṭa-bhaṭa-piśuna-v¿e?trikāvarodhajana-rājavallabhādīn{a} sa-

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⟨12⟩ rvān{a} rājapādopaj¿i?vina⟨ḥ⟩ samājñāpayati⟨.⟩ viditam astu bhavatāṁ yathā-
⟨13⟩ smābhir ayaṁ grāma⟨ḥ⟩ sanidhiḥ sopanidhiḥ sarva-¡v!ādhā-vivarjitaḥ sarvvoparikara-
⟨14⟩ karādāna-sahitaḥ sām{v}ramadhuka⟨ḥ⟩ sagarttoṣaraḥ pratini¡s!iddha-cāṭa-bhaṭa-praveśa⟨ḥ⟩
⟨15⟩ catuḥ-simā-vācchinnaḥ gautama-gotrāya gautamāṅgira¿sa-Au?tathya¿triyā?¿riṣa?-pra-
⟨16⟩ varāya vājasaney¿e? mādhyandinaśākh{y}ādhyāyine Oḍra-deśe puruṣa-maṇḍapa-grāma-
⟨17⟩ vin¿ī?rgatāya murujuṃga-grāma-vāstvyāya bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩aputra-śrī-sānthakara-nāmne dhṛti-
⟨18⟩ kara-sutāya ¡ś!aliladhārāpuras¡ś!aram ācandra-tārakārkka-kṣiti-¡ś!amakāl¿a?pa-
⟨19⟩ bhogārthaṁ mātā-pitror ātmanaś ca pu¡n!ya-yaśobhivr̥ddhaye tāmra-śāsanenākar¿i?kr̥tya
⟨20⟩ pratipādita Ity avagatya samucita-bhoga-bhāga-kara-hira¡n!yā
⟨21⟩ dbhi⟨r⟩ bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prativastavyam iti⟨.⟩ bhāvibhiś ca bhūpatibhir dattir iyam asma
⟨22⟩ d¿i?yā dharmma-gauravād asmad anurodhāc ca svadattir ivānupālanīyā⟨.⟩ tathā coktaṁ dha-
⟨23⟩ rmma-śāstre⟨.⟩ ¡v!ahubhir vasudhā dattā rājabhis sagarādibhir yasya yasya yadā bh¿u?mi-

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⟨24⟩ s tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ mā bh¿u?d a-phala{ṁ}-śaṅkā vaḥ para-datteti pārthivāḥ
⟨25⟩ sva-dānāt phalam ānantyam para-dattānupālane saṣṭiṁ varṣa–sahasrāṇi svargge
⟨26⟩ modati bh¿u?midaḥ Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake va¿ś?et Agner apatyaṁ pra-
⟨27⟩ thamaṁ ¿sva?varṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩ bh¿u?r vvaiṣṇavī s¿u?rya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāṁ ca mahīṁ ca dadyāT
⟨28⟩ dattās trayas tena bhavanti l¿ā?kāḥ Āsphoṭṭayanti pitaraḥ pravalgayanti pitāma-
⟨29⟩ hāḥ bh¿u?midāt{t}ā kule jātaḥ sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati bh¿u?miṁ yaḥ pratigr̥h¡n!ā-
⟨30⟩ ti yaś ca bh¿u?miṁ prayacchati Ubhau tau pu¿n?ya-karmmāṇau niyataṁ svargga-gāmi-
⟨31⟩ nau taḍāgānāṁ sahasrāṇī vājapeya-śatāni ca gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena bhūmi-hartā
⟨32⟩ na śudhyati sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā yo hare¿d? vasundharāṁ sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā pa-
⟨33⟩ cyate pitr̥bhiḥ saha Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇur ¡v!rahmā somo hutāśanaḥ ś¿u?lapā
⟨34⟩ ṇis tu bhagavān abhinandanti bhūmidaṁ sāmānyo ’yaṁ dhar;ma-setur nr̥pāṇāṁ kāl¿a?

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⟨35⟩ kāle pālan¿i?yo bhavadbhiḥ sarvān etāN bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrāN
⟨36⟩ bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmacandraḥ Iti kamala-dalām¡v!u-¡v!indu-lo-
⟨37⟩ l¿a?ṁ śriyam anucintya manuṣya-jīvita{ṁ}ñ ca sakalam idam udāhr̥ta{ṁ}ñ ca
⟨38⟩ ¡v!¿e?¿vdhā? na hi puruṣaiḥ para-kīrtayo vilopyāḥ paramabhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩¿a?raka-mahā-
⟨39⟩ rājādhirāja-parameśvara-ma-kula-tilaka-t¡r̥!kaliṅgādhipati-
⟨40⟩ śrī-janamejaya-devasya vijayarājye samva¿ccha?re Aṣṭame kārttikemā-
⟨41⟩ sadvitīyapakṣ¿a?⟨e⟩ tithau dvādaśyāṁ yatrāṅkatopi samvaT 8 kārttika śudi 12 ¿dyo?-
⟨42⟩ takaś ca mahāmahattamabhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩-śrīsādhāraṇa⟨ḥ⟩ śobhana-sutaḥ likhitam idaṁ śasanaṁ
⟨43⟩ mahāsāndhivigraha-rāṇaka-śrī-mall¿ā?datta-dhāradatta-suta-prati¡v!ddhena kāyastha-Ā-
⟨44⟩ llavena kaivilāsa-sutena{ḥ} Urkiritaṁ saṁgrāme¡n!a∥ rayaṇā-Otjhāsutena

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⟨1⟩ siddham svasty aneka-varavilāsinīcaraṇan⟨ū⟩ p⟨ū⟩rakhodbhrāntamattaparāvāta⟨2⟩kulāt{a} sakaladigantarāgatavandijanavistāritakīrtteḥ śrīmato muras⟨ī⟩mnaḥ ⟨3⟩ Asti koṇīścarāṇāmamalamaṇirucāmanvayāta kaustubhābhaḥ śauryatyāgā⟨4⟩m⟨b⟩urāśirviracitavidhivaddān⟨a⟩śubhrīkṛtābhrāḥ śrīmānnjanmeyākhyast⟨ri⟩daśa⟨5⟩patisama⟨ḥ⟩ kṛ⟨tsna⟩gāṁ bhokt⟨u⟩ kāmaḥ prakhyātadveṣi vaṁśapravidalanapaṭurbh⟨ū⟩pati⟨ḥ⟩ so⟨6⟩mavaṁśe so ’yaṁ parama-bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩āraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī-mahā⟨7⟩śivagupta-rājadeva-pā{ṁ}dānudhyā{p}ta-parama-bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩āraka-mahārājādhirāja-parame⟨8⟩śvara-soma-kula-tilaka-t⟨ri⟩kaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahābhavagupta-rāja-devaḥ ku⟨9⟩śalī kaśaloḍā-viṣaya-prati⟨b⟩addha-satallamā-grāme ⟨b⟩rāhmaṇāN samp⟨ū⟩jya ta⟨10⟩t-pratiinivāsi-kuṭum⟨b⟩i-janapadān{a} tad-viṣayīya-yathā-kālādhyāsina⟨ḥ⟩ samā⟨11⟩ha⟨rtr̥⟩-sannidhā⟨tr̥⟩-cāṭa-bhaṭa-piśuna-v⟨ai⟩trikāvarodhajana-rājavallabhādīn{a} sa⟨Page 2r⟩⟨12⟩rvān{a} rājapādopaj⟨ī⟩vina⟨ḥ⟩ samājñāpayati⟨.⟩ viditam astu bhavatāṁ yathā⟨13⟩smābhir ayaṁ grāma⟨ḥ⟩ sanidhiḥ sopanidhiḥ sarva-⟨b⟩ādhā-vivarjitaḥ sarvvoparikara⟨14⟩karādāna-sahitaḥ sām{v}ramadhuka⟨ḥ⟩ sagarttoṣaraḥ pratini⟨ṣ⟩iddha-cāṭa-bhaṭa-praveśa⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨15⟩ catuḥ-simā-vācchinnaḥ gautama-gotrāya gautamāṅgira⟨sau⟩tathya⟨tryā⟩⟨rṣeya⟩-pra⟨16⟩varāya vājasaney⟨a⟩ mādhyandinaśākh{y}ādhyāyine Oḍra-deśe puruṣa-maṇḍapa-grāma⟨17⟩vin⟨i⟩rgatāya murujuṃga-grāma-vāstvyāya bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩aputra-śrī-sānthakara-nāmne dhṛti⟨18⟩kara-sutāya ⟨s⟩aliladhārāpuras⟨s⟩aram ācandra-tārakārkka-kṣiti-⟨s⟩amakāl⟨o⟩pa⟨19⟩bhogārthaṁ mātā-pitror ātmanaś ca pu⟨ṇ⟩ya-yaśobhivr̥ddhaye tāmra-śāsanenākar⟨ī⟩kr̥tya ⟨20⟩ pratipādita Ity avagatya samucita-bhoga-bhāga-kara-hira⟨ṇ⟩yā ⟨21⟩ dbhi⟨r⟩ bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prativastavyam iti⟨.⟩ bhāvibhiś ca bhūpatibhir dattir iyam asma ⟨22⟩ d⟨ī⟩yā dharmma-gauravād asmad anurodhāc ca svadattir ivānupālanīyā⟨.⟩

tathā coktaṁ dha⟨23⟩rmma-śāstre⟨.⟩

2. Anuṣṭubh

⟨b⟩ahubhir vasudhā dattā

rājabhis sagarādibhir

yasya yasya yadā bh⟨ū⟩mi⟨Page 2v⟩⟨24⟩s

tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ

3. Anuṣṭubh

mā bh⟨ū⟩d a-phala{ṁ}-śaṅkā vaḥ

para-datteti pārthivāḥ

⟨25⟩ sva-dānāt phalam ānantyam

para-dattānupālane

4. Anuṣṭubh

saṣṭiṁ varṣa–sahasrāṇi

svargge ⟨26⟩ modati bh⟨ū⟩midaḥ

Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca

tāny eva narake va⟨s⟩et

5. Indravajrā

Agner apatyaṁ pra⟨27⟩thamaṁ ⟨su⟩varṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩

bh⟨ū⟩r vvaiṣṇavī s⟨ū⟩rya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ

yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāṁ ca mahīṁ ca dadyāT

⟨28⟩ dattās trayas tena bhavanti l⟨o⟩kāḥ

6. Anuṣṭubh

Āsphoṭṭayanti pitaraḥ

pravalgayanti pitāma⟨29⟩hāḥ

bh⟨ū⟩midāt{t}ā kule jātaḥ

sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati

7. Anuṣṭubh

bh⟨ū⟩miṁ yaḥ pratigr̥h⟨ṇ⟩ā⟨30⟩ti

yaś ca bh⟨ū⟩miṁ prayacchati

Ubhau tau pu⟨ṇ⟩ya-karmmāṇau

niyataṁ svargga-gāmi⟨31⟩nau

8. Anuṣṭubh

taḍāgānāṁ sahasrāṇī

vājapeya-śatāni ca

gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena

bhūmi-hartā ⟨32⟩ na śudhyati

9. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā

yo hare⟨ta⟩ vasundharāṁ

sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā

pa⟨33⟩cyate pitr̥bhiḥ saha

10. Anuṣṭubh

Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇur

⟨b⟩rahmā somo hutāśanaḥ

ś⟨ū⟩lapā ⟨34⟩ ṇis tu bhagavān

abhinandanti bhūmidaṁ

11. Śālinī

sāmānyo ’yaṁ dhar;ma-setur nr̥pāṇāṁ

kāl⟨e⟩ ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨35⟩ kāle pālan⟨ī⟩yo bhavadbhiḥ

sarvān etāN bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrāN

⟨36⟩ bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmacandraḥ

12. Puṣpitāgrā

Iti kamala-dalām⟨b⟩u-⟨b⟩indu-lo⟨37⟩l⟨ā⟩ṁ

śriyam anucintya manuṣya-jīvita{ṁ}ñ ca

sakalam idam udāhr̥ta{ṁ}ñ ca ⟨38⟩ ⟨b⟩⟨u⟩⟨ddhvā⟩

na hi puruṣaiḥ para-kīrtayo vilopyāḥ

paramabhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩⟨ā⟩raka-mahā⟨39⟩rājādhirāja-parameśvara-ma-kula-tilaka-t⟨ri⟩kaliṅgādhipati⟨40⟩śrī-janamejaya-devasya vijayarājye samva⟨tsa⟩re Aṣṭame kārttikemā⟨41⟩sadvitīyapakṣ¿a?⟨e⟩ tithau dvādaśyāṁ yatrāṅkatopi samvaT 8 kārttika śudi 12 ⟨dū⟩⟨42⟩takaś ca mahāmahattamabhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩-śrīsādhāraṇa⟨ḥ⟩ śobhana-sutaḥ likhitam idaṁ śasanaṁ ⟨43⟩ mahāsāndhivigraha-rāṇaka-śrī-mall⟨a⟩datta-dhāradatta-suta-prati⟨b⟩ddhena kāyastha-Ā⟨44⟩llavena kaivilāsa-sutena{ḥ} Urkiritaṁ saṁgrāme⟨ṇ⟩a∥ rayaṇā-Otjhāsutena

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⟨1⟩ siddham svasty aneka-varavilāsinīcaraṇan¿o?⟨ū⟩ p¿u?⟨ū⟩rakhodbhrāntamattaparāvāta⟨2⟩kulāt{a} sakaladigantarāgatavandijanavistāritakīrtteḥ śrīmato muras¿i?⟨ī⟩mnaḥ ⟨3⟩ Asti koṇīścarāṇāmamalamaṇirucāmanvayāta kaustubhābhaḥ śauryatyāgā⟨4⟩m¡v!⟨b⟩urāśirviracitavidhivaddān¿ā?⟨a⟩śubhrīkṛtābhrāḥ śrīmānnjanmeyākhyast¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩daśa⟨5⟩patisama⟨ḥ⟩ kṛ¿cchna?⟨tsna⟩gāṁ bhokt¿a?⟨u⟩ kāmaḥ prakhyātadveṣi vaṁśapravidalanapaṭurbh¿u?⟨ū⟩pati⟨ḥ⟩ so⟨6⟩mavaṁśe so ’yaṁ parama-bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩āraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī-mahā⟨7⟩śivagupta-rājadeva-pā{ṁ}dānudhyā{p}ta-parama-bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩āraka-mahārājādhirāja-parame⟨8⟩śvara-soma-kula-tilaka-t¡r̥!⟨ri⟩kaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahābhavagupta-rāja-devaḥ ku⟨9⟩śalī kaśaloḍā-viṣaya-prati¡v!⟨b⟩addha-satallamā-grāme ¡v!⟨b⟩rāhmaṇāN samp¿u?⟨ū⟩jya ta⟨10⟩t-pratiinivāsi-kuṭum¡v!⟨b⟩i-janapadān{a} tad-viṣayīya-yathā-kālādhyāsina⟨ḥ⟩ samā⟨11⟩ha¿tri?⟨rtr̥⟩-sannidhā¡tri!⟨tr̥⟩-cāṭa-bhaṭa-piśuna-v¿e?⟨ai⟩trikāvarodhajana-rājavallabhādīn{a} sa⟨Page 2r⟩⟨12⟩rvān{a} rājapādopaj¿i?⟨ī⟩vina⟨ḥ⟩ samājñāpayati⟨.⟩ viditam astu bhavatāṁ yathā⟨13⟩smābhir ayaṁ grāma⟨ḥ⟩ sanidhiḥ sopanidhiḥ sarva-¡v!⟨b⟩ādhā-vivarjitaḥ sarvvoparikara⟨14⟩karādāna-sahitaḥ sām{v}ramadhuka⟨ḥ⟩ sagarttoṣaraḥ pratini¡s!⟨ṣ⟩iddha-cāṭa-bhaṭa-praveśa⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨15⟩ catuḥ-simā-vācchinnaḥ gautama-gotrāya gautamāṅgira¿sa-Au?⟨sau⟩tathya¿triyā?⟨tryā⟩¿riṣa?⟨rṣeya⟩-pra⟨16⟩varāya vājasaney¿e?⟨a⟩ mādhyandinaśākh{y}ādhyāyine Oḍra-deśe puruṣa-maṇḍapa-grāma⟨17⟩vin¿ī?⟨i⟩rgatāya murujuṃga-grāma-vāstvyāya bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩aputra-śrī-sānthakara-nāmne dhṛti⟨18⟩kara-sutāya ¡ś!⟨s⟩aliladhārāpuras¡ś!⟨s⟩aram ācandra-tārakārkka-kṣiti-¡ś!⟨s⟩amakāl¿a?⟨o⟩pa⟨19⟩bhogārthaṁ mātā-pitror ātmanaś ca pu¡n!⟨ṇ⟩ya-yaśobhivr̥ddhaye tāmra-śāsanenākar¿i?⟨ī⟩kr̥tya ⟨20⟩ pratipādita Ity avagatya samucita-bhoga-bhāga-kara-hira¡n!⟨ṇ⟩yā ⟨21⟩ dbhi⟨r⟩ bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prativastavyam iti⟨.⟩ bhāvibhiś ca bhūpatibhir dattir iyam asma ⟨22⟩ d¿i?⟨ī⟩yā dharmma-gauravād asmad anurodhāc ca svadattir ivānupālanīyā⟨.⟩

tathā coktaṁ dha⟨23⟩rmma-śāstre⟨.⟩

2. Anuṣṭubh

¡v!⟨b⟩ahubhir vasudhā dattā

rājabhis sagarādibhir

yasya yasya yadā bh¿u?⟨ū⟩mi⟨Page 2v⟩⟨24⟩s

tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ

3. Anuṣṭubh

mā bh¿u?⟨ū⟩d a-phala{ṁ}-śaṅkā vaḥ

para-datteti pārthivāḥ

⟨25⟩ sva-dānāt phalam ānantyam

para-dattānupālane

4. Anuṣṭubh

saṣṭiṁ varṣa–sahasrāṇi

svargge ⟨26⟩ modati bh¿u?⟨ū⟩midaḥ

Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca

tāny eva narake va¿ś?⟨s⟩et

5. Indravajrā

Agner apatyaṁ pra⟨27⟩thamaṁ ¿sva?⟨su⟩varṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩

bh¿u?⟨ū⟩r vvaiṣṇavī s¿u?⟨ū⟩rya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ

yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāṁ ca mahīṁ ca dadyāT

⟨28⟩ dattās trayas tena bhavanti l¿ā?⟨o⟩kāḥ

6. Anuṣṭubh

Āsphoṭṭayanti pitaraḥ

pravalgayanti pitāma⟨29⟩hāḥ

bh¿u?⟨ū⟩midāt{t}ā kule jātaḥ

sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati

7. Anuṣṭubh

bh¿u?⟨ū⟩miṁ yaḥ pratigr̥h¡n!⟨ṇ⟩ā⟨30⟩ti

yaś ca bh¿u?⟨ū⟩miṁ prayacchati

Ubhau tau pu¿n?⟨ṇ⟩ya-karmmāṇau

niyataṁ svargga-gāmi⟨31⟩nau

8. Anuṣṭubh

taḍāgānāṁ sahasrāṇī

vājapeya-śatāni ca

gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena

bhūmi-hartā ⟨32⟩ na śudhyati

9. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā

yo hare¿d?⟨ta⟩ vasundharāṁ

sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā

pa⟨33⟩cyate pitr̥bhiḥ saha

10. Anuṣṭubh

Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇur

¡v!⟨b⟩rahmā somo hutāśanaḥ

ś¿u?⟨ū⟩lapā ⟨34⟩ ṇis tu bhagavān

abhinandanti bhūmidaṁ

11. Śālinī

sāmānyo ’yaṁ dhar;ma-setur nr̥pāṇāṁ

kāl¿a?⟨e⟩ ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨35⟩ kāle pālan¿i?⟨ī⟩yo bhavadbhiḥ

sarvān etāN bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrāN

⟨36⟩ bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmacandraḥ

12. Puṣpitāgrā

Iti kamala-dalām¡v!⟨b⟩u-¡v!⟨b⟩indu-lo⟨37⟩l¿a?⟨ā⟩ṁ

śriyam anucintya manuṣya-jīvita{ṁ}ñ ca

sakalam idam udāhr̥ta{ṁ}ñ ca ⟨38⟩ ¡v!⟨b⟩¿e?⟨u⟩¿vdhā?⟨ddhvā⟩

na hi puruṣaiḥ para-kīrtayo vilopyāḥ

paramabhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩¿a?⟨ā⟩raka-mahā⟨39⟩rājādhirāja-parameśvara-ma-kula-tilaka-t¡r̥!⟨ri⟩kaliṅgādhipati⟨40⟩śrī-janamejaya-devasya vijayarājye samva¿ccha?⟨tsa⟩re Aṣṭame kārttikemā⟨41⟩sadvitīyapakṣ¿a?⟨e⟩ tithau dvādaśyāṁ yatrāṅkatopi samvaT 8 kārttika śudi 12 ¿dyo?⟨dū⟩⟨42⟩takaś ca mahāmahattamabhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩-śrīsādhāraṇa⟨ḥ⟩ śobhana-sutaḥ likhitam idaṁ śasanaṁ ⟨43⟩ mahāsāndhivigraha-rāṇaka-śrī-mall¿ā?⟨a⟩datta-dhāradatta-suta-prati¡v!⟨b⟩ddhena kāyastha-Ā⟨44⟩llavena kaivilāsa-sutena{ḥ} Urkiritaṁ saṁgrāme¡n!⟨ṇ⟩a∥ rayaṇā-Otjhāsutena

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