Gaintala plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya year 17

Editor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00010.

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Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Somavaṁśin (tfb-somavamsin-epigraphy).

Version: (2e440dc), last modified (cb0406a).

Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ siddham svasty amala-maṇi-kuṭṭima-sadanacalacanekavāra vilāsinīja⟨2⟩nacaraṇanūpurakhatrastrapārāvatapu¿nyā?⟨ñja⟩svanavadhiritadaśadignānādigdeśā⟨3⟩¿nna?⟨nta⟩rā gatavandijanavistāritakīrttir vvividha-vidyālaṁkr̥ta-vidvajanajanatikāvya-kalāpa⟨4⟩stutadhanapativibha⟨va⟩sphūrjjatavipaṇijanānyonya-saṁharṣa-vicitra-prāsādāṭṭālikā⟨5⟩devakulodyānavāpik¿u?⟨ū⟩pataḍāgārāmopaśobhājita-sura-pura-mahimnaḥ| Ārā⟨6⟩mas-amāvasita-śrīmato vijayakaṭakāt{t} paramabhaṭṭāraka-mahā⟨7⟩jādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī-śivagupta-deva-pādānudhyāta-parama-bhaṭṭāra⟨8⟩ka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-parama-māhe¡s!⟨ś⟩vara-soma-kula-tila⟨9⟩ka-¡tr̥!⟨tri⟩kaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahābhavagupta-rājadeva⟨ḥ⟩ kuśalī| nimunāviṣayīya⟨10⟩Ṛṣigrāme ¡v!⟨b⟩rāhmaṇān{ī} sampūjya tad-viṣayīya-yathākālādhyāsinaḥ samāha⟨11⟩rtr̥-sannidhātr̥-niyuktakādhikārikā-dāṇḍa-pāśika-piśuna v¿e?⟨ai⟩tr̥kāvarodhajana⟨12⟩rāṇaka-rājaputra-rājavallabhādīN sarvāN samājñāpayati śivam asmāka⟨13⟩m anyaT viditam astu bhavatāṁ yathāsmābhir ayaṁ grāmaḥ sanidhiḥ sopānidhaḥ ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨14⟩ sarvva-¡v!⟨b⟩ādhāvivarjjitaḥ sarvvoparikarādāna-sametaś catu¿śī?⟨ssī⟩mā-paryantaḥ sā⟨15⟩mvra-madh¿u?⟨ū⟩kaḥ sagartāṣaraḥ sa-jala-sthala-sahitaḥ|| va hvr̥ca-śākhādhyāyine| va¿ccha?⟨tsa⟩go⟨16⟩trāya bhārgava-cyavana-Āpnuvān{a} Aurvva¿y?⟨j⟩amadagni-pravarāya| ¿ya?⟨jña⟩madagni-Aurvva-Āpnuvān{a}⟨17⟩cyavana-bhārggava-¿Ā?⟨A⟩nupravarāya| madhya-deśīya-śāluvi-grāma-vinirggalāya| kosala-de⟨18⟩śīyalapusoḍḍā-grāma-vāstavyāya| bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩a-putra-śrī-tikunāmvemadhus¿u?⟨ū⟩dana-sutāya| saliladhā⟨19⟩rā-purassaram ācandra-tārakārka-kṣiti-samakālopabhogārthaṁ mātā-pitror ātma⟨20⟩naś ca puṇya-yaśobhi{r}vr̥ddhaye tāmra-śāsanenākar¿i?⟨ī⟩kr̥tya pratipādita Ity a⟨21⟩vagatya samucita-bhoga bhāga-kara-hiraṇyādikam upanayadbhir bhavadbhiḥ sukhe⟨22⟩na prati-vastavyam iti|| bhāvibhiś ca bhūpatibhir dattir iyam asmadīyā dharmma-gauravād asma⟨23⟩d anurodhāc ca svadattir ivānupālanīyā{ḥ}| tathā coktaṁ dharmmaśāstre

I. Anuṣṭubh

¡v!⟨b⟩ahubhir vvasu⟨24⟩dhā dattā

a

rājabhis sagarādibhir

b

yasya yasya yadā bhūmis

c

tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ

d
II. Anuṣṭubh

mā bhūd a⟨25⟩-phala-śaṅkā vaḥ

a

para-datteti pārthivāḥ

b

sva-dānāt phalam ānantyaṁ

c

para-dattānupā⟨26⟩lane|

d
III. Anuṣṭubh

saṣṭi-varṣa–sahasrāṇi{|}

a

s⟨v⟩argge modati bhūmidaḥ

b

Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca

c

t¿a?⟨ā⟩ny e⟨27⟩va narak¿aṁ?⟨e⟩ vaseT|

d
IV. Indravajrā

¿Ā?⟨A⟩gner apatyaṁ prathamaṁ suvarṇṇaṁ

a

bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ|⟨Page 2v⟩

b

⟨28⟩ yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāṁ ca mahīñ ca dadyāt

c

dattās trayas tena bhavanti lokāḥ

d
V. Anuṣṭubh

Āsphoṭayanti pi⟨29⟩taraḥ

a

pravalganti pitāmahāḥ|

b

bhūmidātā kule jātaḥ

c

sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati||

d
VI. Anuṣṭubh

bhūmiṁ yaḥ pra⟨30⟩tigr̥hṇāti

a

yaś ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati|

b

Ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau

c

niyataṁ svargga-gāminau

d
VII. Anuṣṭubh

taḍāgānā⟨ṁ⟩ ⟨31⟩ sahasrāṇi

a

vājapeya-śatāni ca

b

gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena

c

bhūmi-hartā na śudhyati

d
VIII. Anuṣṭubh

suvarṇṇam ekaṁ gām e⟨32⟩kāṁ

a

bhūmer apy arddham aṅgulaṁ

b

haran narakam āyāti

c

yāvad—ā-hūta-saṁplavaṁ|

d
IX. Anuṣṭubh

¿Ā?⟨A⟩nyāyena hr̥tā bhūmir

a

a⟨33⟩nyāyena tu hāritā

b

harato hārayantaś caiva

c

sa hanyātsaptamaṁ kulam

d
X. Anuṣṭubh

harate hāra⟨34⟩yeta yas tu

a

manda-¡v!⟨b⟩uddhis tamo-vr̥taḥ|

b

sa ¡v!⟨b⟩addho vāruṇaiḥ pāśai{ḥ}s

c

tiryag-yoniṁ ca ga⟨35⟩cchati|

d
XI. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā

a

yo hare¿d?⟨ta⟩ vasundharāṁ

b

sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bh¿u?⟨ū⟩tvā

c

pacyate pi⟨36⟩tr̥bhiḥ saha|

d
XII. Anuṣṭubh

Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇur

a

¡v!⟨b⟩rahmā somo hutāśanaḥ

b

śūlapāṇis tu bhagavān

c

abhina⟨37⟩ndanti bhūmidaṁ|

d
XIII. Śālinī

sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharmma-setur nr̥pāṇāṁ

a

kāle kāle pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ

b

sarvān e⟨38⟩tān bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrān

c

bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmabhadraḥ

d
XIV. Puṣpitāgrā

Iti kamala-dalām¡v!⟨b⟩u-¡v!⟨b⟩i ⟨39⟩ ndu-lolāṁ

a

śriyam anucintya manuṣya-j¿i?⟨ī⟩vitaṁ ca

b

sakalam idam udāhr̥taṁ ca v¿e?⟨u⟩⟨d⟩dhvā

c

na hi pu⟨40⟩ruṣaiḥ para-kīrtayo vilopyāḥ

d

iti sakaka-bhūpāla-mauli-mālā-vignamāṇikya⟨Page 3r⟩⟨41⟩may¿u?⟨ū⟩kha-vrātābhir añjita-krama-kamala-yugala-pracaṇḍadorda-daṇḍa-maṇḍalāgrātuṇḍa-khaṇḍitā⟨42⟩rāti-matta-mātaṅga-vimukta-muktāphala-prasādhitāśeṣa-raṇa-mahī-maṇḍala{ḥ}{|} paramabhaṭṭā⟨43⟩raka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī-janameja⟨ya⟩-devasya pāda-pravarddhamāna-vi⟨44⟩jayarājye samvatsare saptaśame mādhya⟨mā⟩se ¿ś?⟨s⟩ittapkṣe trayodaśyā⟨ṁ⟩ yātrāṅkataḥ sa⟨45⟩mvaT 17 mādhya śudi 13

XV. Sragdharā

¿Ā?⟨A⟩sti kṣoṇīśvarāṇamamalamaṇirucāmanvay¿ā?⟨aḥ⟩ kaustubhābhaḥ ⟨46⟩ śauryatyāgāmburāśervviracita-vidhi-vaddānaśubhrīkr̥tābhraḥ

ab

śrīmān-janmejayā⟨47⟩khyas tr̥daśa-pati-samaḥ kr̥tsnagābhoktukāmaḥ prakhyātadve¿ś?⟨ṣ⟩i-vaṅśa-pravida⟨la⟩⟨48⟩napaṭur bhūpatiḥ somavaṅśe||

cd
XVI. Sragdharā

jñeyāśeṣāstra-smr̥ti-vimala-dhiyā{|} veda⟨49⟩-vedāṅga-vidyā-

a

śikṣā-kalpetihāsaprakaṭasura-guru-prāpta-bhūyiṣṭhadhāmnāṁ nāmnā

b

śrī⟨50⟩-sādhāraṇena dvijavar¿u?⟨a⟩tanunā mantriṇā yasya rājyaṁ

c

nirvyūḍhaṁ so ’yam uccais trijagati vidito ⟨51⟩ devajanmejayaśrīḥ||

d

likhitam idaṁ tāṃ{v}ra-śās¿ā?⟨a⟩naṁ mahāsāndhivigrah¿o?⟨i⟩-rāṇaka-śrīma⟨52⟩lladatta-prativaddhena śrī-vacchena śaṁkillasuteneti|| likhitam idaṁ tāmra-śāsana⟨ṁ⟩ vaṇik{a} si ⟨53⟩ Ullā-suta-haradāsena likhitam iti{ḥ}|

Apparatus

Translation by Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Commentary

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Primary

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