Mahulpara plates of Mahāśivagupta Dharmaratha year 11

Editor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00020.

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Somavaṁśin (tfb-somavamsin-epigraphy).

Version: (0598937), last modified (d00e60d).

Edition

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I. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

svasti prema-niruddha-mugdha-manasoḥ sphārībhavac-cakṣuṣor

a

yūnor yatra (vici)⟨2⟩tra-nirbhara-rata-krīḍā-kraman tanvatoḥ|

b

vicchinno ’pi kr̥tātimātra-pulakair āvirbhavat-sītkr̥⟨3⟩tair

c

āśleṣair glapita-klamaiḥ smara-rasaḥ kāmaṁ muhus tāpyate||

d
II. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

yatrāśeṣa-viśeṣa-rū⟨4⟩pa-mahimāpāstāpsaraḥ kāntibhir

a

jjāter¿pyā?⟨ṣyā⟩-kalaheṣv api praṇayinaḥ ka⟨r⟩ṇṇotpalais tāḍi⟨5⟩tāḥ|

b

jāyante praviśat-sita-smara-śara-protthāpitāntar-vyathā⟨ḥ⟩

c

syandi-sveda-jalāvaseca⟨6⟩na-vaśā¿nv?⟨n n⟩irjjāta-romāṅkurāḥ||

d
III. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

Atyuttuṅga-karīndra-danta-musala-prodbhāsi-rociś cayair

a

dhvānta⟨7⟩-dhva¡n!⟨ṁ⟩sana-niṣphalīkr̥ta-śarac-candrodayaiḥ sarvvadā|

b

yatrāsīd asatī-janasya vi¡s!⟨ś⟩adaṁ muktā⟨8⟩mayaṁ maṇḍanaṁ

c

saṅketāspadam apy atīva dhavala⟨ṁ⟩ prāsāda-śr̥ṅgāgrataḥ||

d
IV. Upajāti

mahānadī-tuṅga-ta⟨9⟩raṅga-bhaṅga

a

-sphārocchalac-chīkaravadbhir ārat{a}

b

yasmin ratāsaktimad-aṅganānāṁ

c

śramāpano⟨10⟩daḥ kriyate marudbhiḥ||

d

tasmāt śrī-yayāti-nagarāt|

V. Vasantatilakā

loka-traya-prathita-śubhra-yaśo⟨11⟩-vitāna

a

-vyāptāṣṭa-dik-prasabha-nirjjita-vairi-varggaḥ|

b

somānvaye kila ¡v!⟨b⟩abhūva sugītā-kīrtti⟨12⟩

c

śrīmān saroja-vadano nṛpatir yayātiḥ||

d
VI. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

yat-khaḍgāgra-vipāṭita-dvipa-ghaṭā-kumbha⟨13⟩-sthalād ullasan

a

muktā-jāla-vibhūṣitaṁ prati-raṇaṁ pr̥thvī-vadhūraḥsthalaṁ

b

¡s!⟨ś⟩a¡s!⟨ś⟩vad-d¿a?⟨ū⟩ra-naman-narādhipa⟨14⟩-śiroratnāṅśu-jālāmalā

c

yat-pādām¿m?⟨b⟩uja-reṇavaḥ samatayā tad-ra¡s!⟨ś⟩mi-lakṣmīn dadhuḥ||

d
VII. sragdhāra

mādyal-lo⟨15⟩lāli-mālākula-karaṭa-puṭā-syandi-dāna-pravāhān

a

sindūrārakta-kumbhān sita-pr̥thula⟨Page 2r⟩⟨16⟩-radān| kāmadevādisaṁjñāN|

b

jitvājāpālam ājau janita-sura-vadhū-vismaya-smera-vaktraḥ

c

sa dvā⟨17⟩tri¡ṅ!⟨ṁ⟩śat karīndrān śara-nikara-hatārohakān agrahīd yaḥ||

d
VIII. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

tasmāt vismaya-hetu-heti-laḍita-prastāvanāka⟨18⟩⟨r⟩ṇṇanair

a

ddhūtā-kamputa-pūrvva-rudra-mukuṭa-prītendru-nirvarṇṇitaḥ|

b

bhrāmyat-kī⟨r⟩ttir ajāyat āhava-hata-sva⟨19⟩-sthāri-gītodayaḥ

c

śrīmān bhīmaratho yataḥ svam udaran tārācirād arcchati||

d
IX. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

yaḥ kavyāmṛta-nirjhara⟨20⟩sya mahataḥ sotā mahībhṛt-patis

a

tyāgaḥ satyam iti dvaya⟨ṁ⟩ kali-bhayād abhyetya yam modate|

b

yat ke⟨21⟩li-jvalitāndhra-gauḍa-nagarī-dhūmāvalī-ṭhaukitām

c

¡v!⟨b⟩ibhrad-bhāti masīm vidhu⟨r⟩ nnija-kula-kala⟨22⟩ṅkīkṛtaḥ||

d
X. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

yo dharmeṇa ca vikrameṇa ca dhiyā cāścarya-kāryeṇa ca

a

prāgalbhyena ca deva-rāja-pada⟨23⟩vīṁ prāpto mahī-maṇḍale|

b

sa śrī-dharmmarathas tato rinivaha-dhvansaika-hetuḥ kṛtī

c

dānāna⟨24⟩ndita-vandi-vṛnda-mukhara-kṣmā-maṇḍalo jātavān||

d

parama-māheśvara-parama-bha⟨25⟩ṭṭāraka-mahārājadhirāja-parameśvara-soma-kula-tilaka-trikaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahā⟨26⟩bhavaguta-pādānudhyāta-parama-māheśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājadhi⟨27⟩rāja-parameśvara-soma-kula-tilaka-trikaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahāśivagupta-rājade⟨28⟩vaḥ kuśalī Antaruda-viṣayas⟨y⟩a Abhayanā-khaṇḍīya bhilvi-grāme| Atasad-viṣyayīya ¡v!⟨b⟩⟨29⟩ hmaṇān (sa)⟨ṁ⟩pūjya samāhartr̥-sannidhātṛ-niyuktādhikārika-dāṇḍapā¿s?⟨ś⟩ika-piśuna-vetrikvarodha⟨30⟩jana-rājñī-rāṇaka-rājaputra-rājavallabha-bhogijana-pramukha-samasta-janadpadān{a} samājñā⟨31⟩payati| viditam astu bhavatām yathāsmābhir aya⟨ṁ⟩ grāmaḥ sa-pratīhāraḥ andhāruvī-padāti⟨Page 2v⟩⟨32⟩jīvya-nastidaṇḍa-vara¡v!⟨b⟩alīvardda-ciṅgola-Adattādi-sahitaḥ sa-nidhiḥ sopani⟨33⟩dhiḥ sa⟨r⟩vva-¡v!⟨b⟩ādhā-varjitaḥ sarvvoparikarādana-sametaś catuḥsīmā-paryantaḥ sāmra-madhū⟨34⟩kaḥ sa-garttoṣaras sa-jala-sthalaḥ kaśyapa-sagotrāya| tryārṣa-pravarāya| dāmo⟨35⟩dara-pautrāya| vāsuputrāya| rāṇa-śrī-Abhimanyu-namne| salila-dhārā-purassara⟨ṁ⟩| Ā⟨36⟩candra-tārakārkka-kṣiti-samakālopabhogārtham mātāpitror ātmanaś ca puṇya-yaśo⟨37⟩’bhivr̥ddhaye| sa-pratīhāreṇa tāmra-śāsanenākarīkr̥tya pratipādita Ity avagatya s{v}a⟨38⟩mucita-kara-bhoga-bhāgādikam upanayadhir bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prativastavyam iti| bhā⟨39⟩vibhiś ca bhūpatibhir ddattir iyam asmadīyā| dharmma-gauravād asmad anurodhā⟨40⟩c ca sva-dattir ivānupālanīyā| tathā coktaṁ dharmmaśastre|

XI. Anuṣṭubh

¡v!⟨b⟩ahubhir vasudhā da⟨41⟩ttā

a

rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ|

b

yasya yasya yadā bhūmis

c

tasya tasya tadā phalaM

d
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XII. Anuṣṭubh

mā bhūd aphala-śaṅkā vaḥ

a

para-datteti pārthivāḥ

b

sva-d¿att?⟨ān⟩āt phalam ānantyam

c

para-dattānupāla⟨43⟩ne||

d
XIII. Indravajrā

ṣaṣṭhiṁ varṣa-sahasrāṇi

a

svargge modati bhūmidaḥ|

b

Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca

c

dvau tau nara⟨44⟩ka-gāminau||

d
XIV. Anuṣṭubh

Agner apatyaṁ prathamaṁ suvarṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩

a

bhū⟨r⟩ vvaiṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ|

b

yaḥ kāñca⟨45⟩naṁ gāñ ca mahīñ ca dadyād

c

dattās trayas tena bhava¿tt?⟨nt⟩i lok¿e?⟨āḥ⟩||

d
XV. Anuṣṭubh

Āsphoṭayanti pitaro

a

va⟨46⟩lgaya¿tt?⟨nt⟩i pitāmahāḥ|

b

bhūmi-dātā kule jātaḥ

c

sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati||

d
XVI. Anuṣṭubh

bhūmiṁ yaḥ pra⟨47⟩tigr̥hṇāti

a

yaś ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati|

b

Ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau

c

niyataṁ svarga-gāmi⟨Page 3r⟩⟨48⟩nau||

d
XVII. Anuṣṭubh

taḍāgānāṁ sahasreṇa

a

vājapeya-śatena ca|

b

gavāṅ koṭi-pradānena

c

bhūmi-harttā ⟨49⟩ na śudhyati|

d
XVIII. Anuṣṭubh

suva⟨r⟩ṇṇam ekaṁ gām ekāṁ

a

bhūmer apy arddham aṅgulaṁ|

b

haran narakam āyāti

c

yāvad—ā-hūta⟨50⟩-saṁplavaM||

d
XIX. Anuṣṭubh

harate hārayed yas tu

a

manda-¡v!⟨b⟩uddhis tam{v}o-vr̥taḥ|

b

sa ¡v!⟨b⟩addho vāruṇaiḥ

c

pāśais tirya⟨51⟩g-yoniṁ sa gacchati||

d
XX. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattām para-dattām vā

a

yo hareta vasundharāṁ|

b

sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā

c

⟨52⟩ pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate||

d
XXI. Śālinī

Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇu⟨r⟩

a

¡vv!⟨b⟩rahmā somo hutā(śa)naḥ|

b

śūlapāṇi ⟨53⟩ ś ca bhagavān

c

abhinandanti bhūmidaM||

d
XXII. Śālinī

sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharmma-setur nr̥pāṇāṁ

a

kāle kāle pā⟨54⟩lanīyo bhavadbhiḥ|

b

sarvvān etān bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrān

c

bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmabha⟨55⟩draḥ||

d
XXIII. Puṣpitāgrā

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

a

śriyam anucintya manuṣya-jīvi⟨56⟩tañ ca|

b

sa-kalam idam udāhr̥taṁ ca ¡v!⟨b⟩u¿dvā?⟨ddhvā⟩

c

na hi puruṣaiḥ para-kīrttayo vilopyāḥ||

d
XXIV. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨57⟩ ni¿pṇ?⟨ṣṇ⟩āt¿au?⟨a⟩s saha devarāja-guruṇā maitrīm maṇīṣā-guṇair

a

¡vv!⟨b⟩ibhrāṇaḥ paramā⟨ṁ⟩ guṇaika-va⟨58⟩satiḥ kumuṇḍipālaḥ kṛtī|

b

kurvāṇaḥ kila sandhi-vigraha-padaṁ yaś candra-sūryātmikāṁ

c

⟨59⟩rttin tatva-nivi¿pt?⟨ṣṭ⟩a-dhīḥ prakaṭayaty āścarya-varṣī satām||

d
XXIV. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

yat-kīrtti-prasara-prabhūta-m¿ā?⟨a⟩him¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨60⟩prodvīkṣaṇāmīlita-

a

-vrīḍā-vega-vaśād ayam malinatām a¿tt?⟨nt⟩ar vvidhatte śasī|

b

sa śrī⟨61⟩-man¿tt?⟨nt⟩rivaro mahākṣapaṭalādhyakṣaḥ satāmagraṇīr

c

ekaś śāsanam abhyalīlikha⟨62⟩d idaṁ śrī-netradevaḥ svayam||

d

|saṁvat 11 phālguna-vadi 3| vijñāni-sollaṅgākena li⟨63⟩khitam iti|

Apparatus

⟨5⟩ °vyathā⟨ḥ⟩ Sha°vyathā bib:Srinivasan1967-1968_01.

Translation

Commentary

Bibliography

This set is also named Khandapara charter. It was unearthed in the village named Mahulpara during 1963. It is preserved in the Odisha State Museum. The photos are available here.

Primary

[R] Rajaguru, Satyanarayan. 1966. Inscriptions of Orissa, vol. 4. No place: Sri Sarada Press. [URL]. Appendix Supplementary, items 33-A, pages 280A–F.

[Sri] Srinivasan, P. R. 1967–1968. “Mahulpara Plates of Mahasivagupta-Dharmaratha, Year 11.” EI 37, pp. 225–232.

[Sha] Shastri, Ajay Mitra. 1995. Inscriptions of the Śarabhapurīyas, Pāṇḍuvaṁśins and Somavaṁśins, Part II: Inscriptions. New Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Motilal Bandarsidass. Item XX, pages 268–275.

Secondary

Gai, G. S. 1968. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1964-65. [Delhi]: [Manager of Publications]. Item 53.

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 948.

Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive topographical catalogue of Orissan inscriptions. New Delhi: Manohar Publishers & Distributors. Pages 367–368.

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 31, pages 265–266.