Nuapatna plates of the time of Janamejaya year 5

Editor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00021.

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Somavaṁśin (tfb-somavamsin-epigraphy).

Version: (0598937), last modified (412b985).

Edition

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⟨1⟩ siddham|| svasti ¿ś?⟨s⟩ajjanadamāvāsita śrīmad-vajaya-pāṭakāT|| parama-mā⟨2⟩heśvara paramabhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara somuku⟨3⟩la-tilaka-trikaliṅgādhipati śrīmaj-janamejaya-devasya pravarddha⟨4⟩mānavijayarājye pañca me samvatsare phālgune māsasita(pakṣe) ⟨5⟩ tithau catuddaśyāmaṅke samvat{a} 5 phālguna va di 14 parama-māhe⟨6⟩śvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraja-somakula-kamala-kalikāvikāsabhāska ⟨7⟩ ra⟨ḥ⟩ durddaṇḍacaṇḍimodrekadurddamārikramaramāramācāṅka-śaṅka⟨8⟩ra⟨ḥ⟩ sakalabhuvanatakaval¿a?⟨ā⟩vaN kum¿a?⟨ā⟩ra-śikha⟨Page 2r⟩⟨9⟩ra⟨ḥ⟩ kharatarakaravāladāvāna⟨la⟩jālakavalitārikānana⟨ḥ⟩ pa⟨10⟩ścima-kaliṅgādhipati-mahākum¿a?⟨ā⟩rādhirāja-parameśvara yuvarāja-śrī⟨11⟩-dharmmaratha-deva-varmma ku¿s?⟨ś⟩|| santama-maṇḍalīya vāvanna-khaṇḍe|| ḍa⟨12⟩lahāra-vitrajoṅga-sahita-tuṇḍima-khaṇḍa-kṣetre{||} Atas tad-viṣayī⟨13⟩yavrāH maṇānāp¿u?⟨ū⟩jya samāharttr̥-sannidhātr̥{||} niyuktādhikāri⟨14⟩dāṇḍa-pā¿s?⟨ś⟩ka{||} piśuna{||} vetrikāvarodha-jana{||} rājṇī{||} rāṇaka⟨15⟩rājaputra{||} rāja-vallabha{||} bhogijana-pramukha-samasta janapadā⟨16⟩N samājñāpayati|| viditam astu bhavatāM|| koṣṭhādākr̥⟨Page 2v⟩⟨17⟩ṣya khaṇḍakṣetramidamasmābhiḥ sajalasthala⟨ṁ⟩ sagarttoṣara⟨ṁ⟩ saviṭapā⟨18⟩raṇya⟨ṁ⟩ samatsyakacchapa⟨ṁ⟩ sanidhi sopanidhi catuḥ¿ś?⟨s⟩īmāvaccinna⟨ṁ⟩ s¿a?⟨ā⟩mra-madhu ⟨19⟩ ka-prabhr̥tinānāvr̥kṣādisametaṁ{||} hastidaṇḍa{||} varavalīvardda{||} ciṭṭola{||} ⟨20⟩ Andhāruvā{||} pratyandhāruvā{||} padātijīvya{||} Adattā{||} vasāvakā{||} vi⟨21⟩ṣayavālī{||} rintakāvaḍi{||} Antarāvaḍḍi{||} Ahidaṇḍa{||} haladaṇḍa{||} vandhada⟨22⟩ṇḍa{||} vandāpanā{||} vijaya-vandāpanādi-bhaviṣyat-kara-sametaṁ sa-khaṇḍapā⟨23⟩līyaṁ sapratihāraṁ sarvva-vādhāvarjjitaṁ sarvvoparikarādāna-sametaṁ{||} ma⟨24⟩dhya-deśīya-śoṇabhadra-vinirggatāya{||} vatsasagotrāya{||} pañcārṣaprava⟨25⟩rāya{||} vainateyaśarmmapautrāya mādhavaśarmmaputrāya{||} sama⟨Page 3r⟩⟨26⟩vedādhyāyipaṇḍīta-śrī-janapati-śarmmaṇe vrāhmaṇāya{||} sali⟨27⟩la-dhārāpuraḥsaramācandrārkkakṣiti-samakālopabhogā⟨r⟩tthyaṁ mātā⟨28⟩pitror ātmanaś ca puṇya-yaśobhivr̥ddhaye{||} viṣuvatsa⟨ṁ⟩krānti-sama⟨29⟩ye{||} tāmraśāsanenākarīkr̥tya sampradattamityavaga⟨t⟩ya samuci⟨30⟩ta-kara-bhoga-bhāgam upanayadbhir bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prativastavyam iti|| bhā⟨31⟩vibhiś ca bhūpatibhir ddattir iyam asmadīyā dharmma-gauravād asmad-anurodhāc ca ⟨32⟩ sva-d¿i?⟨a⟩ttirivānupālanīyā|| tathā coktaṃ dharmmaśāstre||

I. Anuṣṭubh

vahubhir vvasudhā dattā

a

⟨33⟩ rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ

b

yasya yasya yadā bhūmis

c

tasya ⟨⟨ta⟩⟩sya tadā phalaṁ||

d
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II. Anuṣṭubh

⟨34⟩ sva-dattāṁ para-dattām vā

a

yo hared vasundharāM||

b

sa vi¿pā?⟨ṣṭhā⟩yāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā

c

⟨35⟩ pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacy¿e?⟨a⟩te{ḥ}||

d
III. Anuṣṭubh

mā bhūd a-phala-śaṅkā vaḥ

a

para-datteti pārthivāḥ||

b

sva⟨36⟩-dānāt phalam ānantyaṁ

c

para-dattānupālane||

d
IV. Anuṣṭubh

gām ekā⟨ṁ⟩ sva⟨r⟩ṇṇam e⟨37⟩kañ ca

a

bhūmer apy arddham aṅg¿a?⟨u⟩laṁ||

b

haran narakam āyāti

c

yāvad—ā-bhūta-sa ⟨38⟩ mplavaṁ

d
V. Anuṣṭubh

nirvvaśo nirddhano rogī

a

kṣīṇāyuḥ śatrubhir jjitaḥ||

b

bhaved ya⟨39⟩ḥ kurute vādhāṃ

c

viprāṇān tāmra-śāsane||

d
VI. Anuṣṭubh

bhūmiṁ yaḥ|| ⟨pratigr̥hṇāti⟩

a

⟨yaś ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati⟩

b

⟨Ubhau tau puṇya-karmāṇau⟩

c

⟨niyataṁ svarga-gāminau⟩

d
VII. Anuṣṭubh

Āsphoṭaya⟨40⟩nti pitaraḥ

a

pravalganti pitāmahāḥ||

b

bhūmidātā kule jātaḥ

c

¿ko?⟨sa⟩ na⟨41⟩s trātā bhaviṣyati||

d

sandhivigrahi-rāṇaka-śrī-maladattaḥ śāsana⟨42⟩m idam alīlikhaditi|| vijñān¿i?⟨ī⟩herukadāsa

Apparatus

⟨37⟩ aṅg¿a?⟨u⟩laṁ ⬦ aṅgalaṁ S.

Translation by Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Commentary

Bibliography

The plates are currently preserved at the Archaeological Museum, Departments of History and Ancient Indian History Culture and Archaeology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar (see Wattelier-Bricout 2024, pp. 10–12. The photos are available here.

Primary

[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 Supplement, entry IV, pages 358–365.

Secondary

Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive topographical catalogue of Orissan inscriptions. New Delhi: Manohar Publishers & Distributors. Pages 149–150.

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 39, pages 277–278.