Nibinna (also know as Sonepur) Plates of Mahāśivagupta Yayāti, Year 15

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⟨1⟩ siddhaM svasti śrīmato vin¿i?ta-purāt parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-pa ⟨2⟩ rama-māheśvara-m¿ā?hābhavagupta-rāja-deva-pādānudhyā¿tpa?para ⟨3⟩ ma-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-māheśvara-soma-kula-tilaka-trika ⟨4⟩ liṅgādhipati-śrī-mahāśivagupta-rāja-devaḥ kuśalī ko¿s?ala-de ⟨5⟩ ¿s?a-prati¡v!addha-gandhaṭapāṭila-maṇḍale cottara-pallīya-nivaṇḍā-grāme ⟨6⟩ ¡v!rāhmaṇān sampūjya tadviṣayīyāN yathākālādhyāsinaḥ samā ⟨7⟩ hartr̥-sannidhātr̥-yuktādhikārika-d¿a?ṇḍapā¡s!ika-cāṭabhaṭa-pi¡s!u ⟨8⟩ na-v¿e?(tri)kāvarodha-jana-rāṇaka-rāja-putra-rājñī-rāja-va(lla) ⟨9⟩ bh¿a?dīN sarvāN rājapādopaj¿i?vinaḥ samājñāpayati. viditam astu ⟨10⟩ bhavatāṁ yathāsmābhir aya grāmaḥ sanidhiḥ sopanidhiḥ sada¡s!ā parādhaḥ ⟨11⟩ sarva-¡v!ādhā-vivarjitaḥ sarvoparikarādāna-sahitaś catuḥs¿i?māpa ⟨12⟩ ryantaḥ sāmramadhukaḥ sagartto¡s!araḥ sajalasthalaḥ pratiniṣiddha-cāṭa ⟨13⟩ -bhaṭa-praveśaḥ bhāradvājasagotrāya| Āṅgirasa¡v!ārhaspatya-bhāra ⟨14⟩ dvāja-pravarāya| U¿lh?āsa-śarmmaṇaḥ pautrāya| n¿a?rāyaṇaśa(rmmā) savācatuḥ-simā-vācchinnaḥ ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨15⟩ ṇa putrāya| bhaṭaparolī-vin¿ī?rgatāya| kosalīya-marameṇḍā-(grā) ⟨16⟩ m¿e?vāstavyāya śrī-puṇḍarika-sarmmane dīkṣitāya| gandhaḍapāṭī ⟨17⟩ maṇḍale Uttarapallikāyānovinnāgrāmaḥ saliladhārā puraḥsaramā-candra-tārā ⟨18⟩ rkka-kṣiti-samak¿e?lopabhogārtha mātāpitror ātmanaś ca puṇya ⟨19⟩ ya¿s?o vr̥ddhaye {tāmvra}tāmra-¿s?āsanenākarīkr̥tya pratipādita Ity ava ⟨20⟩ gamya samucita bhoga-bhāya-kara-hiraṇy¿a?dipraty¿a?yam upanayadbhir bhava ⟨21⟩ dbhiḥ sukhena prativ¿ā?stavyam iti bhāvibhiś ca bhūpatibhir dda¿nt?ir i ⟨22⟩ yam asmadīyā dharma-gauravād asmad-anurodhāc ca svadatt¿ī?r ivānup¿a? ⟨23⟩ l¿i?nīy¿a?| tathā cokta dharmmaśāstre.¡v!ahubhir ¡vv!asudhā dattā|rājabhiḥ saga ⟨24⟩ rādibhiḥ|yasya yasya yadā bhūmistasya tasya tadā phalaṁmā bhū ⟨25⟩ ¿t? a-phala-śaṅkā vaḥpara-datteti pārthivāḥ|sva-dānāt phalam ānantyaṁ⟨26⟩ para-dattānupālane|ṣa¿ṣṭhi? varṣasahasrāṇisvarge modati bhūmi{|} ⟨27⟩ daḥ|Ākṣ¿i?ptā cānumantā cadvāvet tau narakagāminau|Agner apatya ⟨28⟩ pra(tha)ma suvarṇṇaṁ|bh¿u?r vv¿a?ṣṇavī s¿u?rya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ|yaḥ kāñcana gāñ ca ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨29⟩ mahīñ ca dadyā¿T?da(ttās tra)yas tena bhavanti lok¿e?|Āsphoṭayanti pitarāḥ⟨30⟩ pravalgayanti pitāmahāḥ|bhūmi-dātā kule jātaḥsa nas tr¿e? ⟨31⟩ bhaviṣyati|bhūmi ya| pratigr̥hṇātiyaś ca bhūmi prayacchati|Ubh¿o? ⟨32⟩ tau puṇya-karmmāṇauniyat¿au? svarga-gāminau|taḍāgānā sahasre ⟨33⟩ ṇavāja-peya-¿s?atāṇi cagavā koṭi-pradānenabhūmi-harttā na ¿s?udhya ⟨34⟩ ti|harate hārayeta yas tumanda-¡v!uddhis tamo-vr̥taḥ.sa ¡v!addho vāruṇai⟨35⟩ ¿s?ais tiryag-¿go?¿nr̥? sa gacchati|⟨28⟩ suvarṇṇam ekā gām ekā bhūm¿i? ⟨36⟩ r apy arddham aṅgulaM|haraṁ narakam āyātiyāvad āhūta-saṁplava¿?|⟨37⟩ (sva-da)ttā para-dattām vā|yo hared vasundharā¿?|sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mi ⟨38⟩ (r bhūtvā)⟨30⟩ pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate|Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇubrahmā somo hu ⟨39⟩ ¿s?anaḥ.¿su?lpāṇiś ca bhagavānabhinandanti bhūmida¿?|sāmānyo ⟨40⟩ ’ya¿n? dharmma-setur nr̥pāṇākāle kāle pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ.sa(rvā) ⟨41⟩ n etān{a} bhāvinaḥ pārthivedrāNbh¿u?yo bhūyo yācate rāmabhadraḥ|⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨42⟩ Iti kamala-dalām¡v!u-¡v!indu-lolāśr¿ī?yam anuci(ntya) manuṣya-jīvi ⟨43⟩ tañ ca|sa-kalam idam udā¿ha?¿ri?ñ ca ¡v!uddhvāna hi puruṣai para-kīrtayo ⟨44⟩ vilopyāIti parama-māheśvara-paramabhaṭāraka-mahārājādhirā ⟨45⟩ ja-parameśvara-soma-kula-trikaliṅgādhipati-śrīmad-yayā ⟨46⟩ tirājadevasya pādānupravarddhamāna-vijayarājye pañcada¡s!ame ⟨47⟩ sāmvatsare m¿a?rgga¡s!iramāse ¡s!uklapakṣe trayoda¡s!yāntithau samva ⟨48⟩ T 15 mārggaśudi 13 likhitam idaṁ ¡s!āsana mahāsandhi ⟨49⟩ vigrahi rāṇaka-śrī-dhāradattasyāvagatena mahākṣapa ⟨50⟩ ṭa¿(la)?ka śrī Ucchavanāgenāllanāga-suten¿e?tkīrṇṇa ṭṭhakkurapanā ⟨51⟩ kenetisampado jalaja-parṇṇaja-lābhājīvit{t}a maraṇa-santa ⟨52⟩ ti-sasthaṁ.bhoga-m¿ū?ktiracirāya vilokyaḥkīrttayo nr̥patibhir n¿? ⟨53⟩ vilopyāIti|

Apparatus

⟨1-2⟩ parama-māheśvarapara-māheśvara S.

Bibliography

Primary

[M] Mazumdar, B. C. 1911–1912. “Three copper-plate records of Sonpur.” EI 11, pp. 93–104.

[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 XV, pages 240–245.

[R] Rajaguru, Satyanarayan. 1966. Inscriptions of Orissa, vol. 4. No place: Sri Sarada Press. [URL]. Item 29, pages 184–189.

Secondary

Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive topographical catalogue of Orissan inscriptions. New Delhi: Manohar. Pages 462–463.

Acharya, Subrata Kumar. 2014. Copper-plate inscriptions of Odisha: a descriptive catalogue (circa fourth century to sixteenth century CE). New Delhi: D. K. Printworld. Pages 258–259.