Kudopali plates of the time of Mahābhavagupta year 13

Editor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00026.

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Somavaṁśin (tfb-somavamsin-epigraphy).

Version: (0598937), last modified (a3533f5).

Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

peṁṭāpahālātalikitamvolabholichatrasatau||

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ Oṁ svasti⟨.⟩ śrī-yayāti-nagare pa¿ma?⟨ra⟩mamāhesvara-paramabhaṭṭā⟨2⟩raka-mahārājādhirāja-pa⟨ra⟩meśvara-soma-kula-tilaka-trika⟨3⟩liṅgādhipati-śrī-mahāśivagupta-rājadeva-pādānudhyāta-parama-mā⟨4⟩heś⟨v⟩ara-paramabhaṭṭāraka-m¿ā?⟨a⟩hārājādhirāja-parameśvara-soma-ku⟨5⟩la-tilaka-¿tr̥i?⟨tri⟩kaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahābhavagupta-rājadeva-mahī⟨6⟩-pravarddhamāna-kalyā¿n?⟨ṇ⟩a-vijayarājye trayodaśa-samvatsare {Ā}trāṅke sa⟨7⟩mvata 13 (vvā)maṇḍāpāṭ{ṭ}ī-samāvāsakāta parama-māheśvara-maṭhara⟨8⟩-vaṁ¿ṣ?⟨ś⟩odbhava-kula-tilaka-k(ā)leśvar¿i?⟨ī⟩-vara-lavdha-prasāda-pañca-daśa-pallikā⟨9⟩dhipati-samadhigata-pañca-mahāśavda-māṇḍalika-rāṇaka-śrī-puṇja⟨Page 2r⟩⟨10⟩(vvo)ḍā-suta⟨ḥ⟩ kuśal¿i?⟨ī⟩ giḍāṇḍā-maṇḍala-prativaddha-loIsarā-grāmya ⟨11⟩ sa-garttośara sa-jala-sthala sāmvra-madhu sa-(vā)ṭṭa-viṭṭapāranya cā⟨12⟩tuḥ-sima-paryānta Ācāṭa-bhaṭa-praveśa sarvva-vādhā-vivarji⟨13⟩ta sarvvaoparikara-karāvāṁ-sahita vrāhmaṇāṁ sampujya tatra pratinivā⟨14⟩sino rājaputra-talavargi-sāmavāji ca sarvve janapadāṁ ⟨15⟩ samājñāpayati viditam astu bhavatāṁ hastipada-vinirgata kauṇḍi¿ṇ?⟨n⟩ya ⟨16⟩ gotra mitrāvvaruṇa-pravara ka¿n?⟨ṇ⟩va-śākhāddhyai bhaṭṭaputra-śrī-nārāyaṇa danārdana-suta ⟨17⟩ sasaliladhārā-puraścareṇam a-candra-tārkārka-khiti-samakālopa⟨18⟩bhogārttham mātāpitror ātma⟨na⟩ś ca pu¿n?⟨ṇ⟩ya-yaśopivarddhaE tāmra-śā⟨Page 2v⟩⟨19⟩sanenākar¿i?⟨ī⟩kr̥tya pratipāditosmābhi⟨ḥ⟩ śāsana-gauragaura⟨20⟩vā dharmma-gauvaṇā ca bhavadbhī pratipālanipā tathā coktaṁ dharma⟨21⟩-śāstre

I. Anuṣṭubh

vahubhir vvasudhā dattā

a

rājana sagarā⟨di⟩bhiḥ

b

yasya yasya yadā ⟨22⟩ bh(ū)mi

c

tasya tasya tadā phalam

d
II. Anuṣṭubh

mā bhūd a{ḥ}-phala-śaṁkā va⟨ḥ⟩

a

para-dateti ⟨23⟩ pārthiv¿a?⟨āḥ⟩

b

sva-dānāt phalam ¿a?⟨ā⟩nantyaṁ

c

para-datānupālane

d
III. Anuṣṭubh

śaṣṭiṁ varśa⟨24⟩–sahasrāṇi

a

svarge (m)odati bhūmida||

b

⟨Ācchettā cānumantā ca⟩

c

⟨tāny eva narake vaset⟩

d
IV. Anuṣṭubh

bhūmī yaḥ pratigr̥hṇanti

a

yasya bhūmi ⟨25⟩ prayacchati

b

Ubhau tau punya-karmāṇau

c

niyatau taṁ svarga-⟨gā⟩minau||

d
V. Anuṣṭubh

Āditya varu⟨26⟩ṇo viṣṇu

a

vrahmā somo hutāśana

b

śūlapāṇis tu bhagavāṁ

c

mabhinandanti bhū⟨27⟩mida

d
VI. Anuṣṭubh

bhūmidātā kule jātā

a

sa nyas trātā bhaviśati

b

Ubhau tau punya-ka⟨Page 3r⟩⟨28⟩rmāṇau

c

niyatau taṁ svarga-gāminau||

d
VII. Anuṣṭubh

taḍāgānāṁ sahasrāṇi

a

⟨29⟩japeya-śatāni ca

b

gavāṁ koṭṭi-pradānena

c

bhūmi-harttā na śu⟨30⟩dhyati||

d
VIII. Anuṣṭubh

harate hāravate yas tu

a

manda-vuddhis tamā-vr̥ta

b

sa vaddhaḥ vāru⟨31⟩ṇai pāśai

c

tiryag-yoni ca gacchati||

d
IX. Anuṣṭubh

sva-datt¿a? para-dattām vā

a

yo ⟨32⟩ hared vasundharā

b

sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bh¿u?⟨ū⟩tvā

c

pitr̥bhi⟨ḥ⟩ saha pa⟨33⟩cyate||

d
X. Puṣpitāgrā

Iti{ḥ} kamala-dalāmvu-vindu-lolā

a

śrīm anucintya manuṣya-ji⟨34⟩vitaṁ ca

b

sakalam idam udāhr̥taṁ ca vuddhāḥ

c

na hi puruṣaṁ para-kirtima vilo⟨35⟩pyate||

d

|| lenapura-śreṣṭhi-śrī-kiraṇa-suta-(pū)rṇṇadat(e)na Idaṁ tāmvraṁ yalikhi ⟨36⟩ taṁ

Apparatus

⟨7⟩ -samāvāsakāta • Kielhorn 1896–1897 suggests reading samāvāsakāt.

⟨10⟩ °grāmya • Kielhorn 1896–1897, n. 15, p. 258: “From here the arrangement and the details of the text are quite incorrect. What the writer meant to say, would be about this: loIsarā-grāme brāhmaṇān saṁpūjya tatra pratinivāsano rājaputra-talavargi-sāmavāji⟨kādīn⟩ sarvān janapadān samājñāpayati | viditam astu bhavatāṁ ⟨yathāyam grāmaḥ⟩ sa-gartoṣaraḥ sa-jala-sthalaḥ sāmra-madhūkaḥ sa-vāṭa-viṭapāraṇyaś catuḥ-sīmā-paryanto cāṭa-bhaṭa-praveśaḥ sarva-vādhā-vivarjitaḥ sarvoparikara-karādāna-sahito hastipada-.”

⟨23⟩ pārthiv¿a?⟨āḥ⟩pārthiva K. — ⟨23⟩ ¿a?⟨ā⟩nantyaṁ ⬦ anantyaṁ K.

⟨32⟩ bh¿u?⟨ū⟩tvā ⬦ bhutvā K. — ⟨32⟩ pitr̥bhi⟨ḥ⟩pitr̥bhi K.

⟨33⟩ Iti{ḥ}Itiḥ K.

Translation by Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Commentary

avagraha and virāma are absent in this set. Kielhorn 1896–1897, p. 256 bases his datation on the particular form of the initial vowel e and states that this inscription cannot have been written earlier than about the first half of the 12th century A.D.

Bibliography

Primary

[K] Kielhorn, Lorenz Franz. 1896–1897. “Kudopali Plates of the Time of Mahābhavagupta II.” EI 4, pp. 254–259.

[R] Rajaguru, Satyanarayan. 1966. Inscriptions of Orissa, vol. 4. No place: Sri Sarada Press. [URL]. Item 37, pages 237–241.

[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 XIX, pages 263–267.

Secondary

Bhandarkar, Devadatta Ramakrishna. 1927–1936. A list of the inscriptions of northern India in Brahmi and its derivative scripts, from about 200 A. C.: Appendix to Epigraphia Indica and record of the Archaeological Survey of India, volumes XIX to XXIII. Calcutta: Archaeological Survey of India. [URL]. Entry 1561.

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 946.

Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive topographical catalogue of Orissan inscriptions. New Delhi: Manohar Publishers & Distributors. Pages 86–87.

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