Kelga plates of Someśvaradeva year 1

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⟨1⟩ siddham. śrī-suvarṇṇapurāt{a}| parama-māhe¿s?vara-parama-bha{|}-

⟨2⟩ ṭṭaraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara{} soma-kula-tilaka-tri-

⟨3⟩ kaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahābhava¿ta?pta-rāja-deva-pādānudhyāta śrī-

⟨4⟩ mad-udy¿e?ta-kesari-rāja-deva-prasād¿i?kr̥ta-kosala-rājyābhi¿s?i-

⟨5⟩ kta-śrī-Abhima¿t?yu-d¿i?vasyātītarājye{} parama-māheśvara-pa-

⟨6⟩ rama-bha¿?āraka-kum¿a?rādhirāja-parame¿s?vara-paścima-liṅkādhi-

⟨7⟩ pati-somakula-kamala-kalikāvikāsa-bhā¿jya?ra-ku¿mva?ra-śrī-

⟨8⟩ -someśvara-deva-pādāḥ ku¿s?alinaḥ{} Uttaravālli-viṣayasaṁ-

⟨9⟩ kesalogā-khaṇḍīya{} Atteṇḍā-grāme{} prativāsino vrāhma-

⟨10⟩ ṇa-puraḥsarān{a}{} bhogi-bhogi-rūpa-pramukha-samasta-

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⟨11⟩ janapadān{a}yathā-kālādhyā¿yi?naś ca maṇḍala-pati{} viṣaya-

⟨12⟩ -pati{} khaṇḍapati{} dāṇḍapā¿s?ikādīn{a} samastarājapādopajīvino

⟨13⟩ yathārthaṁ{} nānaya{} vodhayanti{} samā¿ṣṇa?payanti ca. vidim astu

⟨14⟩ bhavatā{} Upari-likhita-grāmoyaṁ{} prasiddhacatuḥ sīmāvacchinna

⟨15⟩ sajalasthalaḥ{} sanatsyakacchapaḥ{} saviṭapāraṇyaḥ{} sa-

⟨16⟩ nidhiḥ{} sopanidhiś ca{} sām{v}ramadhuvanākīrṇṇaḥ{} suvarṇṇadaṇḍa

⟨17⟩ Āhidaṇḍa{} vartmadaṇḍa{} vandāpanā{} vijayavandāpanā{} tr̥ṇodaka-

⟨18⟩ ¿s?āsanārddhika{} caravalīvarda{} Arthāruvā{} pratyārthāruvā padātijī-

⟨19⟩ vya Ādattā{} Āturāvaḍḍi{} bhaviṣyat{a}-karādisahitaḥ {} gogauḍa-

⟨20⟩ somataḥ sakhaṇḍapālanīyaḥ sarvvavādhāvivarjita tām{v}ra¿s?ā-

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⟨21⟩ sanenākarīkr̥tya saliladhārāpuraḥ saraṁ Ācandrārkakṣiti la-

⟨22⟩ samabhogārthaṁ mātāpitror ātmanaś ca puṇya-ya¿s?obhivr̥ddhaye bhagava-

⟨23⟩ ntaṁ mahe¿s?vara-bhaṭṭārakam uddi¿s?ya mahāsandhivigra¿?ir¿a?ṇaka-nāyaka-śrī-

⟨24⟩ -mahīpati-bhaṭṭa-śrī-Aniruddha Anayoḥ pariṣṇatna pravarddhamāna-vijayarā-

⟨25⟩ jye prathamasamvatsare mādyamāsīya pu{()}ṇya-tithau ku{v}mārah¿a?rit{r}a-go-

⟨26⟩ trāya pañcārṣapravarāya mādhyandinak¿a?rṇṇasakhādhyāyine sāvatthamaṇda-

⟨27⟩ līya mahuvāliv¿ī?-nirggatāya kamalapuravāstavyāya bhaṭaputrala-

⟨28⟩ kṣmīdharaprapautrāya bhaṭṭajayakarapautrāya| bhaṭṭavidyākaraputrāya

⟨29⟩ bhaṭṭaputra-Udayakara¿s?armmaṇe sampradatto ’smābhiḥ Ātreyagotraiḥ

⟨30⟩ Ārṣayapravaraiḥ Atosya vidheyībhūya yathādīyamānabhogabhāga-

⟨31⟩ karanikarādikaṁ samupanayadbhiḥ bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prativastavyaṁ (bhā)-

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⟨32⟩ vibhaś ca bhūtibhiḥ dānamedamasadīyaṁ{} dharmmagauravād asmad-anuro-

⟨33⟩ dhāc ca{} svadānamivānupālanīyaṁ{} tathā coktaṁ dharmma¿s?āstre bhūmiṁ yaḥ

⟨34⟩ pratig¿a?hṇāti ya¿s? ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati Ubhau tau puṇya-karmāṇau niyataṁ svargga-

⟨35⟩ -gāminau Āsphoṭayanti pitaro val¿k?anti ca pitāmahāḥ bhūmi-dātā ku-

⟨36⟩ le jātaḥ sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati vahu¿t?ir vvasudhā dattā rājabhiḥ sagarādi¿ti? ya-

⟨37⟩ sya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ mā bhūd a-phala-¿s?aṅkā vaḥ para-da-

⟨38⟩ tteti kārttināt{a} sva-dānāt phalam ānantyaṁ para-dattānupālanāt{a} sva-dattāṁ pa-

⟨39⟩ para-dattāṁ vā yo ha¿red? vasundharāṁ sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā pitr̥bhiḥ saha

⟨40⟩ pacyate gām ikāṁ svarṇṇam ekāñ ca bhūmer apy arddham aṅgulaṁ haran narakam āyā-

⟨41⟩ ti yāvad ābh¿u?t¿i?{r}-saplavaṁ Iti kamala-dalāmbu-v¿a?nd¿a?-lolāṁ śr¿ī?yam anu-

⟨42⟩ cintya manuṣya-jīvitañ ca sa-kalam idam udāhr̥taṁ ca vuddhvā na hi sat{a}-puru-

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⟨43⟩ ṣaiḥ para-kīrttayo vilopyāḥ

Apparatus

⟨3⟩ pādānudhyātapādānudhyāta{} ShUnlike Shastri 1995, I consider that this word forms the end of a compound describing Someśvara and thus resolves the inconsistency in the coronation name suggested by Shastri 1995, p. 322, n. 56. This understanding of the passage was already suggested by Misra 1931, p. 6.

Bibliography

Primary

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