Kelga plates of Someśvaradeva year 1

Editor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00032.

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Somavaṁśin (tfb-somavamsin-epigraphy).

Version: (0598937), last modified (3f23ed9).

Edition

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siddham⟨.⟩ śrī-suvarṇṇapurāt{a}||| parama-māhe¿s?⟨ś⟩vara-parama-bha{|}⟨2⟩ṭṭaraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara{||} soma-kula-tilaka-tri⟨3⟩kaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahābhava¿ta?⟨gu⟩tpa-rāja-deva-pādānudhyāta{||} śrī⟨4⟩mad-udy¿e?⟨o⟩ta-kesari-rāja-deva-prasād¿i?⟨ī⟩kr̥ta-kosala-rājyābhi¿s?⟨ṣ⟩i⟨5⟩kta-śrī-Abhima¿t?⟨n⟩yu-d¿i?⟨e⟩vasyātītarājye{||} parama-māheśvara-pa⟨6⟩rama-bha¿ḍ?⟨ṭṭ⟩ā-kum¿a?⟨ā⟩rādhirāja-parame¿s?⟨ś⟩vara-paścima-liṅkādhi⟨7⟩pati-somakula-kamala-kalikāvikāsa-bhā¿jya?⟨ska⟩ra-ku¿mva?⟨mā⟩ra-śrī⟨8⟩-someśvara-deva-pādāḥ ku¿s?⟨ś⟩alinaḥ{||} Uttaravālli-viṣayasaṁ⟨9⟩kesalogā-khaṇḍīya{||} Atteṇḍā-grāme{||} prativāsino vrāhma⟨10⟩ṇa-puraḥsarān{a}{||} bhogi-bhogi-rūpa-pramukha-samasta⟨Page 2r⟩⟨11⟩janapadān{a}yathā-kālādhyā¿yi?⟨si⟩naś ca maṇḍala-pati{||} viṣaya⟨12⟩-pati{||} khaṇḍapati{||} dāṇḍapā¿s?⟨ś⟩ikādīn{a} samastarājapādopajīvino ⟨13⟩ yathārthaṁ{||} nānaya{||} vodhayanti{||} samā¿ṣṇa?⟨jñā⟩payanti ⟨ca⟩⟨.⟩ vidim astu ⟨14⟩ bhavatā⟨ṁ⟩{||} Upari-likhita-grāmoyaṁ{||} prasiddhacatuḥ sīmāvacchin⟨n⟩a⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨15⟩ sajalasthalaḥ{||} sanatsyakacchapaḥ{||} saviṭapāraṇyaḥ{||} sa⟨16⟩nidhiḥ{||} sopanidhiś ca{||} sām{v}ramadhuvanākīrṇṇaḥ{||} suvarṇṇadaṇḍa ⟨17⟩ Āhidaṇḍa{||} vartmadaṇḍa{||} vandāpanā{||} vijayavandāpanā{||} tr̥ṇodaka⟨18⟩¿s?⟨ś⟩āsanārddhika{||} caravalīva⟨r⟩da{||} Arthāruvā{||} pratyārthāruvā padātijī⟨19⟩vya Ādattā{||} Āturāvaḍḍi{||} bhaviṣyat{a}-karādisahitaḥ {||} gogauḍa⟨20⟩somataḥ|| sakhaṇḍapālanīyaḥ|| sarvvavādhāvivarjita⟨ḥ⟩ tām{v}ra¿s?⟨ś⟩ā⟨Page 2v⟩⟨21⟩sanenākarīkr̥tya|| saliladhārāpuraḥ saraṁ|| Ācandrārka⟨kṣi⟩ti ⟨kā⟩la⟨22⟩samabhogārthaṁ|| mātāpitror ātmanaś ca puṇya-ya¿s?⟨ś⟩obhivr̥ddhaye|| bhagava⟨23⟩ntaṁ mahe¿s?⟨ś⟩vara-bhaṭṭārakam uddi¿s?⟨ś⟩ya|| mahāsandhivigra¿ḍ?⟨h⟩ir¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇaka-nāyaka-śrī⟨24⟩-mahīpati-bhaṭṭa-śrī-Aniruddha|| Anayoḥ pariṣṇatna|| pravarddhamāna-vijayarā⟨25⟩jye|| prathamasamvatsare|| mādyamāsīya|| pu{(ḥ)}ṇya-tithauunclear ku{v}mārah¿a?⟨ā⟩rit{r}a-go⟨26⟩trāya|| pañcārṣapravarāya|| mādhyandinak¿a?⟨ā⟩rṇṇasakhādhyāyine|| sāvatthamaṇda⟨27⟩līya|| mahuvāliv¿ī?⟨i⟩-nirggatāya|| kamalapuravāstavyāya|| bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩aputrala⟨28⟩kṣmīdharaprapautrāya|| bhaṭṭajayakarapautrāya| bhaṭṭavidyākaraputrāya ⟨29⟩ bhaṭṭaputra-Udayakara¿s?⟨ś⟩a⟨r⟩mmaṇe sampradatto ’smābhiḥ|| Ātreyagotraiḥ|| ⟨30⟩ Ārṣayapravaraiḥ|| Atosya vidheyībhūya yathādīyamānabhogabhāga⟨31⟩karanikarādikaṁ samupanayadbhiḥ bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prativastavyaṁ (bhā)⟨Page 3r⟩⟨32⟩vibhaś ca bhūtibhiḥ dānamedamasadīyaṁ{||} dharmmagauravād asmad-anuro⟨33⟩dhāc ca{||} svadānamivānupālanīyaṁ{||} tathā coktaṁ dharmma¿s?⟨ś⟩āstre

I. Anuṣṭubh

bhūmiṁ yaḥ ⟨34⟩ pratig¿a?⟨r̥⟩hṇāti||

a

ya¿s?⟨ś⟩ ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati

b

Ubhau tau puṇya-ka⟨r⟩māṇau

c

niyataṁ svargga⟨35⟩-gāminau||

d
II. Anuṣṭubh

Āsphoṭayanti pitaro

a

val¿k?⟨g⟩anti ca pitāmahāḥ||

b

bhūmi-dātā ku⟨36⟩le jātaḥ

c

sa nas t⟨r⟩ātā bhaviṣyati||

d
III. Anuṣṭubh

vahu¿t?⟨bh⟩ir vvasudhā dattā

a

rājabhiḥ sagarādi¿ti?⟨bhi⟩||

b

ya⟨37⟩sya yasya yadā bhūmis

c

tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ||

d
IV. Anuṣṭubh

mā bhūd a-phala-¿s?⟨ś⟩aṅkā vaḥ

a

para-da⟨38⟩tteti kārttināt{a}||

b

sva-dānāt phalam ānantyaṁ

c

para-dattānupālanāt{a}||

d
V. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattāṁ pa⟨39⟩para-dattāṁ vā

a

yo ha¿red?⟨reta⟩ vasundharāṁ||

b

sa viṣṭ⟨h⟩āyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā

c

pitr̥bhiḥ saha ⟨40⟩ pacyate||

d
VI. Anuṣṭubh

gām ikāṁ svarṇṇam ekāñ ca

a

bhūmer apy arddham aṅgulaṁ

b

haran narakam āyā⟨41⟩ti

c

yāvad ā⟨b⟩h¿u?⟨ū⟩t¿i?⟨a⟩{r}-sa⟨ṁ⟩plavaṁ||

d
VII. Puṣpitāgrā

Iti kamala-dalāmbu-v¿a?⟨i⟩nd¿a?⟨u⟩-lolāṁ

a

śr¿ī?⟨i⟩yam an⟨u⟩⟨42⟩cintya manuṣya-jīvitañ ca

b

sa-kalam idam udāhr̥taṁ ⟨ca⟩ vu⟨d⟩dhvā

c

na hi sat{a}-puru⟨Page 3v⟩⟨43⟩ṣaiḥ para-kīrttayo vi⟨lopyāḥ⟩

d

Apparatus

Translation by Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Commentary

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Primary

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