A Stray Plate of a Somavaṁśin or Telugu-Coḍa Grant from Kelga

Editor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00035.

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Somavaṁśin (tfb-somavamsin-epigraphy).

Version: (0598937), last modified (d00e60d).

Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨1⟩ pramukhaḥ catvāri sīmantajānapadāḥ| ṣaṣṭhīgābhurapramukha⟨2⟩taḥ| yathārtha⟨ṁ⟩ mānayati| sadād¿a?⟨i⟩śati ⟨ca⟩|| viditam astu bhava⟨3⟩tā⟨ṁ⟩ roṅgaḍā-maṇḍala-vuravuḍā-grāma-gudhvamālakhaṇḍakṣetrakahna⟨4⟩purakhaṇḍakṣetrapraviṣagr¿a?⟨ā⟩m¿e?⟨aḥ⟩ catu⟨ḥ⟩sīmāyāva¿ḥ?⟨T⟩| nidhy¿o?⟨u⟩panidhihasti⟨5⟩danta¿vā?⟨ṇya⟩ghracarmanānāvancara⟨sametaḥ⟩ sajalasthala⟨ḥ⟩ sam¿ccha?⟨tsya⟩kaccapa⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨6⟩ sakh¿a?⟨e⟩ ṭaviṭapa⟨ḥ⟩sakhallaUn⟨n⟩ata⟨ḥ⟩ sapadrāraṇyaka⟨ḥ⟩|| sagulmal{l}a ⟨7⟩ t¿ā?⟨a⟩⟨ḥ⟩|| sa¿A?⟨Ā⟩m{v}ramadh¿a?⟨u⟩ka⟨ḥ⟩|| satantalika⟨ḥ⟩ satālak¿ai?⟨a⟩ḥ nānāvr̥kṣa⟨sametaḥ⟩ śā⟨8⟩sanīkr̥tya pratipādita⟨ḥ⟩|| kumārahārīt{r}a-gotrāya pañc¿a?⟨ā⟩r{i}ṣa⟨9⟩yapravarāya|| mādhyandinak¿a?⟨ā⟩r¿ṇṇa?⟨ṇva⟩śākhādhyāy¿a?⟨i⟩ne sāvathamaṇḍala ⟨10⟩ | mahuvālīvin¿ī?⟨i⟩rgatāya|| kamala-puravāstavyāya|| bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩a-pu⟨11⟩tra-jayakaraprapautrāya|| bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩a-vidyākarapautrāya| bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩a-putra ⟨12⟩ Udayakaraputrāya|| bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩a-putrābhābhakaraś{r}a¿śa?⟨rma⟩ṇe|| vidhiv¿a?⟨i⟩dhāne⟨13⟩na sa⟨ṁ⟩vidhāya| tām{v}ra-śāsanena p⟨r⟩atipādito pāraṁparthak⟨r⟩a-bhāga ⟨14⟩ tasarvavacanena|| ya ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨15⟩ thā kāṇḍātkāṇḍ¿a?⟨ā⟩tprarohantī| yā ¿s?⟨ś⟩atena pratanoṣi|| Evaṁ rā¿c?⟨j⟩a-śāsa⟨16⟩nena pratipādita¿ṁ?⟨ḥ⟩| Evaṁ vadhāḥ parāvahama parato vaṁśakāreṇaḥ ⟨17⟩ ṭha yāyasmād anurādharmma|| (gau)ravā na tena vi|| Anyepavādhaḥ ⟨18⟩ raṇeya|| tasyāg⟨r⟩e ko’s⟨t⟩i dha⟨r⟩mmavit{a}|| śāsedr̥ṣā dhamahi nada|| ⟨19⟩ tāsavijaṁ sasyamedini|| yāvatsuyakathālloke tāvatsagemāda⟨20⟩yata|| vedavākamayā jāhvā vadanti|| śādevatāḥ|| bhūmihatā tathā⟨21⟩nye ca| Aho mohana mā hara yathāyaṁ patitaḥ śakra| tena vendati ⟨22⟩ sapati| Evaṁ bhūmikr̥ta dāna| saśe saśe prarohiti||

I. Anuṣṭubh

Ādity¿ā?⟨o⟩ ⟨23⟩ varuṇo viṣṇu⟨r⟩|

a

vrahmā som¿a?⟨o⟩ hutāśanaḥ

b

ś¿a?⟨ū⟩lapāṇiś tu bhagavān

c

A|⟨24⟩bhinandanti bhūmidaṁ

d
II. Anuṣṭubh

¿A?⟨Ā⟩s⟨ph⟩oṭayaṁti pitaraḥ||

a

p⟨r⟩aval¿s?⟨g⟩anti pitāmahāḥ|

b

⟨25⟩ bhūmidātā kule jāt¿ā?⟨aḥ⟩

c

sa te dātā bhaviṣyati|

d
III. Anuṣṭubh

vahubhi⟨r⟩ vasudhā datt¿a?⟨ā⟩ ⟨26⟩ |

a

rāj¿āna?⟨abhiḥ⟩ sagarādibhiḥ||

b

mā rodhaḥ phalatatkaya

c

para-datteṣu pāṇita ⟨27⟩ |

d
IV. Anuṣṭubh

yasya yasya ⟨ya⟩dā bh¿a?⟨ū⟩mi⟨s⟩|

a

tasya ⟨tasya⟩ tadā ¿p?⟨pha⟩laṁ|

b

tasm¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨t⟩ tvayā na ha⟨r⟩tavyaṁ|

c

¿s?⟨ś⟩ā[1×]|⟨28⟩śvatīṅgyim āpnuyāt||

d
V. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattā⟨ṁ⟩ para-dattāṁ vā

a

yo har¿a?⟨e⟩t¿i?⟨a⟩ vasundhar¿a?⟨ām⟩>

b

Apparatus

Translation by Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Commentary

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Primary

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