Degaon plates of the time of Janamejaya

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⟨1⟩ siddham svasti sphuradgajaturaṅgasam¿a?dga¿r?ai{ghā}rddhanikadhanyajanaiḥ suse-

⟨2⟩ vy¿a?t{a}. svarggadevendrayasubhogasukhābhiramyāt{a}sthānāditaḥ prakaṭacitta¿yo?[…]

⟨3⟩ ṭikābhidhānāt{a} nānāmanojño matimān{a} sudhakṣo yo vandhuvarggampratikalpa-

⟨4⟩ vṛkṣaḥ durvvāravīravaravairi{r}śirovidār¿ā?¿sukhā?ra yāruṇatara ¿su?raṇāṅgaṇa-

⟨5⟩ sthaḥ śrīmaṅgalāspada¿dām? vipadāmabh¿u?bhiḥ śrīmatkhaḍgaśivamāṇḍa[…]

⟨6⟩ li¿ka? va¿bhu?va{} taysaiva ¿su?¿?r ma¿?¿ni?kṛtāri ¿sphu?rjatkarālakaravālalalatka-

⟨7⟩ rāgraḥ Āruḍhatuṅgasuturuṅgavalasedaṅge lakṣmīmvahan{a}{} svakulajāṁ kulanā

⟨8⟩ yabhūtaḥ dānābhimanan¿ā?yavikramasatpratāpaḥ satyātisattvadhṛtisaṁyatibh¿u?tivāsa

⟨9⟩ khyātassatā guṇaguṇairggaṇi¿kauma?dānyo śrīmadbālatuṅga Iti māṇḍalika¿?

⟨10⟩ sīt{a}| Asya sutaḥ pravarabhadragajendrakalpavṛkṣaḥ proddarpyqśatrudalanotivinī[…]-

⟨11⟩ tamūrti Ālamvapīvarakaroti sucāruśūrasaddānasantatisadāvilasajjaya

⟨12⟩ śrīḥ-

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⟨13⟩ cakreṇa cakrī gadayāca bhīmaḥ sallāṅga¿leḥ?r lāṅgaliko ¿ma?dāny¿o? cāpena pārtha

⟨14⟩ titha pṛthivyā¿? śastreṇa śastr¿ā? turagair atulyaḥ śrīmaj-janmejaya-deva-nṛpe satataṃ

⟨15⟩ prasanne sāmantacakraśirasā paricumbitāṅghr¿eḥ? yasya pratāpaśikhin¿aḥ? prasabhaṁ

⟨16⟩ prataptāḥ pr¿a?jñā bhavanti sakalāḥ khalu maṇḍaleśaḥ tyaktvā śīghraṁ sukarakaṭakaṁ{} kāma-

⟨17⟩ r¿u?pāñ ca gatvā kṣiptvā kāñc¿i?ṁ samataṭam anu{}prāpya sanmadhyadeśaṁ yasyāmār{j}yapra-

⟨18⟩ thitavibha{}vā kuntalaṁ śodhayitvā kīrta snātā sapadi jaladhau bhāti la¡v!dhām¡v!reti

⟨19⟩ sa paramamāheśvara damadhigata-pañcaśa¡v!da mahārājādhirāja mātā-

⟨20⟩ -pitṛ-pādānudhyātaḥ lattalora-pura-vin¿ī?rggataḥ vaddhāṁ kula-bhaṭṭārakasya la¡v!dhavara-

⟨21⟩ prasādaḥ rāṣṭrak¿u?ṭāmala-kula-tilaka para-kula-maṇḍalādhipati rāṇaka-śrī-mugdha-

⟨22⟩ gondala kuśalī telātaṭṭa-viṣayīya-kiraṅkelā-grāme mahāsāmanta-rājanaka-rāja-

⟨23⟩ putrān{a} viṣayapatīn{a} grāma-bhujodhikāriṇaḥ bhogi-gaṇḍāprabhṛt¿ayaḥ? j¿a?na-padān{aḥ}

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⟨24⟩ Anyānapi rāja-prasādinaś cāṭ{}a-bhaṭṭa-vallabhajātīyān{a} ghaṭa-pālad¿a?ṇḍapā¡s!ikā-

⟨25⟩ dīn{a} mānayati ¡v!o dhayati samādiśati ca sarvvataḥ śivamihānyaT viditam astu bhava-

⟨26⟩ ¿? grāmo’yaṁ c¿ā?tusa-jala-sthalāraṇya sagarttā¡s!arapāṣāṇaḥ sām{v}ra-

⟨27⟩ madhuka-padra-sahitena{} A-cāṭa-bhaṭṭa-praveśaḥ nidhiś copanidhi-varjitaḥ vakhauḍa-vin¿ī?-

⟨28⟩ rggataḥ Antaralā-vāstavyaḥ bhaṭṭa-putra-śrī-bhava¿?nāgasya sutaḥ nārāyaṇadāsaḥ Asyai-

⟨29⟩ cana¿ptyā? śrī-bhuvaṇāṁga kauṇḍinya-gotra-vasiṣṭha-pravara-mitrā-varuṇānuprava-

⟨30⟩ rāya kāṇva-śākhāya mā¿l?ā-pitror ātmanaś ca puṇyābhivṛddhaye tāmr{v}a-śasanīkṛ-

⟨31⟩ tya pradattosyābhiḥ yatas tām{v}ra-śāsanāM Avalokya Asyājñāvidh¿i?yībhūka Ucitānucitaṁ

⟨32⟩ tādavyaṁ puṣya śudi 14 Asya śāsanasya prati-vārṣikadāne ¡s!obhanarūpya pla 3 dātavyaM

⟨33⟩ dharmma-śloko ’nulikhite sva-dattām para-dattām vā yo hared vasundharā¿? sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā

⟨34⟩ pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate sva-dānāt phalam ānantyam para-dattānupālane mā bhūd a-phala-śaṅkā v¿ā?

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⟨35⟩ para-datteti pārthivāḥ sarvv¿a?n etān{a} bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrān{a} bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāma-

⟨36⟩ bhadraḥ s¿a?mānyo ’yaṁ dharmma-setur nr̥pāṇāṁ kāle kāle pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ

⟨37⟩ hiraṇyam ekaṁ gām ekāṁ bh¿umim apy a?rdham aṅgulaṁ haran narakam āyāti yāvad—ā-bh¿uy?a-

⟨38⟩ -saṁplavaM harate hārayate bh¿u?mi manda-¡v!uddhis tam¿a?-vr̥taḥ sa ¡v!addho vāruṇai¡s!ais tir¿jj?a-

⟨39⟩ g-yoni¡s!u gacchati saṣṭiṁ varṣa–sahasrāṇi svarge modati bhūmidaḥ Ā¿kh?eptā c¿a?n¿a?mantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT Agner ap{r}atya{ya}

⟨40⟩ prathama¿? suvarṇaṁ bh¿u?r vv¿a?ṣṇ¿i?v¿i? sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāñ ca {na} mah¿i?ñ ca dadyāT dattās traya{}¿nti?na bhava{}-

⟨41⟩ nti lokā Āspho{}ṭayanti pitaraḥ prava{r}lganti pitāmahā bh¿u?midātā kule jāta sa nas trātā bha-

⟨42⟩ viṣyati bh¿u?mi yaḥ pratigr̥h¿n?āti yaś ca bh¿u?mi prayacchati Ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau niyat¿e? sva-

⟨43⟩ rgga-gāminau nyūnākṣaram adhikākṣaram vā ya¿di? pari-likhitaṁ tat sarvvam pramāṇam iti likhita-

⟨44⟩ ñca Ida tām{v}raśāsana sāndhivigrahi-ghālākeneti ḥ ḥ rayaṇā-Ojha-sutena sa{}ṅgrāme¿n?a U¿lki?rṇṇa

⟨45⟩ taṁ tām{v}ra-śasanam iti{}

Bibliography

The set is preserved in the Odisha State Museum. Photos available here.

Primary

[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 Supplement II, pages 348–353.

Secondary

Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive topographical catalogue of Orissan inscriptions. New Delhi: Manohar. Pages 460–461.

Acharya, Subrata Kumar. 2014. Copper-plate inscriptions of Odisha: a descriptive catalogue (circa fourth century to sixteenth century CE). New Delhi: D. K. Printworld. Item 20, page 252.