Degaon plates of the time of Janamejaya

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⟨1⟩ siddham svasti sphurad-gaja-turaṅga-sam¿a?dga¿r?ai{-ghā}⟨r⟩ddhanika-dhanya-janaiḥ suse-

⟨2⟩ vy¿a?t{a}⟨.⟩ svargga-devendraya-subhoga-sukhābhiramyāt{a} sthānāditaḥ prakaṭa-citta-¿yo?[…]

⟨3⟩ ṭikābhidhānāt{a}∥ nānā-manojño matimān{a} sudhakṣo yo vandhu-varggam prati kalpa-

⟨4⟩ -vr̥kṣaḥ durvvāra-vīravara-vairi{r}-śiro-vidār¿ā?ḥ ¿sukhā?ra yāruṇatara⟨ḥ⟩ ¿su?raṇāṅgaṇa-

⟨5⟩ sthaḥ śrī-maṅgalāspada-pa¿dām? vipadām abh¿u?miḥ śrīmat khaḍga-śiva-māṇḍa[…]

⟨6⟩ li¿ka? va¿bhu?va{ḥ} taysaiva ¿su?¿nū?⟨r⟩ ma¿lī?¿ni? kr̥tāri⟨ḥ⟩ ¿sphu?rjat karāla-karavāla-lalatka-

⟨7⟩ rāgraḥ Āruḍha-tuṅgasuturuṅga-vala-sedaṅge lakṣmīm vahan{a}{∥} s⟨v⟩a-kula-jāṁ kula-nā

⟨8⟩ tha-bhūtaḥ dānābhimanan¿ā?ya-vikrama-sat-pratāpaḥ satyāti-sat⟨t⟩va-dhr̥ti-saṁyatibh¿u?tivāsa

⟨9⟩ khyātas satā⟨ṁ⟩ guṇa-guṇai⟨r⟩ggaṇi¿kau ma?dānyo śrīmad-vālatuṅga Iti māṇḍalika⟨ḥ⟩¿kī?lā

⟨10⟩ sīt{a}| Asya sutaḥ pravara-bhadra-gajendra-kalpa-vr̥kṣaḥ prod⟨d⟩arpya-śatru-dalanoti vinī[…]-

⟨11⟩ ta-mūrtti⟨ḥ⟩ Ālamva-pīvara-karoti sucāru śūrasad-dāna-santati sadā-vilasaj jaya

⟨12⟩ śrīḥ-

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⟨13⟩ cakreṇa cakrī gadayāca bhīmaḥ sal-lāṅga¿leḥ?⟨r⟩ lāṅgaliko ¿ma?dāny¿o? cāpena pārtha⟨ḥ⟩

⟨14⟩ titha⟨ḥ⟩ pr̥thivyā¿ḥ? śastreṇa śastr¿ā? turagair atulyaḥ śrīmaj-janmejaya-deva-nr̥pe satataṁ

⟨15⟩ prasanne sāmanta-cakra-śirasā paricumbitāṅghr¿eḥ? yasya pratāpa-śikhin¿aḥ? prasabhaṁ

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

⟨17⟩ r¿u?pāñ ca gatvā kṣiptvā kāñc¿i?ṁ samataṭam anu{ḥ}prāpya sanmadhya-deśaṁ yasyām ār{j}ya pra-

⟨18⟩ thita vibha{ḥ}vā kuntalaṁ śodhayitvā kīrta⟨ḥ⟩ snātā sa-padi-jaladhau-bhāti la¡v!dhām¡v!reti

⟨19⟩ sa⟨ḥ⟩ paramamāheśvara⟨ḥ⟩ samadhigata-pañca-śa¡v!da⟨ḥ⟩ mahārājādhirāja⟨ḥ⟩ mātā-

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

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

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

⟨23⟩ putrān{a} viṣaya-patīn{a} grāma-bhujodhikāriṇaḥ bhogi-gaṇḍāprabhr̥t¿ayaḥ? j¿a?na-padān{aḥ}

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

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

⟨26⟩ tā¿ḥ? grāmo’yaṁ c¿ā?tu⟨ḥ⟩sa-jala-sthalāraṇya⟨ḥ⟩ 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¿ṇ?⟨n⟩āgasya sutaḥ nārāyaṇadāsaḥ Asyai-

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

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

⟨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 dātavya⟨M⟩

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

⟨34⟩ pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate sva-dānāt phalam ānantya⟨m⟩ 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?rdh⟨am⟩ aṅgulaṁ hara⟨n⟩ narakam āyāti yāvad—ā-⟨b⟩h¿uy?a-

⟨38⟩ -saṁplava⟨M⟩ harate hārayate bh¿u?mi⟨ṁ⟩ manda-¡v!u⟨d⟩dhis tam¿a?-vr̥taḥ sa ¡v!addho vāruṇai⟨ḥ⟩ pā¡s!ai⟨s⟩ tir¿jj?a-

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

⟨40⟩ prathama¿ḥ? ⟨suvarṇaṁ⟩ bh¿u?r vv¿a?ṣṇ¿i?v¿i? ⟨sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ⟩ yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāñ ca {na} mah¿i?ñ ca dadyā⟨T⟩ dat⟨t⟩ās traya{ṁ}¿nti?na bhava{ṁ}-

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

⟨42⟩ viṣyati bh¿u?mi⟨ṁ⟩ yaḥ pratigr̥h¿n?āti yaś ca bh¿u?mi⟨ṁ⟩ 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 ⟨I⟩da⟨ṁ⟩ tām{v}raśāsana⟨ṁ⟩ sāndhivigrahi-ghālākeneti∥ ḥ ḥ rayaṇā-Ojha-sutena sa{ṁ}ṅgrāme¿n?a U¿lki?rṇṇa

⟨45⟩ taṁ tām{v}ra-śasa⟨na⟩m iti{ḥ}∥

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.

Acharya, Subrata Kumar. 2022. Inscriptions of the minor ruling dynasties of Odisha (circa 8th-12th century CE). Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan. Pages 272–275.

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.