Hiregutti Plates of Bhoja Aśaṁkita
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⟨1⟩ jayati surāsura-makuṭa-sphuṭa-maṇi-kiraṇāvalīḍha-caraṇa-
⟨2⟩ yugaḥ ⟨.⟩ aparamita-guṇa-gaṇa-nidhir nniṣkāraṇa-vatsalo bu-
⟨3⟩ ddhaḥ ⟨.⟩
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⟨9⟩ imaṁ yo lobhād a¿v?aharati sa pañca-mahāpātako bha-
⟨10⟩ viṣyati sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā yo hareta vasundharāṁ ṣaṣṭiṁ-
⟨11⟩ varṣa-sahasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyate kṛmi⟨ḥ⟩ manu-pra-
⟨12⟩ bhṛtibhir mānyaiḥ bhuktā yady api rājabhiḥ yasya yasya ya-
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⟨13⟩ dā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalam Ārrya-saṅghāya dattāṁ yo vṛ-
⟨14⟩ ttiṁ pālaya mānava sa divaṁ prāpya divyātmā kalpa-koṭi-
⟨15⟩ ṣu modate lobhād gṛhṇāti mandātmā yaḥ pumān pāpa-mo-
⟨16⟩ hitaḥ narake pacyate ghore sa hi kalpān anekaśaḥ
Bibliography
Primary
[D] Desai, P. B. [1958] 1949–1950. “Hiregutti Plates of Bhoja Asankita.” EI 28 (13), pp. 70–75.
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Script : southern alphabet of the early age (deccan and western part of South India). Language : sanskrit. Initial bendiction and final imprecation in verses. Praise of the lord of Buddha. Gift of village by the king to the Ārya Saṁgha. End : exhortation to protect the charity bestowed ipon the Ārya Saṁgha and an imprecation against its violators. No date but palaeography maybe end of the 5th and beginning of the 6th century
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Commentary
Notes from Desai [1958] 1949–1950 : "the present one appears to be the only buddhist copper-plate record of the early period so far known" Script : southern alphabet of the early age (deccan and western part of South India). Language : sanskrit. Initial bendiction and final imprecation in verses. Praise of the lord of Buddha. Gift of village by the king to the Ārya Saṁgha. End : exhortation to protect the charity bestowed ipon the Ārya Saṁgha and an imprecation against its violators. No date but palaeography maybe end of the 5th and beginning of the 6th century