Current Version: draft, 2024-05-31Z
Editor: Natasja Bosma.
DHARMA Identifier: INSDaksinaKosala00003
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Alternative identifier: undated"
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Corresponding Artefact: ARTDaksinaKosala000001
Layout: engraved-6 lines are observed/preserved on the artifact.
⎘ plate 1v 1v1spiralR svasti śarabhapurāt paramabhāgavato mātāpitṛpādānuddhyāta-
1v2ś śrīmahārājanarendra⟨ḥ⟩ maṇṭarājabhukt¿o?⟨au⟩ torāmake brāhmaṇādī⟨n⟩ prati-
1v3vāsi◯kuṭumbinas samājñāpayati
viditam astu vo yathāsmābhir vva-
1v4ṭapadrakīyakāritakadevakule bhagavate śrīdharasvāmine mātṛ{i}rā-
1v5jakulānā⟨ṁ⟩ puṇyābhivṛddhaye khaṇḍasphuṭitasaṁskārabalicaru-
1v6sa⟨t⟩t¿ṛ?⟨ra⟩
1v2 °bhukt¿o?⟨au⟩ ◇ °bhukto KUJ; °bhuktau AMS — 1v2 brāhmaṇādī⟨n⟩ ◇ brāhmaṇādi° KUJ; brāhmaṇādī⟨n⟩ AMS
1v1-1v3Success! Hail! From Śarabhapura the illustrious Mahārāja Narendra, who is entirely devoted to Viṣṇu and favoured by his father and mother, issues [the following command] to the landholders, beginning with the Brahmins, settled [in the village of] Torāmaka situated in the Maṇṭarāja bhukti:
1v3-1v6Let it be known to you that [this village has been granted] by us for the increase of religious merit of mother [and other members of] the royal family, to the Lord Śrīdharasvāmin in the temple constructed at Vaṭapadraka, [in order to finance] the repair of the temple’s broken and cracked parts, the performance of bali and caru offerings, charitable feeding
This stray plate was likely the first copperplate of a complete set of three plates. It is commonly referred to as `Rawan’ plate, but the original providence of the plate may have been Malhār.
The grant recorded in this inscription was made in facour of the mātṛrājakula, which was interpreted by Usha Jain 1979 as `the family of Mātṛrāja’. However, Shastri 1995: 12–13 is probably right to suggest that the expression may refer to the (royal) family of Narendra’s mother or, because of the plural, to his mother and (other) members of the royal family. Cf., Bosma 2018: 99–100
First edited by Bajpai 1977 and Usha Jain 1979 from the original plate; edited again by Shastri 1995: 12–13 from the published photographs; re-edited here by Natasja Bosma from a photograph of the original.