Amgura Plates of Jayarāja, Year 3

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Current Version: draft, 2026-09-18Z

Editor: Natasja Bosma.

DHARMA Identifier: INSDaksinaKosala00004.xml

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Seal

I. Anuṣṭubh

prasanna⟨hr̥⟩dayasyaiva vikkramākkrā⟨ṁ⟩tavidviṣaḥ

śrīmato jayarājasya śāsana⟨ṁ⟩ ripuśāsana⟨ṁ⟩

Plates

^{⎘ plate 1v}^1v1|| svasti śarabhapurāt paramabhāgavato mātāpitr̥pādānu-
^1v2ddhyāta¡ś!⟨ḥ⟩ śr¿i?⟨ī⟩mahājayarāja⟨ḥ⟩ sāmparājabhukti¿i?⟨ī⟩yarājyagrāme pra-
^1v3ti◯vāsinas samājñāpayati

viditam astu vo yathāsmā-
^1v4bhir ayaṁ grāmo vājasaneyakauśikasagotrabrāhmaṇaviṣṇusvā-
^1v5mine mātāpitror ātmanaś ca puṇyābhivr̥ddhaye Udakapūrvva⟨ṁ⟩ tāmra-
^{⎘ plate 2r}^2r1śāsanenātisr̥ṣṭas

te yūyam ev¡o!⟨am u⟩palabhyāsyājñāśravaṇavidheyā bhū-
^2r2tvā yathocitaṁ bhogabhāgam upaneṣyatha bhaviṣyataś ca bhūmipālā-
^2r3n bo◯dhayati bhavadbhir apy asyā datte⟨ḥ⟩ pratipālanaṁ karttavya-
^2r4m ataś ca vyāsagītān api ślokān udāhara¡ṁtti!⟨nti⟩|

I. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā ^2r5dattā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ

yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya ^{⎘ plate 2v}^2v1tadā phalaṁ

II. Anuṣṭubh

svadattā⟨ṁ⟩ paradattāṁ vā yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira

ma^2v2hī⟨ṁ⟩ mahīmatā⟨ṁ⟩ śreṣṭha dānāc chreyo ’nupālanaṁ|

III. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭivarṣa^2v3sa◯hasrāṇi svargge vasati bhūmida⟨ḥ⟩

Ācche¡p!⟨t⟩tā cā^2v4numa¡ṁttā!⟨ntā⟩ ca tāny eva narake vaseT

IV. Indravajrā

Agner apatyaṁ prathama⟨ṁ⟩ ^2v5suvarṇṇa(ṁ)

bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūryyasutāś ca gāva⟨ḥ⟩

lokās traya^{⎘ plate 3r}^3r1s tena bhava¡ṁtti!⟨nti⟩ dattāḥ

yaẖ kāñcana⟨ṁ⟩ gāñ ca mahīñ ca dadyā^3r2¡d!⟨T⟩

¡i!⟨I⟩ti

dūtakam adhikaraṇa⟨ṁ⟩ svamukhājñayā pravarddhamānavi-
^3r3ja◯ya¡sāvva!⟨saṁva⟩tsara 3 māgha 7 U¡kti!⟨tkī⟩rṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩ suvarṇṇā-
^3r4kārācalasiṅghena

Apparatus

Seal

Plates

^1v2 śr¿i?⟨ī⟩° ◇ śr¿i?⟨ī⟩° SST; śrī° AMS — ^1v2 °bhukti¿i?⟨ī⟩ya° ◇ °bhuktīya° SST; °bhuktīya° AMS
^2r4 vyāsagītān api ◇ vyāsagītā⟨ṁś⟩ cāpi SST; vyāsagītān api AMS
^2v2 ṣaṣṭi° ◇ ṣaṣṭim SST; ṣaṣṭim AMS
^2v3–2v4 cā/numa¡ṁttā!⟨ntā⟩ ◇ cā/numantā SST; cā/numantā AMS
^3r1 bhava¡ṁtti!⟨nti⟩ ◇ bhava¡ṁntti!⟨nti⟩ SST; bhava¡ṁtti!⟨nti⟩ AMS — ^3r1 dattāḥ ◇ dattāḥ|| SST; dattāḥ|| AMS

Translation by Natasja Bosma

Seal

The enemy-chastising charter belongs to the illustrious Jayarāja, who was the heart of Prasanna and whose enemies were overcome by his valour.

Plates

^1v1-1v3Success! Hail! From Śarabhapura, the illustrious great Jayarāja who is entirely devoted to Viṣṇu and favoured by his father and mother issues [the following command] to the landholders settled in [the village of] Rājyagrāma situated in the Sāmparāja bhukti:

^1v3-2r1Let it be known to you that by means of [this] copperplate charter, after an offering of water, this village has been granted by us for the increase of religious merit of father, mother, and ourselves, to the Brahmin Viṣṇusvāmin, belonging to the Kauśika gotra and to the Vājasaneya [school].

^2r1-2r4Having taken note of that, you should be obedient to the command received from him (i.e., the donee) and render the [proper shares of] periodical offerings and produce. And [the king] instructs the future rulers: The protection of this grant should also be taken care of by you! And hence, they also quote the [following] stanzas sung by Vyāsa:

2r4-2v1

The earth has been granted by many kings, beginning with Sagara; whoever possesses the land at any time, to him belong the fruits at that time!

2v1-2v2

O Yudhiṣṭhira, zealously protect the land which was given by yourself or by others! O best of kings, protection is superior to giving!

2v2-2v4

A giver of land dwells in heaven for sixty thousand years; he who confiscates it or allows [another to confiscate it] will dwell for the same period in hell!

2v4-3r2

Gold is the first child of Agni, land is born of Viṣṇu, and cows are the offspring of Sūrya: [Therefore], whoever would give gold, a cow, and land would give the three worlds.

^2r1-2r4The [local] council [will act as] the executor of the grant. By the order from the king’s own mouth, [the copperplate charter] has been engraved by the goldsmith Acalasiṅgha [on the day] 7 [of] the month of Māgha [in] the increasingly victorious year 3 [of Jayarāja’s reign].

Bibliography

First edited by Sircar and Singh Deo 1976 and Tripathy 1977 from (impressions of) the original plates; published again by Shastri 1995: 14–16; re-edited here by Natasja Bosma based on the published photographs (edition of the seal based on Tripathy).

Primary

Sircar, Dines Chandra & Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo. 1976. “Amgura Plates of Jayarāja of Śarabhapura, Regnal Year 3.” IMB 11: 57–59.

[siglum SSD]

Shastri, Ajay Mitra. 1995. Inscriptions of the Śarabhapurīyas, Pāṇḍuvaṁśins and Somavaṁśins, Part II: Inscriptions. New Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Motilal Bandarsidass.

14–16. [siglum AMS]

Tripathy, Smt.S. 1977. “Amgura Plates of Maha-Jayaraja, Year 3.” JESI 4: 70–73.

[siglum SST]

Secondary

Bosma, Natasja. 2018. Dakṣiṇa Kosala: A Rich Centre of Early Śaivism. Groningen: Barkhuis. [https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1937261].

15, 19, 232.