Current Version: draft, 2026-09-09Z
Editor: Natasja Bosma.
DHARMA Identifier: INSDaksinaKosala00025.xml
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svasti śrīpurāt samadhigatapañcamahāśabdānekanatanṛ-
1v3patikirīṭakoṭighṛṣṭacaraṇanakhadarppaṇo¡m!⟨d⟩bhāsitopakaṇṭhadiṅmukhaḥ prakaṭari-
1v4purājalakṣmī{ḥ}keśapāśākarṣṣaṇadurllalitapāṇip⟦ā⟧⟨⟨a⟩⟩llavaḥ niśitanistri¡ṅ!⟨ṁ⟩śaghana-
1v5ghātapātitā◯ridv¿a?⟨i⟩radakumbhamaṇḍalagalad¡v!⟨b⟩ahala¡g!⟨ś⟩oṇitasa¡ṭ!⟨d⟩āsiktamuktāphala-
1v6prakarama◯ṇḍitaraṇāṅgaṇaḥ vividharatnasaṁbhāral⟦o⟧⟨⟨ā⟩⟩bhālobhavijṛmbhamāṇārikṣā-
1v7ravārivāḍavānalaś candrodaya Ivākṛtakarodvegaḥ kṣīroda Ivāvirbhūtānek¿a?⟨ā⟩tiśā-
1v8yiratnasampaT garutmān iva bhuj⟦o⟧⟨⟨a⟩⟩ṅgoddhāracaturaḥ parāmṛṣṭaśattrukalattranettrāñjan¿o?⟨a⟩k¿a?⟨o⟩mala-
1v9kapolakuṅkumapatrabhaṅgaḥ śiṣṭācāravyavasth¿a?⟨ā⟩paripālan¿e?⟨ai⟩kadatta{ḥ}cittaḥ Api ca prā-
1v10ktane tapasi yaśasi rahasi cetasi cakṣu¡s!⟨ṣ⟩i vapuṣi ca pūjito janenākliṣṭatayā n¿i?⟨ī⟩-
⎘ plate 2r 2r1tāntam avitṛpto g¿u?⟨ū⟩ḍho gāḍhaṁ svacchaḥ prasanno yauvanena c¿a?⟨ā⟩laṅkṛtaḥ svāmī bhavan⟨n⟩ apy abahulapa-
2r2no ’nujjhitakutṛṣ¡ṭ!⟨ṇ⟩o ’pi nitāntatyāgī ripujanapracaṇḍo ’pi s¿o?⟨au⟩myadarśano bhūtivibhūṣa-
2r3ṇo ’py aparuṣasvabhāvaḥ kiñ cāsantuṣṭo dharmmārjane na sampall¿a?⟨ā⟩bhe svalpa⟨ḥ⟩ krodhe na prabhāve lu-
2r4bdho yaśasi na paravittāpahāre{ḥ} saktaḥ subhāṣiteṣu na kāminīkrīḍāsu pratāpānaladagdhāśeṣa-
2r5ripukulatūlarāśis tuhinaśilāśailadhavalayaśorāśipr¿ā?⟨a⟩kāśitadigantaḥ k¿a?⟨ā⟩ntaḥ prakṛ-
2r6tyā śrīmadi◯ndra¡v!⟨b⟩alasūnor alaṅkṛtapāṇḍuva¡ṅg!⟨ṁś⟩asya śr(ī)nan(n)adevasya tanaya⟨ḥ⟩ pr¿a?⟨ā⟩-
2r7ptasakalako⟨sa⟩lādhipatyaḥ svapuṇyasambhārapraśamitāśeṣajagadupadravaḥ svaprajñā-
2r8s¿u?⟨ū⟩cīsamuddhṛtākhilakaṇṭakaḥ paramavaiṣṇavo mātāpitṛpādānuddhyātaḥ śrīm¿ā?⟨a⟩hā-
2r9śivatīvararājaḥ piharājabhuktī¡p!⟨y⟩abondaka-Avaḍikasahitaprativāsinaḥ samājñā-
2r10payati
vidi⟨ta⟩m astu bhavatāṁ yathāsmābhir ayaṁ grāmo yāvad raviśaśitārākiraṇa-
2r11pratihataghorāndhakāraṁ jagad avatiṣṭhate tāvad upabhogyaḥ sanidhi⟨ḥ⟩ sopa-
⎘ plate 2v 2v1nidhir acāṭabhaṭaprāveśyaḥ sarvvakarasam{av}etaḥ sadāśāparādhaḥ sāputtrikaveṇī-
2v2bhojyaḥ yajurvved¿ā?⟨a⟩sāmavedacarakāddhvaryy¿a?⟨u⟩maitrāya¡ni!⟨ṇī⟩yabhaṭṭamadhusūdanopāddhyā-
2v3ya|{-Evaṁ t}trivikramopāddhyāya|devasomopāddhyāya|svāmidattopāddhyāya|viṣṇugho-
2v4ṣopāddhyāya|sthāvaropāddhyāya|bhaṭṭakamalapakṣasvāmi|bhaṭṭaravi¡ṇ!⟨n⟩āgasvāmi- |
2v5śambhubhava◯svāmi|ba⟨n⟩dhudevayoraṅgaviṣṇubhavasvāmi|lāṭaphalihasvāmi- |
2v6Aśokasvā◯mi|śrīdharabh⟦ā⟧⟨⟨ū⟩⟩tisvāmi|śīlapakṣasvāmi|sāppūpakṣasvāmi-
2v7vāmanasvāmi|nāgaśarmmasvāmi|gola⟨ca⟩ndrasvāmi|bhadrasvāmi|chāndogaca-
2v8raṇ¿i?⟨ī⟩yagopendrasvāmi{-Evaṁ}v⟦o⟧⟨⟨ā⟩⟩manasvāmi|somasvāmi|yajñasvāmi- |
2v9Unnatameghasvāmibhyaḥ pañcavi¡ṅ!⟨ṁ⟩śatibhyaḥ| mātāpitror ātmanaś ca puṇyābhi-
2v10vṛddhaye Udakapūrvvam pratipādita Ity
upalabhya yathocitaṁ bhogabhāga-
3r1m upanayantaḥ sukhaṁ prativatsyatheti| bhāvinaś ca bhūmipālān uddi-
3r2śyedam ¿i?⟨a⟩bhidhīyate
Api ca
vyāsagītā⟨ṁ⟩ś cātra ślokān udāharanti
¡i!⟨I⟩ti|
pravarddhamānavijayarā-
3r10jye sa¡m!⟨ṁ⟩vaT 5 mārgga di 1 U¡kt!⟨tk⟩īrṇaṁ Akṣa¡s!⟨ś⟩ālikayotranāgasūnunā boppanāgena|
This charter of the illustrious Tīvaradeva the king of Kosala, which is for the sake of an increase of dharma, endures as long as the moon and stars.
Success!
1v2-2r10Hail! From Śrīpura, the illustrious Mahāśiva Tīvararāja—who illuminates the neighbouring regions with his mirror-like toe-nails, which are polished by the curved edges of the diadems of the many [feudatory] kings who salute [him], having obtained the [privilege of] the five great sounds; whose fingers bluntly seize the good Fortune of adversary kings by her locks of her hair in public; by whom the battlefields are adorned with a scattered heap of pearls, which are the thick [drops of] blood continuously oozing from the domed foreheads of the elephants of [his] enemies, struck down by the hard strokes of [his] sharp sword; who is a submarine fire to the salt water of [his] enemies, gaping with the desire of acquiring a multitude of various gems; who does not cause distress by [levying heavy] taxes, just as the rising moon does not cause distress by [its] rays; who, like the ocean of milk, demonstrates a wealth of many most excellent jewels; who, like Garutmat, is competent in uprooting serpents (i.e., evil); who ruined the black collyrium [applied to] the eyes and the [golden glow of grinded] saffron petals on the tender cheeks of the [widowed] wives of his enemies, afflicted [by grief]; whose mind is focused solely on the protection and establishment of virtuous behavior. Moreover, who is worshipped by people without relunctance because of the religious austerities [he performed] in a previous [birth]; who is not easily satisfied in [acquiring] fame; who is trustworthy in keeping secrets; whose mind is very pure; whose eyes are bright; and whose body is adorned with youth; who, though being a commander, does not [indulge in] excessive talking; who, though desirous for conquering land, is excessively liberal [in the granting of land]; who, though fierce to the race of his adversaries (i.e., like the sun), is gentle in appearance (i.e., like the moon); who, though adorned with majesty, is not harsh in disposition. Furthermore, who is never satisfied in generating religious merit, [but] not in accumulating wealth; who is devoid of anger, [but] not of power; who is longing for fame, [but] not for appropriating the wealth of others; who is skillful in eloquent speech, [but] not in consorting with promiscuous women; who has consumed the race of his adversaries completely, as a heap of cotton, with the fire of his splendor; who illuminated the earth as far as the horizon with his massive fame as bright white as the rocky mountain of snow (i.e., Himālaya); who was the son of the illustrious Nannadeva, son of the illustrious Indrabala, and who has obtained sovereignty over the whole of Kosala; who reduced all misfortune in the world with his meritorious acts; who has removed all thorns (i.e., annoying enemies) with the needle of his wisdom; who is entirely devoted to Viṣṇu; and who is favoured by his father and mother—issues [the following command] to the residents of [the villages of] Bondaka and Avaḍika in the Piharāja bhukti:
2r10-2v10Let it be known to you that, preceded by a libation of water, this village has been granted by us for the increase of religious merit of father, mother, and ourselves to (a group of) twenty-five caraka-adhvaryu priests, of which five are belonging to the Sāmaveda (Chandoga): Gopendrasvāmin, as well as Vāmanasvāmin, Somasvāmin, Yajñasvāmin, and Unnatameghasvāmin; and twenty are belonging to the Yajurveda (Maitrāyaṇīya): bhaṭṭa Madhusūdanopāddhyāya, Trivikramopādhyāya, Devasomopādhyāya, Svāmidattopādhyāya, Viṣṇughoṣopādhyāya, Sthāvaropādhyāya, bhaṭṭa Kamalasvāmin, bhaṭṭa Ravināgasvāmin, Śambhubhavasvāmin, Bandhudeva, Yoraṅgaviṣṇubhavasvāmin, Lāṭaphalihasvāmin, Aaśokasvāmin, Śrīdharabhūtisvāmin, Śīlapakṣasvāmin, Sāppūpakṣasvāmin, Vāmanasvāmin, Nāgaśarmmasvāmin, Golacandrasvāmin, and Bhadrasvāmin. [The grant of the village] is to be enjoyed as long as the world will endure, [the world] of which the darkness of the night is removed by the rays of the sun, moon and stars; [comes along with the right to] hidden treasures and deposits; is not to be entered by irregular or regular troops; comes along [with the right to] all taxes [payable to the king]; comes along with the right to punish and realise fines for the ten offences; and comes along with the enjoyment of the inheritance of men who die without male offspring.
2v10-3r2Having taken note of that, you should render the [proper shares of] periodical offerings and produce, while living happily [in this village]. And this is said for the instruction of the future kings:
And also:
3r5And they quote the [following] stanzas sung by Vyāsa:
3r9-3r10[The copperplate charter has been engraved on] the day 1 [of] the month of Mārga [in] the increasingly victorious year 5 [of Tīvaradeva’s reign].
First edited by Sircar 1961-1962 from the original plates and impressions; published again by Shastri 1995: 102–106; re-edited here by Natasja Bosma based on the published photographs (edition of the seal based on Sircar).