Current Version: draft, 2024-05-31Z
Editor: Natasja Bosma.
DHARMA Identifier: INSDaksinaKosala00033
Hand Description:
Alternative identifier: Year 37"
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Corresponding Artefact: CONARTDaksinaKosala00030
Layout: engraved-30 lines are observed/preserved on the artifact.
⎘ plate 1v 1v1spiralR svasty aśeṣakṣit¿i?⟨ī⟩śavidyābhyāsaviśeṣāsāditamahanīyavinayasa-
1v2mpatsa{ṁ}mpāditasakalavijigīṣuguṇo guṇava{ḥ}tsamāśraya⟨ḥ⟩ prakṛṣṭata-
1v3raśauryyaprajñāprabhāvasambhāvitamahābhyudayaḥ kārt⟨t⟩ikeya Iva kṛttivā-
1v4saso rāj(ñ)a⟨ḥ⟩ ś(r)¿i?⟨ī⟩◯har¡p!⟨ṣ⟩adevasya sūnuḥ somava¡ṅ!⟨ṁ⟩śasambhava⟨ḥ⟩ paramamāheśvaro mā-
1v5tāpitṛpā◯dānudhyātaḥ ś¡ṛī!⟨rī⟩mahāśivaguptarājaḥ kuśalīddandaHooked kośīrananda-
1v6puraviṣayīyavaṭapadrake brāhmaṇāṁ sampūjya sapradhānā¡ṁ!⟨n⟩ prativāsino
1v7yathākālādhyāsinas samāhartṛsannidhātṛpramukhān adhikāriṇas sa-
1v8karaṇān anyā¡ṅ!⟨ṁ⟩ś cāsmatpādopajīvina{ḥ}s sarvvarājapuruṣā¡ṁ!⟨n⟩ samājñā-
⎘ plate 2r 2r1payati
viditam astu bhavatāṁ yathāsmābhir ayaṁ grāmas sanidhiḥ sopanidhiḥ
2r2sadaśāparādhaḥ sarvvakarasametaḥ sarvvap¿i?⟨ī⟩ḍāvarjjitaḥ pratiṣiddha-
2r3cāṭabhaṭapraveśa¡ḥ!⟨ś⟩ {c}chātranāṭāsīman¿ī?⟨i⟩v¿ī?⟨i⟩ṣṭacchāndogacchātranārāyaṇo-
2r4pādhyāyadandaHooked◯trailokyaha¡n!⟨ṁ⟩sopādhyāyadandaHookedvidyādharaha¡ṅ!⟨ṁ⟩sopādhyāyadandaHookedparama-
2r5ha¡ṅ!⟨ṁ⟩sopā◯dhyāyadandaPlainnakṣatrarūpadandaPlainsaloṇavidyādharadandaHookedvidagdhāsuradandaHookedpṛ-
2r6thiv¿i?⟨ī⟩rūpadandaHookeddurgakalaśadandaHookedpodavarāhadandaHookedtālarūpadandaHookedmadhyāhnarūpebhyo dvā-
2r7daś¿e?⟨a⟩bhyas tathārddhā¡ṅ!⟨ṁ⟩śabhāj¡as!⟨e⟩ trayodaśam avigrahacaritāya ca kārttikaśukla-
2r8dvādaśyāṁ mātāpittror ātmanaś ca puṇyābhi¡b!⟨v⟩ṛddhaye tām{b}raśāsanenācandrā-
⎘ plate 2v 2v1rkasamakālopabhogārtha{ṁ}m udakapūrvvaṁ pratipādita Ity
ato vidheya-
2v2tayā Ebhyaḥ samucitaṁ bhogabhāgādikam upanayadbhi(ḥ bha)vadbhi(ḥ) sukhaṁ pra-
2v3tivasta¡b!⟨v⟩yam itiddandaHooked bhāvinaś ca bhūmipālān uddiśyedam abhidhīyate
Api ca
vyāsagītā⟨ṁ⟩ś cātra ślo(kā)n udāha(ra)nti{ḥ}
¡i!⟨I⟩tiddandaHooked
pravarddhamānavija⊔yarājy¿a?⟨e⟩
3r6sa¡m!⟨ṁ⟩vatsa⟨re⟩ (9)dandaHooked kārttikaśukladi 10 2
The charter of Śivagupta, son of the illustrious king Harṣagupta, who is possessed of good qualities, endures as long as the existence of the earth.
1v1-2r1Success! Hail! The illustrious and great king Śivagupta who has been born in the Lunar Dynasty as the son of a king, the illustrious Harṣadeva, like Kārttikeya is of Kṛttivāsas (i.e., Śiva); who is entirely devoted to Maheśvara; who is favoured by his father and mother; and who is in good health: He has acquired all the qualities of a conqueror through the perfection of praiseworthy discipline, effected in particular by implementing all the “political sciences”; he is a refuge for the virtuous; and his great prosperity has been brought about by his superior valour, intelligence, and strength! After having saluted the Brahmins in the village of Vaṭapadraka situated in the Kośīranandapura viṣaya, [the king] issues [the following command] to all royal officers who are dedicated to our service, to the governor and other local council, headed by the collector and the receiver, to those who are temporarily posted [in the village], and to the residents [of the village] with their headman:
2r1-2v1Let it be known to you that by means of [this] copperplate charter and 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 twelve students of the Chāndoga (Sāmaveda) who are settled in the outskirts of Chātranāṭā, [namely], Nārāyaṇopādhyāya, Trailokyahaṁsopādhyāya, Vidyādharahaṁsopādhyāya, Paramahaṁsopādhyāya, Nakṣatrarūpa, Saloṇavidyādhara, Vidagdhāsura, Pṛthivīrūpa, Durgakalaśa, Podavarāha, Tālarūpa, and Madhyāhnarūpa; and to Avigrahacarita, who receives half a share as thirteenth [donee]. [The grant of the village], which is meant to be enjoyed as long as the moon and the sun will endure, [took place] on the twelfth [day] of the bright fortnight of the month of Kārttika [and] comes along with [the right to] hidden treasures and deposits; [the right to] punish and realise fines for the ten offences; [the right to collect] all taxes [payable to the king]; the exemption from all kinds of unpaid labour; and the exemption from being entered by irregular or regular troops.
2v1-2v3Therefore, you should render the proper prescribed [shares of] periodical offerings, produce, and the like to these [donees], while living happily [in this village]. And this is said for the instruction of the future kings:
And also:
2v7And in this respect they quote the [following] stanzas sung by Vyāsa:
3r5-3r6[The copperplate charter has been engraved on] the day 12 of the light [half] of the month of Kārttika, in the year 9 of the increasingly victorious reign [of Śivagupta].
First edited by Desai 1947-1948 from the original plates; published again by Shastri 1995: 119–123; re-edited here by Natasja Bosma based on the published photographs.