Stray Malhār Plate of Śivagupta, undated

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-05-31Z

Editor:   Natasja Bosma.

DHARMA Identifier: INSDaksinaKosala00049

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^{⎘ plate 1v 1v1}spiralRsvasty aśeṣakṣit¿i?⟨ī⟩śavidyābhyāsaviśeṣāsāditamahan¿i?⟨ī⟩ya{naya}vi-
^1v2nayasampatsampāditasakalavijig¿i?⟨ī⟩ṣuguṇo guṇavatsamāśrayaḥ prakṛ-
^1v3ṣṭataraśauryyaprajñāprabhāvasaṁbhāvitamahābhyudayaḥ kārttikeya Iva kṛt¡v!⟨t⟩ivā-
^1v4saso rājñaḥ ◯śrīharṣaguptasyadandaPlain sūnuḥ somava¡ṅ!⟨ṁ⟩śasambhavaḥ parama-
^1v5māheśvar¿a?⟨o⟩ ◯mātāpitṛpādānudhyātaḥ śrīmahāśivaguptarājadevaḥ ku-
^1v6śalīddandaHooked ¿u?⟨o⟩ṇ¿ī?⟨i⟩bhogāntaḥpātikārasīmakedandaPlain brāhmaṇā¡t!⟨ṁ⟩ saṁpūjyadandaPlain prativāsi-
^1v7kuṭumbino yathākālādhyāsinaḥ samāhartṛsannidhātṛprabhṛtīn asmatpādo-
^1v8pajīvinaḥ sar¡b!⟨v⟩varājapuruṣā¡t!⟨n⟩ samājñāpayatidandaPlain viditam astu bhavatā⟨ṁ⟩ ya

Apparatus

^1v3 °śauryya° ◇ °śaurya° BJ — ^1v3 kārttikeya ◇ kārtikeya BJ
^1v4 °sambhavaḥ ◇ °saṁbhavaḥ BJ
^1v6 saṁpūjya ◇ saṁp¿u?⟨ū⟩jya BJ
^1v8 °puruṣā¡t!⟨n⟩ ◇ °puruṣān BJ

Translation by Natasja Bosma

^1v1-1v8Success! Hail! The illustrious and great rājadeva 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 Pātikārasīmaka situated in the middle of the Oṇi bhoga, [the king] issues [the following command] to all royal officers who are dedicated to our service, beginning with the collector and the receiver; to those who are temporarily posted [in the village], and to the householders being inhabitants [of the village]:

^1v8Let it be known to you that...

Commentary

This is the first copperplate of a charter and therefore it does not contain any information about the date. The plate is inscribed with eight lines of text, as was Dk00048. Since both plates were recovered in the same region, perhaps the two plates belonged to the same charter.

Bibliography

First edited by Jain et al. 2005: 193–194; re-edited here by Natasja Bosma from the original plates.

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