Patna plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya Āṣāḍha month year 6

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-12-17Z

Editor:   Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

DHARMA Identifier: INSSomavamsin00005

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Languages: Sanskrit

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Layout: -45 lines are observed/preserved on the artifact.

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spiralR svasti mūrasīma-samāvāsita⟨ḥ⟩ śrīmato vijaya-kaṭakāt parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhi 2rāja-parameśvara-śrī-śivagupta👤-deva-pādānudhyāta-parama-māheśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-māhārā-
3jādhirāja-parameśvara-somakulatilaka-tr̥kaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahābhavagupta👤-rājade-
4vaḥ{ddanda} k¿ū?⟨u⟩śalī{danda} Oṅgātaṭa-viṣaya-prati¡v!⟨b⟩addha-vakaveḍḍā-grāme tat-pratinivāsi-kuṭumvi-janapadāṁ-
5s tad-viṣayīya-yathākālādhyāsinaḥ samāhartr̥-sannidhātr̥-cāṭa-bhaṭa-piśuna-¿dh?⟨v⟩etrikā-
6varodhajana-rājavallabhādīn sarvvān rāja-pādopajīvinaḥ samājñāpayati⟨.⟩ vidi-
7tam astu bhavatāṁ| yathāsmābhir ayaṁ grāmaḥ sa-nidhiḥ sopanidhiḥ sarvva-vādhā-viva⟨r⟩jjitaḥ|
8sarvvoparika{ra}karādāna-sahitaḥ sāmra-madhukaḥ sa-garttoṣaraḥ| prasiddha-catuḥ-s¿i?⟨ī⟩mā-
9cacchi¿nv?⟨nn⟩aḥ| pratiniṣiddha-cāṭa-bhaṭa-praveśaḥ nānā-gotra-pravara-vinirgata-vāstavye -
⎘ plate 2r 10bhyo dvijāti-varebhyaḥ eka⟨ḥ⟩ kau¿ccha?⟨tsa⟩-gotraḥ Aṅgirasa-varṣa -y¿o?⟨au⟩vanāśva-pravaraḥ yūvanaśvad-amvariṣa-
11d-aṅgira -anupravaraḥ sāmavede kauth⟨u⟩ma-śākhādhyāyī panpāsaras¿i?⟨ī⟩-vinirgata⟨ḥ⟩ leIśr̥ṅgā-vā-
12stavya⟨ḥ⟩ bhaṭṭaputra-dāmākaḥ Aivuli-s¿ū?⟨u⟩taḥ⟨.⟩ dvitīyo gaut¿u?⟨a⟩ma-gotraḥ ¿A?⟨Ā⟩ṅgirasa-pravaraḥ vārhaspatyānu-
13pravara⟨ḥ⟩ yaju⟨r⟩-vvede kāṇva-śākh¿e?⟨ī⟩ Oḍayaśr̥ṅgā-vinirgata⟨ḥ⟩ khaṇḍakṣetra-vāstavya⟨ḥ⟩ bhaṭṭaputro nārapagaṇḍa-s¿ū?⟨u⟩ta⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩ tr̥t¿i?⟨ī⟩ya-
14ś ca kr̥ṣ⟨ṇ⟩ātreya-gotraḥ ¿A?⟨Ā⟩rcchanāna¿ś?⟨s⟩a-pravaraḥ śyāvāś¿vana?⟨vad⟩-anupravaraḥ yajurvved⟨e⟩ kāṇva-śākhā-
15dhyāyī koṇkaleḍḍa-vinirggata⟨ḥ⟩ lipatuṅgā-vāstavya⟨ḥ⟩ bhaṭṭaputra-vās¿ū?⟨u⟩devaḥ ¿riśi?⟨hr̥ṣī⟩keśa-s¿ū?⟨u⟩-
16taḥ⟨.⟩ catu⟨r⟩thaś ca{|} Agasti-gotraḥ{|} ¿Ī?⟨I⟩dhmavāha{va}-pravaraḥ cyav⟨an⟩ānupravaraḥ {ca} yajur-vvede
17kāṇva-śāhādhyā¿Ī?⟨yī⟩ {cā} kaliṅga-vinirgataḥ{|} pampāsaras¿i?⟨ī⟩-vā-
18stavyaḥ koṇḍadeva-nām⟨ā⟩ rāmaśa⟨r⟩mma-s¿ū?⟨u⟩taḥ⟨.⟩ etebhyo dvijāti-varebhyaḥ salila-dhārā-
19p¿ū?⟨u⟩raḥsaram ācandra-tāra⟨kā⟩rkka-kṣiti-samakālopabh¿e?⟨o⟩gārtham prativarṣa-dātavya-r¿u?⟨ū⟩pya-kāṣ¿ṭ?⟨ṭh⟩a-pala-
20dara-dāna⟨ṁ⟩ viniścitya mātā-pitror ātmanaś ca puṇya-yaśo ’bhivr̥ddhaye tāmra-śāsanenā -
⎘ plate 2v 21kar¿i?⟨ī⟩kr̥tya pratipādita ¿Ī?⟨I⟩ty avagatya {sam¿ū?⟨u⟩cita-bho⟨gār⟩thaṁ mātā-pitror}
22vr̥ddhaye tāmra-śāsanenākarīkr̥tya pratipādita Ity avagatya samucita-bhoga-bhāga-kara-hira-
23ṇyādikam upanayadbhir bhavadbhiḥ s¿ū?⟨u⟩khena prativastavyam iti⟨.⟩ bhāviśbhiś ca bhūpatibhir ddattir iyam asma-
24dīyā dharmma-gauravād asmad-a¿t?⟨n⟩urodhāc ca sva-dattir ivā¿t?⟨n⟩upālanīyā⟨.⟩ tathā coktaṁ dharmmaśāstre⟨.⟩

I. Anuṣṭubh
¡v!⟨b⟩ahubhi25r vvas¿ū?⟨u⟩dhā dattā
rājabhiḥ sagarādibhi⟨ḥ⟩
yasya yasya yadā bhūmis
tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ|

II. Anuṣṭubh
mā bhūd a-phala26-śaṅkā vaḥ
para-datteti pārthivāḥ
sva-dānāt phalam ānantyaṁ
para-dattānupālane|

III. Anuṣṭubh
ṣaṣṭhi-varṣa-sa27hasrāṇi
svargge modati bhūmidaḥ
Ākṣeptā cān¿ū?⟨u⟩mantā ca
tāny eva narake vaseT|

IV. Indravajrā
28Agner apatya⟨ṁ⟩ prathamaṁ suvarṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩
bhūr vv¿o?⟨ai⟩ṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ
yaḥ kā¿ṇ?⟨ñ⟩canaṁ gā¿ṇ?⟨ñ⟩ ca mahī29¿ṇ?⟨ñ⟩ ca dadyād
dattās trayas tena bhavanti lok¿e?⟨āḥ⟩⟨.⟩

V. Anuṣṭubh
Āsphoṭayanti pitaraḥ
pravalg{ay}anti pi 30tāmahā⟨ḥ⟩
bhūmi-dātā k¿ū?⟨u⟩l¿a?⟨e⟩ jāt¿ā?⟨a⟩
sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati|

VI. Anuṣṭubh
bhūmi⟨ṁ⟩ yaḥ pratigr̥h¡n!⟨ṇ⟩āti
yaś ca 31bhūmiṁ prayacchati|
Ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau
niyataṁ svargga-gāminau|

VII. Anuṣṭubh
taḍāgānāṁ saha 32sr¿āṇi?⟨eṇa⟩
vāja-peya-śat¿āṇi?⟨ena⟩ ca
gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena
bhūmi-ha⟨r⟩ttā na ś¿ū?⟨u⟩dhyati|

VIII. Anuṣṭubh
harate hā ⎘ plate 3r 33ray¿ate?⟨ed⟩ yas tu
manda-¡v!⟨b⟩uddhis tamo-vr̥taḥ
sa ¡v!⟨b⟩addho vāruṇaiḥ
pāśais t¿ī?⟨i⟩ryag-yon¿īṇ?⟨iñ⟩ ca gacchati|

IX. Anuṣṭubh
34sva-dattāṁ para-dattām vā
yo hare¿ti?⟨ta⟩ vas¿ū?⟨u⟩ndharāṁ
sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mi⟨r⟩ bhūtvā
pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate|

X. Anuṣṭubh
35Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇuḥ
¿va?⟨bra⟩hmā somo hutāśanaḥ
śūlapāṇis ca bhaga{ṁ}vā¿r?⟨n⟩
abhinanda36nti bhūmidaṁ|

XI. Śālinī
sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharmma-setu⟨r⟩ nr̥pāṇāṁ
kāle kāle pālan¿i?⟨ī⟩yo bhavadbhiḥ
sarvvā37n etān bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrā¿ṃ?⟨N⟩{|}
bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmacandraḥ|

XIII. Puṣpitāgrā
Iti kamala-dalām¡v!⟨b⟩u-¡v!⟨b⟩indu38-lolā⟨ṁ⟩
śriyam a¿m?⟨n⟩ucintya manuṣya-jīvita¿ṇ?⟨ñ⟩ ca
sa-kalam ida{r}m udāhr̥ta¿ṇ?⟨ñ⟩ ca ¡v!⟨b⟩udhvā
39na hi p¿ū?⟨u⟩ruṣaiḥ para-k¿i?⟨ī⟩rttayo vilopyā

Iti parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parame-
40śvara-śrī-janamejaya👤-devasya vijaya-rājye samva¿cch?⟨ts⟩are ṣaṣṭheḥ Āṣāḍha-māse sita-pakṣe t⟨i⟩-
41thāv aṣṭamyāṁ yatrāṅkato ’pi samvat 6 ¿A?⟨Ā⟩ṣāḍha śudi 8 likhitam idaṁ śāsanaṁ mahā-s¿ā?⟨a⟩-
42grahi-śrī-mallādhāradatta👤-s¿ū?⟨u⟩ta-prati¡v!⟨b⟩addha-kāyastha-koIghoṣeṇa👤 vallabhaghoṣa👤-s¿ū?⟨u⟩teneti|

XIV. Sragdharā
43Asti kṣoṇīśvarāṇām amala-maṇi-rucām anvay¿at?⟨e⟩ kaustubhābhaḥ
śaurya-tyāgām¡v!⟨b⟩u-rāśi ⎘ plate 3v 44r viracita-vidhivad-dāna-śubhrīkr̥tābhraḥ
śrīmān Jammejayā👤khyas tr̥daśapati-samaḥ 45kr̥¿ccha?⟨tsna⟩-gāṁ bhoktu-kāmaḥ
prakhyāta-dveśi-vaṅśa-pravidalana-paṭū⟨r⟩ bhūpatiḥ somavaṅś¿i?|

Apparatus

32 °sr¿āṇi?⟨eṇa⟩ vāja-peya-śat¿āṇi?⟨ena⟩°srāṇi vāja-peya-śatāṇi F

Translation by Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Commentary

Orthographical peculiarities: the use of v for b; the use of the velar nasal ṅ instead of the anusvāra; use of a long ū for a short one u.

Object: grant of a village to four Brahmins by the reigning king.

Date: āṣāḍha śukla 8 in the sixth year of the reign of Janamejaya.

Kāyastha: KoIghoṣa son of Vallabhaghoṣa, Mahāsandhivigrahin: Mallādhāradatta

Bibliography

First noticed and edited in 1877 in the Journal of the Bengal Asiatic Society, volume XLVI, Part I, p.173 ff., by Babu Pratapachandra Ghosha. It was reedited then by Fleet 1894–1895: № A, 340–344.

Primary

Ghosha, Pratapachandra. 1877. “Notes on, and Translation of Three Copper-Plate Inscriptions from Sambalpur.” JASB 46 (1): 173–78. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/255814#page/187/mode/1up].
[siglum G]
Fleet, John Faithfull. 1894–1895. “A Stone Inscription of the Sinda Family at Bhairanmatti.” EI 3: 230–36.
№ A, 340–344. [siglum F]
Rajaguru, Satyanarayan. 1966. Inscriptions of Orissa, Vol. 4. Sri Sarada Press. [https://archive.org/details/inscriptions-of-orissa-v04-1966].
№ 18, pages 106–111. [siglum R]
Shastri, Ajay Mitra. 1995. Inscriptions of the Śarabhapurīyas, Pāṇḍuvaṁśins and Somavaṁśins, Part II: Inscriptions. New Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Motilal Bandarsidass.
№ II, pages 172–178. [siglum S]

Secondary

Bhandarkar, Devadatta Ramakrishna. 1927–1936. A List of the Inscriptions of Northern India in Brahmi and Its Derivative Scripts, from about 200 A. C.: Appendix to Epigraphia Indica and Record of the Archaeological Survey of India, Volumes XIX to XXIII. Calcutta: Archaeological Survey of India. [https://zenodo.org/records/3360216].
№ 1559.
Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive Topographical Catalogue of Orissan Inscriptions. New Delhi: Manohar Publishers & Distributors.
Pages 115–117.
Acharya, Subrata Kumar. 2014. Copper-Plate Inscriptions of Odisha: A Descriptive Catalogue (circa Fourth Century to Sixteenth Century CE). New Delhi: D. K. Printworld.
№ 5, pages 231–233.
No identifier given for śivaguptaNo identifier given for mahābhavaguptaNo identifier given for janamejayaNo identifier given for mallādhāradattaNo identifier given for koIghoṣeṇaNo identifier given for vallabhaghoṣaNo identifier given for Jammejayā