Patna plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya Kārttika month year 6

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Current Version: draft, 2024-12-17Z

Editor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

DHARMA Identifier: INSSomavamsin00006

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Corresponding Artefact: ARTSomavamsin000016$ARTSomavamsin000017$ARTSomavamsin000018 #CONARTSomavamsin000006

Technique: engraved.

Layout: 46 lines are observed/preserved on the artifact.

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^{⎘ plate 1v}¹spiralR svasti| mūras¿i?ma-samāvāsita śrīmato vijaya-kaṭakāT parama-bha-
²ṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī-śivagupta-deva-pādānudhyāta-parama-mā-
³heśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-māhārājādhirāja-somakulatilaka-tr̥kaliṅgādhipa-
⁴ti-parameśvara-śrī-mahābhavag¿ū?⟨u⟩pta-rājadevaḥ{ddanda} ku¿ṣ?⟨ś⟩alī{danda} potā-viṣaya-prati¡v!⟨b⟩addha-pā-
⁵sitalā-grāme ¡v!⟨b⟩rāhmaṇā¿ṁ?⟨n⟩ sa⟨m⟩pūjya tat-pratinivāsi-k¿ū?⟨u⟩ṭ¿ū?⟨u⟩m¡v!⟨b⟩i-janapadā⟨ṁ⟩s tad-viṣayī-
⁶ya-yathākālādhy¿u?⟨ā⟩sinaḥ samāhartr̥-sannidhātr̥-dāṇḍa-pāśika-cāṭa-bhaṭa-
⁷-piś¿ū?⟨u⟩na-vetrikāvarodhajana-rājavallabhādī⟨n⟩ sarvvān rāja-pādopajī-
⁸vinaḥ samājñāpayati⟨.⟩ viditam astu bhavatāṁ yathāsmābhir aya⟨ṁ⟩ grāmaḥ
⁹sa-nidhiḥ sopanidhiḥ sarvva-¡v!⟨b⟩ādhā-vivarjjitaḥ sarvvoparikarakarādāna-sa-
¹⁰hitaḥ sāmra-madhukaḥ sa-ga⟨r⟩ttoṣaraḥ pratiniṣiddha-cāṭa-bhaṭa-praveśaś catu⟨ḥ⟩-
¹¹-s¿i?⟨ī⟩māparyantaḥ kauśika-gotrābhyāṁ Audala-deva-rā¿j?⟨t⟩a-viśvābhiprava-
¹²rābhyāṁ kāṇvaśākhādhyāyibhyāṁ kommāyira-vinirggatābhyāṁ loḍa-
¹³śr̥ṅgāvāstavyābhyāṁ bhaṭṭa-putra-śrī -
^{⎘ plate 2r}¹⁴-kośava-śrī-Apyābhā⟨ṁ⟩ bhaṭṭa-dāddīs¿ū?⟨u⟩tābhyā⟨ṁ⟩ saliladhārāp¿ū?⟨u⟩raḥ-
¹⁵saram ācandra-tārakārkka-kṣiti-samakālopabhogārtha¿ḥ?⟨ṁ⟩ śrī-deva-mātā-
¹⁶-pitror ātmanaś ca p¿ū?⟨u⟩ṇya-yaśo ’bhivr̥ddhaye t{r}āmra-śāsanenākarīkr̥-
¹⁷tya pratipādita Ity avagatya samucita-bhoga-bhāga-kara-hiraṇyādi-
¹⁸kam ¿a?⟨u⟩panayadbhir bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prativastavyam iti| bhāvibhiś ca bhūpa-
¹⁹tibhir dattir ¿ī?⟨i⟩yam asmadīyā dharmma-gauravād asmad-anurodhāc ca sva-
²⁰-dattir ivānupālanīyā⟨.⟩ tathā cokta⟨ṁ⟩ dharmmaśāstre|

I. Anuṣṭubh

¡v!⟨b⟩ahubhir vvas¿ū?⟨u⟩dhā dat⟨t⟩ā

²¹rājabhiḥ sagarādibhir

yasya yasya yadā bhūmiḥ

tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ|

II. Anuṣṭubh

²²mā bhūd a-phala-śaṅkā vaḥ

para-datteti pā⟨r⟩thivāḥ

sva-dānāt phalam āna²³ntyaṁ

para-dattānupālane|

III. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭhi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi

svargge modati bhūmi²⁴daḥ

Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca

tāny eva narake vaseT|

IV. Indravajrā

Agner apatyaṁ pratha ^{⎘ plate 2v}²⁵ma⟨ṁ⟩ suva⟨r⟩ṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩

bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ

yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāñ ca ma²⁶h¿i?⟨ī⟩ñ ca dadyā¿T?⟨d⟩

dattās trayas tena bhavanti lok¿e?⟨āḥ⟩|

V. Anuṣṭubh

Āsphoṭayanti pitar¿a?⟨o⟩

²⁷pravalg{ay}anti pitāmahā⟨ḥ⟩

bhūmi-dātā kule jātaḥ

sa nas trātā bhaviṣya²⁸ti|

VI. Anuṣṭubh

bhūmiṁ yaḥ pratigr̥h¡n!⟨ṇ⟩āti

yaś ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati

Ubhau t¿o?⟨au⟩ puṇya-ka²⁹rmmāṇau

niyataṁ svarga-gāminau

VII. Anuṣṭubh

taḍāgānā⟨ṁ⟩ sahasr¿āṇi?⟨eṇa⟩

vāja-peya³⁰-śat¿āṇi?⟨eṇa⟩ ca⟨.⟩

gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena

bhūmi-harttā na śudhyati|

VIII. Anuṣṭubh

ha³¹rate hāray¿ate?⟨ed⟩ ¿bhūmi?⟨yas tu⟩

manda-¡v!⟨b⟩uddhi⟨s⟩ tamo-vr̥taḥ⟨.⟩

sa ¡v!⟨b⟩addho vāruṇaiḥ

pāsai ³²¿ti?⟨s ti⟩ryag-yoniñ ca gacchati|

IX. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattā⟨m⟩ para-dattām vā

¿po?⟨yo⟩ ha¿red va?⟨reta va⟩sundharāṁ⟨.⟩

sa ³³viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā

pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate|

X. Anuṣṭubh

suva⟨r⟩ṇṇam eka⟨ṁ⟩ gām ekāṁ

³⁴bhūmer apy arddham aṅgulaṁ⟨.⟩

haran narakam āyāti

yāvad āhūta -saṁplavaṁ|

XI. Anuṣṭubh

Ā³⁵dityo varuṇo viṣṇuḥ

¡v!⟨b⟩rahmā somo hutāśanaḥ

śūlapāṇi¿s? ca bhaga ^{⎘ plate 3r}³⁶vān

abhinandanti bhūmidaṁ|

XII. Śālinī

sāmānyo ’yaṁ dha⟨r⟩mma-setu⟨r⟩ nr̥pāṇāṁ

kāle kāle³⁷pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ⟨.⟩

sarvvānn etān bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrāN

bhūyo bhūyo yā³⁸cate rāmabhadraḥ|

XIII. Puṣpitāgrā

Iti kamala-dalām¡v!⟨b⟩u-¡v!⟨b⟩indu-lolāṁ

śriyam anucintya³⁹manuṣya-j¿i?⟨ī⟩vitañ ca⟨.⟩

sa-kalam idam udāhr̥tañ ca ¡v!⟨b⟩u⟨d⟩dhvā

na hi puruṣaiḥ para⁴⁰-kīrtta¿p?⟨y⟩o vilopyā

Iti parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśva-
⁴¹ra-śrī-janamejaya^👤-devasya vijaya-rājye samva¿ccha?⟨tsa⟩re ṣaṣṭhe| kārtti-
⁴²kamāsasita-pakṣa-trayodaśyāṁ yatrāṅkataḥ samvaT 6 kārttika ś{r}udi
⁴³13 likhitam idaṁ śāsanaṁ mahā-sāndhivigrahi-śrī-malladatta^👤-śrī-dhārada-
⁴⁴tta^👤-suta-prati¡v!⟨b⟩addha-kāyastha-koIghoṣeṇa^👤 vallabhaghoṣa^👤-sutena| prativa-
⁴⁵rṣe cātra śāsane kara-paṇcar¿u?⟨ū⟩pya p⟨a⟩lāni niṣṭaṅkya⟨.⟩ kara-śāsanam idaṁ
⁴⁶dattaṁ yatra rūp⟨a⟩la 5

Apparatus

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Translation by Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Bibliography

The set is preserved in the Odisha State Museum. The photos are available here.

Primary

Laskar, Ganga Mohan. 1905. “Four New Copper-Plate Charters of the Somavaṁśī Kings of Kośala (and Kaṭaka?).” JASB 1 (1): 1–26.

№ G, pages 4–6, pages 12–13. [siglum L]

Rajaguru, Satyanarayan. 1966. Inscriptions of Orissa, Vol. 4. Sri Sarada Press. [https://archive.org/details/inscriptions-of-orissa-v04-1966].

№ 19, pages 112–117. [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.

№ III, pages 179–183. [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].

№ 1558.

Gai, Govind Swamirao. 1986. Dynastic List of Copper Plate Inscriptions Noticed in Annual Reports on Indian Epigraphy from 1887 to 1969. Mysore: Archaeological Survey of India.

№ 942.

Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive Topographical Catalogue of Orissan Inscriptions. New Delhi: Manohar Publishers & Distributors.

Pages 117–118.

Acharya, Subrata Kumar. 2014. Copper-Plate Inscriptions of Odisha: A Descriptive Catalogue (circa Fourth Century to Sixteenth Century CE). New Delhi: D. K. Printworld.

№ 6, pages 233–234.