Satalma plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya year 8

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Current Version: draft, 2025-04-22Z

Editor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

DHARMA Identifier: INSSomavamsin00008

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Layout: -44 lines are observed/preserved on the artifact.

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¹siddham svasty aneka-varavilāsinīcaraṇan¿o?⟨ū⟩ p¿u?⟨ū⟩rakhodbhrāntamattaparāvāta-
²kulāt{a} sakaladigantarāgatavandijanavistāritakīrtteḥ śrīmato muras¿i?⟨ī⟩mnaḥ
³Asti koṇīścarāṇāmamalamaṇirucāmanvayāta kaustubhābhaḥ śauryatyāgā-
⁴m¡v!⟨b⟩urāśirviracitavidhivaddān¿ā?⟨a⟩śubhrīkṛtābhrāḥ śrīmānnjanmeyākhyast¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩daśa-
⁵patisama⟨ḥ⟩ kṛ¿cchna?⟨tsna⟩gāṁ bhokt¿a?⟨u⟩ kāmaḥ prakhyātadveṣi vaṁśapravidalanapaṭurbh¿u?⟨ū⟩pati⟨ḥ⟩ so-
⁶mavaṁśe so ’yaṁ parama-bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩āraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī-mahā-
⁷śivagupta^👤-rājadeva-pā{ṁ}dānudhyā{p}ta-parama-bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩āraka-mahārājādhirāja-parame-
⁸śvara-soma-kula-tilaka-t¡r̥!⟨ri⟩kaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahābhavagupta^👤-rāja-devaḥ ku-
⁹śalī kaśaloḍā-viṣaya-prati¡v!⟨b⟩addha-satallamā-grāme ¡v!⟨b⟩rāhmaṇāN samp¿u?⟨ū⟩jya ta-
¹⁰t-pratiinivāsi-kuṭum¡v!⟨b⟩i-janapadān{a} tad-viṣayīya-yathā-kālādhyāsina⟨ḥ⟩ samā-
¹¹ha¿tri?⟨rtr̥⟩-sannidhā¡tri!⟨tr̥⟩-cāṭa-bhaṭa-piśuna-v¿e?⟨ai⟩trikāvarodhajana-rājavallabhādīn{a} sa -
^{⎘ plate 2r}¹²rvān{a} rājapādopaj¿i?⟨ī⟩vina⟨ḥ⟩ samājñāpayati⟨.⟩ viditam astu bhavatāṁ yathā-
¹³smābhir ayaṁ grāma⟨ḥ⟩ sanidhiḥ sopanidhiḥ sarva-¡v!⟨b⟩ādhā-vivarjitaḥ sarvvoparikara-
¹⁴karādāna-sahitaḥ sām{v}ramadhuka⟨ḥ⟩ sagarttoṣaraḥ pratini¡s!⟨ṣ⟩iddha-cāṭa-bhaṭa-praveśa⟨ḥ⟩
¹⁵catuḥ-simā-vācchinnaḥ gautama-gotrāya gautamāṅgira¿sa-Au?⟨sau⟩tathya¿triyā?⟨tryā⟩¿riṣa?⟨rṣeya⟩-pra-
¹⁶varāya vājasaney¿e?⟨a⟩ mādhyandinaśākh{y}ādhyāyine Oḍra-deśe puruṣa-maṇḍapa-grāma-
¹⁷vin¿ī?⟨i⟩rgatāya murujuṃga-grāma-vāstvyāya bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩aputra-śrī-sānthakara-nāmne dhṛti-
¹⁸kara-sutāya ¡ś!⟨s⟩aliladhārāpuras¡ś!⟨s⟩aram ācandra-tārakārkka-kṣiti-¡ś!⟨s⟩amakāl¿a?⟨o⟩pa-
¹⁹bhogārthaṁ mātā-pitror ātmanaś ca pu¡n!⟨ṇ⟩ya-yaśobhivr̥ddhaye tāmra-śāsanenākar¿i?⟨ī⟩kr̥tya
²⁰pratipādita Ity avagatya samucita-bhoga-bhāga-kara-hira¡n!⟨ṇ⟩yā
²¹dbhi⟨r⟩ bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prativastavyam iti⟨.⟩ bhāvibhiś ca bhūpatibhir dattir iyam asma
²²d¿i?⟨ī⟩yā dharmma-gauravād asmad anurodhāc ca svadattir ivānupālanīyā⟨.⟩

tathā coktaṁ dha-
²³rmma-śāstre⟨.⟩

II. Anuṣṭubh

¡v!⟨b⟩ahubhir vasudhā dattā

rājabhis sagarādibhir

yasya yasya yadā bh¿u?⟨ū⟩mi^{⎘ plate 2v}²⁴s

tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ

III. Anuṣṭubh

mā bh¿u?⟨ū⟩d a-phala{ṁ}-śaṅkā vaḥ

para-datteti pārthivāḥ

²⁵sva-dānāt phalam ānantyam

para-dattānupālane

IV. Anuṣṭubh

saṣṭiṁ varṣa–sahasrāṇi

svargge ²⁶modati bh¿u?⟨ū⟩midaḥ

Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca

tāny eva narake va¿ś?⟨s⟩et

V. Indravajrā

Agner apatyaṁ pra²⁷thamaṁ ¿sva?⟨su⟩varṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩

bh¿u?⟨ū⟩r vvaiṣṇavī s¿u?⟨ū⟩rya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ

yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāṁ ca mahīṁ ca dadyāT

²⁸dattās trayas tena bhavanti l¿ā?⟨o⟩kāḥ

VI. Anuṣṭubh

Āsphoṭṭayanti pitaraḥ

pravalgayanti pitāma²⁹hāḥ

bh¿u?⟨ū⟩midāt{t}ā kule jātaḥ

sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati

VII. Anuṣṭubh

bh¿u?⟨ū⟩miṁ yaḥ pratigr̥h¡n!⟨ṇ⟩ā³⁰ti

yaś ca bh¿u?⟨ū⟩miṁ prayacchati

Ubhau tau pu¿n?⟨ṇ⟩ya-karmmāṇau

niyataṁ svargga-gāmi³¹nau

VIII. Anuṣṭubh

taḍāgānāṁ sahasrāṇī

vājapeya-śatāni ca

gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena

bhūmi-hartā ³²na śudhyati

IX. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā

yo hare¿d?⟨ta⟩ vasundharāṁ

sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā

pa³³cyate pitr̥bhiḥ saha

X. Anuṣṭubh

Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇur

¡v!⟨b⟩rahmā somo hutāśanaḥ

ś¿u?⟨ū⟩lapā ³⁴ṇis tu bhagavān

abhinandanti bhūmidaṁ

XI. Śālinī

sāmānyo ’yaṁ dhar;ma-setur nr̥pāṇāṁ

kāl¿a?⟨e⟩ ^{⎘ plate 3r}³⁵kāle pālan¿i?⟨ī⟩yo bhavadbhiḥ

sarvān etāN bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrāN

³⁶bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmacandraḥ

XII. Puṣpitāgrā

Iti kamala-dalām¡v!⟨b⟩u-¡v!⟨b⟩indu-lo³⁷l¿a?⟨ā⟩ṁ

śriyam anucintya manuṣya-jīvita{ṁ}ñ ca

sakalam idam udāhr̥ta{ṁ}ñ ca ³⁸¡v!⟨b⟩¿e?⟨u⟩¿vdhā?⟨ddhvā⟩

na hi puruṣaiḥ para-kīrtayo vilopyāḥ

paramabhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩¿a?⟨ā⟩raka-mahā-
³⁹rājādhirāja-parameśvara-ma-kula-tilaka-t¡r̥!⟨ri⟩kaliṅgādhipati-
⁴⁰śrī-janamejaya^👤-devasya vijayarājye samva¿ccha?⟨tsa⟩re Aṣṭame kārttikemā-
⁴¹sadvitīyapakṣ¿a? tithau dvādaśyāṁ yatrāṅkatopi samvaT 8 kārttika śudi 12 ¿dyo?⟨dū⟩-
⁴²takaś ca mahāmahattamabhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩-śrīsādhāraṇa^👤⟨ḥ⟩ śobhana^👤-sutaḥ likhitam idaṁ śasanaṁ
⁴³mahāsāndhivigraha-rāṇaka-śrī-mall¿ā?⟨a⟩datta^👤-dhāradatta^👤-suta-prati¡v!⟨b⟩ddhena kāyastha-Ā-
⁴⁴llavena^👤 kaivilāsa^👤-sutena{ḥ} Urkiritaṁ saṁgrāme¡n!⟨ṇ⟩a| rayaṇā-Otjhāsutena

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Translation

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[siglum H]

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