Gaintala plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya year 17

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Current Version: draft, 2024-12-17Z

Editor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

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^{⎘ plate 1v}¹siddham svasty amala-maṇi-kuṭṭima-sadanacalacanekavāra vilāsinīja-
²nacaraṇanūpurakhatrastrapārāvatapu¿nyā?⟨ñja⟩svanavadhiritadaśadignānādigdeśā-
³¿nna?⟨nta⟩rā gatavandijanavistāritakīrttir vvividha-vidyālaṁkr̥ta-vidvajanajanatikāvya-kalāpa-
⁴stutadhanapativibha⟨va⟩sphūrjjatavipaṇijanānyonya-saṁharṣa-vicitra-prāsādāṭṭālikā-
⁵devakulodyānavāpik¿u?⟨ū⟩pataḍāgārāmopaśobhājita-sura-pura-mahimnaḥ| Ārā-
⁶mas-amāvasita-śrīmato vijayakaṭakāt{t} paramabhaṭṭāraka-mahā-
⁷jādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī-śivagupta-deva-pādānudhyāta-parama-bhaṭṭāra-
⁸ka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-parama-māhe¡s!⟨ś⟩vara-soma-kula-tila-
⁹ka-¡tr̥!⟨tri⟩kaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahābhavagupta-rājadeva⟨ḥ⟩ kuśalī| nimunāviṣayīya-
¹⁰Ṛṣigrāme ¡v!⟨b⟩rāhmaṇān{ī} sampūjya tad-viṣayīya-yathākālādhyāsinaḥ samāha-
¹¹rtr̥-sannidhātr̥-niyuktakādhikārikā-dāṇḍa-pāśika-piśuna v¿e?⟨ai⟩tr̥kāvarodhajana-
¹²rāṇaka-rājaputra-rājavallabhādīN sarvāN samājñāpayati śivam asmāka-
¹³m anyaT viditam astu bhavatāṁ yathāsmābhir ayaṁ grāmaḥ sanidhiḥ sopānidhaḥ
^{⎘ plate 2r}¹⁴sarvva-¡v!⟨b⟩ādhāvivarjjitaḥ sarvvoparikarādāna-sametaś catu¿śī?⟨ssī⟩mā-paryantaḥ sā-
¹⁵mvra-madh¿u?⟨ū⟩kaḥ sagartāṣaraḥ sa-jala-sthala-sahitaḥ| va hvr̥ca-śākhādhyāyine| va¿ccha?⟨tsa⟩go-
¹⁶trāya bhārgava-cyavana-Āpnuvān{a} Aurvva¿y?⟨j⟩amadagni-pravarāya| ¿ya?⟨jña⟩madagni-Aurvva-Āpnuvān{a}-
¹⁷cyavana-bhārggava-¿Ā?⟨A⟩nupravarāya| madhya-deśīya-śāluvi-grāma-vinirggalāya| kosala-de-
¹⁸śīyalapusoḍḍā-grāma-vāstavyāya| bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩a-putra-śrī-tikunāmvemadhus¿u?dana-sutāya| saliladhā-
¹⁹rā-purassaram ācandra-tārakārka-kṣiti-samakālopabhogārthaṁ mātā-pitror ātma-
²⁰naś ca puṇya-yaśobhi{r}vr̥ddhaye tāmra-śāsanenākar¿i?⟨ī⟩kr̥tya pratipādita Ity a-
²¹vagatya samucita-bhoga bhāga-kara-hiraṇyādikam upanayadbhir bhavadbhiḥ sukhe-
²²na prati-vastavyam iti| bhāvibhiś ca bhūpatibhir dattir iyam asmadīyā dharmma-gauravād asma-
²³d anurodhāc ca svadattir ivānupālanīyā{ḥ}| tathā coktaṁ dharmmaśāstre

I. Anuṣṭubh

¡v!⟨b⟩ahubhir vvasu²⁴dhā dattā

rājabhis sagarādibhir

yasya yasya yadā bhūmis

tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ

II. Anuṣṭubh

mā bhūd a²⁵-phala-śaṅkā vaḥ

para-datteti pārthivāḥ

sva-dānāt phalam ānantyaṁ

para-dattānupā²⁶lane|

III. Anuṣṭubh

saṣṭi-varṣa–sahasrāṇi{|}

s⟨v⟩argge modati bhūmidaḥ

Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca

t¿a?⟨ā⟩ny e²⁷va narak¿aṁ?⟨e⟩ vaseT|

IV. Indravajrā

¿Ā?⟨A⟩gner apatyaṁ prathamaṁ suvarṇṇaṁ

bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ|

²⁸yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāṁ ca mahīñ ca dadyāt

dattās trayas tena bhavanti lokāḥ

V. Anuṣṭubh

Āsphoṭayanti pi²⁹taraḥ

pravalganti pitāmahāḥ|

bhūmidātā kule jātaḥ

sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati|

VI. Anuṣṭubh

bhūmiṁ yaḥ pra³⁰tigr̥hṇāti

yaś ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati|

Ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau

niyataṁ svargga-gāminau

VII. Anuṣṭubh

taḍāgānā⟨ṁ⟩ ³¹sahasrāṇi

vājapeya-śatāni ca

gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena

bhūmi-hartā na śudhyati

VIII. Anuṣṭubh

suvarṇṇam ekaṁ gām e³²kāṁ

bhūmer apy arddham aṅgulaṁ

haran narakam āyāti

yāvad—ā-hūta-saṁplavaṁ|

IX. Anuṣṭubh

¿Ā?⟨A⟩nyāyena hr̥tā bhūmir

a³³nyāyena tu hāritā

harato hārayantaś caiva

sa hanyātsaptamaṁ kulam

X. Anuṣṭubh

harate hāra³⁴yeta yas tu

manda-¡v!⟨b⟩uddhis tamo-vr̥taḥ|

sa ¡v!⟨b⟩addho vāruṇaiḥ pāśai{ḥ}s

tiryag-yoniṁ ca ga³⁵cchati|

XI. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā

yo hare¿d?⟨ta⟩ vasundharāṁ

sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bh¿u?⟨ū⟩tvā

pacyate pi³⁶tr̥bhiḥ saha|

XII. Anuṣṭubh

Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇur

¡v!⟨b⟩rahmā somo hutāśanaḥ

śūlapāṇis tu bhagavān

abhina³⁷ndanti bhūmidaṁ|

XIII. Śālinī

sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharmma-setur nr̥pāṇāṁ

kāle kāle pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ

sarvān e³⁸tān bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrān

bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmabhadraḥ

XIV. Puṣpitāgrā

Iti kamala-dalām¡v!⟨b⟩u-¡v!⟨b⟩i ³⁹ndu-lolāṁ

śriyam anucintya manuṣya-j¿i?⟨ī⟩vitaṁ ca

sakalam idam udāhr̥taṁ ca v¿e?⟨u⟩⟨d⟩dhvā

na hi pu⁴⁰ruṣaiḥ para-kīrtayo vilopyāḥ

iti sakaka-bhūpāla-mauli-mālā-vignamāṇikya -
^{⎘ plate 3r}⁴¹may¿u?⟨ū⟩kha-vrātābhir añjita-krama-kamala-yugala-pracaṇḍadorda-daṇḍa-maṇḍalāgrātuṇḍa-khaṇḍitā-
⁴²rāti-matta-mātaṅga-vimukta-muktāphala-prasādhitāśeṣa-raṇa-mahī-maṇḍala{ḥ}{|} paramabhaṭṭā-
⁴³raka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī-janameja⟨ya⟩-devasya pāda-pravarddhamāna-vi-
⁴⁴jayarājye samvatsare saptaśame mādhya⟨mā⟩se ¿ś?⟨s⟩ittapkṣe trayodaśyā⟨ṁ⟩ yātrāṅkataḥ sa-
⁴⁵mvaT 17 mādhya śudi 13

XV. Sragdharā

¿Ā?⟨A⟩sti kṣoṇīśvarāṇamamalamaṇirucāmanvay¿ā?⟨aḥ⟩ kaustubhābhaḥ ⁴⁶śauryatyāgāmburāśervviracita-vidhi-vaddānaśubhrīkr̥tābhraḥ

śrīmān-janmejayā^👤⁴⁷khyas tr̥daśa-pati-samaḥ kr̥tsnagābhoktukāmaḥ prakhyātadve¿ś?⟨ṣ⟩i-vaṅśa-pravida⟨la⟩⁴⁸napaṭur bhūpatiḥ somavaṅśe|

XVI. Sragdharā

jñeyāśeṣāstra-smr̥ti-vimala-dhiyā{|} veda⁴⁹-vedāṅga-vidyā-

śikṣā-kalpetihāsaprakaṭasura-guru-prāpta-bhūyiṣṭhadhāmnāṁ nāmnā

śrī⁵⁰-sādhāraṇena^👤 dvijavar¿u?⟨a⟩tanunā mantriṇā yasya rājyaṁ

nirvyūḍhaṁ so ’yam uccais trijagati vidito ⁵¹devajanmejaya^👤śrīḥ|

likhitam idaṁ tāṃ{v}ra-śās¿ā?⟨a⟩naṁ mahāsāndhivigrah¿o?⟨i⟩-rāṇaka-śrīma-
⁵²lladatta-prativaddhena śrī-vacchena śaṁkillasuteneti| likhitam idaṁ tāmra-śāsana⟨ṁ⟩ vaṇik{a} si
⁵³Ullā-suta-haradāsena likhitam iti{ḥ}|

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Translation by Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

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