Orissa State Museum plates of Mahāśivagupta Yayāti year 4

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-12-17Z

Editor:   Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

DHARMA Identifier: INSSomavamsin00017

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    Corresponding Artefact: ARTSomavamsin000031$ARTSomavamsin000032$ARTSomavamsin000033 #CONARTSomavamsin000011

    Technique: engraved.

    Layout: 55+2(seal)-55 lines are observed/preserved on the artifact.

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    1siddham svasti śrī-vin¿i?⟨ī⟩tapurāt{a} samāvā¡ś!⟨s⟩ita-śrīmato vijaya-kaṭakāt{a} (sva)-
    2sty astu samasta-śatru-nṛpati-prāra¡v!⟨b⟩d⟨h⟩a-sevā-vidhi-vyagrākāra-vinīta-dūra-nici¿tasyāmāgramā?⟨tadāmārgam⟩-
    3(d)vārataḥ| dharmmārthocita-śāstra-niścita-naya-vyāpāra-paura-prajākhyātāmātya-(ma)-
    4tād vinītapuratonvartha-prasiddhāhvayāt{a}| somādi-svakulodgata-kṣiti¿r?⟨bh⟩ujām devatva-
    5bhājam api kṣmāyāś cātma-manobhivañchita-pratiprāpsānurūpa-śriyaḥ| nāgānā-
    6m a¿tra?⟨ti⟩bhūta-sauhṛdajuṣām ākasmikānu¿m?⟨g⟩ra(hā) yajñātmā prahaṇa-kṣaṇas tribhuvan¿e?⟨a⟩-kṣe-
    7māya-lakṣitaḥ| prakhyātākhya-yudhiṣṭhirānvaya-mahā-siṅghāṁhasanā-
    8rohaṇa-vyāp{y}ārāvasarāhitotsava-man¿o?⟨ā⟩ lokābhinandyodayaḥ niḥ-
    9śeṣāgama-tat⟨t⟩va-vetṛ-vimala-prajñā-¡v!⟨b⟩lālaṁkṛtaḥ sphūrjja¿ts?⟨cch⟩auryya-vinirjjitorjji-
    10ta-ripu-kṣmāpāka-velodyamaḥ| sapta-dvīpa-vibhūṣaṇaṁ kṣititalaṁ yad-[]-
    11yālaṁkṛtaṁ tat-prota-sthita-somarāja-vibhutām dhatte ttamanyaidyaitaḥ| devaḥ śrī-jana-
    12mejayas tad-adhunā tatrāvatīrya svayaṁ ta⟨t⟩ kuryām iti yaḥ kṛtāvataraṇaḥ sa śrī-yayā-
    13ti-prabhuḥ| parama-māhe¡s!⟨ś⟩vara-paramabhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parame-
    14(śva)ra-soma-kula-tilaka-trikaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahābhavagupta-rā -
    ⎘ plate 2r 15jadeva-pādānudhyāyī| parama-māhe⟨śva⟩ra-paramabhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-
    16-parameśvara-soma-kula-tilaka-trikaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahāśivagupta-rā-
    17jadevaḥ kuśalī| uḍra-deśe| gaṇḍitama-viṣaya-kuḍukulokhaṇḍa-kṣetre
    18tad-viṣayīya-¡v!⟨b⟩rāhmaṇān āyukta-yathākālādhyāyinaḥ samāhatr̥-s{v}annidhātr̥-ni-
    19yuktakādhikārika-dāṇḍa-pā¡s!⟨ś⟩ika-cāṭa-bhāṭa-pi¡s!⟨ś⟩una vet¡r̥!⟨ri⟩kāvarodhajana-rāṇaka-rā-
    20japutra-rājavallabhādīn{a} samājñāpayat¿ī?⟨i⟩ viditam astu bhavatāṁ| yathāsmābhi-
    21r aya⟨ṁ⟩ grāmaḥ sanidhiḥ sopānidhiḥ sadaśāparādhaḥ sarvva-¡v!⟨b⟩ā-
    22dhāvivarjjitaḥ ⟨sa⟩rvvoparikarādāna-sahita{ḥ} ścatuḥ-sīmā-parya-
    23ntaḥ s¿a?⟨ā⟩mvra-madh¿u?⟨ū⟩kaḥ sagartoṣaraḥ sa-ja⟨la⟩-sthala-sahitaḥ ¿dva?⟨a⟩cāṭa-bhāṭa-prave¡s!⟨ś⟩aka-
    24ḥ| kau¡s!⟨ś⟩ika-gotr¿ā?⟨a⟩tririṣaya-pravarāya śrāvasthālekhaḍiyā-grāma-vinirggatā-
    25ya| ya¡s!⟨ś⟩akaṭaka-vāstavyāya bhaṭaputra-dāmodara-naptre madhu-sutāya| śrī-kā-
    26ko-nāmne saliladhārā-purassaraṁ Ācandra-tārakārka-kṣiti-samakālopabho-
    27gārthaṁ mātā-pitror ātmanaś ca puṇya-yaśo ’bhivr̥ddhaye t{r}āmra-śāsanenākarīkr̥-
    28tya pratipādita Ity avagatya yathā-dīyamāna-kara-bhara-hira(ṇya)-bhoga-bhāgā-
    29(dikaṁ) ca dadadbhiḥ bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prati-vastavyam iti| bhā-
    30bhāvibhiś ca bhūpatibhir dattir iyam asmadīyā dharmma-gauravād asmad anurodhāc ca svadatti-
    31r ivānupālanīyā| tathā coktaṁ dharmmaśāstre

    I. Anuṣṭubh
    ¡v!⟨b⟩ahubhir vvasudhā dattā
    rājabhis sagar(ā)32dibhiḥ
    yasya yasya yadā bhūmis
    tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ

    II. Anuṣṭubh
    mā bhūd a-phala-¡s!⟨ś⟩a(ṅkā) 33vaḥ
    para-datteti (pārthivāḥ)
    s(va)-dānāt phalam ā¿nu?⟨na⟩ntyaṁ
    para-dattānupālane|

    III. Anuṣṭubh
    Ā34sphoṭayanti (pitaraḥ)
    (pravalganti) pitāmahāḥ
    bhūmidātā kule jātaḥ
    sa 35nas trātā bhaviṣyati|

    IV. Anuṣṭubh
    saṣṭiṁ varṣa–sahasrāṇi
    svargge modati bhūmid¿ā?⟨a⟩
    Ākṣeptā 36cānumantā ca
    dvau tau naraka-gāminau|

    V. Indravajrā
    Ag(n)er apatyaṁ prathamaṁ su37(varṇṇaṁ)
    (bhūr) vaiṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ
    yaḥ kāñcanaṅ gāṁ ca ⟨ma⟩hīñ ca 38(da)dyāt
    dattās trayas tena bhavanti lokāḥ|

    VI. Anuṣṭubh
    bhūmiṁ yaḥ pratigr̥hṇāti
    yaś ca bhūmiṁ 39prayacchati
    Ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau
    niyata⟨ṁ⟩ s⟨v⟩argga-gāminau|

    VII. Anuṣṭubh
    taḍāgā40nāṁ sahasreṇa
    vājapeya-śatena ca
    gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena
    bhūmi-harttā na ¡s!⟨ś⟩udhya41ti|

    VIII. Anuṣṭubh
    (hareta) hārayed yas tu
    manda-¡v!⟨b⟩uddhis tamo-vr̥taḥ
    su¡v!⟨b⟩addho vāruṇai(ḥ) pā¡s!⟨ś⟩aiḥ
    42tiryag-yoniṁ ca gacchati|

    IX. Anuṣṭubh
    suvarṇṇam ekaṁ gām ekāṁ
    bhūmer apy arddham aṅgulaṁ|
    haran narakam āyā43ti
    yāvad—ā-bhūta-saṁplavaM

    X. Anuṣṭubh
    sva-dattāṁ para-dattām vā
    yo hareta vasundharāṁ|
    ⎘ plate 3r 44(sa vi)ṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā
    pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate|

    XI. Anuṣṭubh
    Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇur
    ¡v!⟨b⟩rahmā so45mo hutāśanaḥ
    śūlapāṇiś ca bhagavān
    abhinandanti bhūmidaṁ|

    XIII. Śālinī
    sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharmma46-setur nr̥pā¡n!⟨ṇ⟩āṁ
    kāle kāle pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ
    sarvvān etān bhāvinaḥ pārthi47vendrān
    bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmabhadraḥ|

    XIV. Puṣpitāgrā
    Iti kamala-dalām¡v!⟨b⟩u-¡v!⟨b⟩indu-lolāṁ
    śri48yam anucintya manuṣya-jīvitañ ca
    sakalam idam udāhr̥tañ ca ¡v!⟨b⟩¿e?⟨u⟩ddhvā
    na hi puruṣaiḥ para49-kīrttayo villopyāḥ|

    parama-māhe¡s!⟨ś⟩vara-paramabhaṭṭāraka-mahārājā-
    50dhirāja-parame¡s!⟨ś⟩vara-soma-kula-tilaka-trikaliṅgādhipati-
    51-śrīmad-yayāti-rājadeva-vijaya-rājye caturtha-s¿ām?⟨aṃ⟩tsarī-
    52ya-kārttika-māsa-sita-pakṣa-pañcamyāṁ ankatoḥ samvat kārttika-
    53śudi 5 likhitam idaṁ tāmra-¡s!⟨ś⟩āsana⟨ṁ⟩ m¿ā?⟨a⟩hāsāndhivigrahi-rāṇa-
    54ka-śrī-cchichaṭe¡s!⟨ś⟩varasyāvagatena| mahā Ākṣapaṭala-śrī-śānti-
    55nāgābhimatena| śrī-pannākena utkīrṇṇam idam iti|

    Apparatus

    line Sri

    Translation by Rajaguru 1966

    Bibliography

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

    Primary

    Rajaguru, Satyanarayan. 1966. Inscriptions of Orissa, Vol. 4. Sri Sarada Press. [https://archive.org/details/inscriptions-of-orissa-v04-1966].
    № 26, pages 159–166. [siglum R]
    Srinivasan, P. R. 1969–1970. “A Grant of Mahasivagupta I-Yayati, Year 4.” EI 38: 186–91.
    [siglum Sri]
    Shastri, Ajay Mitra. 1995. Inscriptions of the Śarabhapurīyas, Pāṇḍuvaṁśins and Somavaṁśins, Part II: Inscriptions. New Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Motilal Bandarsidass.
    № XII, pages 219–225. [siglum Sha]

    Secondary

    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.
    № 951.
    Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive Topographical Catalogue of Orissan Inscriptions. New Delhi: Manohar Publishers & Distributors.
    Pages 142–143.
    Acharya, Subrata Kumar. 2014. Copper-Plate Inscriptions of Odisha: A Descriptive Catalogue (circa Fourth Century to Sixteenth Century CE). New Delhi: D. K. Printworld.
    Page 254.