Nuapatna plates of the time of Janamejaya year 5

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-12-17Z

Editor:   Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

DHARMA Identifier: INSSomavamsin00021

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Alternative identifier: Nuapatna Plates of the Time of Mahāśivagupta IV Janamejaya Year 5 Shastri1995

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¹siddham| svasti ¿ś?⟨s⟩ajjanadamāvāsita śrīmad-vajaya-pāṭakāT| parama-mā-
²heśvara paramabhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara somuku-
³la-tilaka-trikaliṅgādhipati śrīmaj-janamejaya-devasya pravarddha-
⁴mānavijayarājye pañca me samvatsare phālgune māsasita(pakṣe)
⁵tithau catuddaśyāmaṅke samvat{a} 5 phālguna va di 14 parama-māhe-
⁶śvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraja-somakula-kamala-kalikāvikāsabhāska
⁷ra⟨ḥ⟩ durddaṇḍacaṇḍimodrekadurddamārikramaramāramācāṅka-śaṅka-
⁸ra⟨ḥ⟩ sakalabhuvanatakaval¿a?⟨ā⟩vaN kum¿a?⟨ā⟩ra-śikha -
^{⎘ plate 2r 9}ra⟨ḥ⟩ kharatarakaravāladāvāna⟨la⟩jālakavalitārikānana⟨ḥ⟩ pa-
¹⁰ścima-kaliṅgādhipati-mahākum¿a?⟨ā⟩rādhirāja-parameśvara yuvarāja-śrī-
¹¹-dharmmaratha-deva-varmma ku¿s?⟨ś⟩lī| santama-maṇḍalīya vāvanna-khaṇḍe| ḍa-
¹²lahāra-vitrajoṅga-sahita-tuṇḍima-khaṇḍa-kṣetre{|} Atas tad-viṣayī-
¹³yavrāH maṇānāp¿u?⟨ū⟩jya samāharttr̥-sannidhātr̥{|} niyuktādhikāri-
¹⁴dāṇḍa-pā¿s?⟨ś⟩ka{|} piśuna{|} vetrikāvarodha-jana{|} rājṇī{|} rāṇaka-
¹⁵rājaputra{|} rāja-vallabha{|} bhogijana-pramukha-samasta janapadā-
¹⁶N samājñāpayati| viditam astu bhavatāM| koṣṭhādākr̥ -
^{⎘ plate 2v 17}ṣya khaṇḍakṣetramidamasmābhiḥ sajalasthala⟨ṁ⟩ sagarttoṣara⟨ṁ⟩ saviṭapā-
¹⁸raṇya⟨ṁ⟩ samatsyakacchapa⟨ṁ⟩ sanidhi sopanidhi catuḥ¿ś?⟨s⟩īmāvaccinna⟨ṁ⟩ s¿a?⟨ā⟩mra-madhu
¹⁹ka-prabhr̥tinānāvr̥kṣādisametaṁ{|} hastidaṇḍa{|} varavalīvardda{|} ciṭṭola{|}
²⁰Andhāruvā{|} pratyandhāruvā{|} padātijīvya{|} Adattā{|} vasāvakā{|} vi-
²¹ṣayavālī{|} rintakāvaḍi{|} Antarāvaḍḍi{|} Ahidaṇḍa{|} haladaṇḍa{|} vandhada-
²²ṇḍa{|} vandāpanā{|} vijaya-vandāpanādi-bhaviṣyat-kara-sametaṁ sa-khaṇḍapā-
²³līyaṁ sapratihāraṁ sarvva-vādhāvarjjitaṁ sarvvoparikarādāna-sametaṁ{|} ma-
²⁴dhya-deśīya-śoṇabhadra-vinirggatāya{|} vatsasagotrāya{|} pañcārṣaprava-
²⁵rāya{|} vainateyaśarmmapautrāya mādhavaśarmmaputrāya{|} sama -
^{⎘ plate 3r 26}vedādhyāyipaṇḍīta-śrī-janapati-śarmmaṇe vrāhmaṇāya{|} sali-
²⁷la-dhārāpuraḥsaramācandrārkkakṣiti-samakālopabhogā⟨r⟩tthyaṁ mātā-
²⁸pitror ātmanaś ca puṇya-yaśobhivr̥ddhaye{|} viṣuvatsa⟨ṁ⟩krānti-sama-
²⁹ye{|} tāmraśāsanenākarīkr̥tya sampradattamityavaga⟨t⟩ya samuci-
³⁰ta-kara-bhoga-bhāgam upanayadbhir bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prativastavyam iti| bhā-
³¹vibhiś ca bhūpatibhir ddattir iyam asmadīyā dharmma-gauravād asmad-anurodhāc ca
³²sva-d¿i?⟨a⟩ttirivānupālanīyā| tathā coktaṃ dharmmaśāstre|

sandhivigrahi-rāṇaka-śrī-maladattaḥ śāsana-
⁴²m idam alīlikhaditi| vijñān¿i?⟨ī⟩herukadāsa

Apparatus

³⁷ aṅg¿a?⟨u⟩laṁ ◇ aṅgalaṁ S

Translation by Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Bibliography

The plates are currently preserved at the Archaeological Museum, Departments of History and Ancient Indian History Culture and Archaeology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar (see Wattelier-Bricout 2024: pages 10–12. The photos are available here.

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