A Stray Plate of a Somavaṁśin or Telugu-Coḍa Grant from Kelga

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-12-17Z

Editor:   Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

DHARMA Identifier: INSSomavamsin00035

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    Layout: -28 lines are observed/preserved on the artifact.

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    1pramukhaḥ catvāri sīmantajānapadāḥ| ṣaṣṭhīgābhurapramukha-
    2taḥ| yathārtha⟨ṁ⟩ mānayati| sadād¿a?⟨i⟩śati ⟨ca⟩| viditam astu bhava-
    3tā⟨ṁ⟩ roṅgaḍā-maṇḍala-vuravuḍā-grāma-gudhvamālakhaṇḍakṣetrakahna-
    4purakhaṇḍakṣetrapraviṣagr¿a?⟨ā⟩m¿e?⟨aḥ⟩ catu⟨ḥ⟩sīmāyāva¿ḥ?⟨T⟩| nidhy¿o?⟨u⟩panidhihasti-
    5danta¿vā?⟨ṇya⟩ghracarmanānāvancara⟨sametaḥ⟩ sajalasthala⟨ḥ⟩ sam¿ccha?⟨tsya⟩kaccapa⟨ḥ⟩
    6sakh¿a?⟨e⟩ ṭaviṭapa⟨ḥ⟩sakhallaUn⟨n⟩ata⟨ḥ⟩ sapadrāraṇyaka⟨ḥ⟩| sagulmal{l}a
    7t¿ā?⟨a⟩⟨ḥ⟩| sa¿A?⟨Ā⟩m{v}ramadh¿a?⟨u⟩ka⟨ḥ⟩| satantalika⟨ḥ⟩ satālak¿ai?⟨a⟩ḥ nānāvr̥kṣa⟨sametaḥ⟩ śā-
    8sanīkr̥tya pratipādita⟨ḥ⟩| kumārahārīt{r}a-gotrāya pañc¿a?⟨ā⟩r{i}ṣa-
    9yapravarāya| mādhyandinak¿a?⟨ā⟩r¿ṇṇa?⟨ṇva⟩śākhādhyāy¿a?⟨i⟩ne sāvathamaṇḍala
    10| mahuvālīvin¿ī?⟨i⟩rgatāya| kamala-puravāstavyāya| bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩a-pu-
    11tra-jayakaraprapautrāya| bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩a-vidyākarapautrāya| bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩a-putra
    12Udayakaraputrāya| bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩a-putrābhābhakaraś{r}a¿śa?⟨rma⟩ṇe| vidhiv¿a?⟨i⟩dhāne-
    13na sa⟨ṁ⟩vidhāya| tām{v}ra-śāsanena p⟨r⟩atipādito pāraṁparthak⟨r⟩a-bhāga
    14tasarvavacanena| ya
    ⎘ plate 1v 15thā kāṇḍātkāṇḍ¿a?⟨ā⟩tprarohantī| yā ¿s?⟨ś⟩atena pratanoṣi| Evaṁ rā¿c?⟨j⟩a-śāsa-
    16nena pratipādita¿ṁ?⟨ḥ⟩| Evaṁ vadhāḥ parāvahama parato vaṁśakāreṇaḥ
    17ṭha yāyasmād anurādharmma| (gau)ravā na tena vi| Anyepavādhaḥ
    18raṇeya| tasyāg⟨r⟩e ko’s⟨t⟩i dha⟨r⟩mmavit{a}| śāsedr̥ṣā dhamahi nada|
    19tāsavijaṁ sasyamedini| yāvatsuyakathālloke tāvatsagemāda-
    20yata| vedavākamayā jāhvā vadanti| śādevatāḥ| bhūmihatā tathā-
    21nye ca| Aho mohana mā hara yathāyaṁ patitaḥ śakra| tena vendati
    22sapati| Evaṁ bhūmikr̥ta dāna| saśe saśe prarohiti|

    I. Anuṣṭubh
    Ādity¿ā?⟨o⟩ 23varuṇo viṣṇu⟨r⟩|
    vrahmā som¿a?⟨o⟩ hutāśanaḥ
    ś¿a?⟨ū⟩lapāṇiś tu bhagavān
    A- |24bhinandanti bhūmidaṁ

    II. Anuṣṭubh
    ¿A?⟨Ā⟩s⟨ph⟩oṭayaṁti pitaraḥ|
    p⟨r⟩aval¿s?⟨g⟩anti pitāmahāḥ|
    25bhūmidātā kule jāt¿ā?⟨aḥ⟩
    sa te dātā bhaviṣyati|

    III. Anuṣṭubh
    vahubhi⟨r⟩ vasudhā datt¿a?⟨ā⟩ 26|
    rāj¿āna?⟨abhiḥ⟩ sagarādibhiḥ|
    mā rodhaḥ phalatatkaya
    para-datteṣu pāṇita 27|

    IV. Anuṣṭubh
    yasya yasya ⟨ya⟩dā bh¿a?⟨ū⟩mi⟨s⟩|
    tasya ⟨tasya⟩ tadā ¿p?⟨pha⟩laṁ|
    tasm¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨t⟩ tvayā na ha⟨r⟩tavyaṁ|
    ¿s?⟨ś⟩ā[1×]- |28śvatīṅgyim āpnuyāt|

    V. Anuṣṭubh
    sva-dattā⟨ṁ⟩ para-dattāṁ vā
    yo har¿a?⟨e⟩t¿i?⟨a⟩ vasundhar¿a?⟨ām⟩>

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    Translation by Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

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    [siglum M]
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    [siglum Si]
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    Secondary

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