Baragaon plates of the time of Janamejaya year 13

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Current Version: draft, 2024-12-17Z

Editor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

DHARMA Identifier: INSSomavamsin00040

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Layout: -50 lines are observed/preserved on the artifact.

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^{⎘ plate 1v}¹| svastid jita-śrī-puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ namaste viśvavihāri
²namaste tu riṣikeśa mahāpuruśa-pu⟨r⟩vvaja | Aneka-guṇa-gaṇālaṁkr̥ta-
³-janopa-bhogāmarādhipa-purīva jagate vikhyāta-nāmnaḥ śrī-
⁴-manivadapāṭikāt-parama-sauraḥ rāṣṭrakula-ttilaka-samadhiga-
⁵ta-pañca-mahāśabda-mahāsāmantādhipati-rāṇaka-śrī-pr̥thi-
⁶vivigraha-śrī-vāmanavigraha-sutaḥ śrī-vyāghrarājasya naptā ku-
⁷śalī kāsamvadā-viṣaya-pratibaddha-sakamrā-grāma-brhāhmaṇā⟨n⟩
⁸sampūjya tat-pratinivāsi-kuṭumbinas-tad-viṣayī-janasa-
⁹dā yathā kālādhyāsinaḥ samāhatr̥-sannidhātr̥-da⟨ṇḍa⟩ -
^{⎘ plate 2r}¹⁰-pāśika-cāṭa-bhaṭa-piśuna-v¿i?⟨e⟩tr̥kavarodha-jana-nr̥pa-valla-
¹¹bhādīn sarvānājñāpayati viditam astu bhavatāṁ yathā-
¹²smāmbhi¿va?⟨ra⟩ya⟨ṁ⟩-grāmaḥ sanidhi-sopanidhi-sadaśāparādha-sa-
¹³rvva-vādhā-varjjita-sarvva-parikarākarādāna-samea-prati-
¹⁴niṣ¿a?⟨i⟩ddha-cāṭa-bhaṭa-praveśa-catuḥsīmā-parynaaḥ sa-
¹⁵vr̥kṣa-mālākula-tr̥ṇa-gulmallatā-v¿ā?⟨a⟩llī-viṭapa-puṣkarā-
¹⁶nī nadyādi-sahita-hastipada-vinirrggataḥ kalleḍā-maṇḍa-
¹⁷le śāsana-sīnap¿u?⟨a⟩-grāma-vāstavyaḥ vājas¿e?⟨a⟩n¿a?⟨e⟩⟨ya⟩-śākhā-kā-
¹⁸śyapa-gotra-paṇña-riṣaya-pravara-bhaṭṭa-putra kedhira-bhaṭṭa-go-
¹⁹las⟨v⟩ām-suta-vr̥hakasya naptā
^{⎘ plate 2v}²⁰Ācandra-tārakārkka-kṣiti-samakālīya-bhogāya mātā-pitror ātmanaś ca
²¹puṇya-yaśobhivr̥ddhaye tāmvra-śāsanenākarīkr̥tya pratipāditam
²²Avagata-samucita-bhoga-bhāgādikam-upanayadbhiḥ bhavadbhiḥ sukhena
²³prativasatu bhāviviś ca bhūpati¿bhiḥ d?⟨bhi⟩tiriyam-asmadīya-dha⟨r⟩mma-gau-
²⁴ravad-asmād-anurodhāye svadatir-iyānupālanīyā ttathā coktaṁ
²⁵dharmma-śāstre

I. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā dattā

rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ

ya²⁶sya yasya yadā bhūm¿i?⟨ī⟩

tasya tasya tadā phalam

II. Anuṣṭubh

mā bhūd a-phala-śaṅ²⁷kā vaḥ

para-datte¿th?⟨t⟩i pārthivāḥ

sva-dānā⟨t⟩ phalam ānantyaṁ

para-dattānu²⁸pālane

III. Anuṣṭubh

saṣṭhivar{a}ṣa–sahasrāṇi

s⟨v⟩a⟨r⟩gge m¿a?⟨o⟩dati bhūmidaḥ

(lākṣeptā) ²⁹cānumantā cca

tāny eva narakaṁ vaset

IV. Indravajrā

agn¿a?⟨e⟩r apatyaṁ prathamaṁ suv¿ann?⟨arṇ⟩aṁ

bhū⟨r⟩ ³⁰vaiṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ

ya kāñcanaṁ gāvā ca tu mahī ca dadyā

da ^{⎘ plate 3r}³¹ttā srayas tena bhavanti lokā

V. Anuṣṭubh

bhūmi⟨ṁ⟩ yaḥ pratigr̥hṇ¿a?⟨ā⟩{n}ti

ya¿c?⟨ś⟩ ca bhūmi⟨ṁ⟩ pra³²yachati

ubhau tau puṇya{ya}-karmāṇau

niyatau svargga-gāminau

VI. Anuṣṭubh

Ā³³sphoṭayanti pitaraḥ

pravalpanti pitāmahā⟨ḥ⟩

bhūmidātā kule ³⁴jātā

dānas trātā bhaviṣyati

VII. Anuṣṭubh

Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇuḥ

brahmā ⟨s⟩O³⁵m¿a?⟨o⟩ hutāśanaḥ

śūlapāṇiś tu bhagavān

abhinandanti bhūmida¿ḥ?⟨M⟩

VIII. Anuṣṭubh

³⁶Anyāyena tu hr̥tā bhūmir

anyāyena tu hāritā

harate hā³⁷rataś caiva

¿ta?⟨sa⟩ hanyāt saptamaṁ kulam

IX. Anuṣṭubh

harate hārayed yas tu

ma³⁸nda-budhi⟨s⟩ tam¿ā?⟨o⟩-vr̥taḥ

sa vaddho vāruṇ¿e?⟨aiḥ⟩ pāś¿e?⟨aiḥ⟩

tiryag-{s}yoniṣu gacchati

X. Anuṣṭubh

³⁹s⟨v⟩a-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā

yo hared vasundharā⟨m⟩

sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhutvā

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XI. Anuṣṭubh

[]sahasrāṇi

aśvamedha-śatāni ca

⁴¹[]

hantana śudhyati

XII. Anuṣṭubh

suvarnnam ekam

^{⎘ plate 3v}⁴²[]

haran narakam yāti

yāvad—ā-hū⁴³ta-saṁplavam

XIII. Śālinī

sāmānyo ’yaṁ dha⟨r⟩mma-setur nr̥pāṇāṁ

kāle kāle ⁴⁴pālanīy¿ā?⟨o⟩ bhavadbhiḥ

sarvān{y} etān bhā¿d?⟨v⟩inaḥ pā⟨r⟩thivendrān

⁴⁵bhūyo 2 yācate rāmabhadr¿ā?⟨a⟩ḥ

XIV. Puṣpitāgrā

Iti kamala-dalāmbu-bindu⁴⁶-lolāṁ

śriyam anucintya manuṣya-jīvitaṁ ca

sakala⁴⁷m idam udāhr̥tañ ca vuddhvā

na hi puruṣaiḥ para-kīrttaya vilo⁴⁸pyāḥ|

phālguna-māsa-prathama-pakṣa-tithi-navamyā Ādityadine
⁴⁹mūlā-nakṣatre śrī-janamejayasya^👤 tasya rājya-trayodaśā-var{i}ṣe
⁵⁰likhitam idaṁ kāyasta-haradattena^👤 kesavenutkīrṇṇam idaṁ śāsanam iti

Apparatus

¹ | svasti ◇ svasti N

Translation by Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Bibliography

The plates are currently preserved at the Prof. N. K. Sahu Museum of the Sambalpur University (see Padhan 2011: № 2, page . The photos are available here.

Primary

Nayak, P. K. 2012. “A Vigraha Grant Discovered from Baragaon.” Pratnakirti: recent studies in Indian epigraphy history archaeology and art Essays in honour of Prof Shrinivas Ritti, edited by Shrinivas V. Padigar and V. Shivananda, 1:72–78. Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan.

[siglum N]

Secondary

Acharya, Subrata Kumar. 2014. Copper-Plate Inscriptions of Odisha: A Descriptive Catalogue (circa Fourth Century to Sixteenth Century CE). New Delhi: D. K. Printworld.

№ 11, pages 241–242.