Kāṇḍavindhā plates of Mahābhavagupta Uddyotakeśarin year 3

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-12-17Z

Editor:   Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

DHARMA Identifier: INSSomavamsin00047

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Corresponding Artefact: ARTSomavamsin000039$ARTSomavamsin000040$ARTSomavamsin000041 #CONARTSomavamsin000013

Technique: engraved.

Layout: 74?-75 lines are observed/preserved on the artifact.

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¹siddham⟨.⟩

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svasti| śrī-yayāti-nagarāt⟨.⟩ parama-māhe¿s?⟨ś⟩vara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahā-
²⁹rā⟨jā⟩dh¿ī?⟨i⟩rāja-parameśvara-soma-kula-ti⟨la⟩ka-t⟨r⟩ikaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahā¿s?⟨ś⟩i-
³⁰vagupta^👤-rājadeva-pādānudhyāta-parama-māheśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahā-
³¹rājādhirāja-parameśvara-soma-kula-tilaka-trikaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahā-
³²bhavagupta^👤-rāja-devaḥ kuśalī| kosimaṇḍalīya koṅgārāḍa¿khaṇḍa?⟨khaṇḍīya⟩ sa-sa-
³³rima-grāmasyeva madhyama-khaṇḍa-sapāṭa⟨⟨ka⟩⟩ sahita llāyillo-khaṇḍa-kṣetrāp¿ī?⟨i⟩⟨.⟩
³⁴Atastad-viṣayīya vrāhma¿ṇā?⟨nāṁ⟩ pūjya samāhar{a}tr̥ niyuktādhikā-
³⁵r¿ī?⟨i⟩ka-dāṇḍa-pā¿s?⟨ś⟩ika-piśuna-vetrikā-varodhajana-rājñī-rāṇaka-rāja-pu-
³⁶tra-rāja-vallabha-bhogijanapramukhasamastajanapadān{a}| samā -
^{⎘ plate 2v 37}jñā⟨pa⟩yati{|} viditam astu bhavātaM| yathā⟨smā⟩ bhir etau{|} khaṇḍakṣetra{|} grāmau|
³⁸sajalasthalau saga⟨r⟩ ttoṣarau{|} sāmra-madhukau{|} catuḥsīmāv¿i?⟨a⟩cchi¿no?⟨nnaḥ⟩san¿ī?⟨i⟩-
³⁹¿dhī?⟨dhiḥ⟩ sopani¿dhī?⟨dhiḥ⟩ saprat¿ī?⟨i⟩hār¿o?⟨aḥ⟩{|} hasti-daṇḍa-vara-valīvardda{|} Andhāruvā pratyandhā-
⁴⁰ruvā padātijīvya coṭṭāla Adattā Antarāvaḍḍi viṣayālī{|} suvarṇṇada-
⁴¹ṇḍa{|} nimatyaṇadaṇḍa {|} dandhadaṇda{|} mārggaṇi {|} mahānamī dānādi bhaviṣyatka-
⁴²rādisameto sarvvavādhāvarjito madhyadeśīya hastigrāmavinirggatāya{|} pa-
⁴³rā¿s?⟨ś⟩ara-gotrāya{|} pañcārṣa-pravarāya{|} bhaṭṭ¿ā?⟨a⟩putra-valabhadra-pautrāya{|} ga¿y?⟨d⟩ā-
⁴⁴dhara-putrāya{|} śrīyaśodharāya{|} ¿s?⟨ś⟩aliladhārā-puraḥ-saramācandrā
⁴⁵⟨rka⟩-kṣiti-samakālopabhogārthaM mātā-p¿a?⟨i⟩tror ātmanaś ca puṇya-yaśo
⁴⁶bhivr̥ddhaye{|} tām{v} raśāsanenākarīkr̥tya saṁpradattāvityavagatyā yathādī-
⁴⁷yamāna dadānāḥ sukhena prativasateti | bhāvibhiś ca bhūpatibhiḥ s⟨v⟩a-da-
⁴⁸ttirivāsmadīyā dharmmagauravād asmad-anusrodha⟨ca⟩ca sva-dattir ivānupāla-
⁴⁹nīyā| tathā cokta⟨ṁ⟩ dharmaśāstre⟨.⟩

<sup>⎘ plate 3r 56










71</sup>

mahārā⟨jā⟩dhirāja-parame¿s?⟨ś⟩vara-soma-kula-t¿ī?⟨i⟩laka-trikaliṅgādhipati-śrīma⟨d⟩-⟨u⟩dyota-ke¿ś?⟨s⟩ari^👤-
⁷³-rāja-devasya prava⟨r⟩ddhamāna vijaya-rājye tr̥tīye samvatsare kārttika-māsi{|} śuklapakṣe|
⁷⁴tithau daśamyāṁ| aṅke samvaT 3 kārttika śudi 10⟨.⟩ vijñāni vāharu-māgokābhyām iti|
⁷⁵¿śa?⟨śrī⟩

Apparatus

^1-2–2 dhūrjaṭ¿ī?⟨i⟩ /-maul¿ī?⟨i⟩° ◇ dhūrjaṭī-maulī° T
⁵ °cch⟨r⟩akasya ◇ °cchakasya T
⁸ °hr̥t-selyāni • The word sela is probably a prakrit form for śaila. The three other grants having this verse have the reading śalya (see Bālijhari plates of Mahābhavagupta Uddyotakeśarin year 4, Sankhameri plates of Mahābhavagupta Uddyotakeśarin year 4 and Ratnagiri plates of Mahāśivagupta Karṇa year 6).
¹¹ p¿ū?⟨u⟩rā ◇ pūrā T
¹² tadanu{ṁ} ◇ tadanuṁ T
¹⁴ yasyo¿ttāmyada?⟨ktaṁ pada⟩-rāti° ◇ yasyottāmyadarāti° T
²³ avaṣ¿r̥?⟨ṭ⟩a¡v!⟨b⟩dham ◇ avaṣr̥avdham T
³² saṁ • As indicated by Tripathy 2005, here sa is the contraction for saṁbaddha.
⁶⁰ °vuddhi⟨s⟩ tamo° ◇ °vuddhi⟨ḥ⟩ tamo° T

Translation by Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

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