Current Version: draft, 2024-09-02Z
Editor: Dániel Balogh.
DHARMA Identifier: INSVengiCalukya00022
Hand Description:
Halantas. M in l22 uktaM: wholly indistinct, possibly a simple tick mark with a long vertical stem; l26 pautrikaM also indistinct, looks like a visarga, probably a tick with a long vertical stem.
Original punctuation. The only punctuation mark is at the very end; from the facsimile it could be a double dot, but Narasimhaswami describes it as "two strokes, one above the other" and I assume he is correct.
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svast¿a?⟨i⟩[.] śrīmatāṁ sakala-bhuvana-saṁst¿u?⟨ū⟩yamāna-mā 3navya-sagotrāṇāṁ hārīti-putrāṇāṁ kauś¿ī?⟨i⟩kī-vara-prasāda-labdha-rājyānāṁ m{m}ā-
4tr̥◯-gaṇa-paripāl¿ī?⟨i⟩tānāṁ svāmi-mahāsena-pādānudhyātānāṁ bhagava-
5n-nārāyaṇa-prasāda-sam¿a?⟨ā⟩s¿a?⟨ā⟩dita-vara-varāha-lāñchanekṣaṇa-kṣaṇa-vaśīkr̥-
6tā{ṁ}rāti-maṇḍalānām aśvamedhā⟨⟨(va)⟩⟩bhr̥¿t?⟨th⟩a-snāna-pavitr¿i?⟨ī⟩kr̥ta-vapuṣāṁ samadhi-
7gatāśeṣ¿o?⟨a⟩-mahāśabd(ān)ām pa(ḍ)a-ḍhakkā-pā¿h?⟨ḷ⟩i-ketana-śvetātapatra-¿mi?⟨vī⟩(j)yamāna-
⎘ plate 2r 8-(cā)mara-kalāpa-gopura-dv(ā)r(o)bhaya-pārśva-pratiṣṭhāpita-gaṁgā-yamunā⟨nāṁ cālukyānām
anvaye⟩
9pr̥thivī-vallabha-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara⟨ḥ⟩ parama-brahmaṇya(ḥ) para-
10ma-⟨mā⟩heśva(ra)⟨ḥ⟩ māt¿a?⟨ā⟩-pitr̥-pād(ā)nu(ddh)yātas sarvva-lokāśraya-śrī-viṣṇuvarddha(na)-ma-
11hā◯r(ā)ja⟨ḥ⟩ tasya ¡suta! vijayāditya-¡mahārājasya! ¡putra!⟨putreṇa⟩ kali-viṭṭara-
12¡¿(namana)?⟨nāmena⟩!⟨nāmnā⟩ śrī-viṣṇuvarddhana-¡mahārājñā!⟨mahārājena⟩ nagara-sahitena liṁga-pra⟨ti⟩ṣṭhā⟨ṁ⟩ kr̥tvā
13vijayavāṭa-pure ¡tasya!⟨tasmai⟩ nagareśvara-bhaṭṭārak¿a?⟨ā⟩ya Aṣṭottara-śa(ta-kha)-
14ṇḍikā-⟨ko⟩dravāvāpa-kṣetra(ṁ) kāśyapa-gotra-droṇakuṟṟa-bhaṭṭa-haste suv¿ā?⟨a⟩-
⎘ plate 2v 15rṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩ ¡datta!⟨dattvā⟩ gr̥hītvā datta⟨ṁ⟩⟨.⟩ Ujjay¿(ā)?⟨i⟩nyā⟨ṁ⟩ gaṁgaṟa-guh¡a!-vāsin(o) balasoma-bhaga-
16¡vantasya!⟨vataḥ⟩ ¡śiyṣa!⟨śiyṣasya⟩ Amr̥tasom¡a-Ā!cā(r)yyasya ¡śiyṣa!⟨śiyṣāya⟩ paśupati-¿bhavot?⟨bhagavat⟩-p¿a?⟨ā⟩d¡a!⟨āya⟩
17kaṇḍeṟuvāḍi-viṣaya-vāsinaḥ rāṣṭrakūṭa-pramukhān kuṭuṁbinas sarvv¿a?⟨ā⟩n ittham (ā)-
18(jñā)◯payati⟨.⟩ viditam astu vo [’]smābhi⟨ḥ⟩ Uttarāyaṇa-nimitte sodaka-pū-
19rvva⟨ṁ⟩ sarvva-kara-parihāra⟨ṁ kr̥tvā dattaṁ⟩
tasyā(va)dhaya⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩ pūrvvataḥ mahā-pathaḥ⟨.⟩ dakṣinataḥ ma-
20h¿a?⟨ā⟩-pathaḥ⟨.⟩ paścimataḥ mahā-pathaḥ⟨.⟩ (U)tt¿ā?⟨a⟩rataḥ ci(ṇṭh?)agu(ṇṭh?)ī(p?)u(nn?)a nāma grāma⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩
21Asyopari na kenacid bādhā karaṇ(ī)yā⟨.⟩ yaḥ karot(i) sa pañca-mahāp(ā)-
⎘ plate 3r 22taka-sa(ṁ)yukto bhavat(i)⟨.⟩ vyāsen(ā)py u(k)ta(M)
1 aśeṣ¿ā?⟨a⟩sya ◇ aśeṣasya HKN — 1 -nr̥pā¿n?⟨ṇ⟩āñ ◇ -nr̥pā¿na?⟨ṇā⟩ñ HKN
2 bh⟦ā⟧⟨⟨a⟩⟩vatu ◇ bh¿ā?⟨a⟩vatu HKN
3 hārīti- ◇ hāritī- HKN — 3 kauś¿ī?⟨i⟩kī- ◇ kauśikī- HKN
4 -paripāl¿ī?⟨i⟩tānāṁ ◇ -paripālitānāṁ HKN
5 -sam¿a?⟨ā⟩s¿a?⟨ā⟩dita- ◇ -samāsādita- HKN
6 °ā{ṁ}rāti- ◇ °¿a?⟨ā⟩{ṁ}rāti- HKN • Possibly corrected from an erroneous nāṁ to tāṁ. — 6 °ā⟨⟨(va)⟩⟩bhr̥¿t?⟨th⟩a- ◇ °ā⟨va⟩bhr̥¿t?⟨th⟩a- HKN • A small and not very distinct va seems to have been written above the spaca between dhā and bhr̥. A kākapada may also be present.
7 -śabd(ān)ām pa(ḍ)a- ◇ -śabda-(jhaṁ)pada- HKN • The mark following śabda looks like a visarga but must, in my opinion, be a damaged ā marker. Narasimhaswami’s jhaṁ can be excluded. The word I read as paḍa may perhaps be paṭa, but paḍa is the reading in several related passages, for which see the commentary. I assume
the word to be synonymous to paṭaha. — 7 -pā¿h?⟨ḷ⟩i- ◇ -pā¿h?⟨l⟩i- HKN • The inscribed h is in all probability a scribal error for the similar-looking ḷ, which could in turn be regularised to l. See also the commentary for related passages. — 7 -¿mi?⟨vī⟩(j)yamāna HKN • I adopt Narasimhaswami’s emendation with some misgivings, but without any better
suggestion. The character read as j may possibly be ṣ.
8 -dv(ā)r(o)bhaya- ◇ -(dvārobhaya)r(o)- HKN • The consonants are all clear, but there is probably only one vowel marker between
dv and r (i.e. dvaro or dvārā was probably inscribed). — 8 -yamunā⟨nāṁ cālukyānām anvaye⟩ ◇ -yamunā HKN • I tentatively supply what I think must have been omitted by the scribe, though
the words intended by the composer may have been different. See also the commentary
for some thoughts on this passage.
10 -lokāśraya- ◇ -¿ma?⟨lo⟩kāśraya- HKN • The first character does rather resemble ma, but it was definitely intended to be a cursive lo.
11 tasya ¡suta! vijayāditya-¡mahārājasya! • Understand tasya sutasya vijayāditya-mahārājasya or tasya suto vijayāditya-mahārājas tasya.
12 ¡¿namana?⟨nāmena⟩!⟨nāmnā⟩ • I assume that the non-standard form nāmena was intended, and may in fact have been inscribed with a small ā attached to the top of n and a small e attached to the body of m.
19 -parihāra⟨ṁ kr̥tvā dattaṁ⟩ • Narasimhaswami restores parihāraḥ kr̥taḥ here and suggests a series of emendations to make coherent sentences in which the
king is the explicit subject of ājñāpayati and the implicit agent of this sentence.
21 (U)tt¿ā?⟨a⟩rataḥ HKN • There may have been a second vowel marker on the left of ttā (which would thus have been tto), and the marker on the left may have been deleted by a series of small cross-strokes.
It is even possible that datto was first inscribed instead of Utta.
20 ci(ṇṭh?)agu(ṇṭh?)ī(p?)u(nn?)a ◇ cintaguṇṭi(punta) HKN
21 grāma⟨ḥ⟩ HKN • From the facsimile, the text in fact looks more like grame, but I give the engraver (and Narasimhaswami) the benefit of doubt.
27 vikram¿a?⟨ā⟩kr¿a?⟨ā⟩nta- ◇ vikrama-¿hra?⟨krā⟩nta- HKN • Narasimhaswami’s reading of h insted of k is probably a typo in his edition; the character is clear.
2-16Greetings. ⟨In the dynasty of the Cālukyas⟩—who are of the Mānavya gotra which is praised by the entire world, who are sons of Hāriti, who attained kingship by the grace of Kauśikī’s boon, who are protected by the band of Mothers, who were deliberately appointed (to kingship) by Lord Mahāsena, to whom the realms of adversaries instantaneously submit at the [mere] sight of the superior Boar emblem they have acquired by the grace of the divine Nārāyaṇa, whose bodies have been hallowed through washing in the purificatory ablutions (avabhr̥tha) of the Aśvamedha sacrifice, who have attained the five great sounds↓1 [and whose insignia of power are] the ¿kettledrum? (paḍa), the ¿hand drum? (ḍhakkā), the pennant garland (pāli-ketana), the rippling cluster of chowries, and (images of) Gaṅgā and Yamunā stationed on the two sides of the doorway of their ceremonial gate (gopura)—[was born] His Majesty King (mahārāja) Viṣṇuvardhana (IV), the supremely pious Emperor (mahārājādhirāja) and Supreme Lord (parameśvara), beloved of the Earth (pr̥thivī-vallabha) and shelter of all the world (sarva-lokāśraya), the supreme devotee of Maheśvara, who was deliberately appointed (as heir) by his mother and father. His son King (mahārāja) Vijayāditya (II)’s son His Majesty Viṣṇuvardhana (V) who is named Kali-Viṭṭara has, jointly with the town assembly (nagara), installed a liṅga and has granted land (sufficient) for sowing a hundred and eight khaṇḍikās of kodrava seed to that (deity) Nagareśvara Bhaṭṭāraka in the town of Vijayavāṭa, having purchased (the land) by handing over gold to Droṇakuṟṟa Bhaṭṭa of the Kāśyapa gotra. [The donation was made] to His Reverence (bhavotpada)↓2 Paśupati, disciple of the preceptor (ācārya) Amr̥tasoma who was the disciple of His Reverence (bhagavanta) Balasoma, who lived in the Gaṁgaṟa cave in Ujjayini.
17-19[Viṣṇuvardhana V] commands all householders (kuṭumbin)—including foremost the territorial overseers (rāṣṭrakūṭa)—who reside in Kaṇḍeṟuvāḍi district (viṣaya) as follows: let it be known to you that we have given (this land) with exemption from all taxes on the occasion of the winter solstice, [the donation being] sanctified by (a libation of) water.
19-20Its boundaries [are as follows]. To the east, the high road. To the south, the high road. To the west, the high road. To the north, the village named ¿Ciṇṭhaguṇṭhīpunna?.
21-22Let no-one pose an obstacle (to his enjoyment of his rights) over it. He who does so, shall be conjoined with the five great sins. Vyāsa too has said,
1-16Prospérité ! [Ornement de la lignée des Calukya] illustres, du même gotra que les descendants de Manu, honorés dans l’univers entier, fils de Hāritī, qui obtinrent leur royaume grâce à l’excellente faveur de Kauśikī, protégés par la troupes des Mères, méditant aux pieds du seigneur Mahāsena, dont le cercle des ennemis fut soumis en un instant à la vue du signe illustre de l’excellent sanglier, faveur octroyée par le bienheureux Nārāyaṇa, dont les corps furent purifiés par le bain purificatoire de l’aśvamedha, celui qui a érigé sur les deux rives de la Gaṅgā et de la Yamunā des portails et des Gopura en grand nombre, qui sont le blanc parasol et le chasse-mouches que l’on agite, emblèmes des souverains des Ḍhakka, [environnés] des clameurs-bruits intenses- de tous ceux qui s’y pressent, [est] Pr̥thivīvallabha, roi suprême des grands rois, seigneur suprême, très pieux, illustre dévôt de Maheśvara, méditant aux pieds de sa mère et de son père, fils du grand roi Vijayāditya, [lui-même] fils du grand roi illustre Viṣṇuvardhana, refuge de tous les hommes, [cet] illustre grand roi nommé Kali Viṭṭara a donné, après avoir érigé avec un conseil de marchands↓3 un liṅga dans la ville de Vijayavāṭa, un terrain, où l’on peut semer cent huit khaṇḍikā de kodrava, qui a été acheté↓4 à l’excellent chef des marchands, par l’intermédiaire Droṇakuṟṟabhaṭṭa,↓5 du gotra de Kaśyapa, aux pieds du bienheureux Paśupati, disciple du maître Amr̥tasoma, [ lui-même] disciple du bienheureux Balasoma d’Ujjayinī, habitant à Gaṁgaṟa-Guhā.
17-19A tous les chefs de familles habitant dans le viṣaya de Kaṇḍeṟuvāḍi, rāṣṭrakūṭa en tête, [le roi] ordonne ceci : qu’il soit connu de vous que par nous, à l’occasion du solstice d’été, après avoir fait une libation d’eau, [ce terrain] est exempté de toute taxe.
19-20Ses limites sont : à l’est la grande route, au sud la grande route, à l’ouest la grande route, au nord le village nommé Cintaguṇṭipunta.
21-22Aucune charge ne doit lui être imposée, celui qui en impose est lié aux cinq grands crimes. Vyāsa a dit :
For the strange and in all likelihood corrupt passage in lines 7-8, compare grants of the Western Cālukya Vijayāditya, which include some variations of the phrase gaṁgā-yamunā-pāḷi-dhvaja-paḍa-ḍhakkā-mahāśabda-cihnaka-māṇikya-mataṁgajādīn [as things that Vijayāditya conferred on (or acquired for the sake of?) his father], e.g. Fleet 1880, lines 23-24 and Sankalia 1921–1922 lines 24-25. Compare also gaṁgā-yamunā-pāḷi-dhvaja-daḍakkādi-paṁca-mahāśabda-cihne in lines 13-14 of an inscription of Pulikeśi I ((1878). Narasimhaswami cites the parallel dvāri pratiṣṭhāpita-gaṅgā-yamunā-candrāditya-pāli-ketana-samadhigataḥ pañca-mahāśabda from the Sātalūru plates of Vijayāditya III.↓6 The composer of the present inscription probably intended the compound ending with -yamunā in a way similar to my restoration in the edition, though it is also possible that this compound was meant to qualify Viṣṇuvardhana (rather than the dynasty), and was intended to end in something like -lakṣaṇaḥ.
In the concluding verse, quarter c may have been intended as a na-vipulā; in addition to the emendations already encoded in the text, emending °ācāryyeṇālikhitaṁ to °ācāryyeṇa likhitaṁ would produce a legitimate na-vipulā. Alternatively, ālikhitaṁ may be deliberate and a bha-vipulā may have been intended, but the initial part of the line does not match that expected in a bha-vipulā with any conceivable emendation. Given the state of the text, the intended wording may also have been something quite different. Further, with no possible way to fit the last quarter to an anuṣṭubh template, the entire text of this “stanza” may in fact have been intended as prose. I
Reported in ARIE 1953-1954: page 14, appendix A/1953–1954, № 1 with discussion in ARIE 1953-1954: 2. Discussed before edition by N. Lakshminarayan Rao in Journal of Oriental Research (Madras), vol. 23, p89ff.↓7 Edited (with estampages, no translation) by H. K. Narasimhaswami (1967-1968). The present edition by Dániel Balogh is based on a collation of Narasimhaswami’s text with his facsimiles.
↑1. The expression pañca-mahāśabda probably refers to being honoured by the sound of five musical instruments, but may
also mean five titles beginning with “great”. See Fleet 1888: pages 296–298, note 9 for a discussion.
↑2. Intended for bhagavat-pāda or bhavat-pāda.
↑3. D.C. Sircar, 1966, p. 208.
↑4. unique mention de notre corpus sur un échange de valeurs lors d’une donation.
↑5. littéralement : ayant donné de l’or à Droṇakuṟṟabhaṭṭa.
↑6. Narasimhaswami or the Bhāratī editor emends -samadhigataḥ to -samadhigata-, but this is not warranted in that context.
↑7. Not traced; the year is probably 1953; article title and page range not known.