South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

TWO GRANTS FROM DASPALLA

32 yē tāmra-sā(śā)sanīkṛitya pa(pra)dattō=’smābhir=ataḥ tāmra-sā(śā)sana-pradarsa(rśa)nād= ēv=āsmat-kā[r]y-ānurōdhād=yathākāl-ōpa[bhu]-
33 jyamāna-phalasy=āsya kair=api paripanthibhir=na bhavitavyam || Mā bhūd=a-phala-śaṅkā vaḥ para-datē(tt=ē)ti p[ā]rth[i]vā[ḥ] | *] sa^[1] vā phala-
34 ntyā para-datt-ānupānaṁ^[2] [|| 11*] Sva-dattāṁ paradattā[ṁ vā*] yō harēta vasuundharāṁ- (rām | ) sa vishṭhāyāṁ kṛimir=bhūtvā pitṛibhi[ḥ] saha pachyatē [||] [12*] Va(Ba)hu[bhir= vasu]-
35 dhā dattā rājabhiḥ Sagar-ādibhiḥ | yasya yasya yadā bhūmis=tasya tasya tadā phalaḥ(lam) || [13*] Sāmānyō=ya[ṁ] dharmma-sētu[r]=nṛipāṇā[ṁ*]
36 kālē kāla(lē) pālē(la)nīyō bhavadbhiḥ | sarvvān=ētā[n*] bhāvinaḥ pārthivēndrā[n*] bhūyō bhūyaḥ prā[rtha]yaty=ēsha Rāmaḥ|| [14*] Iti kama[la*]-
37 dal-āmvu(mbu)-vindu-lōlāṁ sri(śri)yam=anuchiṁtya manushya-jīvitaṁ cha sakalam=idam= udāhṛitaṁ cha vu(bu)ddhvā na hi puru[shai]ḥ para-kī[r]ttayō vilō-
38 pyāḥ || [15* ] Sandhivigrahiṇā rājñō Dēvānandasya nirmmitā | prasa(śa)stiḥ^[3] param-ōdārā Yasō(śō)dattēna śrīmatā || [16*] Jē(Jyē)shṭha-
39 sudi 5 Samva(Saṁva)t 100 80 4 yā utkīrnna(rṇṇā) Lōgayākēna ||^[4] Siddham^[5]

B.─Daspalla Plates of Śatrubhañja Tribhuvanakalasa ; Year 198

According to information kindly supplied to me by Mr. P. Acharya, this set of plates was presented to the Orissa State Museum in June 1651 by Mr. Krushna Chandra Misra who is a clerk in the office of the Sub-Deputy Collector of Daspalla. Nothing is known about its exact findspot or the circumstances leading to its discovery.

The inscription is written on three plates, of which the first and third are inscribed only on the inner side. The writing is in an excellent state of preservation. The plates measure 6·7″X 4·75″. The hole in the plates for the seal-ring to pass through, which had been made apparently before the plates were engraved, is ·4″ in diameter and is ·75″ inside from the proper right margin of the plates. The copper ring which is ·37″ in thickness and 2·7″ in diameter has its joint covered by a lump of bronze, on which the seal (1·5″ in diameter) is countersunk. It resembles the seal found with other charters of the family to which the issuer of the present record belonged. Its upper part is occupied by the figure of a lion to proper right, having its face to front, its left paw raised and its tail curried above its back. Below the above emblem is the legend in two lines : (1) Śrī-Sa(Śa)trubha- (2) ñjadēvasya. The three plates together weigh 107 tolas ; but, as they vary in thickness, their individual weight is not the same. The weight of the first plate is 49 tolas and that of the second and third plates 27 and 31 tolas respectively. The ring with the seal weighs 38 tolas. Thus the weight of the three plates together with the seal-rings is 145 tolas.

In respect of palaeography, language, orthography and style, the inscription under review resembles very closely other charters of the Bhañja kings of Vañjulvaka, two of which have

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^[1] Read sva-dānāt=phalam=ānantyaṁ.
^[2] Read ºānupālanē.
^[3] The visarga had been at first omitted but was later inserted.
^[4] This sign of punctuation is preceded by a visarga-like mark that forms a part of it.
^[5] Expressed by a symbol.