Hiregutti Plates of Bhoja Aśaṁkita

Hiregutti Plates of Bhoja Aśaṁkita EpiDoc Encoding Amandine Wattelier-Bricout intellectual authorship of edition Amandine Wattelier-Bricout DHARMA Aubervilliers DHARMA_INSEI28_13

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jayati surāsura-makuṭa-sphuṭa-maṇi-kiraṇāvalīḍha-caraṇayugaḥ . aparamita-guṇa-gaṇa-nidhir nniṣkāraṇa-vatsalo buddhaḥ .

imaṁ yo lobhād avpaharati sa pañca-mahāpātako bhaviṣyati

sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā yo hareta vasundharāṁ ṣaṣṭiṁvarṣa-sahasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyate kṛmiḥ manu-prabhṛtibhir mānyaiḥ bhuktā yady api rājabhiḥ yasya yasya ya dā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalam Ārrya-saṅghāya dattāṁ yo vṛttiṁ pālaya mānava sa divaṁ prāpya divyātmā kalpa-koṭiṣu modate lobhād gṛhṇāti mandātmā yaḥ pumān pāpa-mohitaḥ narake pacyate ghore sa hi kalpān anekaśaḥ

Notes from : "the present one appears to be the only buddhist copper-plate record of the early period so far known" Script : southern alphabet of the early age (deccan and western part of South India). Language : sanskrit. Initial bendiction and final imprecation in verses. Praise of the lord of Buddha. Gift of village by the king to the Ārya Saṁgha. End : exhortation to protect the charity bestowed ipon the Ārya Saṁgha and an imprecation against its violators. No date but palaeography maybe end of the 5th and beginning of the 6th century