Phulbāni copper-plate grant of Raṇabhañjadeva year 28 EpiDoc Encoding Amandine Wattelier-Bricout intellectual authorship of edition Amandine Wattelier-Bricout DHARMA Aubervilliers DHARMA_INSEI42_9

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pāraṁparya-kulavatareṇa yavad vedartha-vacanena yathākāṇḍā kāṇḍaḥ prarohati. śāsanena pratimasi sahasrenavirohasi evaṁ vuddhvā prarārddhañ ca parato vaṁśāvatārenṇaāpy asmad anurodhaād dharma-gauravāca na kenacismalapi vādhā karaṇīyā. tathā coktaṁdharmmaśastreṣu

phāla-kṛṣṭāṁ mahīṁ dadyāt sa-vibīja-śasya-medinim yāvat-suūrya-kṛtāloke tāvat svarggae mahīyatoḥe veda-vākya-smayo jihvā vadanti rṣi-devatāḥ bhuūmi-harttā tathānyāca aho māhara mā hara yathaāpsu patitaṁ śakra teaila-vindur viśsarppati evaṁ bhuūmi-kṛtaṁ dānaṁ sśasyeśasye prarohati Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇu vrahmā somao hutāśanaḥ sśūlapāṇīisus tu bhagavāṁ abhinandanti bhuūmidaM Āsphoṭayanti pitaraḥ pravalganti pitāmahāḥ bhuūmidātā kule jātāaḥ sa me trātā bhaviṣyati rvvahubhir vvasudhā dattā rājāanoḥbhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ mā bhuūd a-phala-śaṅkā vaḥ para-dateṣu pālitaṁte yasya yasya yadā bhuūmiḥ tasyatasya tadā pphalam sva-datāttāṁ para-datāttāṁ vā yo haredta vasundharām sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kṛmir bhuūtvā pitṛbhiḥ saha pacyate hiraṇyam ekāṁ gām ekaṁ bhuūmim aer apy ardham aṅgulam haranan narakam āyāti yāvad—ādhūtia-saṁplavaḥm bhuūmiṁ yaḥ pratigṛhṇāti yac chaś ca bhuūmiṁ prayacchati Ubhau tau punaṇya-karmmāṇau niyatauaṁ svargga-gāminau harate hārayateed manda-vuddhis tamāo-vṛtaḥ sa vaddho vāruṇaiḥ pāśaiḥśai tiryag-yoniṣu jāyate mā pārthivaḥ kadācit tvaṁ vrahma-svaṁ manasā dapi ānaueṣa dhāarma-bhaiṣarjyam etat hd dhalāhalaṁ viṣam Aviṣaṁ viṣam ity āhuḥ brahma-svaṁ viṣam ucyate viṣam ekākinaṁ hanti vrahma-svaṁ putra-pautrikam loha-cuūrṇṇāsaśma-cuūrṇṇañ ca viṣañ ca jarayen naraḥ vrahma-svaṁ triṣu lokeṣu kaḥ pumāñ jvaramyiṣyati vājapeya-sahasrāṇi aśvamedha-śatāni ca gavāṁ koṭei-pradattānena bhuūmi-harttā na sśudhyati Iti kamala-dalāmvu-vindu-lolāṁ śrīiyam anucintya manusṣya-jīvitañ ca sakalam idam udāhṛtañ ca vudhaiḥdhvā na hi puruṣaiḥ para-kiīrtayo vilopyāḥ

vijaya-rājya-saṁvasare āṭāvisanti variśe uktinañca vaṇika-suvarṇṇakāra sivanāga-pāṇḍi-suta lāchita mahārājakī-ludreṇati

Discovered at Phulbāni in the Phulbani Tahsil in the district of the same name. Preserved in the Orissa State Museum. Set of three oblong copper plqtes (approximately 18,6 cm in lenght and 11,9 cm in breadth. Strung on a circular copper ring with an oval seal (5, cm in diameter). Circular hole on the left side of the plate. Total of fifty six lines of writing. First plate : thirteen lines on the verso. Second plate : eleven lines on each side. Third plate : recto 12 line and verso 9 lines.

King Raṇabhañjadeva described as a paramavaiṣṇava and endowed with the title Rāṇaka, Son of Śatrubhañja and grandson of Śilabhañja. He is blessed by the boon from Stambheśvarī

Content : gift of the village Vāḍhamaśara to Bhaṭaputra Trivikramanandi belonging to the Kṛṣṇātreya gotra. Gift zith the privileges nidhi and upanidhi