Seal śrī-vijayasiddhi

Plates

svasti. śriīmatāṁ sakala-bhuvana-saṁstuūyamāna-maānavya-sagotrāṇāṁ hāriti-putrāṇāṁ kauśikiī-vara-prasāda-labdha-rājyānāṁ mātr̥-gaṇa-paripālitānāṁ bhagavannārāyaṇa-prasāda-samāsādita-varāha-lāñchanekṣaṇa-kṣaṇa-vaśiīkr̥tāśeṣa-bhūbhr̥tām macala-sthitiīnāṁ caḷukyaānāṁ kulam alaṁkurvvāṇasya mahendra-sama-vibhava-vikramasyendra-bhaṭṭārakasya priya-sūnor aneka-samarāṁgaṇāvāpta-jayālaṁkārālaṅkr̥ta-kiīrtti-sampūritāśeṣa-bhūmaṇḍalasya Aśvamedhāvabhr̥ tha-snānāpaniīta-kali-malānāṁ śriī-viṣṇuvarddhana-mahārājasya priya-tanayaḥ śakti-traya-samāsāditāśeṣa-mahī-maṇḍalādhipatyaḥ catur-udadhi-velāvalaya-paryyantāa-prāpta-kiīrttir mmanv–ādi-praṇiīta-dharma-śāstrānukramānupālana-pariraṁjitaāśeṣa-prakr̥ti-maṇḍalo maātā-pitr̥-pādānudhyātaḥ parama-bhāgavataḥ śrī-sarvvalokāśraya-mahārāja Evam ājñāpayati

karmma-rāṣṭre peñceṟekuru nāma grāme Indrapura-vastavyāya kātyāyana-suūtraāya kauṇḍinya-sagotrāya vājasaneyine nāgaśarmmaṇaḥ putraāya ṣaṭ-karmma-niratāya goḷaśarmmaṇe tat-sthāna-naivāsine tasya ssyālāya ca bhāradvāja-sagotrāya vinayaśarmmaṇe ca. ceḷiyūru-pathāād Uttarataḥ muni-kṣetrāt pūrvvataḥ śravaṇa-kṣetrāt pūrvvataḥ kuduti-brāhmaṇa-kṣetrāād dakṣaiṇataḥ punaḥ kuduti-brāhmaṇa-kṣetrāt pūrvvataḥ dantiya-brāhmaṇa-kṣetrāād dakṣiṇataḥ. pulleṟu-nadyaāḥ paścimataḥ koḻasāmi-brāhmaṇa-kṣetrāād Uttarataḥ. punaḥ paścimataḥ| dvauācatvāriṁśaT nivarttanāni

vijaya-rājya-saṁvatsare dvitiīye

bahubhir vvasudhā dattā bahubhiś cānupālitā yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadaā pphalaM bhuūmi-dānāt paran dānaṁ na bhuūtan na bhaviṣyati tasyaiva haraṇāt paāpaṁ na bhūtan na bhaviṣyati

śrīpālasya Ājñaptiḥ

Seal -vijayasiddhi There is a slight chance that this is not the seal originally associated with the plates; see the commentary.

Plates -varāha- This may be eyeskip haplography for -vara-varāha-, but the absence of vara is not uncommon in the earlier grants of the dynasty. -sampūritāśeṣa- This word seems at the first glance to be -samarpūritāśeṣa-. I feel certain that -sampūritāśeṣa- was intended, but this being the bottom line on the page, there was not enough vertical room for the conjunct mpū. For some reason, an anusvāra was not used to represent the nasal (although the two seem to be wholly interchangeable, cf. °ālaṁkārālaṅkr̥ta in the previous line). Instead, a full ma was written, followed by pū, to which a vertical stroke (resembling a superscript r) was attached to indicate that it is to be read in conjunction with the previous glyph. -malānāṁ The compound ending here is normally part of the dynasty's description; it was either clumsily lifted by the composer into the description of a single king or omitted earlier from the dynastic part and added here by a scribe who did not fully understand the language. °ānukramānupālana- The insertion is engraved between lines 9 and 10, to the right of the descenver of the nu in line 9. peñceṟekuru This name is recorded as Peñcūṟukūru in the ARIE appendix and Peñceṟukūru in the ARIE body text, both incorrect. kauṇḍinya-sagotrāya This space of about one character width gives the impression that the gotra was filled in after the rest of the text had been inscribed. The hand does not differ. tat-sthāna- The space again seems to suggest that this was filled in after the rest of the text had been inscribed. However, the deep descender of tsthā extends into the next line and the two characters on either side of it appear to be more widely spaced than usual. ca. I believe that the two instances of the connective ca in this sentence are redundant. Alternatively, there is a slight chance that the sentence actually ends before this word rather than after it, so that the following toponym is Caceḷiyūru rather than Ceḷiyūru; and an even fainter chance that the sentence does end where I supply punctuation, but there are three donees (Goḷaśarman, an unnamed brother-in-law, and an unrelated Vinayaśarman). paścimataḥ| The daṇḍa here may be a scribal mistake for a visarga. nivarttanāni Below this incomplete line, there is blank space sufficient for two further lines. The next inscribed line is level with the centre of the binding hole.

Seal

Plates

Greetings. The dear son of His Majesty King mahārāja Viṣṇuvardhana II—who permeated the entire circle of the earth with his reputation ornamented by the ornaments of victory achieved on the field of many a battle, who had cast off the filth of the Kali age by bathing in the purificatory ablutions avabhr̥tha of the Aśvamedha sacrificeSee the apparatus to line 7. and who was the dear son of Indra Bhaṭṭāraka—who equalled the Divine Indra in power and valour and who ornamented the family of the majestic Caḷukyas—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, to whom all kings instantaneously submit at the mere sight of the Boar emblem they have acquired by the grace of the divine Nārāyaṇa, and who enjoy imperturbable status—this son of Viṣṇuvardhana II, namely His Majesty King mahārāja Sarvalokāśraya Maṅgi Yuvarāja, the supreme devotee of the Bhagavat Viṣṇu—who was deliberately appointed as heir by his mother and father, who has achieved dominion over the circle of the earth by means of his three powers śakti-traya, whose reputation has reached the edges of the ring comprised of the shores of the four oceans, who has earned the affection of the sphere of his subjects through observing the compendium of legal treatises dharma-śāstra composed by Manu and others—commands thus.

I have donated land in Karmarāṣṭra district at the village named Peñceṟekuru to the Vājasaneyin Goḷaśarman, son of Nāgaśarman, a resident of Indrapura of the Kātyāyana school and the Kauṇḍinya gotra engaged in the six duties of a Brahmin, as well asSee the apparatus to line 15 about a small textual problem here. to his sister’s husband Vinayaśarman of the Bhāradvāja gotra, a resident of that place.This probably means that Vinayaśarman was also a resident of Indrapura. This is how the ARIE report interpreted the expression. It is also possible that Vinayaśarman was a resident of the village Peñceṟekuru. Item, to the north of the road to Ceḷiyūru, to the east of the Sages’ Field muni-kṣetra, to the eastOne or the other of the “east”-s in this demarcation may be a mistake for “west”. of the Ascetics’ Field śravaṇa-kṣetra,This may have been land owned by Jains, or possibly by Buddhists. to the south of the Kuduti Brahmin field. Item, to the east of the Kuduti Brahmin’s field, to the south of the Dantiya Brahmin field, to the west of the river Pulleṟu, to the north of the Koḻasāmi Brahmin field. Item, to the west. The total extent is forty-two nivartanas.I am not sure how many plots are demarcated here. There seem to be two, and the word punaḥ seems to function as the introduction of a plot other than the first. But this word is used twice, and the last “to the west” does not seem to be connected to anything. The intent may have been to say that the 42 nivartanas are not the total extent but the size of a third plot (with the size of the first two being unspecified), and that this third plot lies to the west of the second, but that would logically overlap the Kuduti field. As indicated in the edition, space was probably left blank for the specifics of the land and filled incompletely at a later time. Even though plenty of space remains blank on the plate, there is no record of the king’s actual command (to respect the donees’ rights) or of other details (such as the occasion of the donation, exemption from tax, and a libation). The description of the plots and their boundaries may thus also be unfinished.

In the second year of the victorious reign.

Many kings have granted land, and many have preserved it as formerly granted. Whosoever at any time owns the land, the fruit reward accrued of granting it belongs to him at that time.

There has never been and will never be a gift surpassing the gift of land, nor has there ever been or will ever be a sin surpassing the seizing of the same.

The authority ājñapti is that of Śrīpāla.