Ḻūḷā grant of Viṣṇuvardhana IV Encoding Dániel Balogh intellectual authorship of edition Dániel Balogh DHARMA Berlin DHARMA_INSVengiCalukya00085

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Halantas. Final M is a reduced and simplified ma, slightly lowered. Final N is a nearly full-size na without a headmark.

There are no original punctuation marks.

Other palaeographic observations. Upadhmānīya is used in l11 pālanaḫ parama. The character lo occurs both in a cursive (l12) and a regular (l24) form.

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svasti. śrīmatāṁ sakala-bhuvana-saṁstuūyamāna-mānavya-sagotraānṇāṁ hāritī-putrāṇāṁ kauśiīkī-vara-prasāda-labdha-rājyānāṁ mātrir̥-gaṇa-paripālitānāṁ svāmi-mahaāsena-pādānudhyātānāṁ bhagavan-nārāyaṇa-prasāda-samaāsādita-vara-varāhāa-lāñchanekṣanṇa-kṣanṇa-vaśīkr̥tāraāti-maṇḍalānāṁ Aśvamedhāvabhr̥ttha-snaāna-pavitrīkr̥ta-vapuṣāṁ calukyānāṁ kulam alaṁkariṣṇor vvividhāa-yurddha-labdha-ya§śasaḥ śrī-viṣṇuvarddhana-mahārājasya poautrāaḥ para-nr̥pati-makuṭa-taṭa-ghaṭitāneka-manṇi-kiraṇa-rāga-rañjita-caraṇa-yugaḷlaḥsya Aneka-tulā-dhr̥ta-kaḷladhoauta-daāna-pūta-śariīraḥsya samasta-bhuvanāśraya-śrī-vijayāditya-mahārājasya priya-tanayaḥ samatisśayita-pitr̥-guṇaḥ śakti-sampannaḥ samyak-prajā-pālanaḫ parama-brahmaṇyaḥ mātā-pitr̥-pādaānudhyātaḥ sarvva-lokāśraya-śrī-viṣnuvarddhana-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-bhaṭṭaārakaḥ gudavadi-viṣaye ḻūḷā nāma grāme rāṣṭrakuūṭa-pramukhāṁn kuṭiuṁbinaḥ sarvvān itthaMm ājñāpayati

viditam astu vo ’smābhiḥ karaceṟu-vastavyāya AĀtreya-gotraāya Āpastambhba-sūtraāya taitriyataittirīya-sabrahmacaāriṇe vasiśarmmaṇaḥ poautrāya mādiśarmmaṇaḥ putrāya vedāa-vedāṁga-paāragāya sarvvaśarmmaṇae sūjyārya-grāahaṇa-nimitte Udaka-pūrvvaṁ dattāaṁ dvādaśa-khaṇḍika-gkodrava-biīja-pramaānāṇaṁ kṣetraṁ. pūrvvataḥ Ātrayyaśarmma-kṣetraṁ. dakṣiṇataḥ koṟikiyaṟi-sīmaḥā. paścimataḥ godavārī nadhidī. Uttarataḥ borisabo-kṣetraṁ. Eteṣaāṁ māadhyāa-vartti. sarvva-kāara-parihāriī-kr̥tya

Asya dharmmasya guṇavānn ājñaptir vinayānvitaḥ jayaruūpa Iti khyāto loke ’smin dharmma-vatsalaḥ

Asyopari na kenacid bhbādhā karaṇīyā. karoti yas sa pañca-mahāpātaka-saṁyuktaḥ bhavati. vyāsenāpy uktaM

bahubhir vvasuddhā dattā bahubhiś cānupālitā yasya yasya yadaā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaM
calukyānāṁ I supply the standard form of the name, but the spelling in many related plates including the practically identical Permmañcili grant of Viṣṇuvardhana IV, is caḷukya. vvividhāa-yurddha- vvividhāa-yuddhāa- -ya§śasaḥ -yaśaāḥ The sign at the end of the line may be an aborted headmark or a space filler. -ghaṭitāneka- -ghaṭitoāneka- There is an extra stroke atop tā, but it is probably an accident or a fault of the metal, as it does not look like the second stroke of o. -rāga- -raśmi- -yugaḷlaḥsya -yugaḷaḥ In my opinion this phrase refers to Vijayāditya. -śariīraḥsya -śarīraḥ In my opinion this phrase refers to Vijayāditya. -guṇaḥ -guṇa- -pālanaḫ Although the text is not strictly incorrect as received, the intent was probably -pālana-paraḫ; the omission may be due to haplography of para. Note the identical omission (also involving an upadhmānīya) in line 11 of the Permmañcili grant, where -para is also missing, and compare lines 11-12 of the Gaṇapavaram plates, where my conjecture is confirmed. -lokāśraya- -lokāśrayaḥ An insignificant detail, but this epithet is used without a nominative ending in almost all related grants. -mahārājādhirāja- -mahārājādhirājaḥ Also an insignificant detail, but this title is used without a nominative ending in many related grants. Udaka-pūrvvaṁ dattāaṁ Udaka-pūrvvakaṁ pūrvva- dattāa Ātrayyaśarmma- ĀtrayyaĀtreyaśarmma- I prefer not to emend the name.

Greetings. The grandson of His Majesty King mahārāja Viṣṇuvardhana III who acquired glory in diverse battles and who was eager to adorn the lineage of the majestic Calukyas—who are of the Mānavya gotra which is praised by the entire world, who are sons of Hāritī, 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, and whose bodies have been hallowed through washing in the purificatory ablutions avabhr̥tha of the Aśvamedha sacrifice—; the dear son of His Majesty King mahārāja Vijayāditya I, shelter of the entire universe samasta-bhuvanāśraya, whose pair of feet are tinted by the hues of the rays from the many gems fitted to the surfaces of the crowns of enemy kings, whose body has been purified by the donation of gold weighed in many a balance scale:That is, gold weighed on a scale against his body, the tulāpuruṣa mahādāna. namely His Majesty the supremely pious Supreme Lord parameśvara of Emperors mahārājādhirāja and Sovereign bhaṭṭāraka Viṣṇuvardhana IV, shelter of all the world sarva-lokāśraya, who was deliberately appointed as heir by his mother and father, thoroughly surpassing the virtues of his father, endowed with power śakti, competently protecting his subjects, commands all householders kuṭumbin—including foremost the territorial overseers rāṣṭrakūṭa—who reside in the village named Ḻūḷā in Gudavadi district viṣaya as follows.

Let it be known to you that to Sarvaśarman, a resident of Karaceṟu of the Taittirīya school, belonging to the Āpastamba sūtra and the Ātreya gotra, who is thoroughly learned in the Veda and Vedāṅga, the grandson of Vasiśarman and son of Mādiśarman, we have given on the occasion of an eclipse of the sun, the donation being sanctified by a libation of water, a field of an extent sufficient for sowing twelve khaṇḍikas of kodrava seed. Its boundaries are to the east, the field of Ātrayyaśarman. To the south, the border of Koṟikiyaṟi. To the west, the river Godavārī. To the north, the field of Borisabo. It is situated in the midst of these boundaries. Having been exempted from all taxes.

The virtuous and disciplined executor ājñapti of this provision dharma is known in this world as Jayarūpa and is fond of lawfulness dharma. Let no-one pose an obstacle to the enjoyment of rights over it. He who does so shall be conjoined with the five great sins. Vyāsa too has said:

Let no-one pose an obstacle to the enjoyment of rights over it. He who does so shall be conjoined with the five great sins. Vyāsa too has said:

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.

Reported in 6A/1946-476 with discussion at 1. Reportedly (170) published by Subramanyam (no other name available) in the Journal of Andhra History and Culture, Vol. II, No. 4, Jan 1945, pp. 109-105 (not traced). Edited, perhaps from the original, by M. D. Sampath (), without facsimiles or translation. The present edition by Dániel Balogh is based on estampages preserved at the ASI, Mysore, collated with Sampath's edition. Minor errors in Sampath's edition, presumed to be typos and silent normalisations, are not indicated in the apparatus.