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Five copper plates, with one blank; h. 5.5 ×  w. 26 ×  d. 0.1 cm. The ring of the copper plate has a circular seal depicting a lion.
Text
Sanskrit language, Southern Brāhmī script. h. unavailable ×  w. unavailable cm .
Date
Thirty-seventh regnal year of the king Govindavarman I of the Viṣṇukuṇḍin dynasty. Approximatively between 425 and 450 CE. The plates may however be a (likely modified) copy of the orginal grant, produced under the reign of Vikamendravarman II (r. ca. 555—572). The paleography of the inscription would support such a later date. Cf. eiad-bibl:Tournier2018: 27–28, n. 17.
Origin
Tummalagudem, Ramannapeta taluk, Nalgonda district.
Provenance
Discovered in the village of Tummalagudem. The precise date of discovery is unknown. Identified at Archaeological Museum Panagal (acc. no. P-7175) in January 2017.
Visual Documentation
Photo(s):
  • Sastri in Bharati 1965.
  • Sankaranarayanan 1974, pl. III-V.
    • Editors
    Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier, with contributions by Stefan Baums and Ingo Strauch.
    Publication history
    First described and edited by Sastri in Bharati 1965 , pp. 18ff., July, pp. 2ff.., followed by Rama Rao 1965: 738–41 , Sankaranarayanan 1974: 9–14 and Mirashi 1982b: 135–41 . Re-edited here from published documentation and after autopsy of the plates.

    Edition

    1b (1) [ (dextrorotatory-spiral) ] svasti
    IAnuṣṭubh
    a jitaṁ bhagavatā tena b saṁbuddhena kr̥pātmanā
    c nirvvāṇaprāptaye yena d sadbhy[o] mārggaḥ pra[da]rśitaḥ ||
    satvasatya(2)tyāgābhi[ja]nanayavinayotsāhādiguṇagaṇasaṁpadā svayamadhigatarājyānāṁ samyakprajāpālanāt pra(3) ◯ thitāvadātapr̥thuyaśasāṁ rājñāṁ viṣṇukuṇḍīnām amalavipulasakalakulatila(4) ◯kena śrīmahārājendravarmmasatpautreṇa mahārājaśrīmādhavavarmmaṇaḥ suputreṇa svataya(5)bhujabalotsāhaprabhāvānurāgāvāptasvarājyena śauryyadhairyyapratāpānubhāvād a(6) 2anyasāmantākrāntarājyāntareṇa dānamānādibhir anuraktavarṇṇāśramasvajanaparijanena grāmakṣetra(7)hi[ra]ṇyadviradaturagagobalīvarddaśayanāsanayānapānabhojanabhājanabhavanavasanābharaṇakanyā(8) ◯dāsīdāsasahasrāṇāṁ dātrā °anekadevāyatanavihārasabhāprapātaḍākodupānā(9) ◯rām[a]pratisaṁskārapūrvvakaraṇenālaṁkr̥tasakaladigantareṇa bhikṣudvijā[n]ātha[yāca]kavyā(10)dhitadīnakr̥paṇajanopabhujyamānanyāyādhigatavibhavadhanasamudayenāsa[kr̥]dasakr̥tsa[r]vva(11)svatyāginā sakalaśāstrārtthaśravaṇaparijñānād iha paratra cānanyaca[kṣ]u[ṣ]ā vi[d]vachhūramahā(12) 2b 2 kulīnajanasamāśrayeṇa sakalasatvadhātutrāṇāyotpāditamahābodhicigtena mahārājaśrī(13)govindavarmmaṇā °ātmanaḥ pravarddhamānavijayarājyasaṁvatsare saptatriṁśatke vaiśākhapūrṇṇamāsyāṁ bhaga(14) ◯vato daśabalabalinaḥ caturvvaiśāradyaviśāradasyāṣṭādaśāveṇikabuddhadharmmasamalaṁ[k]r̥(15) ◯tamūrtter dvātriṁśatmahāpuruṣalakṣaṇavaropalakṣitasya jātijarāmaraṇaśokādiṣu bahu(16)saṁsāraduḥkhanimagnasarvvasatvottāraṇāyānekakalpāsaṁkhyeyopacitapuṇyajñānasaṁbhārabhāra(17)syāpagatarāgadveṣamohajananamaraṇaduḥkhasyāpratihatānāvaraṇasakalajñeyaj[ñ]ānā(18) 3at samyaksaṁbuddhasya buddhasya mā[rg]gam abhiprapannaṁ nirvvidvirāgaśīlaśikṣādhutaguṇāddhyayanaśravaṇa(ci) (19)ntanabhāvanādhy[ā]nasamādhisamāpattyādibhi guṇagaṇair anuttaraṁ puṇyakṣetraṁ triyānayāyinaṁ cāturdd[i] (20) ◯śam āryyasaṅgham uddiśya tyāgaparibhogānvayam aupadhikañ ca puṇyakriyāvastvabhinirvvartta(21) ◯yiṣyatā mātāpitroḥ sarvvasatvānāñ ca nikhiladāridye duḥkhopaśamahetoḥ svasyā °agra(22)mahiṣyā paramamahādevyā vihārasya dīpadhūpagandhapuṣpadhvajapānabhojanaśayanāsanaglāna(23)bhaiṣajyakhaṇḍasphuṭitaśīrṇṇasaṁskārādik[u]śalamūlānupac[ch]edārtthaṁ dvāv em[b]u[d]alapeṇ[ṇ]apaṟa(24) 3b 3 nāmadheyau grāmau °udakadānapūrvvakaṁm atisr̥ṣṭau sanidhisopanidhisadaṇḍakaravriṣṭisocche[ṣaṇa]bhāga(25)bhogapradey[a] cārabhaṭadūtavallabharājapuruṣair apraveśyau vimuktasakalapari[hā]rau viṣ[ṇu]k[u]ṇ[ḍ]i(26) ◯kulavaṁśyai rājabhis saṁrakṣaṇīyau saṁvarddhanīyau ca sthitir eṣā sthā[p]it[a] sthityatikrame pa[ñ]ca(27) ◯mahāpātakayogaḥ pravr̥ttapuṇyakriyāvicchede cānattaduḥkhabhūyiṣṭh[a]nara[ka]ti[r]yya(28)kpretagatiṣv aniṣṭakarmmaphalopabhogam anubhavanti || bhavanti cātra manugītā ślokā || ◊
    IIAnuṣṭubh
    a (29) ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi b svargge vasati bhūmidaḥ
    c °ācchettā hy anumantā ca d tāny eva narake vase[t·] ||
    IIIAnuṣṭubh
    a 4a (30) svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vā b yo hareta vasundharām·
    c sa viṣṭhāyāṁ krimir bhūtvā d pitr̥bhi[s] [s]aha [pac]yate ||
    IVAnuṣṭubh
    a (31) ◯ bahubhir vvasudhā dattā b bahubhiś cānupālitā
    c yasya yasya yadā bhūmis d tasya [ta]sya ta[d]ā (32) phalam· ||
    VAnuṣṭubh
    a bhuvi merūdadhī yāvad b divīnduravimārutā
    c tāvac chrīvi[ṣ]ṇukuṇḍīnāṁ d pr̥thivīṁ śāstu ś[ā]sana[ṁ] [||]
    plate 1b
    (1) [ (dextrorotatory-spiral) ] svasti     jitaṁ bhagavatā tena saṁbuddhena kr̥pātmanā nirvvāṇaprāptaye yena sadbhy[o] mārggaḥ pra[da]rśitaḥ || satvasatya-
    (2)tyāgābhi[ja]nanayavinayotsāhādiguṇagaṇasaṁpadā svayamadhigatarājyānāṁ samyakprajāpālanāt pra-
    (3) ◯ thitāvadātapr̥thuyaśasāṁ rājñāṁ viṣṇukuṇḍīnām amalavipulasakalakulatila-
    (4) ◯kena śrīmahārājendravarmmasatpautreṇa mahārājaśrīmādhavavarmmaṇaḥ suputreṇa svataya-
    (5)bhujabalotsāhaprabhāvānurāgāvāptasvarājyena śauryyadhairyyapratāpānubhāvād a-
    (6) plate 2anyasāmantākrāntarājyāntareṇa dānamānādibhir anuraktavarṇṇāśramasvajanaparijanena grāmakṣetra-
    (7)hi[ra]ṇyadviradaturagagobalīvarddaśayanāsanayānapānabhojanabhājanabhavanavasanābharaṇakanyā-
    (8) ◯dāsīdāsasahasrāṇāṁ dātrā °anekadevāyatanavihārasabhāprapātaḍākodupānā-
    (9) ◯rām[a]pratisaṁskārapūrvvakaraṇenālaṁkr̥tasakaladigantareṇa bhikṣudvijā[n]ātha[yāca]kavyā-
    (10)dhitadīnakr̥paṇajanopabhujyamānanyāyādhigatavibhavadhanasamudayenāsa[kr̥]dasakr̥tsa[r]vva-
    (11)svatyāginā sakalaśāstrārtthaśravaṇaparijñānād iha paratra cānanyaca[kṣ]u[ṣ]ā vi[d]vachhūramahā-
    (12) plate 2b 2 kulīnajanasamāśrayeṇa sakalasatvadhātutrāṇāyotpāditamahābodhicigtena mahārājaśrī-
    (13)govindavarmmaṇā °ātmanaḥ pravarddhamānavijayarājyasaṁvatsare saptatriṁśatke vaiśākhapūrṇṇamāsyāṁ bhaga-
    (14) ◯vato daśabalabalinaḥ caturvvaiśāradyaviśāradasyāṣṭādaśāveṇikabuddhadharmmasamalaṁ[k]r̥-
    (15) ◯tamūrtter dvātriṁśatmahāpuruṣalakṣaṇavaropalakṣitasya jātijarāmaraṇaśokādiṣu bahu-
    (16)saṁsāraduḥkhanimagnasarvvasatvottāraṇāyānekakalpāsaṁkhyeyopacitapuṇyajñānasaṁbhārabhāra-
    (17)syāpagatarāgadveṣamohajananamaraṇaduḥkhasyāpratihatānāvaraṇasakalajñeyaj[ñ]ānā-
    (18) plate 3at samyaksaṁbuddhasya buddhasya mā[rg]gam abhiprapannaṁ nirvvidvirāgaśīlaśikṣādhutaguṇāddhyayanaśravaṇa(ci) -
    (19)ntanabhāvanādhy[ā]nasamādhisamāpattyādibhi guṇagaṇair anuttaraṁ puṇyakṣetraṁ triyānayāyinaṁ cāturdd[i] -
    (20) ◯śam āryyasaṅgham uddiśya tyāgaparibhogānvayam aupadhikañ ca puṇyakriyāvastvabhinirvvartta-
    (21) ◯yiṣyatā mātāpitroḥ sarvvasatvānāñ ca nikhiladāridye duḥkhopaśamahetoḥ svasyā °agra-
    (22)mahiṣyā paramamahādevyā vihārasya dīpadhūpagandhapuṣpadhvajapānabhojanaśayanāsanaglāna-
    (23)bhaiṣajyakhaṇḍasphuṭitaśīrṇṇasaṁskārādik[u]śalamūlānupac[ch]edārtthaṁ dvāv em[b]u[d]alapeṇ[ṇ]apaṟa-
    (24) plate 3b 3 nāmadheyau grāmau °udakadānapūrvvakaṁm atisr̥ṣṭau sanidhisopanidhisadaṇḍakaravriṣṭisocche[ṣaṇa]bhāga-
    (25)bhogapradey[a] cārabhaṭadūtavallabharājapuruṣair apraveśyau vimuktasakalapari[hā]rau viṣ[ṇu]k[u]ṇ[ḍ]i-
    (26) ◯kulavaṁśyai rājabhis saṁrakṣaṇīyau saṁvarddhanīyau ca sthitir eṣā sthā[p]it[a] sthityatikrame pa[ñ]ca-
    (27) ◯mahāpātakayogaḥ pravr̥ttapuṇyakriyāvicchede cānattaduḥkhabhūyiṣṭh[a]nara[ka]ti[r]yya-
    (28)kpretagatiṣv aniṣṭakarmmaphalopabhogam anubhavanti || bhavanti cātra manugītā ślokā || ◊
    (29) ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi     svargge vasati bhūmidaḥ °ācchettā hy anumantā ca tāny eva narake vase[t·] ||     plate 4a
    (30) svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vā     yo hareta vasundharām· sa viṣṭhāyāṁ krimir bhūtvā pitr̥bhi[s] [s]aha [pac]yate ||
    (31) ◯ bahubhir vvasudhā dattā     bahubhiś cānupālitā yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya [ta]sya ta[d]ā
    (32) phalam· ||     bhuvi merūdadhī yāvad divīnduravimārutā tāvac chrīvi[ṣ]ṇukuṇḍīnāṁ pr̥thivīṁ śāstu ś[ā]sana[ṁ] [||] 
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                  <space type="binding-hole"/>kulavaṁśyai</w>
                    <w xml:id="tok5515">rājabhis</w>
                    <w xml:id="tok5516">saṁrakṣaṇīyau</w>
                    <w xml:id="tok5517">saṁvarddhanīyau</w>
                    <w xml:id="tok5518">ca</w>
                    <w xml:id="tok5519">sthitir</w>
                    <w xml:id="tok5520">eṣā</w>
                    <w xml:id="tok5521">sthā<unclear>p</unclear>it<unclear>a</unclear>
               </w>
                    <w xml:id="tok5522">sthityatikrame</w>
                    <w xml:id="tok5523">pa<unclear>ñ</unclear>ca<lb n="27" break="no"/>
                  <space type="binding-hole"/>mahāpātakayogaḥ</w>
                    <w xml:id="tok5524">pravr̥ttapuṇyakriyāvicchede</w>
                    <w xml:id="tok5525">cānattaduḥkhabhūyiṣṭh<unclear>a</unclear>nara<unclear>ka</unclear>ti<unclear>r</unclear>yya<lb n="28" break="no"/>kpretagatiṣv</w>
                    <w xml:id="tok5526">aniṣṭakarmmaphalopabhogam</w>
                    <w xml:id="tok5527">anubhavanti</w>
                    <pc>||</pc>
                    <w xml:id="tok5529">bhavanti</w>
                    <w xml:id="tok5530">cātra</w>
                    <w xml:id="tok5531">manugītā</w>
                    <w xml:id="tok5532">ślokā</w>
                    <pc>||</pc>
                    <space type="horizontal" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
                </ab>
    <lg xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="seq2263" met="Anuṣṭubh" n="II">
                    <l xml:id="seq2240" n="a">
                        <lb n="29"/>
                        <w xml:id="tok5535">ṣaṣṭiṁ</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5536">varṣasahasrāṇi</w>
                    </l>
                    <l xml:id="seq2241" n="b">
                        <w xml:id="tok5537">svargge</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5538">vasati</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5539">bhūmidaḥ</w>
                    </l>
                    <l xml:id="seq2242" n="c">
                        <w xml:id="tok5540">°ācchettā</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5540bis">hy</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5541">anumantā</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5542">ca</w>
                        
                    </l>
                    <l xml:id="seq2243" n="d">
                        <w xml:id="tok5543">tāny</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5544">eva</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5545">narake</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5546">vase<unclear>t·</unclear>
                        </w>
                        <pc>||</pc>
                    </l>
                </lg>
    <lg xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="seq2264" met="Anuṣṭubh" n="III">
                    <l xml:id="seq2246" n="a">
                        <pb type="plate" n="4a"/>
                        <lb n="30"/>
                        <w xml:id="tok5548">svadattāṁ</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5549">paradattāṁ</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5550">vā</w>
                    </l>
                    <l xml:id="seq2247" n="b">
                        <w xml:id="tok5551">yo</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5552">hareta</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5553">vasundharām·</w>
                    </l>
                    <l xml:id="seq2248" n="c">
                        <w xml:id="tok5554">sa</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5555">viṣṭhāyāṁ</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5556">krimir</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5557">bhūtvā</w>
                    </l>
                    <l xml:id="seq2249" n="d">
                        <w xml:id="tok5558">pitr̥bhi<unclear>s</unclear>
                        </w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5559">
                     <unclear>s</unclear>aha</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5560">
                     <unclear>pac</unclear>yate</w>
                        <pc>||</pc>
                    </l>
                </lg>
    <lg xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="seq2265" met="Anuṣṭubh" n="IV">
                    <l xml:id="seq2252" n="a">
                        <lb n="31"/>
                  <space type="binding-hole"/>
                        <w xml:id="tok5563">bahubhir</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5564">vvasudhā</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5565">dattā</w>
                    </l>
                    <l xml:id="seq2253" n="b">
                        <w xml:id="tok5566">bahubhiś</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5567">cānupālitā</w>
                    </l>
                    <l xml:id="seq2254" n="c">
                        <w xml:id="tok5568">yasya</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5569">yasya</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5570">yadā</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5571">bhūmis</w>
                    </l>
                    <l xml:id="seq2255" n="d">
                        <w xml:id="tok5572">tasya</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5573">
                     <unclear>ta</unclear>sya</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5574">ta<unclear>d</unclear>ā</w>
                        <lb n="32"/>
                  <w xml:id="tok5575">phalam·</w>
                        <pc>||</pc>
                    </l>
                </lg>
    <lg xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="seq2266" met="Anuṣṭubh" n="V">
                    <l xml:id="seq2258" n="a">
                        <w xml:id="tok5577">bhuvi</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5578">merūdadhī</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5579">yāvad</w>
                    </l>
                    <l xml:id="seq2259" n="b">
                        <w xml:id="tok5580">divīnduravimārutā</w>
                    </l>
                    <l xml:id="seq2260" n="c">
                        <w xml:id="tok5581">tāvac</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5582">chrīvi<unclear>ṣ</unclear>ṇukuṇḍīnāṁ</w>
                    </l>
                    <l xml:id="seq2261" n="d">
                        <w xml:id="tok5583">pr̥thivīṁ</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5584">śāstu</w>
                        <w xml:id="tok5585">ś<unclear>ā</unclear>sana<unclear>ṁ</unclear>
                  </w>
                        <pc>
                     <unclear>||</unclear>
                  </pc>
                    </l>
                </lg>

    Apparatus

    • (1) satva- sa⟨t⟩tva- SS .
    • (2) -tyāgābhi[ja]na- [tyāgābhijana] SS .
    • (2) -saṁpadā saṁpadāṁ SS saṁpadāṁ VVM . Sankaranarayanan 1974 and Mirashi 1982b made a silent emendation. We prefer an instr. sg. ending.
    • (4) svataya- Read svanaya-, as suggested by Sankaranarayanan 1974 .
    • (5-6) a[nya]sāmantā- anyasāmantā- SS . Emend ananya-?
    • (6) anuraktavarṇṇāśrama- anuraktavarṇāśrama SS .
    • (7) -hi[ra]ṇya- -hiraṇya- SS .
    • (8) -taḍākodupāna- -taḍakodupāna- SS . Sankaranarayanan 1974 erroneously suggest to emend -kodapāna-. On udupāna, already found in Aśokan inscriptions, see BHSD, s.v.
    • (9) -rāmaprati A locative form is expected here: cf. the Gunaighar copper-plate inscription: vihāre ca khaṇḍaphuṭṭapratisaṁskārakaraṇāya. Perhaps a loc. singular form can be accepted, in which case there is no need to supply <-ṣu>.
    • (9) -pratisaṁskārapūrva- -pratisaṁskārāpūrva- SS . It seems necessary to follow here the silent emendation of Sankaranarayanan 1974 . For a discussion on the term apūrvakaraṇa in light of parallels, see Tournier forthcoming: 28–29, n. 19 .
    • (10) -sa[rv]va- -[sva]sarvva- SS -sarvva- VVM . The space left between the <sa> and the <rvva> might be due to the descending ya marker from the above line.
    • (11) iha paratra ihāparatra SS . Sankaranarayanan 1974 does a silent emendation.
    • (12) satva- sa⟨t⟩tva- SS .
    • (12) -mahābodhicigtena Read mahābodhicittena with Sankaranarayan.
    • (14) samalaṁkr̥- samala⟨ṁ⟩kr̥- SS .
    • (15) -triṁśat- Correct -triṁśan-.
    • (18) nirvviḍvirāga -nirvviḍvirāga- SS . Sankaranarayanan 1974 suggests that nirdviḍ is probably the intended first word. This, however, is incorrect. Cf. BHSD, s.v. nirvid.
    • (18) -śravaṇa(ci)- -śravaṇaci- SS .
    • (19) -bhāvanā- -bhāvana- SS .
    • (19) -samāpattyādibhi- Emend samāpattyādibhir.
    • (20) puṇyakriyāvastvabhi- Understand puṇyakriyāvastum abhi-.
    • (21) dāridye dāridrya SS . Emendation of Sankaranarayanan 1974 . This seems supported by the not common occurrence of dāridryaduḥkha as a compound in Buddhist Sanskrit texts. See Gaṇḍavyūha (V) 77: ... eṣa samādhiḥ, yatra hi nāma evaṁ sarvasattvānām aparimāṇaduḥkhaskandhavyupaśamāya pratyupasthitaḥ, yaduta dāridryaduḥkhaskandhavyupaśamārthena pratyupasthitaḥ |.
    • (21-22) agramahiṣyā agramahiṣyā[ḥ] SS .
    • (23) -bheṣajya- -bhaiṣajya- SS .
    • (23) em[b]u[d]alapeṇ[ṇ]apaṟa- ermad[ā]lapeṇkaru- SS .
    • (24) pūrvvakaṁm pūrvvakam SS .
    • (24) -sadaṇḍ[a]karavriṣṭisocche[ṣaṇa]bhāga- -sadaṇḍaviṣṭis[v]occhiṣṭabhāga- SS . Sankaranarayanan 1974 remarks that ““originally <vvi> was engraved””. -sadaṇḍakaraviṣṭi[sodraṅga]bhāga- VVM . While the hypothetical reading proposed by Mirashi 1982b is meaningful, the number of syllables does not match that of our plate. Moreover, the expression sodraṅga does not seem to be found in the inscriptions of this time and region.
    • (25) -pradeya cāra- -pradeyāv ācāra- SS . The akṣara <y[a] > might also be read <y[o] >, assuming the white mark running above the subscript <ra> of the above <grā> to be a vocalic marker. This would then be a mistake for pradeyau. Emend accordingly.
    • (26) sthā[p]it[a] sthāpitā SS sthāpitā VVM . We however see no trace of the <-ā> marker, although one should emend sth[ā]pitā.
    • (27) cānatta- Correct cānanta-.
    • (27) -bhūyiṣṭh[a]narak[a]- -bhūyiṣṭhe narake SS .
    • (28) anubhavan[t]i anubhavati SS . The <-u> marker of the akṣara nu unusually turns outwards, instead of inwards.
    • (28) manugītā manugītā manugitā SS .
    • (29) varṣasahasrāṇi There seems to be a ponctuation mark at the end of the first pāda, although this might also be a scratch.
    • (29) hy anumantā cānumantā SS cānumantā VVM .
    • (32) viṣṇukuṇḍīnāṁ viṣṇukuṇḍināṁ SS . The medial horizontal line of the <ṣ-> element in <ṣṇu> appears to be missing.
    • (32) pr̥thivīṁ pr̥thivī[ṁ] SS pr̥thivī VVM .
    • (32) śāstu śāstu śastu SS .

    Translation

    Success! Hail!
    I.

    Victory is achieved by the Bhagavant, the complete Buddha, the Compassionate One, by whom the path towards the obtention of nirvāṇa is shown to good people.

    (2–13) The great king Śrī-Govindavarman, who is an ornament to the entire great and spotless family of the Viṣṇukuṇḍin kings, who by their possession of many qualities such as goodness (sattva), truthfulness, relinquishment (tyāga), noble descent, restraint, discipline, and perseverance, had themselves obtained kingship, and whose spotless great fame spread far and wide because of their perfect governing of their subjects; [Govindavarman,] who is the good grand son of the illustrious great king Indravarman and the son of the great king Śrī Mādhavavarman; who has gained his kingship because of his restraint, the strength of his arms, his perseverance, might, and affection; who has overcome the proximate kingdoms of neighboring rulers (anyasāmanta) by the force of his heroism, courage, and majesty; to whom [men of all] classes and stages, kinsmen and servants are attached due to his gifts, courtesies, etc.; who is the giver of thousands of villages, fields, pieces of gold, elephants, horses, cows, bulls, beddings and seats, vehicles, drink and food, dishes, dwellings, garments, ornaments, brides, male and female slaves; who has adorned all directions by repairing and building anew many temples, monasteries, halls, cisterns, tanks, wells, and pleasure-groves (ārāma); whose array of wealth and riches, which he has lawfully acquired, is being enjoyed by monks, brahmins, those without a protector, beggars, the sick, the poor and the wretched people; who has relinquished, time and again, everything that he owns; who has an unequalled eye on this and the other world on account of his learning and understanding (śravaṇaparijñāna) of the meaning of all treatises; who is a refuge for the learned, the brave, and those of noble birth; who has conceived the great thought of Awakening in order to save the whole realm of sentient beings (sattvadhātu);
    (13–23) who, on the full moon day of (the month of) Vaiśākha, in the thirty-seventh year of his own prosperous, victorious reign, having assigned (uddiśya) [his gift] to the Noble Community of the four quarters mounting the three vehicles [leading to the states of arhant, pratyekabuddha and samyaksaṁbuddha] — (a community) that, because of its masses of qualities such as aversion from worldly matters (nirvid), absence of passion, virtue, proper conduct, qualities of ascetics (dhutaguṇa), study and learning, reflection, and mental cultivation [consisting, gradually in] meditative absorptions (dhyāna), concentration (samādhi) and attainments (samāpatti), is a supreme field of merit; [and] that has stridden onto the path of the Buddha, the Bhagavant, who is strong with the ten forces (bala) and fearless with the four fearlessnesses (vaiśāradya); whose embodiment (mūrti) is fully adorned by the eighteen exclusive attributes (āveṇika) of Buddhas; who is marked [externally] by the thirty-two attributes of a great man; who has accumulated, in multiple asaṁkhyeyas of kalpas a load of the [twofold] equipment [consisting in] merit and knowledge, in order to rescue all beings sunk in the many sufferings of saṁsāra, characterized by such pains as those caused by birth, old age, and death; who is free from the suffering of birth and death [rooted in] desire, aversion, and delusion; who is a perfect Buddha because of his unimpeded and unobstructed knowledge of everything that is to be known (sakalajñeyajñāna) — intending to bring about the ground of meritorious action (puṇyakriyāvastu) – which results from relinquishment (tyāga) and from the enjoyment (paribhoga) [of what has been relinquished] and is of a material kind (aupadhika) — aiming at the endurance (anupaccheda, lit. the not cutting off) of favorable roots [planted by the provision for] lamps, incense, perfumes, flowers, banners, drinks and food, beddings and seats, medicaments for the sick, the restoration of what is broken, split, and in disrepair and the like, in the monastery of his chief queen, the prominent mahādevī, for the sake of extinguishing all the miseries and sufferings of his parents as well as all beings,
    (23–28) [he, Govindavarman], having first given water, handed over the two villages of Embudala and Peṇṇapaṟa together with their treasures on and under the ground, together with the right to collect punitive tax (daṇḍakara ), corvée (viṣṭi), and with the share of the produce (bhāga) and the periodical levies (bhoga) left [by himself]; [the two villages] should not be entered by spies (cāra), mercenaries, envoys, courtiers (vallabha), or king’s men, and are freed from all taxes, and they should be maintained and augmented by kings belonging to the lineage of the Viṣṇukuṇḍin family. This rule has been established. In the event of transgression of this rule, this is equivalent to the five great sins; [similarly], in case of discontinuation of the meritorious deed that was set in motion, one will experience the fruit and result of evil karma in the [lower] realms of hells, the animals, and the pretas, afflicted by numerous and endless sufferings. And on this [issue] are the verses sung by Manu:
    II.

    The giver of land revels in heaven for sixty thousand years; the one who seizes [land] as well as the one who approves (of the seizing) will reside as many [years] in hell.

    III.

    He who would seize land given by himself or by someone else becomes a worm in excrement and is cooked together with his ancestors.

    IV.

    By numerous [kings], land has been given; and by many it has been protected. Whoever holds land at a given moment, to him does the fruit then belong.

    V.

    May the rule of the Viṣṇukuṇḍins govern the world as long as Meru and sea are on earth, and [as long as] sun and wind are in heaven!

    Commentary

    • (24) udakadāna On this expression, pointing here at the preliminary pouring of water to mark the transfer of property, see Tournier forthcoming: 74, n. 56.

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