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No. 23.] RAJAPURA COPPER PLATES OF MADHURANTAKADEVA.
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TRANSLATION Om ! Hail! (In the reign of the king) born of the race of the Naga (Cobra), which is resplendent with the mass of rays (proceeding from the jewels in (its) thousand hoods; who is lord of Bhögâvati, the best of cities; while the space between the ten quarters is resounding with the deep sound from the shrill drums (proclaiming his) brilliant victories; whose crest is a bow and a tiger; who is as it were the sun to the lotus (-like) crest jewel of the Chhindaka family; who resembles a bee which is rendered yellow by the mass of the pollen served to the lotus feet of the great Mahébvara; whose circle of enemies is terrified by the sound of the dundubhi (drum) and tarya (musical horn) won from Indra ; who is endued with victories gained since a long time; whose banner is the lotus and plantain (leaf) supported on (the back) of Airavata (white elephant); and who is hailed by the sound of conches only; in the year of the (Saka) king 887 expired, in the month of Karttika, during the onrrency of the Paràbhava-samvatsara, in the bright fortnight, on Wednesday, in the Anuradha lunar mangion, in the Saubhagya yoga and Gara karana, in all these auspicious moments, the illustrious Madhurântakadeva, Prince Kanharadeva, Queen Nagala Mahadevi, Prince Nayaka, Nayaka Sadraka, Prince Tungaraja and Srêshthin Pulisma, having unanimously agreed, the village Rajapura (situated) in the Bhramarskôțya mandala is granted, after washing the feet and accompanied) with pouring streams (of water), (and) 70 gadyánaka gold are received in the hand of (by) Medipôta, (who is the head) of the twelve påtras (persons worthy of receiving gifts). The gift is declared as Sivanirmalya (as sacred as a gift offered to Siva and therefore inviolable), as long as the moon, the stars, etc., endure. If any one from time to time says: "I take it," the result for him also will be the same as in the case of) breaking a thousand lingas in Banaras, breaking a thousand tanks, and killing a thousand Brahmans and a thousand cows.
"He who resumes land given by himself or given by another becomes & worm in ordure for sixty thousand years."
" Common is this religious bridge to princes, and it should be guarded by you from age to age. Thus does Ramachandra again and again conjure all future lords of the earth."
The produce from the heavens, deposits in the earth) and (wild) elephants are given, but other things outside the village are the State property. So long as the sun and the moon and the earth and the royal race of Bhramarakótya endure, so long (must this charter be observed). This cbarter is to be respected in the case of Chhurikára Medipôta's sons and grandsons.
Nobody enters the chhuriprabandha at the village sacrifice. There is no place for the preceptor of the resident (local) joginis. For this purpose this village is taken, for the benefit of all creatures, for the purpose of (showing) kindness and performing) virtue. In the Chakrakôtya mandala the witnesses are :-Nayaka Sri Dhårdsvara, Mudhashli, Nagahasti, (and) Karana Daria. Written by Dhånúka Kayastha.
The pen (engraving stylus) (was) touched by Kumara Tungaraja, Dh&madêve, Govardhana, Danardana, Pátra Gagira (and) Sadhu Sah ranga (SAhåragu P). This is in Maņevsi. dhi's hand(writing) (which) sets up (expresses) the (general) opinion.
1 In Blochman's Ain-i-Akbari, Vol. I. page 122, the following occurs -
" Elephants are chiefly found in the Sùbah of Agra, in the forests of Bayiwla and Narwar as far as Berar, in the Sabah of Allahabad, in the confines of Pattah and Ghoraghat and Rataspur, Nandanpar, Sargachh and Bautar."
