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No. 37.)
SAKTIPUR COPPER-PLATE OF LAKSHMANASENA.
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B8 tra-pautr-invaya-bhogyam-udak-átisaggēna dharmme-dayo niwsishtaḥ yato-sy
chitaya brahmadaya-athitya bhuốjatah krishataḥ ka shaystaḥ pratididato
vå na kaisohid+vyauddha 89 varttitavyam-Agami-bhadtauntipatibhir-apy-asmad-vankajait anyair=yvá anityanya
sikvaryany=asthiram manushyath sämânyag=cha bhůmi-dana-phalam-avagach
chhadbhir-ayam-asmad-dâyo=numantyavyah patípålayitavya60 -chedy-uktai-chal
Bahubhit=vvasudha bhukta rajabhi(s)-Sagar-Idibhi(h*1 yasya yasya yadă bhämis-tasya tasya tadá phalam|| Yån=tha däridrya-bhayân-narendraitddhanani d harmm-ayatani-kritâni [1] nirbbhuktas
milya-pratimani tani ko nā. 61 ma sådhuh-punar=adadita | Shashti[m] vatsha-sahasrāņi svarggē tishthati bhúmidah (
I c hchhetta ch=ănumanta cha täny=ēva narake vassēt? [118] Dütakõ=tra Rājaputra-Dhruvasēnaḥ|| 62 Likhitam-idam Sandhivigrah-adhikrita-Divirapati-sri-Skandabhafa-putra-Divirapati
Srimad-Anahilēn=ēti || Sarn 0040 7 Vaisakha-va 15 Sva-hastö mama |
No. 37.-SAKTIPUR COPPER-PLATE OF LAKSHMANASENA.
BY DEIRENDRA CHANDRA GANGULY, M.A., Ph.D., BENABES. The subjoined inscription belongs to the reign of Lakshmanasēna, the fourth king of the Sēns dynasty, who held sway over Bengal during the latter part of the 19th and the early part of the 13th century A.D. The othet grants of this king, already known to us, are the Anulis copper-plate, the Govindapur copper-plate, the Tarpandighi copper-plate, and the Madhainagar copper-plate, all of which have been included by Mr. N. G. Majudat, in his book entitled "Inscriptions of Bengal ", Vol. III. The same book also refers to a short inscription of Lakshmanasena's reign, engraved on the pedestal of an image of Chandi, in the city of Dnos.
The new copper-plate was lying in the house of late Mr. Siva Chandra Chatterjee, in the village of Baktipur, in the Sadar-Subdivision of the Murshidabad District, Bengal, where it is said to have been worshipped for a long time by a widow, now dead. It is now lying in the Museum of the Bangiya Sahitys-Parishat who obtained it through Mr. Satkari Chatterjee. The inscription was first edited by Mr. Ramesh Basu in the Bengali magazine conducted by the Sahitya-parishat (Vol. XXXVII, pp. 216 ff.). Mr. Basu's papet embodies, the transcript of the inscription with some introductory totes. As there are some gross errors in his reading, I reedit this inscription with the kind permission of the authorities of the Baigtya Sāhitya-Patishat."
This is a single plate inscribed on both sides, and measures 1'61' long and l' 2 broad. A seal representing an effigy of Sadabiva is attached on the top of it with nails. The plate contains altogether 68 lines, 29 on each side. The letters are quite distinct and hardly offer any difficulty in reading. There is some vacant space in line 26 after yatha, and in line 55 after vishthāyām, each of which can provide a letter. There is also some vacant space in line 54 after vrajēt, which can accommodate two letters. The first three letters of the word vinimayeng in line 46 are indistinct.
1 Real -átisarggena. * Read vasét.
I acknowledge my gratibade to Mr. N. K. Bhattaealt, M.A., and Mr. R. G. Bai, M.A., for the way they have rendered me in writing this article.
