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TWO PLATES OF DEVANANDADEVA 27 स्लम युधिष्ठि (लि) र [*] महि (हिं) महिभृतां श्रष्ठ'[*] दानाओं (च्छे) योनु
पालनं (मम्) ॥ भस्मा28 कमुपरोधेन नित्यं धर्मस्य गो (गौ) रवावस्मद (ह)ति[*] स्वकि (को) येव पाल्या भा29 [कि] शिति (ती)श्वर[:] ॥ इति कमलबलाम्बुविदुलोला (ला) थि(श्रि) यमनुची (चि)30 स्य मनुष्यजि (जी) वितं (त)ञ्च[i*] सकलमिदमुवाहतञ्च बुध्वा (खा) न हि पुरु31 ः परि (र) कि (को) तयो विलोप्या[:*] ॥ प्रवर्द्धमानविजयराज्ये सम्म (संव) त्सरे सप्त32 पञ्चाशत्तमे कात्तिकपो (पो)नम (मा)स्यां भरन सम्ब (संव)त् ५७ कात्तिक दिन ३०
The Seal
1 राज्ञः श्रीहर्षगुप्तस्य सूनोः सद्गुणशालिनः[*] 2 शासन शिवगुप्तस्य स्थितमाभुवनस्थिते:[*]
No. 51.-TWO PLATES OF DEVANANDADEVA
(1 Plate)
DINES CHANDRA SIRCAR, OOTACAMUND There are impressions of two copper-plate grants of king Dēvānandadēva in the office of the Government Epigraphist for India, Ootacamynd. The original plates were secured on loan a few years back by Dr. B. Ch. Chhabra, Government Epigraphist for India, for examination. I edit the records from impressions for the Epigraphia Indica with the permission kindly accorded to me by Dr. Chhabra.
1.-JURERPUR PLATE OF DEVĀNANDADEVA The copper plate under discussion belonged to one Pathani Mahāpātra, an inhabitant of the village of Jurerpur within the jurisdiction of the Bantla Police Station in the Angul sub-division of the Cuttack District, Orissa. The plate seems to have been secured from the owner by Mr. Radhamohan Garnaik of Angul who showed it to Mr. G. 8. Das, Secretary of the Orissa Provincial Museum at Cuttack (recently transferred to Bhubaneswar). On receiving information about the inscription from Mr. Das, Dr. Chhabra secured the plate on loan for examination about the end of the year 1945 with the help of the Revenue Commissioner and Collector of Cuttack..
This is a single copper plate measuring about 91' long by 7' broad. There is a circular projection, 2' in diameter, at the centre of the left end, forming the seal which resembles that attached to other records of the family discussed below. On the soal, which has its rim slightly raised all
Theen is a muperkuona visarga sign after whitha.
be urinal plate is now in the Orios Provincial Museum. Later I received it on loan for examination from Mr. K. C. Panigrahi, Carator of that Museum. I thank Mr. Panlapi for his kindness,
