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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
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Third Plate 27 Má bhūd=a-phala-sankā vaḥ para-datt=ēti=pārthivāḥ[*] sva-dānāt=phalam=ā28 nantyam para-datt-ānupālanam(nē)||[6*] Sva-dattāṁ para-dattām=vā(ttām vā) yo harēta
vasundharām(rām ) 29 sa vishthāyāṁ krimir=[bhū]tvā pit;ibhiḥ saha pachyatē![7*] Shashthi(shți)-varsha-saha[srā)30 ņi sva[rgē] mõdati bhu(bhū)midaḥ |ākshēptā ch=ānumantā cha sa ēva narakam vra31 jēt[18*] Iti ka[mala-dal-āmvu(mbu)-vi]ndu-lõlām briyam=anuchintya ma32 nushya-ja(ji)vitañ=cha[l*] sakalam=idam=udāhțitañ=cha vu(bu)dhvā nahi purushair
(shaih) para33 kirttayo vilõpyā[h*||[9*] svayam=ādishtō rājña(jñā 1) vu(dū)tako=tra Sri-Bhatta-Stambhadē34' va[bl*] likhitan-cha sandhivigrahin[a] Māñju[nā*]ll utki(tki)rņņai=cha akshasālikēna
Durg[g]a35 [dēvēna) lāñchhitam Dēvarājēna[i*] Samva 1'[1*]
B.-Plates of Nallabhañja Tribhuvanakala sa The inscription is written on a set of three copper plates (each measuring 6-85 inches by 4 inches), strung together on a copper ring 2.75 inches in diameter and 3 inch in thickness. The first and third plates have writing only on the inner sides, while the second plate is inscribed on both the sides. The writing is in a fairly good state of preservation, although a small bit has broken away from the last plate together with a few letters at the beginning of the last line of the inscription. The circular bronze seal soldered on the joint of the ring is 1.6 inches in diameter. The seal closely resembles that attached to the grant of Silabhañja II Tribhuvanakalasa edited above (A) and the upper part of its surface bears the figure of a lion depicted as moving towards the left with its face turned towards the front and its tail curled above its back. Below the lion is the legend in two lines: (1) Sri-Nattabha- (2) ñjadēvasya. The weight of the three plates together is 112 tolas and that of the ring with the seal is 34 tolas.
The characters of the inscription resemble those employed in the charter A, although they have to be assigned to a slightly later date. On the grounds of palaeography, supported by the internal evidence of the inscription, the charter under discussion may be assigned roughly to a date in the eleventh century A.C. The language of the record is Sanskrit and there are numerous errors of language and orthography, the latter exhibiting considerable influence of the local pronunciation. The charter is dated in the 13th regnal year of its issuer and not in the year of any era.
The style of the record is similar generally to that of the other grants of the Khiñjalimandala branch of the Bhañja family and particularly to that of the charter A above. The inscription begins with the symbol for siddham which is followed by the verses, Jayati kusumabāna", etc., and Seshāhër-iva, etc. The word svasti is, however, put after the above verses and before the short prose passage speaking of the victorious Vanjulvaka as the place whence the charter was issued. Next follows the stanza, Asti, etc., which differs in form only slightly from the third verse in the record A. But it is interesting to note that the secondary or coronation name of the issuer of the grant introduced in this verse is also Tribhuvanakalaśa as in the other epigraph. The following passage in prose (lines 9 ff.) says how the Paramavaishnava (devout worshipper of Vishnu) Rānaka Nöttabhañjadēva of the Bhanja family, who was the son of Rāyabhañjadēva and grandson of Prithvi
1 The figure is engraved below the akshara mva as the lower part of the akshara niju in the previous line occupied the space in front of mua. Road Sarvat 1.
