29. Paōiākellā grant, Gupta 283.
EI, IX, No. 40: 285-88 (R.D. Banerji); IO, II, II, 124-127 (SR).

This inscription, which is edited here for the first time, was discovered several years ago by a peasant in a cornfield in the zamčndārč of Paōiākellā in the district of Cuttack in Orissa. It is the property of an Îriyā Brāhmaí, who, I hear, regularly worships it. The Rāja of Paōiākellā made it over to Bābu Nagåndra Nātha Vasu, the Honorary Archåological Surveyor to the Mayórbhaãja Estate. Nagåndra Bābu made it over to me some six or seven months ago for decipherment.
The inscription is engraved on a single plate of copper, measuring 7 1/4" by 2 3/4". To the left there is an oval projection, 1 1/2" long, to which a lump of brass or bell metal is attached. On the top of this lump there is an oval cavity, showing traces of the seal. But no letters or symbols are discernible at present. Both sides of the plate are inscribed. Altogether there are eighteen lines of writing in this grant. The writing was fairly well-executed, but its preservation is not very good. One corner of the plate is missing and has carried away portions of the dates with it. Fortunately the date can be made out correctly from the portions still remaining. In this grant the date was given twice. First of all we read in the second line tryadhikāųčttyuttara . . . and secondly at the end of the eighteenth line Samvat 200 . . . Thus tens and hundreds are all fairly certain. I am indebted to Dr. Konow for the reading of the symbol for two hundred. (RB)

TEXT.

First Side.

1 îė svasti [|*] salila-nidhi-vålā-vala[yita-cha]la-taraęg-ābharaía-ruchira-maėgura-. . . . . . . . . .
2 pattanavatyā[ė] vasumatyā[ė] pravarttamāna-Māía-vaęųa-rājya-kālå tryadhik-āųčtty-utta[ra] . . . .
3 Maudgal-āmala-kulå gaganatala-ųčtadčdhiti-nivātå sita-charitå Paramamāhåųvara-ųrč-Ųagguyayyanå
4 ųāsati dakøiía-Tîsalyā[ė] Vîrttanîkāt-paramadåvat-ādhidaivata-ųrč-paramabhaōōāraka-charaía-kamal-āmala-køau-
5 íi-hār-ādhigama-pratihata(õ)-kaliyug-āgata-durita-nichayaõ(yî) mahārāja-Ųivarājaõ kuųalč asminn=åva
6 viøayå . . . samupagat-ābhaviøyat-sāmanta-rāja-rājasthānčy-îparika-kumārāmātya-tadāyuktaka-mahāmahattara-
7 vðhadbhîgikādhikaraíāny=åva rājapādîpajčvč yathārha[ė] ųrāvayati mānayati cha viditam=a[stu] bhavatāė ya[th=ā]-
8 ttra viøayå sambaddha-Taíäralvalu-grāma(mî) Vîrttanîk-[āvavāsa-gå(?)]hattî-smābhiõ mātāpittrîr-ātmanaų-cha puíy-ā-
9 bhivðddhayå salila-dhārā-pórvvakåí=āchandr-ārka-sama-kāliy-ākøayanivi(nčvč)-dharmmåía nānā-gîttra-

Second Side.

10 charaíåbhya Anuruddhasvāmi-Gîmidåvasvāmi-Ųórasvāmi-Vîppasvāmi-Pitðsvāmi-
11 Haruęgasvāmi-Chandrasvāmi-Bhadrasvāmi-Chhådisvāmi-Puøyasvāmi-. karasvāmi-Rîhiíčsvāmi-
12 Vu(Bu)ddhasvāmi-Mahāsåíasvāmi-Viøíusvāmi-Yadusvāmi-Mātraäasvāmi-Nāgasvāmi-Bhîgasvāmi-
13 Ana[nta ?]svāmi-Prabhākarasvāmi-Nāva . .rasvāmi-Dčpisvāmi-Jam[vu]svāmi-Gîmisvāmi-Valasvāmi-
14 Jyåøōhasvāmi-Adarųanadåva-Dhanadåva-Kumārasvāmi-Jyåøōhasvāmi-Råvatisvāmi-Prāya(?)svāmi-
15 Puøyasvāmi-Chhåäisvāmi-Vappasvāmi-Ųravasvāmi-Gîpālasvāmi-Gîmisvāmi-åbhyas=tāmra-
16 paōōč-kðtya saėpradattaõ [|*] Pórvvarājakðtî dharmm[î]=ļnupālančyaiti(ya iti) matvā bhavadbhiõ [|*] Dharmmaųāstråøv=api ųróyatå [|*]
17 Va(ba)hubhir=vvasudhā dattā rājabhih Sagarādibhih [|*] yasya yasya yadā bhómis=tasya tasya [tadā phalam] [||*] [Øaøōim] varøa-
18 sahasrāíi svarggå tiøōhati bhómidaõ [|*] ākøåptā ch=ānumantā cha tāny=åva narakå vasåt [||*] Samvat 200 . . . . . . . . .