38. Pèparäólà (Raipur District, Madhya Pradesh) copper-plate of Narendra, RY. 3
IHQ, xix, 139-46 and plates (D.C. Sircar and L.P. Pandeya Sarma); ibid., 358-59 (S.P. Chaturvedi); ibid., xx, 82-83 (D.C. Sircar), A.M. Sastri, Inscriptions of Ùarabhapurèyas, Pàíäuvaìùins and Somavaìùins, New Delhi, 1995, (further AMS) I: I.

Language: Sanskrit. In prose except the usual benedictory and imprecatory stanzas at the end and the legend on the seal.
Metre: Verses 1-3: Anuøòubh.
Script: Box-headed variety of the Central Indian alphabet.
Date: Regnal Year 3, Màrgaùira 10. First half of the sixth century A.D.
Plates 5 1/4" long and 3 1/2" broad.
The seal is circular with a diameter of about 2-4/5". It is partitioned into two halves by a couple of horizontal lines in the middle. The upper half contains the representation of the motif of Abhiseka-Lakømè, with the goddess Lakømè standing in a frontal position, flanked by an elephant on each side pouring water over her from pitchers held in their trunks. The lower half contains the legend in the Anuøòubh metre. As the seal has not been reproduced by the original editors and I have not been able to see the original plates, the reading of the legend as given by Sircar and Pandeya Sarma is reproduced here. The description of the seal is also based on their account given by them. (AMS)

TEXT

First Plate

1 siddham [|*] ùarabhapuràn-mahàràja-ùrè-Naråndraõ
2 nandapura-bhîgèya-ùarkaràpadrakå bràhmaíà-
3 dèn=prativàsi-kuòumbinî bîdhayati
4 åøa gràmî ràhudåvåna svapuíyàbhivðddha-
5 yå bràhmaía-vàjasanåya-àtråya-sagîtra-

Second Plate: First Side

6 svàmippàya tàmbra(mra)-ùàsanånàtisðøòî mayà-
7 pi ca a-càòa-bhaòa-pràvåùya ity-anumîditî
8 yatî bhavadbhir-asya yathà-kàlaì måya-
9 hiraíy-àdènàì pratyàyànàm-upanayaõ
10 karttavyaõ [|] bhaviøyataù=ca bhîgapatèn-abhinandayati

Second Plate : Second Side

11 pórvadattår-anupàlanàcchråyasà sambandhaõ à-
12 cchådàcca pratyapàya ity-anuprapaùyadbhir-bhavàd=bha-
13 rasya gràmasy-ànupàlanaì karttavyam [|*]
14 vyàsagètàv=atra ùlîkàv=udàharanti | pórvva-
15 dattàì dvijàtibhyî yatnàd=rakøa Yudhiøòhira [|*]

Third Plate

16 mahèì mahèmatàì ùråøòha dànàc=chråyî=¸nupàlanam [||1||*]
17 øaøòiì varøa-sahasràíi svarggå vasati bhómidaõ [|*]
18 àcchåttà c=ànumantà ca tàny=åva narakå
19 vaså[t ||2||*] pravarddhamàna-tði(tð)tèyavarøasya màrggaùi-
20 ra-màsadivaså daùamå [|*] utkèrííà ùrèdattån=åti |[*]

Seal

1 Khaäga-dhàrà-jita-bhuvaõ ùara[bhàt=prà]pta-janmanaõ [|*]
2 nðpatåù=ùrè-Naråndrasya ùàsanaì ripu-ùàsina[õ] [||3*]