41. Amgura (Kalahandi District, Orissa) plates, RY year 3.
JESI, iv, 70-75 with illustrations on pp. 72-74 (Snigdha Tripathy), Indian Museum Bulletin XI, part 1, pp. 57-59 (D.C. Sircar and Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo), AMS, I: IV.

Language: Sanskrit. In prose except for the benedictory and imprecatory stanzas and the inscription on the seal.
Metres: Verses 1-3, 5: Anuøòubh; Verse 4: Indravajrà.
Script: Box-headed variety of the Central Indian alphabet.
Date: Regnal year 3, Màgha 7. About the middle of the sixth century A.D.
Each plate measures 5-9/10" in length and 3-2/10" in breadth.
The seal has a diameter of 3-4/10" Its surface is divided into two parts by a couple of horizontal lines drawn across it. The upper part contains the representation, in relief on a countersunk surface, of the goddess Lakømè standing to full front being bathed by an elephant on her either side standing on a lotus flower by the trunk raised above her head. A full blown lotus is to be seen in the right corner and a conch shell on the proper left. The lower half is occupied by a stanza in the Anuøòubh metre incised in two lines.
(AMS)

TEXT

First Plate

1 Siddham | Svasti [|*] Ùarabhapuràt-parama-bhàgavatî màtà-pitð-pàd-ànu-
2 ddhyàtaù=ùrè-Mahà-Jayaràja[õ*] sàmparàja-bhuktèya-ràjyagràmå pra-
3 tivàsinas-samàjãàpayati [|*] viditam=astu vî yath=àsmà-
4 bhir=ayaì gràmî vàjasanåya-kauùika-sagîtra-bràhmaía-viøíu-svà-
5, minå màtà-pitrîr=àtmanaù=ca puíy-àbhivrðddhayå udakapórvva[ì] tàmra-

Second Plate: First Side

6 ùàsanån-àtisðøòas=tå yóyam=åv-îpalabhyàsy-àjãà-ùravaía-vidhåyà bhó-
7 tvà yathîcitaì bhîga-bhàgam=upanåøyatha [|*] bhaviøyataù=ca bhómipàlà-
8 n=bîdhayati [|*] bhavadbhir=apy=asyà dattå[õ*] pratipàlanaì kartavya-
9 m-ataù-ca vyàsa-gètàn=api ùlîkànudàharaìti(ranti) | bahubhir=vvasudhà
10 dattà ràjabhis=sagar-àdibhiõ [|*] yasya yasya yadà bhómis=tasya tasya

Second Plate : Second Side

11 tadà phalaì(lam) [||1*] sva-datta(ttàì) para-dattàì và yatnàd=rakøa Yudhiøòhira [|*] ma-
12 hè(hèì) mahèmatà(tàì) ùråøòha dànàc=chråyî=¸nupàlanaì(nam) [||2*] øaøòhim-varøa-
13 sahasràíi svarggå vasati bhómi-daõ [|*] acchåptà c=à-
14 numantà-ca tàny=åva narakå vaså[t*||][||3] agnår=apatyaì prathamaì-
15 suvarííaì bhór=vvaiøíavè sóryya-sutàù=ca gàva[õ|*] lîkas=traya-

Third plate

16 s=tåna bhavaìtti dattàõ || yaX=kàãcanaì gàã=ca mahèã=ca dadyà-
17 diti [||4*]dótakam-adhikaraía[m-à] sva-mukh-àjãayà ca pravarddhamàna-vi-
18 jaya-savvatsàra 3 màgha 7 ukti(tkè)ríía[ì] suvarííà-
19 kàràcalasiêghåna ||

Seal

1 Prasanna[hð]dayasy=aiva vikkram-àkkrà[ì]ta-vidviøaõ[1]
2 ùrèmatî jayaràjasya ùàsana[ì] ripuùàsana[ì] [||5*]