No. 1. Mattepad plates of Damodaravarman.
E. Hultzsch - EI, XVII. No. 18.
(EH). This inscription is engraved on the very thin copper-plates, which were found in the
village of Maттepад in the Ongole Tаluk of the Guнтуr District and forwarded to
Rao Bahadur H. Krishna Sastri by the Tahsildar of Nellore. The plates measure 6 3/8 inches
in breadth and 1 1/2 inches in height. There are eight inscribed faces, the outer faces of
the first and last plates having been left blank. Each inscribed face bears only two lines
of writing. The margins of the plates are not raised into rims, but the writing is in fair
preservation. The five copper-plates are strung on a ring of the same metal, passing
through a hole of about 3 7/8 in diameter on the left side of the writing. The two ends of
the ring, which is about 2 1/2" in diameter, are fixed in the base of an oval seal,
which is much worn; it seems to bear, in relief, the figure of a seated bull, facing the
proper right. The weight of the plates, with ring and seal, is 30 1/2 tolas. The alphabet
is of an early Southern type.
TEXT.(EH).
First Plate; Second Side.
1 vijayakandarapurаt [bha]gavataх samyaksaмbuddhasya pаdаnudhyа-
2 tasya а[na]ndasagotrasya a[vandhya]gosaha[srаne]kahiraнya
Second Plate; First Side.
3 garbbhodbhavodbhavasya mahаrаjaщrиdаmodaravarmmaнo vacanena
4 kaмgуra-grаmeyakа(х) vaktavyах [|*] ebhyo brаhmнe[bhyo] nаnаgotracaraнa-
Second Plate; Second Side.
5 tapassvаdhyаyaniratebhyossadаsaptamakulanistаraнa[а*]rtthaм kaмgуragrаmaх
6 asmаbhissarvvaparihаrairddattaх [|] taмvvijгаya pre[шa]нaм kartumarhanti [|]
Third Plate; First Side.
7 eшам brаhmaнаnам gotranаmavibhаgаdaмщavibhаgaXkрiyate [|*] pуrvvantаvat
8 koндinna-ruddajjassa aмщo 1 koндinna-nandijjassa aмщo 1 koндinna-khandajjassa
aмща
Third Plate; Second Side.
9 koндinna-bhavajjassa aмщo 1 koндinna-aggijjasa aмщo 1 koндinna-sirijjassa aмщo
10 punах koндinna-bhavajjassa aмщo 1 koндinna-khandajjassa aмщo 1 koндinna-savarajjassa
aм[щo]
Fourth Plate; First Side.
11 koндinna-aggijjassa aмщo 1 koндinna-vиrajjassa aмщo 1 kassavadаmajjassa [aмщo]
12 kassavakumаrajjassa aмщo 1 kassavaveнujjassa aмщo 1 kassa[vade]vajjassa aмщo
Fourth Plate; Second Side.
13 kащyapa-nandijjassa aмщo 1 vatsa-doнajjassa aмщo аgasti-bhaddajjassa aмщo 1
[|*]
14 vijayasaмvaccharaм 2 kаrttikaщuklapakшasya trayodaщyам paттikа dattа [|*]
Fifth Plate; First Side.
15 bahubhir-vvasudhа dattа bahubhiщcаnupаlitа [|*] yasya yasya yadа bhуmiх tasya
tasya tadа phalam ||
16 svadattам paradattам vа yo harettu vasundharаm [|] gavам gatasahasrasya hantuЫ
pibati duшkрtam ||
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From ink-impressions supplied by Rao Bahadur H. Krishna Sastri.
L. 6. Read tadvijгаya.(EH).
L. 13. aмщo 1 is entered below the line. (EH).
L. 15. Read bhуmista-.(EH).
L. 16. Read щata- (instead gata-).(EH).