50. Damodarpur (Dinajpur dist., Bongal) Copper-plate Inscr. of
............
Gupta (Bh. No. 1307) G. 224 Bhаdra di. 5.
R. C. Basak, EI. Vol. XV (1919-20), pp. 142 ff. & Pl.; K. N. Dikshit, ibid., Vol.
XVII (1923-24), p. 193; D. C. Sircar, SI. Bk. III, No. 39, pp. 337-40; B.
Upadhyaya, SAII. pt. II, pp. 80-82; Jagan Nath, JIH. Vol. XXI (1942), pp.
167-68.
The name of the issuer of the inscr. is variantly restored by various scholars
as Kumаragupta, Budhagupta, Upagupta etc. See D.C. Sircar's SI. Bk. III, p. 337,
fn. 4.
TEXT (DS).
1.sa[mva] 200(+*)20(+*)4 bhаdra-di 5 paramadaivata-paramabhaттаraka-ma[hа]rаjаdhirаja-щrи...
2. gupte pрthivиpatau tatpаda-parigрhиte puндravarddhana-bhuktаvupari[ka-mahаrаja]sya[mahа*]-
3. rаjaputra-devabhaттаrakasya hastyaщva-jana-bhogenаnuvahamа[na]ke ko[тiva]rшшa-viшa[ye]
ca ta-
4. nniyuktakeha-viшayapati-svayambhudeve adhishтhаnаdhikaraнa(гca*) аryyya[na]gara[щreштhiribhu]pаla-
5.
sаrtthavаhasthанudatta-prathamakulikamatidatta-prathamakаyasthaskandapаla-puroge
[sa]мvya[vaha]rati
6. аyodhyaka-kulaputtrakаmрtadevena vijгаpitam-iha-vishaye
samudayabаhyаprahata-khila-[kshe]ttrа-
7. нам tridиnаrikya-kulyavаpa-vikrayo(ё*)nuvрttaх tadarhatha matto
dиnаrаnupasaм-gрhya manmаtuх [pu]нyа-
8. bhivрddhaye atrаraнye bhagavataх щvetavarаhasvаmino devakule
khaндa-phuттa-prati[saм]skа[ra]-[ka]-
9. raнаya
bali-caru-satra-pravarttana-gavyadhуpa-puшpaprаpaнa-madhuparkka-dиpа-dyupa[yo]gа[ya]
ca
10. apradа-dharmmeнa tаmrapaттиkрtya kshetra-stokandаtumiti (|*) yataх
prathama-pustapаla-nara[na]ndi-
11. gopadatta-bhaтa(?)nandinаm-avadhаraнayа yukta[ta]yа dha[rmmаdhi]kаra-[vu]ddhyа
vijнаpita(м*) nа[ttra*] [vi*]-
12.шaya-patinа(м*) kaщcidvirodhaх kevalaм щrи-paramabhaттаrakapаdena dharmmapa[ra]-
13. [tаvаpti] [х|*
Second side .
14. ity-anen-аvadhаraна-krameнa etasmаdamрtadevаtpaгcadaщadиnаrаnupa-saмgрhya
etanmаtu[х*]
15. anugraheнa svacchandapатake(ё*)[rddha]ти-prаveщya-lavaкgasikаyагca
vаstubhis-saha kulyavаpa-dvayaм
16. sатuvanащramake(ё*)pi vаstunа saha kulyavаpa ekaх paraspatikаyам
paгca-kulyavаpakasyotta[re]нa
17. jambуna[dyа]х pуrvveнa kulyavаpa ekaх pуraнavрndikaharau pатaka-pуrvveнa
kulyavаpa ekaх ityevaм khila-kshettra-
18. sya vаstunа saha paгca kulyavаpах apradа-dharmmeнa bhaga(va*)te
щvetavarаha-svаmine щaщvatkаlabhogyа dattах (|*)
19. taduttarakаlaм saмvyavahаribhiх devabhaktayаnumantavyах (|*)
api ca bhуmi-[dа]na-saмvaddhах щlokа bhavanti (|*)
20. sva-dattам para-dattаmvаyo hareta vasundharам (|*)
sa viштhаyам krimirbhbhуtvа pitрbhissaha pacyate (||*)1.
va(ba)hubhirvvasudhа dattа
21. rаjabhissagarаdibhiх (|*)
yasya yasya yadа bhуmistasya tasya tadа phalaм (||*)2.
шaштiм varшa-sahasrанi svargge modati bhуmidaх (|*)
22. аksheptа cаnumantа ca tаnyeva narake vaset (||*)3.
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L.1 Basak read 214.
L.2 Read gрhиtasya.
L.13 These aksharas are engraved below the closing words of the previous line.
Better read -vаptiriti | anenаva-.
L.17 Read jamvу-.
L.19 Read sambaddhах
L.20 Read dattам vа, usually read kрmirbbhutvа.