26. Kanas plates, Gupta year 280.
JKHRS, Vol.III, 261-66 (S.Rajaguru); IO,II, III, 120-123 (S.Rajaguru); EI, Vol. 28, No. 51: 329-31 (D.C. Sircar); IA.AR. 1950-51, p.7, No. 14, App.A.

The village of Kanаs lies about ten miles away from the Delang station of the Bengal-Nagpur Railway in the Puri District of Orissa. The village is celebrated for an ancient Maтha or monastery under a Mahant Mahаrаj. Some time ago Pandit Sadащiva Ratha Щarmа of Puri, who is a Research Assistant of the Utkal Umversity, Cuttack, secured on loan two copper-plate inscriptions in the possession of the Kanаs Maтha and gave them for decipherment to Pandit Satyanаrаyana Rаjaguru who was formerly Research Assistant of the Kaliкga Historical Research Society, Balangir, and is now Assistant Curator of the Orissa Museum at Bhubaneswar. Pandit Rаjaguru made an attempt to decipher one of the two records and published the results of his study in the Journal of the Kalinga Historical Research Society, Vols. II, No. 4 and III, Nos. 1-3, January 1950, pp. 261-66. As the text of the inscription published by Pandit Rаjaguru appeared to me inaccurate and unsatisfactory, I was eager to examine the original plate. Both the plates in the possession of the Kanаs Maтha were secured on loan by the Government Epigraphist for India through the Collector of the Puri District in December 1950. The results of my study of the two inscriptions, one of which is as yet unknown to scholars, are published in the following pages.
A. Plate of Lоkavigraha-bhaттаraka; Gupta year 280: This is a single plate measuring 4.85 inches by 2.5 inches and having writing on both obverse and reverse. There is a projection in the middle of the left end of the plate, to which a seal was originally soldered. Of this seal, however, nothing but a small lump of bronze protruding through a hidden hole on both the obverse and reverse of the projection now remains. There are eleven lines of writing on the obverse of the plate and ten lines on the reverse. The size of the letters is small. The preservation of the writing, especially on the obverse of the plate, is extremely unsatisfactory as some of the letters have completely peeled off. The weight of the plate, together with the lump representing the original seal, is 15 tolas only. (DS)

TEXT (DS)

Obverse

1 [Siddham||] Svasti [||*] Chatu[r-u*]dadhi-salila-vиchи-[mеkhalа-nilи]nаyам sa-dvиpa-[giri-pa]-
2 ttanavatyам vasundharаyам pravarttamаnе Gupta-[kа]la-[samva(saмva)tsa]rе a[щи]ty-u[tta]ra-щata-[dva*]-
3 y[е] Tо[sa]lyам s-ашtаdaщ-а[ттa(тa)]vi-rаjyаyам parama-[dе]va[t-а]dhidaivata-щrи-Lоkavi-
4 graha-bhaттаra[kе pra]щаsati [Da]kшi[нa-Tо]salyаm=Uтida-viшayа[t] vini[yu]-
5 [kta]kа[х*] sa-vaiщvаsika-viшayapaty-aм[sa]vр(bр)hadbhоgik-аdhikara[на] varttamаna-
6 bhaviшyan-mahаsаma[n]ta-ma[hа]rаja-rаjap[u]ttra-kumа[rа]mаty-оparika-[ta]d-аyu-
7 k[ta]ka-[vaiщvаsika]-viшayapa[ty-aмsa]vр(bр)[hadbhоgi]k-аdhikaraнаn=anyамщ=cha [bhаga]-bhuj[о]
8 ya[th-а]rhaм [saм]pуjya vijга[pa]yanti[|*] viditam=a[s]tu bhо bhavat[ам] yath=аsmad-viшaya-
9 [samva(mba)]ddha У[rddhvaщр]кga-grа[maх] chi[ra-khila-щу]nyam=anеka-guнam=ity=avadhрtya
10 pa[rama-dе]vat-аdhi[daivata]-щrи-pa[rama-bhaттаra]ka-pаd-[аnujгa]y=аsmаbhiх dharmm-аrtha-kаma-
11 viniшpatta[yе] [а-chandr-аrkka]-sama[kаlиy-аkшaya-nи]vи-dharmmенa cha[tuх]-

Reverse

12 sиmа-liкgаni saмsthаpya [Chai]k[а]mva(mba)[kи]ya-щrи-Ma[нi]nаgещ[v]ara-bhaттаraka-ma[тhи]-
13 ya-va(ba)li-charu-sattra-pravarttanаya nаnа-gоttra-Maittrаyaниya-chhаtra-Vrа(Brа)hma-
14 наnам s[th]i[ta]y[е] tаmra-pa[тти]kрtya pratipаdita[х] [|*] ta[d=е]va[м] viditya(tvа) dharmm-аbhilа-
15 шаd=an[upа]layi[tum=arha]th=еti || Samva(Saмva)t 200 80 Phаlguнa(na)-di [||*]
16 [a]nus[р]taм Sуrya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . li-bhaтai[х |] vaiщvаsika-Bhavanаga | viшaya-
17 pati-[Щrиdatta |] . . . . . . . . . . . . ji-rоd-ам[sa]-vр(bр)had-bhоgika-Suдumаka | karaнi-
18 ka-Nаgadatta [| draкgapа] . . . . . . . kaiщ=ch=еti || Va(Ba)hubhir=vvasudhа dattа rаjabhiх
19 Sagar-аdibhi[х] [| *] yasya ya[sya] yadа bhуmis=tasya tasya ta[dа*] phalaм(lam)||
20 Шaштiм varшa-saha[srа]нi svarggе tiштhati bhуmidaх [| *] аkшеptа ch=аnumantа cha
21 tаny=еva narakе vasеt || o || o ||

TEXT (SR - strong differs from DS reading)

Obverse

1 Ом Svasti [||*] Catur-udadhi-salila-vиcи-mеkhalа-. . . . valaya sa-dvиpа(pa)gara(giri)-pa-.
2 ttanavatyам vasundharаyам varttamаnе Gaupta-kаlе 200 щatmuщiva-
3 ya(yа) Tоsalyаyаm-aшtаdaщ-аdhirаjyayа paramadaivatаdhidaivata-щrи-Lоkavi-
4 graha-bhaттa-mahаsаmantо Dakшiнa-Tоsalyа[м] Saтida-viшayаt tat-icchapa-
5 ttanе sakha-svаsida-viшayapatyа samуhaм jгаpa[ya]ti varttamаna-
6 bhaviшyan-mahаsаmanta-mahаrаja-rаjaputra-kumаrаmаtya(yо)parikarаdaya(yа)-
7 da(di)kaм ca щvатida-viшayapatyaм(tyа)n=anyамщ=cha tatоёnyaм ja-
8 yavаrha(yavarаha) sa pуjya vijгa(jга)payanti(ti) || viditam=astu vа bhavatам yath=аsmin-viшaya-
9 samvaddha Уrddha-щркkha-grаmaх vidhиyanyа(nи)tamаna kаla(lе)нa (na)mi(и)ty=avadhрtya-
10 parama-daivat-аdhidaivata-щrи-parama-bhaттаraka-pаdayoёsmаbhi-dharmmоёyaм-pа-
11 lanишu ttayа . . . . . samupabhuмjа[na]mayа sva sva dharmmенa tata-

Reverse

12 sиmа-liкgаni saмsthаpya su(щu)bhavрddhayе щrи-Maнinаgещvara-bbaттаraka-ma[тhи]-
13 yа-vali-caru-sattra-pravarttanаya nаnа-gоttra-Maittrаyaниyaм-cha(cchа)tra-brаhma-
14 нам bodhitavya tаmra-phalakеdaya pratipаditaх tad=еva[м] viditya(tvа) dharmm-аbhilа-
15 шаdаnupаlayitam=iha iti || samvat 200 80 Phаlguнa di 10
16 || likhitaм Sуryyakшi[ta]salitaте || vaiщvаsika-Bhavanаga viшaya-
17 pati-Щudra. . .vрhad-bhоgika-Su(Щу)drapаka karaнi-
18 ka-Nаgadatta durgapatayоkaщcеti | bahubhir=vasudhа dattа rаjabhiх
19 Sagar-аdibhiх [|] yasya yasya yadа bhуmis=tasya tasya ta[dа] phalaм(lam)||
20 шaштi[м] varшa-sahasrанi svarggе vasati bhуmidaх [|] аkшеptаcа(щcа)numantа ca(щcа)
21 tаny=еva narakе vasеt || o || o ||