Part 43 - Napitavataka grant of Devendravarma

No. 43 Napitavataka grant of Devendra-Varma [Devendravarma]... 1. Donor 2. Title ... Devendravarman, the son of Bhupendravarman Maharajadhiraja, Paramesvara. 3. Place of issue... Kalinganagara. 4. Date...? 5. Officers ? ... oint to day 6. Topography... (1) Kolu Varttani (Dt.) (2) Napitavataka (village) (3) Kandakavataka (village) (4) Kolala (village) (5) Sividi (village). 7. Donees... (1) Narasimha Bhatta and 8. Authority 9. Remarks, (2) Madhava Bhatta, sons of Drona Bhatta and grandsons of Madhava Bhatta of Kamakayanas gotra, of Vahrcha section. They were well-versed in the Vedas and other Sastras having many qualities. ... .. The plates were published by Lakshminarayana Harichandana Jagadeva of Tekkali in "The Sahakara" Vol. XVIII, pt. V, p. 392, an Oriya journal of Cuttack. On the 2 nd side of the 3 rd plate there, are some eight lines of writing which seem to have been obliterated. The text found in them is not a part of the grant. So it is presumed that the inscription is palimpsest.

st plate; 2 nd side 1. om svasti [II] srimadanekadebakulakula damarapuranukarinah [a] - 2. kala (lpa ) nta sankalpita nalpa jalpa janasampatsampadita mahamahimno 3 . mahitalatilakat kalinganagarat prasiddhasiddhatapasadhyasita 4 . kandarodara mahendra sikhara sekharasya surasura gu - 5 . roh sakala bhubana mahaprasada nirmanaika sutradharasya 6 . bhagabato gokarnasvamina scaranakamala pranamadabi (pa) gata kalika 7 . la kalanko gangamalakulacudamani sphunjannija bajra - 2 nd plate; 1 st side - 8. ji (rji ) ta sakalakalingadhirajyo mandanilaballa kula kallola jaladhi 6 . mekhala nita (bima ) lamalayasah aneka bhisana samarasamksobha jani - 10 . ta jaya pratapabanata samasta samantacakra kirita kirana manjari punja ra- 11 . njita caranah paramamadesvaro matapitr padanudhyato maharajadhi - 12 . raja paramesvara sribhupendravarmma sunu sridevendrabarmma koluvartanyam 13 . napitabataka gramabasinah kutumvina ssamajnapayati [1] biditamastu bo 14 . yathayam dharma [:] matapitroratmanasca punyabhibrddhaye | asesa gunaganadha - 2 nd plate; 2 nd side. 15 . rasya madhababhattasya pottabhya satkarmaniratasya bi (a)dhita sakala be - 16 . darthasya dronabhattasya putrabhyam (ya) sanasa sahita bahrcabedaparagabhyam 17 . aba (bidi ) tasesasastrarthabhyam kamukayanasa gotrabhya (ya) narasimhabhaththa madhaba - 18 . bhatthabhya mmaya ayam grama ma (mosmi ) n sarvvakara pariharena bhabantuka (na) muttaraya- 16 . na nimitte udakapurvakam sampradatta iti [1] yathocita bhogabhaga mu * Read pauttrabhyam (ya)

20 . panayanta sukham pratibasateti | samprati pradaksinyena simalingani bhabante [II] 21 . isanyam japu sividi napitabata trikute valmikah tato banaraji yavat triku 3 rd plate; Ist side 22 . te tatopi banaraji yavat kandakaeka kolaja napitabataka gramanam triku- 23 . te balmikah tatopi banara [ji ] yavattatakapali tatopi bhavusiddhata (1) balmikam yaba - 24 . trikute sila || tatah pascimatah trikute sila (la ) tata [:] uttaretah konesila tatah 25 kinjit purvatah balmikah | tatah uttaratah barta sahita banaraji yabadva| yacya 26 . trikute balmikah tato garta [1] bhabisyadbha panvijnapati (pti ) vyasabacanaih || bahubhirbasudha - 27 . datta rajabhi [:] sagaradibhih [1] yasya yaraya yada bhumi stasya tasya tadaphalam [|| ] svadatta mpa - 28 . ra dattamba yatnadrata yudhisthira || mahi (hi ) mmahimatam srestha danace (ccha ) yonu - pala ] [|| ] sastimtha 26 . barsa sahasrani svarge tisthati bhumidah [1] aksepta canumanta ca tanyeba narake vaset [|| ] The text is complete here, but on the second side of the third plate there are eight lines of faint letters which have been read from the original plate as follows:- 3 rd plaze, 2 nd side 1. kalanko nekaha [ba] sanksobhajanita jayasadva pratapaba [nata samasta samanta ] 2. cakra cudamanipra ] bha [ma] njari punjaranjita baracaranah nijani [stri ] - 3. [so ] parjita ...... kali kala dhigatta si (si ) ta kumuda kundendvabada - 4 . tadig desa binirgata dhvastaratikulacalo nayabinaya dadyadana daksinya 5 . sau (sau )yyaum [daryya ] sanya tyagadi guna sampadadharabhutah parama mahestra - 6 . ro matapitrpadanu [dhyatah gangamalakulatilako maharajah niti 39 7. 8. ........... tumvi .........

The find spot of the plates is Tekkali. They were published in the Oriya Journal of Cuttack, "The Sahakara 'Vol. XVIII, pt. V, pp. 392 by the late Lakshminarayan Harichandan Jagadeva of Takkali. No description of the plates is available. The content of the charter is that from the city of Kalinga nagara, Devendravarman, son of the Maharajadhiraja - Paramesvara Bhupendravarman granted free of all taxes, the village of Napitavataka, situated in Koluvarttini, to Narasimha Bhatta and Madhava Bhatta, the sons of Drona Bhatta of Kanaukyana gotra and well-versed in many Sastras and the Vedas of Vahrcha section, on the auspecious occasion of Uttarayana Sankranti. From the description of boundaries of the village Napitavataka, it is learnt that it was adjoining the villages of Sividi, Kandakavataka and Kolala.