Part 59 - Ganjam plates of Prthivivarmadeva

No. 59 Ganjam plates of Prthivivarma-Deva [Prthivivarmadeva]—1. Donor - - - Prthivivarmadeva [Prthivi-varma-deva], son of Mahindravarmadeva [Mahindravarma-Deva]. 2 Title- .. Paramamahesvara; Maharajadhiraja; Paramesvars; Paramabhattaraka. 3. Place of issue (1) Svetaka or (2) Kolaulapura Pattana 4. Date - ? 5. Officers - - - (1) Sandhivigrahi - Sri Samanta (writer) (2) Sri Samanta Svayambhu, the kansakara (engraver) (3) Sri Maladevi (the enshriner) 6. Topography - - - (1) Ja[no]ra Vishaya (Dt.) (2) Dola(li)ti (village) (3) Kolaulapura Pattana (city) 7. Donee Subhakara of Vatsa gotra, Vajasaneya charana, kanva Sakha and Pancharshi (Bhargava, Chyavana, Aupnamanyava, Aurva. and Jamadagni) 8. Authority... E, I, IV, pp 198-201 ff. Edited by Dr F. Kielhorn. It is also noticed by sewell in A.S.SI. Vol. II, p. 32. 9. Remarks ...

st plate; 2 nd side 1. om svasti [II] svetakadhisthana dvagavatah sacaraca [ra] guro [:] | sakala- sasa (sa )nka [sekhara ? [1 sya [2] [sthi ] - 2. tyuptati (tti ) pralaya karanaheto mahendrasca (ca) la sikharanibasi (si ) nah srimadngokane (rne ) - 3. svara bhattarakasya | caranakamalaradhana | batpa (pta ) punya (nya ) nicayah sa (sa)tki (tki rtatha prakarsanurranda (nji ) - 4. ta | sve (se )sa samantacakra [:] sva (sva ) bhujabala parakramakranta | sakala- kalimgadhiraje jyah ) pa. 5. ramamahesvaro matapitrpadanudhyato ma (ma) ha (ha ) rajadhiraja paramesva (sva ) rah (ra) paramabha - 6 . tta (ttha )raka | gangamalakulatilaka | srikola ulapura pattanakasyah kabalya - 7 . barayaghosa | maharajah (ja) sriprthivicarmadeva [:] kusali | sri mahindrava- 8 . mamdaiba sutah (to ) ja[no1 ] ra visae [3] || yathakaladhyasih (si )[nah ] ma (ma) hasamanta | srisa (sa ) - 6. manta | rajanaka rajaputrah (tra ) kumaramatyupari [ka] dandanayaka | bisayapati 10 . gramapati | anyasca cata bhata ballabhajati (ti ) ya [na]| janapadana (n ) rat (stra )- ku (ku ) ta kutu - 11 mvina nah ) | samabajikah | yatharhi (i) manayati bodhayati sa (sa) madisa - (sa)ti | bidita - 1. The correct reading is most probably 'sasankasekharadharasya ' (S.N.R.) 2. Unnecessary punctuation marks have been given in several places like this, upto the end of the 19 th line 3. Read bisaye

nd plats; Ist side 12 . mastu bhabata [*] etadvisaya samvaddhagramoyah gramamdvaya dola (li ) ti [4] nabha | 13 . sakalasthalaranya (nya )ca (sca ) tuhsi (si ) mopalaksitah | bhattaputra su - 14 . bha m ] karaya | bajasana (ne ) [ya] caranaya | ka (ka ) evasakhaya baccha (tsa ) gotraya 15 . itya (ti ) [॥] te (e) pamadhibastesam | pancarisaya | 5 | prabaro bhavati| bhargavah cya- 16 . banapnoba | nauba (be ) jamadagneti | jamadagnibat du (au)rba ba - 17 . t | da (a) pnubanabat | cyabanabat bhrgubat | tapra (tpra ) baraya | iheva 18 . bisuka (ba) samkrantya [] matapitroratmanasca | punyapi trivayo [6] 16 . yatha saliladharapurasa (ssa ) rena | candrakaksiti || 2 nd plate; 2 nd side 20 . samakalam (la) sa (ma) kari (ri ) krtya pratibarsa [] ru (ru ) vyapalani catyari 21 . deyam | evam pratipadito sma (sma ) ttayatam (tah ) | sasanadasa 22 . naddhamrmagauraba (ba ) dasma (sma ) gauraba (ba )cca na kenacitparipanthina bha - 23 . bitabya [ ] ||| tatha ca dharmasastra ] pu pathyate || bahubhiba (rba ) su 24 . dha data (tta ) | rajana [:] sagaradibhih ] [1] yasya yasya yada bhumi [bhu - 25 . mi ] tasya tasya tada phalam | [1] sadasiti sahasrana ] 26 . yojanana basu ['] dhara | ahopunya (nya )ya katya (yya )ya svarga (rgo ) 3 rd plate; 1 st side. 27 . gama pradaino | [1] mabhuddhah phalasanga ba | parada [tte ] - 28 . ti pa [ra] rthina | svadanatphalam la ) manantya (ntyam ) paradata (tta ) ti (nu ) pa (va ) - 26 . lane | [1] bhumim yah pratigrhna (hana )ti | yaca (sca ) bhu (bhu ) mi ['] trayacchati | ubhau tto (tau ) 4. Probably the name of the village is do (da ) lati (S,N,R) 5. Read pascaseya 6. Read punyabhivrddhaye

30 . punyakarmanau | niyato svargagaminau | [1] svadata (ttam ) paradata (tta )mva yo 31 . hareti (ta) basundhara [] [1] sa bisthaya [] krmibhu (bhutva pitrbhi [:] saha - pacyate| iti 32 . kamaladalamvubindulola [ ] sriyamanucintya manusya (vya ) ji (ji ) bitanca [1] sakala 33 . midamudahrtam [ca] ghudhva nahipurusai paraki (ki ) te (ta) yo bilopya | [1] likhitamnca 34 . sandhivigrahi srisamantena | utki (tki ) na (rna ) nca (ca) sisamanta svayambhu kamsare - 35 . na (na) | lamchitamca srima (mahadevya | unyaksara madhikaksaramva tatca - 36 . ccharba pramanamiti || id bad gloi ode 30 ot-and 7

Some time before 1896, Mr. C. J. Weir, I. C. S., the then District Collector of Ganjam, sent this set of copper plate grant to Dr. Hultzsch for examination. No further information regarding the find spot of it is now forthcoming. Dr, Kielhorn edited the same in E. 1. IV, pp. 198-201, without facsimile. The plates are three in number, each measuring about 7"x 3". The ring is missing. Dr. Kielhorn gives the purport of the grant as quoted below: a .. "The inscription is one of Mahindravarmadeva's son, the devout worshipper of Mahesvara (Siva), the Maharajadhiraja-Paramesvara Paramabhata raka, the ornament of the spotless family of the Gangas, the lord of the excellent city of Kolahala, the Maharaja Prthivivarmadeva, who had obtained store of merit by worshipping the lotus-feet of the holy lord Gokarnesvara, dwelling on the summit of mount Mahendra, and who by the excellence of the three constituents of his regal power had attached to himself the whole circle of feudatories, and had acquired by the valorous strength of his arms the sovereignty over all Kalinga. From his residence at Svetka (Svetaka) the king by this document informs his officials and the inhabitants concerned, that on the occasion of an equinox he gave a village in the Ja[no]ra vishaya to the Bhattiputra Subhankara, (a Brahmana) of the Vatsa gotra, who was a student of the Vajasaneya charana belonged to the Kanva sakha, and had the fivefold pravara, Bhargava, Chyavana, Apnavan, Aurva and Jamadagni, - in such a manner that the donee under this deed was entitled to the yearly receipt of four Polas in silver. - The inscription was written by the Sanidhivigrahin, or minister of peace and war, amant, engraved by the brazier Samanta - Svayambhu, and furnished with a seal (? tanchhita) by the chief queen. 1" It is interesting to note that the passage • kolaula parapatta or the Kolahalapura Pattana is for the first time mentioned in this inscription. In the Puranas like Brahmanda (11. 16,21), Vist nu (III. 18.73)

and Vamana (45,90; 105-6) we find that Kolahala was the name of a hill and it was the place where Gayasura performed austerities. Most probably the Kolahala was situated near Mahendra in Ganjam so that a town was established there by that name. A city named Kolapura is mentioned in Brahmanda P. (IV, 44.97) where the goddess Lalita was worshipped,