Siddham. The Asian Inscription Database | IN03216 Laṅkātilaka Copper Plates

This set of four copper plates are preserved in the Laṅkātilaka Temple at Udunuwara in Kandy District. These plates are dated in the seventh year of Rājāhirājasiṁha, who reigned from 1781 until 1798. The fourth plate is inscribed with grants of lands to the temple from this monarch and his predecessor, Kīrtiśrī Rājasiṁha (r. 1747–1781). The first three plates, meanwhile, are engraved with copies of earlier grants to the temple made by kings Bhuvanaikabāhu IV and Vikramabāhu III in the fourteenth century. These grants were originally recorded on a rock to the south of the temple (IN03212 and IN03213). However, there are some discrepancies between the rock inscriptions and the texts engraved on these plates. It cannot simply be the case that the engravers of the copper-plates struggled to decipher the original inscriptions, since the discrepancies affect portions of the text which remain clearly legible on the rock. Certain discrepancies appear to be the result of the eighteenth-century scribes having adapted the fourteenth-century text to match their notions of propriety and to magnify the part of Senā-Laṁkādhikāra in the grant to the temple. Furthermore, Senarath Paranavitana conjectures that the copper plates were not based directly on the rock inscriptions but were instead copied from earlier copper-plate charters, which contained variant versions of the texts. It certainly seems to have been the case that the grants proclaimed in the rock inscriptions were also recorded on copper plates, since the inscription of Bhuvanaikabāhu declares as much.

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[line 1] Śri-Śaka-varṣayen ek＝vā-dahas-de-siya-sa-śaṭa-avuruddak piru-nu-san̆da me-kala raja pämini T[r*]i-Siṁhalādhīsvara Bhuvaṇaikabāhu-nam-vū maṭa tun-

[line 2] vannehi Mehenavara-vamśābhijāta Sēnā-Laṁkādhikārin＝visin Vesan̆ga pura-pahalosvaka de-vāsaye maha-saṁghayā – vahansē ek＝va Siduruvānā-

[line 3] Uḍunuvara Panahal-gala-mudunehi digin puḷulin śaṭa-śattä-riyanak purṣa-pramāna kaḷu-galin bän̆da sama-tala koṭa śai-lamaya-adhisṭhāna-mastakaye-

[line 4] -hi noyek-lakṣa-ganan-gadaḷuven satara-mahal koṭa pūrva-disābhimukha-bappuven yukta koṭa satara-disāvehi candrikā-sthalayen piṭata tän-pasa uḷuven

[line 5] devāla-pasak＝ut saman̆ga bän̆da nan̆gana-lada siddha-vidyādhara-hasti-vṛsabha-siṁha-vyāghra-kibisi-makara-pat ＝ ādi-vicitra – kar-mmāntayen samalaṁkrata koṭa väli-kondehi paṭa-

[line 6] -n kot-kärälla dakvā detis-riyanak bän̆da nan̆gana-lada satara-konehi dāgop-satara hā mudun-dāgobehi ran-kot palan̆davā mudun-dāgobehi dora-li do-

[line 7] -ra-bā lavā pot-guḷu koṭa piṭakatraya liyavā tabā sampūrṇṇa-vana-lada-citra-karmmāntayen karavū nāyaka-pilima – aṭa-vissak hā pilima-sahaśrayakin sampūrṇṇa

[line 8] sataraveni-māla-t vaḍu-pas-riyan ot-pilima-saminu-t pilima-pasakin＝ut sampūrṇṇa va karavū tunveni-mala-t aṭavisi-Bodhiyen＝ut sūvisi-vivaraṇaye-

[line 9] -n＝ut pilima-sahaśrayakin＝ut sampūrṇṇa va mun̆dalivarun äma-denā-t senāva-t ek＝va karavū deveni-māla-t tāmbramaya-vū Bodhi-vṛkṣayak svarṇṇa-patra-śākhā

[line 1] -ven vicitra koṭa karavū Śrī-mahābodhi-sāmīnṭa piṭa Iā vajrāsanaye väḍa hun dhātu-de-siya-pan-śaṭa-denaku-vahansegan dhātu-rūpa-yak pihiṭuvā kala nāya-

[line 2] -ka-pilima-sāmin＝ut ubhaya-pārśvayehi cāmara gena siṭinā vaḍu-pas-riyan usa divya-rūpa-dekak ＝ ut e-sē ma usa äti Maitrī-nātha Lokeśvara-nātha rūpa-dekak＝ut

[line 3] divya-strī-rūpa-dekak＝ut karavā sitiyam-pilima-sahásrayak-denā-vahansē-t mili-toranayehi Śakra-Brahma-Viṣnu-Mahes-vara-Suyāma-Santusit＝ādi-vū-divya-rūpa-t mekī-äma-de-

[line 4] -nā-gē divya-strī-rūpa-t karavā viyan-sittam-bhikti-sittam-dek-hi pansiya-panas-jātakādin karavā doraṭu-pālayin karavā tabā devāla-yehi Laṁkāvaṭa arag＝gat Kihirä-

[line 5] -li-Upulvan-Sumaṇa-Vibhīṣaṇa-Gaṇapati-Khandha-kumār ＝ ādi devi-rajjuruvan-vahansē-t bisovarun＝vahansē-t karavā me-kī Bu-dun-deviyangen sampūrṇṇa-vū Sēnā-Laṁkādhikārī

[line 6] nam-vū mekun taman karavū pāta-mala-t sthapati-rāyarun ätuḷu-vū boho-ācārivarunṭa dun vīn ratran-ridī-pilī-ätulu-vū-deyin masu-ran-agayen tun-kela-śaṭa-lakṣayak dī api-t mu-

[line 7] -dalivaru-t sēnāva-t ek＝va karavū mē-Śrī-Laṁkātilaka-nam-vū pilima-geyi idiri-piṭa Senā-Laṁkādhikārayo tamangē putra-vanitā＝dīn lavā karavū aṭa-visi-riyan-mahā-maṇḍapayehi ä-

[line 8] -layen makara-tōraṇa-maddhya-gata va pihiṭuvū taman usa-maha-taṭa dahas-gaṇan-ghana-lohayen pratimā-rūpayak karavā me-kī-Budun-deviyanṭa muḷu-tän pisīmata digin ekolos-riya-

[line 9] -n mulutän-geyak karavā e-maṇḍapa-idiriyehi pūrva-dik-bhāga-yehi ek＝ṣiya-visi-riyan digin puḷulin satara-pas-denakun ovun＝ovun än̆ga no-vadi yana-paridden kaḷu-gal-paḍiyak＝u-

[line 1] -t b[ä]n̆da yutu-satara-konehi vaṭa-kaḷu-galin sāra-siyayak-riyan sīmā-pahurak＝ut badavā pascima-disā-bhāgayen digin palalin aṭa-riyan pamana demāl-maha-vā-

[line 2] -salak＝ut karavā eyin piṭata vihāra-rakṣāvehi niyukta-däsi-das-kam-karuvan innā-lesaṭa vīthi-vinyāsa-t lavā karavā tabā apis-māḷu-varun-vahanse ätuḷu-

[line 3] vū de-vāsaye maha-saṁghayā-vahansē śapa-paribhōgayen śata-pena-lesaṭa karavū saṁghārāma-deka-t puṣpārāma-phalārāmayen yukta-vū śrī-mahā-vihāraya matu pavatvana-

[line 4] lesaṭa pratisṭhāvak äta mänavä yi Sēnā-Laṁkādhikārayo apaṭa kī-heyin me-sē ma Siduruvānā-nuvara-bada-Kirivavulen biju-vaṭa-yālak＝ut api-t mudalivaru-t

[line 5] sēnāva-t ek＝va amutu äla-avunu ban̆davā tara karavā ḷū Aḷut-Badalagoḍin kum̆buru-biju-sa-yālak＝ut Paraṇa-Badalagoḍin biju-pas-yālak＝ut ätuḷu va kum̆buru-do-

[line 6] -ḷos-yālak＝ut mehi bada gasa-kola val-piṭa ätuḷu-vū tän＝ut Sēnā-Laṁkādhikārayo tamangē pamunu-pravēniyen pidū Hidda-vulla-Gonmānikayen biju-vaṭa-

[line 7] yālak＝ut Vāsala-karavū-adhikārayangen pidū Paraṇa-Badala-goḍa Yakāllen biju-vaṭa-yālak ＝ ut Satruvan-patirājayangen pidū Kasabiliyagoḍin biju-vaṭa-yālak ＝ ut

[line 8] Äpānangen pidū Naraṇagoḍin biju-vaṭa-yālak ＝ ut Patirāja-yangen pidū Deltoṭa Sīlpän-kadure darāṇḍa paṭan Saputalaye ima dakvā kum̆buru-biju-vaṭa dolo-

[line 9] -s＝amunak＝ut Santānen man̆gul-piṭiyela-ekak＝ut Siduruvānā-denuvara kuḍā-mahat-äma-dena-t ek＝va amutu äla-amunu-bän̆nda kanu-mul udurā tanā dunnen pidū Go-

[line 1] -ḍavelin biju-vaṭa-yālak＝ut ätuḷu va kum̆buru-biju-vaṭa-dasasat-yāla-dolos＝amunak ätuḷu va meyi tuvāk täna paraṇa-ima-vū-paridden mehi bada gasa-kola

[line 2] val-piṭa ätuḷu-vū tän＝ut Sēnā-Laṁkādhikārayo taman pidū ratran ridī lo-kaḍa tam̆ba-kaḍa ätulu-vū garu-bhāṇḍa-t mesē ma tamangē man̆gul-vahalin ran-vahalin gǟ-

[line 3] -nun-pirimingen vahal-rū-desiyayak＝ut ela-sarakin mī-sarakin sarak-rū-sāra-siyayak＝ut mesē ma vihāraye kala-deya pavā no-kala-deya karavā deviyanṭa

[line 4] Budunṭa nirantarayen bat-mal-pahan-puda valakkan-puda pava-tinā-Iesaṭa Laṁkāvāsi-siyallan tamangē nama lā kala-heyin avurud-dakaṭa geyakin panamak niyāye-

[line 5] -n denṭa salasanu pideni-panam＝ut ätuḷu-maḍigayen piṭa-maḍiga-yen nava-toṭin aṭalos-desayen ā-väpārayangen gannā dena yam-baḍuyekin siyayaṭa

[line 6] kālak niyāyen tam̆ba-pata liyā dun samaya-śriyen lat siyaḷu-vastuva ätuḷu-vū äma-lābhaya pasak koṭa bedā tunu-ruvanṭa tun-bhāgayak＝ut deviyanṭa bhāgayak＝ut me-

[line 7] -kungē daru-munuburu-paramparāven mehi puda pavatvana kenakunṭa bhāgayak＝ut niyama kala niyāva-t meyin kisivakaṭa viruddhayak koṭa lobhayen pähärā gat ke-

[line 8] -nek ät＝nam narakādi-satara-apāyehi ipadī Mete-Budun no-daknā-hu ya kāka-pretādin men bat-pän no läba caṇḍālayanṭa-t anta va kavuḍanṭa ballanṭa put

[line 9] vūvāhu nam veti yi däna | Tinaṁ vā yadi vā kaṭṭhaṁ pupphaṁ vā yadi vā phalaṁ yo hare Buddha-bhogassa mahāpeto bhavissati yi kiyā śri-mukha-pāṭha heyin mē-lō-para-

[line 1] lō-dekhi ma śapa vidinā kämäti-vū uttamayan visin kisivakaṭa-t āsāvak no koṭa basakin akurakin vicarakin mē-pin-kamaṭa sahāya va kala

[line 2] deya pavā no-kalav-deya pavatvā karavā ḷū kenek ät＝nam mē-kusalaya taman kalā-sē anumodan＝va diva-śapa-t nivan-śapa-t sādhā gannā pinisa mē-pi-

[line 3] -n-kamaṭa Senā-Laṁkādhikarayō-t mesē-vū ārādhanāvak kereti | Aśya punyaśya yas＝trātā tat-pādadvayajaṁ rajaḥ Senā-Laṁkādhi-kārendro kurute mūrdhva-

[line 4] -ni puṣpa-vat | Mē-pin-kamaṭa yam uttamayakhu visin basakin＝va-t sahāya va raknā-läbē da e-uttamayā-gē pāda-dhūli Senā-Laṁkādhikārī-vū mā visin suvan̆da-mal-

[line 5] samūhayak men māgē isa-mudunen pudana-ladī | Saṁrakṣituṁ dharmmam ＝ anaikarūpaṁ baddhāñjali mūrdhvani yācate ‘sau jātā-narendrān＝napi jayamānān mantrīsvarān sai-

[line 6] -nya-janān bahuśrī | sampūrṇṇa-vū mē-kusala-dharmmaya upan rājottamayānan＝vahansē visin＝ut matu upadinā rājottama-van＝visin＝ut upan amāptottamayan visi-

[line 7] -n＝ut upadinā ǟpā-māpā-siṭu-senevirat-pañca-pradhāni-mahatun＝visin＝ut esē ma dhanavanta-śrīvanta – Demala-Sihala-sēnāva visin＝ut me-kī-paridden srī-mahā-vihāraya saṁ-

[line 8] rakṣaṇa-paripālanaya kala yam uttamayek ät＝nam ovunṭa dasa-nakha-samodhānayen dohot mudunehi ädili bän̆da vändemi kiyā Bodhisatva-caritayak men utum-

[line 9] vū-guna-äti-ē-Senā-Laṁkādhikārīn＝visin mesē yājñā keḷe yi | Dāna-pālanayorm＝madhe dānā śreyo ‘nupālanam dānaṁ svarg-gam＝prāpnoti pālanaśyāccutam

[line 1] padam | yana mē-subhāsita-vacanayen tamā dīma ya anun dun deya rakṣā-kirīma ya yana yukti-kramayen biju-vaṭa vapulavunṭa vaḍā v[ä*]ṭa koṭa rakṣā-kala-ayaṭa e-sasya-phalaye-

[line 2] -n prayojana vana seyin＝da daruvan väda mǟniyanṭa vaḍā suta-premayen äti-kala-mavunṭa ē-put [r*] ayāgen prayojana vana śeyin＝da me-sē Laṁkā-Senevirat-raja karavū mē-pi-

[line 3] -n-kamaṭa vacana-mātrāvakin＝vat sahāya-vū kenakunṭa svargga-sampat nervā(va)na-sampat sādhā kelavara amā-maha-nivan daknāhu nam vet ||

Śrī-San̆gabodhi

[line 4] Śrī-Vikramabāhu nam-vū mama tun＝vanu Uduvapa pura-paslosvakas lat-dinayehi svargga-mokṣa-sampattiya sādhā gannā-pinisa Laṁkātilaka-raja-mahā-vihāraye nayaka-pilima-

[line 5] sāmīṇṭa māgē nāmayen davas-patā bat pudana-lesaṭa Goḍaraṭa ban̆dä Paṭṭiyegama hā mehi bada gam＝mudal gasa-kola val-piṭa minisun ätuḷu-vū siyalla ma cirāt-kāla-

[line 6] -yak pavatnā-lesaṭa māgen Lovuturā-Budunṭa pidū-bavaṭat | Äpāna vamha [|*] Me-vakavanu-davasa māgen＝ut Rabbēgamuva hā mehi bada gam ＝ mudal gasa-kola val-piṭa mi-

[line 7] -nisun ätuḷu-vū siyalla-t maṭa ubhaya-lokārttha-sidhiya pinisa deviyan Budun sahita Laṁkātilaka-raja-mahā-vihārayaṭa santaka koṭa māgen cirāt-kālayak pavatnā-lesa-

[line 8] -ṭa pidū bava-t mē apa kalā-vū pin-kamaṭa dän vat (t) idiriye davasakin＝vat apalak(ka) kala＝-ki-kenek ät＝nam kauḍāṭa ballāṭa put-vūvāhu nam veti tirisan-ǟ-satara-apāyen

[line 9] goḍa no-daknāhu nam vet mē apa kalā-vū pin-kamaṭa dän vat idiriye davasaka vat mīṭa basakin vicara sahāya va siṭi-kenek ät＝nam svargga-mokṣa sampat sādhā amā-

[line 1] maha-nivan dakinṭa utsāha kaṭa yutu |

Tri-Siṁhalādhīsvara Kīrtti-Śrī-Rājasiṁha nam-vū maṭa ek-visi-vanu Poson-masa pura-śaṭa-vaka lat An̆gaharuvā-dā palamu Laṁkātilaka-

[line 2] maha-vihārayata pudavā tibunu Goḍavela ya yana gama mi visin me ma vihārayaṭa pidū-bavaṭa-t |

Śrī-Rājādhirājasiṁha nam-vū maṭa sat-vanu Il-masa pura-tiyavak nam tithiya lat San̆du-dā

[line 3] palamu Laṁkātilaka-maha-vihārayaṭa pudavā tibunu Rabbē-gamuva yana gama goḍa maḍa ge-vatu gaha-kola parivāra-janayan ätuḷu-vū siyalla ma me ma vihārayaṭa mā visin pidū-bavaṭa-t

[line 4] apaṭa guru-tanaturehi siṭa akṣara-likhit＝ādi-samasta-śāstrayan ab-bhyāsa karavamin dhammānu-dharmma-pratipattiyen anuśā-sanā karannā-vū Kobbyākaḍuvē Śrīnivāsa-sāmīn-gē siśyā-

[line 5] -nu-siśya-paramparāva dakvā Śri-Laṅkātilaka-maha-vihārayehi puda volakkaṁ pavatvā vihāra-saṁraksaṇaya karaṇa pinisa-t | Palamu Bhuvaṇaikabāhu-ādi-maha-rājottamayan visin ga-

[line 6] -n-bim pamunu koṭa devū-seyin＝ut matu śāsanāntarddhānaya dakvā raja-rājamahāmāptyādi-kisi-kenakun visin no-gata-häki-sē sthira va pavatnā-niyāyen tam̆ba-pata liyavā pūjā ka-

[line 7] -la-bava-t däna | Min idiriye vat apalak kala-kī-kenek ät＝nam Sañjīvādī-aṭa-maha-narakaye väṭī maha-duk vin̆da goḍa no dak-nāhu ya | Mīṭa bas-mātrayakin vat sahāya-vū

[line 8] kenek ät＝nam svargga-mokṣa-sampat sādhā kelavara amā-maha-Nivan daknāhu nam yeti |||