Miscellany: The Newly-Discovered Gunaighar Grant

Summary

This brief miscellany note revisits a newly discovered copper‑plate grant (the Gunaighar grant) reported by Dinesh Chandra Bhattacharya. The author suggests alternative readings for obscured or uncertain words in lines 6 and 8–11 of the Sanskrit text. He proposes reading ‘pradiniya bhoga’ instead of ‘pravartaniya bhoga’ and adjusts punctuation to improve sense. He translates the corrected lines, emphasising that donations of land made for religious merit should never be revoked, even by those facing hardship. Such land should be protected for all time by anyone, including potential opponents. The note thanks the original editor while demonstrating how careful philological scrutiny refines interpretations.