Palitana plates of Dhruvasena I, [Valabhī] year 207, Kārttika śu. 3

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor:   Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00007

Summary: Grant of land (112 pādāvartas, including one cistern) in favour of three Yajurvedins from Aṁkoṭṭaka.

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⎘ plate 1v 1spiralL svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇā(ṁ) maitrakā¿?⟨ṇ⟩ām atulabalasapatnamaṇḍa-
2lābhogasaṁsaktasaṁprahāraśatalabdhapratāpaḥ pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānu-
3rāgo nuraktam¡o!labhṛtamitraśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśr¿i?⟨ī⟩ḥ paramamāheśvara⟨ḥ⟩ śrīsenāpati-
4bhaṭakkas tasya sutas tatp¿a?⟨ā⟩darajoruṇanatapavitrīk(ṛ)taśirās śirovanataśatrucūḍāmaṇi-
5prabhāvicchuritapādanakhapaṁktidīdhitiḥ dīnānāthajanopajīvyamānavibhavaḥ paramamāhe-
6śvaras senāpatidharasenas tasyānujas tatpādapraṇāmapraśastavimalam¡o!limaṇir mmanv¿a?⟨ā⟩di-
7praṇītavidhividh¿a?⟨ā⟩nadharmmā dharmmarāja Iva vihitavinayavyavasthāpaddhatir ¿i?⟨a⟩khilabhuvanamaṇḍalā-
8bhogasvāminā paramasvāminā svayam upahitarājyābhiṣekamahāviśrāṇan¿a?⟨ā⟩vapūtarājaśrīḥ
9paramamāheśvaro mahārājadroṇasiṁhas si⟨ṁ⟩ha Iva t¿ā?⟨a⟩syānujas svabhujabalena paragajaghaṭā-
10nīkānām ekavijayī śaraṇaiṣiṇāṁ śaraṇam avaboddhā śāstrārtthattatvānāṁ kalpatarur iva suhṛ-
11tpraṇayināṁ yathābhilaṣitaphalopabhogadaḥ paramabh¿a?⟨ā⟩gavataḥ paramabhaṭṭārakapādānuddhyāto
12mahārājadhruvasenaḥ kuśalī sarvvān eva svān ¿a?⟨ā⟩yuktakaviniyuktakacāṭabhaṭadrāṅgikamahatt¿ā?⟨a⟩⟨ra⟩dhruv¿a?⟨ā⟩a-
13dhikaraṇikadāṇḍapāśikādīn anyāṁś ca yathāsambaddhyamānakān anudarśay¿ā?⟨a⟩ty

astu vo viditaṁ yath(ā)
14hastavaprāharaṇyāṁ Akṣasarakamaṇḍalyāṁ Aparadakṣiṇasīm(n)i dāma(ka)cakrika -
⎘ plate 2r 15mātaṅgakapratyayakṣetraṁ pādāvarttaśataṁ dvādaśapādāvarttaparisarā ca vāpī
16Etat sabhūtavātapr¿ā?⟨a⟩tyāyaṁ soparikaraṁ Aṁkoṭṭakavāstavyabrāhmaṇamahilakaviśvaka-
17vadrabrāhmaṇebhyaḥ bhāradvājasagotrebhyaḥ vajisaneyasabrahmacāribhyo mayā mātā-
18pitroḥ puṇyāpyāyanāyātmanaś caihikāmuṣmikayathābhilaṣitaphalāvāptinimittam ācandrā-
19rkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasthitisamakālīnaṁ putrap¡o!tr¿a?⟨ā⟩nvayabhogyaṁ balicaruvaiśvadevā-
20dyānāṁ kriyāṇāṁ samutsarppaṇārttham udakātisarggeṇa brahmadāyo nisṛṣṭaḥ

yata Eṣāṁ
21Ucitayā brahmadāyasthityā bhuṁjatāṁ kṛṣatāṁ ka(r)ṣayatāṁ pradiśatāṁ{ś} ca na kenaci(T)
22pratiṣedhaparipanthanā kāryyāsmadvaṁśajair āgāmibhadranṛpatibhiś cānityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ
23mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmid¿a?⟨ā⟩naphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ yaś c¿a?⟨ā⟩acchindyā-
24d ācchidyam¿a?⟨ā⟩anaṁ vānumodet sa paṁcabhir mmahāpātakais sopapātakais saṁyuktas syād

api (cā)tra vyāsagītā⟨ḥ⟩
25ślokā bhavanti

I. Anuṣṭubh
ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi
svargge modati bhūmidaḥ
Ācchettā c¿a?⟨ā⟩numantā ca
tāny eva nara(ke) va⟨⟨seT⟩⟩

II. Anuṣṭubh
26bahubhir vvasudh¿a?⟨ā⟩bhuktā
rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ
yasya yasya yadā bhūmis
tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ

III. Anuṣṭubh
27vi¿d?⟨n⟩dhyāṭav¿is?⟨⟩īṣv atoyāsu
śu¿s?⟨ṣ⟩kakoṭaravāsinaḥ
kṛṣṇāhayo hi jāyante
brahmadāyaṁ haranti ye


28svahasto mama mahārājadhruvasenasya dūtakaḥ pratīhārāmammakaḥ likhitaṁ kikkakena saṁ 200 7 kārttika ‹śu 3›⟨⟨śu 3⟩⟩

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Translation by Annette Schmiedchen

Commentary

Bibliography

Primary

Schmiedchen, Annette. 2014. Herrschergenealogie und religiöses Patronat: die Inschriftenkultur der Rāṣṭrakūṭas, Śilāhāras und Yādavas (8. bis 13. Jahrhundert). Gonda Indological Studies 17. Leiden: Brill.
[siglum S2014]

Secondary