Bhavnagar plates of Dhruvasena I, [Valabhī] year 207, Kārttika śu. 7

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor:   Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00008

Summary: Probably confirmation of a grant of land (100 pādāvarta and one well) in favour of an Atharvavedin from Hastakavapra.

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⎘ plate 1v 1svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabala-
2sapatnamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktasaṁprahāraśatalabdhapratāpaḥ pratāpopanatadā-
3namānārjjavopārjjitānurāgānuraktam¡o!labhṛtamitraśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśrīḥ pa-
4ramamā{mā}heśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatibhaṭakkaḥ tasya sutas tatpādarajoruṇanatapa-
5vitrīkṛtaśirāḥ śirovanataśatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhāvicchuritapādanakhapaṅktidīdhi-
6tiḥ dīnānāthajanopajīvyamāna¿di?⟨vi⟩bhavaḥ paramamāheśvaras senāpatidhara-
7senas tasyānujas tatpādābhipraśastavimalam¿ā?⟨au⟩limaṇir mmanvādipraṇītavidhivi-
8dhānadharmmā dharmmarāja Iva vihitavinayavyavasthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍalābhoga-
9svāminā paramasvāminā svayam upahitarājyābhiṣekamahāviśrāṇanāvapūtarā-
10jaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaro mahārājadroṇasiṁhaḥ siṁha Iva tasyānujas svabhujabalagha-
11ṭānīkānām anekavijayī śaraṇaiṣiṇāṁ śaraṇam avaboddhā śāstrārttha¿ā?⟨a⟩tvānāṁ kalpatarur i-
12va suhṛtpra¿t?⟨ṇ⟩ayināṁ ya¿l?⟨th⟩ābhilaṣitaphalopabhogada⟨ḥ⟩ paramabhāgavataḥ paramabhaṭṭā-
13rakapādānudhyāto mahārājadhruvasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva svān āyuktaka -
⎘ plate 2r 14viniyuktakadr¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨ṁ⟩gikamahattaracāṭabhaṭadhruvasthānādhikara¿n?⟨ṇ⟩adaṇḍapāśikād(ī)n anyā⟨ṁ⟩ś ca ya-
15thāsambadhyamānakān anudarśayaty

astu vas sa⟨ṁ⟩viditaṁ yathā mayā hastakavaprāhar¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇyaṁ kukkuṭagrā-
16me yotilapratyayasītāpādāvarttaśa¿d?⟨t⟩aṁ kūpaś ca hastakavapravāstavyabr¿a?⟨ā⟩hmaṇasacitiśa⟨r⟩mmaṇ¿a?⟨e⟩
17droṇ¿a?⟨ā⟩yanasagotrāyātharvvaṇasabrahmacāriṇ¿a?⟨e⟩ mātāpitroḥ puṇyāpyā⟨yanā⟩yā(t)manaś caih¿e?⟨i⟩kāmuṣmi-
18kayathābhilaṣitaphalāvāptinimittam ācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaṁ putra-
19p¡o!trānvayabhojyaṁ brahmadeyam anujñātaṁ yato syocitayā brahmadeyasthityā bhuṁjataḥ pra-
20diśataḥ karṣāpayataḥ kṛṣato vā na kaiścit svalpāpy ābādhā kāryyāsmadvaṁśajair āgāminṛpa-
21tibhiś cānityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ cāvekṣya sāmānyaṁ ca bh(ū)midānaphalam avagacchadbhi⟨R⟩
22Iyam asmadanumatir anumant¿ā?⟨ā⟩vyā yaś cācchindyād ācchidyamānaṁ vānumodet sa pa(ṁ)cabhir mmahāp¿a?⟨ā⟩a-
23takais sopapātakais saṁyuktas syād ¿i?⟨a⟩pi cātra vyāsagītaḥ ¿l?⟨ś⟩lloko bhavati ṣaṣṭiṁ var¿y?⟨ṣ⟩yasahasrā-
24ṇi s(v)argge modati bhūmidaḥ [/*] ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vased iti
25svahasto mama mahārājadhruvasenasya dūtakaḥ pratīhāramammakaḥ likhitaṁ kikkakena dashPlain
26saṁ 200 7 kārttika śu 7

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Translation by Annette Schmiedchen

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Bibliography

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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]

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