Kalahāṭaka grant of Dhruvasena I, between years 206 and 210

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor:   Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00015

Summary: Confirmation of the grant of the village of Kalahāṭaka to two Brāhmaṇas, the information on their Vedic affiliation not being preserved.

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⎘ plate 1v 1spiralL svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasapatnamaṇḍalābhoga-
2saṁsaktasaṁprahāraśatalabdhapratāpaḥ pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgo nurakta-
3m¡o!labhṛtamitraśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaras senāpati(ś)r(ī)bhaṭakkas tasya suta(ḥ)ḥ
4tatpādarajoruṇāvanatapavitrīkṛtaśirā(ḥ ś)irovanataśatrucūḍāmaṇ¿ī?⟨i⟩prabhāvicchuritapādanakha-
5pa⟨ṁ⟩ktidīdhitir ddīnānāthajan¿ā?⟨o⟩pajīvyamāna(vi)bhavaḫ paramamāheśvaras senāpatidharasenaḥ
6tasyā(nu)jas tatpādābhi(pra)ṇāmapraśastavimalam¡(o)!limaṇ¿ī?⟨i⟩r mmanvādipraṇītavidhividh¿a?⟨ā⟩nadharmmā
7dharmmarāja Iva vih¿ī?⟨i⟩tavinayavyavasthāpaddh¿ā?⟨a⟩tir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogasvāminā paramasvāmin¿a?⟨ā⟩
8svaya(m upa)hitarājyābhiṣekamahāviśrāṇanāvapūtarājaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaro ma(hārā)ja-
9dro(ṇasiṁhaḥ) siṁha Iva tasyānujas svabhu[2×]lena paragajaghaṭānīkānām ekavijay(ī)
10śaraṇaiṣiṇāṁ śaraṇa{ṁ}m avaboddhā śāstrārttha[2×]nāṁ kalpatarur iva suhṛtpraṇayināṁ yathā(bhila)-
11(ṣita)phalopabhogadaḥ paramabhāga[1×]taḫ paramabhaṭ¿y?⟨ṭ⟩ārakapādānudhyāto mahāsāma(nta)-
12mahārājadhruvasenaẖ kuśalī sa(r)vv(ā)[1×]va svān āyuktakaviniyuktakadrā⟨ṅ⟩gikamahattaracāṭa-
13(bha)ṭadhruvasthānādhikaraṇikadāṇḍapā[1×]kādīn anyāṁś ca yathāsaṁ(ba)dhyamānakān anudarśayaty a-
14[1*4×](d)itaṁ yathā hastavaprāhar¿ā?⟨a⟩ṇyāṁ kalahāṭakagrāmaḫ pūrvvabhuktabhujya(mā)nakaḥ
⎘ plate 2r 15[?4×](nagaravāsta)vyabrāhma(ṇavi)śvada(tta)vasu(da)ttābhyāṁ bharadvājasagotrābhyāṁ [?2×]-
16[?4×](brahma)cāribhyāṁ mayā mātāpi(troḥ pu)ṇyāpyāyanāyātma(na)ś caihikāmuṣmikayathābh¿ī?⟨i⟩-
17[?3×](phalāvā)ptinimittam ācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasthitisamakālīna(ḥ)
18[?4×](nvayabhogyaṁ) balicaruvaiśva[2×]dyānā(ṁ) kriyāṇāṁ samutsarppaṇārtthaṁ pūrvv¿a?⟨ā⟩cāra-
19[?3×](moditaḥ) yato nayo(r) bhu(ṁ)[1×]toḥ kṛṣatoḥ karṣayatoḥ pradiśator vvā na kaiści-
20[?4×]dh(ā) vicāraṇā vā kāryyāsma[1×]śa(jai)r āgāmibhadranṛpatibhiś cānityāny aiśvaryy(āṇy a)-
21[?6×](mānyaṁ ca bhūmi)[3×]lam avagacchadbhir iyam asmadanumat(i)[?3×]-
22ntavyā ya(ś cācchi)ndyā(d ā)cchidyamānaṁ vānu[2×]t sa pañcabhir mmahāpātakai(s so)papātakai[1×]
23(saṁyukta)[1×]d iti cātra vyāsagītāś ślokā (bha)[3×]ṣ¿ṭh?⟨ṭ⟩ṭhiva(rṣasaha)srā(ṇi svargge) modati bhūmidaḥ
24[3×] (cā)]numantā ca tāny e(va na)rake (va)se[1×] sva(da)ttāṁ para(da)ttāṁ vā yo (hareta)hareta vasundharā(ṁ)
25gavāṁ (śata)sahasrasya ha(ntu)ḥ prāpnoti ki(lbiṣaM) bahu(bh)ir vvasudhā bhuktā rāja[?4×]-
26dibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalam iti
27(svahasto) mama mahāsāmantamahārājadhruvasenasya (dū)takaḥ pratīhāramamma(kaḥ)
28likhitaṁ kikkake(na) [...]śu[...]

Apparatus

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Translation by Annette Schmiedchen

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