British Library plates (Vaṭaprajyaka grant) of Dhruvasena I, year 217, Āśvayuja [ba.] [1]3

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor:   Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00020

Summary: Grant of the village of Vaṭaprajyaka in favour of a Buddhist monastery in Valabhī.

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⎘ plate 1v 1svasti vijaya(skandhāvārāt) [7×](vāsakāt prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atu)labalasapatna(maṇḍalā)-
2(bhogasaṁsaktasaṁprahāraśatalabdhapratāpaḥ pratāpopa)natadāna(mānā)rjjavopā(rjjitānurāgo) nuraktam¡o!labhṛta-
3(mitra)śr(e)ṇ(ī)balāvāptar(ā)jyaśr(īḥ paramamāhe)śvaraś śrīsenāpatibhaṭakkaḥ tasya sutas (taccaraṇarajoruṇāvanata)-
4(pavitrīkṛtaśirāś śirovanataśatrucūḍāmaṇi)prabhāvicchuritapādanakhapa(ṅk)tidīdhiti(ḥ) dīnānāthajanopa-
5(jīvyamānavibhavaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenā)patidhara(se)naḥ tasyānujas ta(tpā)dābhipraṇāmapraśasta-
6(vimalam)¡(o)!(limaṇir) mmanvādip¿y?⟨r⟩a(ṇī)tavidhividhānadharmmā dharmmarāja (I)va vihitavinayavya(va)sthāpa(ddha)-
7(tir akhilabhuvana)maṇḍalābhogaikasvāminā paramasvāminā (svayam u)pahitarājyā(bhiṣeka)mahā-
8(viśrāṇa)nā(vapūtarā)jaśrīḥ (paramamāheśvara)ś śrīmahārājadro(ṇasiṁha)s siṁha Iva tasyānujas sva(bhu)-
9(jabalaparākkrame)ṇa paragajaghaṭānīkā(nām eka)vijayī śaraṇ(ai)ṣiṇāṁ śaraṇam avaboddhā
10(śāstrārtthatatvā)nāṁ kalpata(rur iva) suhṛtpraṇayināṁ yathābhilaṣitakāmaphalopabhogadaḥ
11(paramabhaṭṭārakapādānuddhyāto mahāpratīhāramahā)daṇḍanāyakamahākā(rttākṛtikamahā)sāmanta-
12(mahārājaśrīdhruvasenaḥ kuśalī sarvvān eva svān āyu)ktaviniyuktakakadrāṅgikamahattaracāṭabha-
13(ṭādīn anyāṁ)ś ca (yathāsaṁbadhyamānakān samājñāpaya)ty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā [3×]-
14[1×](maṇa)s(th)alas(nnikṛ)ṣṭa(va)ṭap(r)a(j)y(akagrā)maḥ soparika¿k?⟨r⟩as sa[2×]dānavātabh(ū)[3×]-
15(yaḥ) sahānyaiś ca kīrtti(t)ā(k)īr(tt)i(t)ā[1×](n)aiḥ bh(ū)mic(ch)i[1×](ny)āyena
⎘ plate 2r 16[7×](yanāyātmanaś caihikāmuṣmikayathābhilaṣitaphalāvāpti)[4×]-
17[7×](sari)tparvvatasamakālīnaḥ (valabhītalasvabhāgineyīduḍḍākārita)[3×]-
18[7×]cāryyabha(da)ntabuddhadā(sa)kāritavihārakuṭ(y)āṁ pratiṣ¿ṭ?⟨ṭh⟩āpitabhagava(tāṁ samya)[2×]-
19[2×] (buddhānā)M gandhadhūpapuṣpadīpatailopayogi vihārasya ca (khaṇḍasphuṭitapatita)-
20[1×](śīr)ṇṇapratisaṁskāraṇārtthaṁ caturddiśābhyāgatobhaya(vihāra)prati(vāsi)bhikṣusaṅghasya
21[1× 1×]ṇḍapātaśayanāsanag(l)lānapra(tya)yabhaiṣajyapariṣkāropayo(gā)rtthaṁ ca pra-
22[2×](ditaḥ yato) bhikṣusaṅghādhi(kṛ)tānāṁ bhuñja(tāṁ kṛ)ṣa(tāṁ) pradi(śatāṁ) na kaiścit svalpāpy ā-
23[2×](k)āryyāsmadvaṅśa(jair) āgāminṛpatibhiś cānityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthira(ṁ) mānuṣya(ṁ) sāmānya(ṁ) ca
24[1×]midānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś ca yaś cācchi-
25[1×](d) ācchidyamā(naṁ) vānu(mo)deta sa pa(ṁcabhir) mmahāpātakaiḥ sopapātakais saṁyuktas syād ¿i?⟨a⟩i(p)]i
26[3×]sagīt¡o! (ślok)¡o! (bhavataḥ) (ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa)sahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmida(ḥ) [/*] ācche(ttā)
27[4×] ca tā¿ṇ?⟨n⟩y eva narake vase(t) bahubhir vvasudhā bhu(ktā) rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ (yasya)
28[2× 2× 2×]ḥ tasya tasya tadā phalam iti dandaHooked| svahasto mama mahāpratī(hāra)mahā(daṇḍa)-
29[6×](rttā)kṛtikamahāsāmantamahārājaśrīdhruvasenasya || dūtako rājasthānīya(bhaṭṭiḥ)
30[3×] ki(kka)ken(eti) saṁ 200 10 7 (Āśva)yuja (ba 10) 3 dandaHooked|

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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]

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