Valabhipur plates of Dhruvasena I, [Valabhī] year 226, Kārttika śu. 15

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor:   D. B. Diskalkar.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00023

Summary: Grant of land (probably 100 pādāvarta) in favour of a Brāhmaṇa, his name, the details of his Vedic affiliation, etc. being lost.

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⎘ plate 1v 1(spiralL svasti vala)bhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatā(mitrāṇāṁ mai)trakāṇām atulabalasapatnamaṇḍalābhogasaṁ(saktasaṁprahāra)-
2(śatalabdhapratā)paḥ pratāpopanata(dānamānā)rjjavopārjjitānurāgo nuraktam(au)labhṛtamitraśre(ṇībalāvāpta)-
3(rājyaśrīḥ parama)māheśvara⟨ḥ⟩ śrīsenāpatibhaṭā(rkkas ta)sya sutas tatpādarajoruṇāvanatapavitrīkṛtaśirāś śi(rovanata)-
4śatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhāvicchuritapādanakhapaṅktidīdhitiḥ dīnānāthajanopajīvyamānavibhavaḥ pa(ramamā)-
5heśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatidharasenas tasyānujas tatpādābhipraṇāmapraśastataravimalam(au)limaṇir mmanvādipraṇīta-
6vidhividhānadharmmā dharmmarāja Iva vihitavinayavyavasthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogaikasvāminā
7paramasvāminā svayam upahitarājyābhiṣekamahāviśrāṇanāvapūtarājaśrīḥ paramamā-
8heśvaraḥ śrīmahārājadroṇasiṁhaḥ siṁha Iva tasyānujaḥ svabhujabalaparākrameṇa paragajaghaṭānīkānā-
9m e(ka)vijayī śaraṇaiṣiṇāṁ śaraṇam avaboddhā śāstrārtthatatvānāṁ kalpatarur iva suhṛtpraṇayināṁ yathābhilaṣi-
10takāmaphalopabhogadaḥ ¿sadhikasamāśata?[...]-
11[...]śirapraṇāmapraśastatarīkṛtavimalapādakamalayugalaḥ paramabhaṭṭārakapādānudhyā-
12(tamahāsāmantamahārāja)dhruvasenaḥ kuśalī sarvvān eva svān {anyāṁś c}āyuktakaviniyuktakān anyāṁś ca yathā-
13(saṁbadhyamānakān anudarśa)yati yathā mayānarttapuravāstavya[...]pagrāma[...]-
14[...]ṣāyasahara[...](pallīka)[...] -
⎘ plate 2r 15[...]śatam ekaṁ mātāpitroḥ (puṇyāpyāyanā)-
16rttham ātmanaś ca puṇyayaśobhivṛddhaye [...]kriyotsarppaṇārttham ācandrārkkaArṇṇavakṣiti-
17samakālīnaṁ putrap(au)trānvayabho(gyaṁ so)dra(ṅgaṁ so)parikaraṁ sabhūtavātapratyāyaṁ sarvahiraṇyā-
18[6×]kīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaṁ bhūmi[5×] so(da)ke(n)a kamaṇḍal(unā) brahmadeyaḥ nisṛṣṭaḥ
19[6×] brahmadeyasthityā bhuṁjataḥ (kṛṣataḥ karṣa)yataḥ pradiśato vā na kaiścid vyāsedha⟨ḥ⟩ paripanthanā vā
20[4×]śajair āgāminṛpatibhiś cānityāny aiśva(ryyā)ṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmidānaphalam iti
21[8×]smaddāyo numantavyaḥ pālayitavyaś ca ya(ś cainaṁ) cchindyād ācchidyamānaṁ vānumodeta sa pañcamahā-
22(pā)takais saṁyuktaḥ syād api cātra vyāse(na gītāḥ ślo)kā bhavanti ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi svargge modati
23(bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tā)ny eva narake (vaseT svada)ttāṁ paradattāṁ vā yo hareta vasundharāṁ sa viṣṭā-
24[13× 8×] yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira mahīṁ mahīmatāṁ śreṣṭha
25[8×] svahastaḥ śrīdhuvasenasya (tripuka)-
26[7×] śuklapakṣasya puṇyāyāṁ paurṇṇimā(tithau)
27[3× 5×]bhadreṇa likhitaṁ tāmraśāsanaṁ
28[...]sa⟨ṁ⟩ 200 20 6 kārttika śu 10 5

Apparatus

line S2014

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