Valabhipur plates of Guhasena I, [Valabhī] year 240, Śrāvaṇa śu. ?

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Current Version: draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor: Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00024

Summary: Grant of land in favour of a Buddhist monastery [in Valabhī].

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^{⎘ plate 1v}¹spiralL prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabala(sa)patnamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktasaṁprahāraśata-
²labdhapratāpaḥ pratāpopanatadānam¿a?⟨ā⟩nārjjavop¿a?⟨ā⟩rjjitānurāg(o) nuraktam¡o!labhṛtamitraśreṇ¿i?⟨ī⟩-
³bal¿a?⟨ā⟩vāptar(ā){j}jyaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatibhaṭārkkas tasya sutas tatpādarajoruṇāva⟨na⟩ta-
⁴pavitrīkṛtaśirāś śir¿ā?⟨o⟩vanataśatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhāvicchuritapādanakhapaṅktid¿i?⟨ī⟩dhitir ddīnān¿a?⟨ā⟩thakṛpa-
⁵ṇajanopajīvyamānavibhavaḥ paramam¿a?⟨ā⟩heśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatidharasenas tasyānujas tatpā-
⁶dābhipraṇāmapraśasta{t}taravimalam¡o!limaṇir mma¿ṇ?⟨n⟩vādipraṇītavidhividhānadharmmā dharmmarāja
⁷(Iva) vihitavinayavyavasthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanama{ṁ}ṇḍalābhogaikasvāminā paramasvāminā
⁸svayam upahitar¿a?⟨ā⟩jyābhiṣ¿a?⟨e⟩kaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīmahārājadroṇasiṁhas si⟨ṁ⟩ha Iva tasyā-
⁹nuja⟨ḥ⟩ svabhujabalaparākrameṇa paragajaghaṭānīkānām ekavijayī śaraṇ¡e!ṣiṇā¿ma?⟨M⟩
¹⁰śaraṇam avaboddhā śāstrārtthatatvānāṁ kalpatarur iva suhṛtpraṇayināṁ yathābhilaṣitakā-
¹¹maphalopabhogadaḥ paramabhaṭṭārakapādānudhyātaḥ paramabhāgavataḥ śrīmahārājadhruvasena-
¹²s tatpādābhipraṇāmaprabhāvaprakṣālitāśeṣakṛṣṇaḥ kṛṣṇa iva nirastārātis(e)nāsaṁgaraḥ
¹³sāgara iva viśuddhādraṇamahārharatnapūrṇṇaḥ pūrṇṇacandra iva sarvvajanatādarśanābhirāmaḥ
¹⁴paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīmahārājaguhasenaẖ kuśal(ī)sarvvān eva
¹⁵rājasthānīyāmatyāyuktakaviniyuktakadrāṅgikacāṭabhaṭa -
^{⎘ plate 2r}¹⁶[...]p(āś)i(kād)ī(n a)nyāṁ(ś) ca yathāsa(ṁ)baddhyamānakā(n) sam(ā)[...]-
¹⁷[...]pure pūjya duḍḍākāritavihārasya (maitra)[2×](vā)[2×](ka)[...]-
¹⁸[...](prat)y(ā)yas sa(r)vvahiraṇyādeyaḥ sadaśāparādhaḥ (pūvosīhā)[2×](ra)[1×](śva)[...]-
¹⁹[...]carovartteṣu caturṣu mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyananimittam ātmanaś caihikāmuṣmikaphalāv(ā)[...]-
²⁰[...](ta)tasya gandhapuṣpadhūpadīpatailādi(k)riyotsarppaṇārtha(ṁ)saddharmasya pustakopakra[...]-
²¹[...]nānādeśasamabh¿v?⟨y⟩āgatāṣṭādaśanikāy(ābhyantarā)ryya(bhikṣusaṁgha)sya cīv¿i?⟨a⟩rapiṇḍapā(ta)[...]-
²²[3×]bh¿a?⟨ai⟩ṣajāya vihārasya ca khaṇḍasphuṭitaviśīrṇṇapratisa(ṁ)skāraṇārttham ācandrārkkārṇṇa(vakṣ)i[3×]-
²³[2×](tpa)rvvatasamak¿a?⟨ā⟩līnaḥ bhūmicchidranyāyena sodakena kamaṇḍalunā visṛṣṭaḥ yato sya (na kaiści)[4×]-
²⁴[2×]paripanthanā vā k¿a?⟨ā⟩ryyāgāminṛpatibhiś cānityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmi(dāna)[3×]-
²⁵[3×]dbhir ayam asmaddāyo numa¿t?⟨n⟩tavyaḫ pālayitavyaś ca yaś cācchi(n)dyād ācchidyamāna(ṁ) vānumodeta sa [2×]-
²⁶[2×](hā)pātakais sopapātakais saṁyuktas syād api cātra ślokā bhavanti yānīha dāridr⟨y⟩abhayān narendrai[3×]-
²⁷[3×]tanīkṛtāni nirmmālyavāntapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta | vi(ndh)yā[3×]-
²⁸[3×]śuṣkakoṭaravāsinaḥ kṛṣṇāhayo hi jāyante pūrvvadāyaṁ haranti y(e) | svada[4×]-
²⁹[4×](re)ta ta vasundharāṁ gavāṁ śatasahasrasya hantuḫ prāpnoti kilbiṣam iti | dūtako (tra) [3×]]-
³⁰[5×](putraviṣṇu)siṁheneti dashDouble
³¹[3×] mama śrīmahārājaguhasenasya | saṁ 200 40 śrāvaṇa ś(u) [1×]

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]