Jhara plates of Dharasena II, [Valabhī] year 252, Caitra ba. 5

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor:   Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00027

Summary: Grant of a village and several plots of land (285 pādāvarta and a cistern surrounded by 25 pādāvarta) in favour of a Yajurvedin from Brahmapura.

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⎘ plate 1v 1spiralL svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasapatnamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktasaṁprahāra-
2śatalabdhapratāpaḥ pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgo nuraktam¡o!labhṛtamitraśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśrīḥ parama-
3mā(he)śvaraḥ śrīsenāpatibhaṭārkkas tasya sutas tatpādarajo{va}ruṇāvanatapavitrīkṛtaśirāś śirovanataśatru(cū)ḍāmaṇiprabhā-
4vicchu(ri)tapādanakhapaṅktidīdhitiḥ dīnānāthakṛpaṇajanopajīvyamānavibhavaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatidharasenaḥ
5(ta)syānujas tatpādābhipraṇāmapraśastataravimalam¡o!limaṇir mmanvādipraṇītavidhividhānadharmmā dharmmarāja Iva vihitavinaya-
6vyavasthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogaikasvāminā paramasvāminā svayam up¿ā?⟨a⟩hitarājyābhiṣekamahāv¿ī?⟨i⟩śrāṇanā¿j?⟨v⟩a-
7pūta(rā)jyaśrīḥ paramam¿a?⟨ā⟩heśvaro mahārājadroṇasi(ṁ)ha⟨ḥ⟩ siṁha Iva tasyānuja(ḥ) svabhujabalaparākrameṇa paragajaghaṭānīkānā-
8m ekavijay(ī) śaraṇaiṣiṇā(ṁ) śaraṇam avaboddhā śāstrā(r)tthatatvānāṁ kalpatarur iva suhṛtpraṇayinā(ṁ)
9paramabhāgavato mahārājaśrīdhruvasenas tasyānujas taccaraṇ¿a?⟨ā⟩rav¿a?⟨i⟩ndapraṇatipravidh¡o!tāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ suviśuddhasvacaritoda(ka)ka-
10(pra)kṣālit¿e?⟨ā⟩śeṣakalikalaṅkaḥ prasabhanirjjitārātipakṣamahimā param¿a?⟨ā⟩ditya(bha)kta⟨ḥ⟩ śrīmahārājadharapaṭṭa⟨s⟩ tasya sutas tatpādasapa(r)yy(ā)-
11vāptapuṇyodayaḥ śaiśavāt prabhṛti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur (e)va samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣa{ḥ}s tat(p)rabhāvapra(ṇa)tā-
12rāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁ(sa)ktasavyapādanakharaśmisaṁhatiḥ{s} sakala(s)m¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩tipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālan¿ā?⟨a⟩praj¿o?⟨ā⟩hṛdayaraṁjanād anva(r)ttharāja-
13śa(b)do r¿u?⟨ū⟩pakāntisthairyyadhai⟨r⟩yyagāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhi⟨ḥ⟩ s(mara)śaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān ati(śa)yānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhaya-
14prad¿o?⟨ā⟩naparatayā t¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩ṇavadap{r}¿a?⟨ā⟩stāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ p(ā)dacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābh(o)gapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaro
15(ma)hārājaśrīguhasenaḥ tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayū(kha)santānavisṛtajāhnavījal¡o!ghavikṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇa(yi)śata-
16sahasr(o)paj¿i?⟨ī⟩vyamānabhogasa(ṁ)pad rūpalobh¿o?⟨ā⟩d ivāśritas sarasam ābhigāmikair gguṇais sah¿ā?⟨a⟩jaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhila -
⎘ plate 2r 17(dhanurddharaḥ) prathamanarapatisamatisṛṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apākarttā prajopa(gh)ātakāriṇām upa-
18(pla)v(ā)nā(ṁ) darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor (e)k¿a?⟨ā⟩dhivāsasya sa(ṁ)hatārātipakṣalakṣm¿i?⟨ī⟩paribhogadakṣavikramaḥ vikramopasaṁprāptav(i)malap(ā)rtthivaśrī⟨ḥ⟩
19(para)mam¿a?⟨ā⟩h¿o?⟨e⟩ś(v)aras sāmantamahārājaśrīdharasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān ev¿ā?⟨a⟩ svān āyuktakaviniyuktakadrāṅgikamahattaracāṭabhaṭadhruvādhikaraṇika
20ś¡o!lkikaprātisārakadāṇḍapāśikacoroddharaṇikād¿a?⟨ī⟩n any¿a?⟨ā⟩(ṁ)ś ca yathābhisaṁbaddhyam(ā)nakān samā(jñāpa)yaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātā
21(pi)troḫ puṇyāpyā(yana)n(i)mittam ¿a?⟨ā⟩tmanaś caihikāmuṣmikayathā(bhila)ṣitaphalāvāptaye brahmapuranivāsibhārggavasagotramaitrāyaṇa(k)am¿a?⟨ā⟩navakasa-
22(brahmacāribrā)hmaṇacchaccharāya (b)ilvakhātasthaly¿a?⟨ā⟩(ṁ) (d)īpanaka(pethava)ṭagrāmaḥ bilvakhātasvatale uttaras(ī)mni bhaṭārkkabhedād uttarataḥ valmīkā(T)
23(pū)rvva(taḥ) Amrilikavahād aparataḥ tribhir āghāṭan(ai)r vviśuddhapādāvarttaśataṁ dotDouble tath¿a?⟨ā⟩traivāṣṭam(e) digbhāge vāpī pañcaviṅśatp¿a?⟨ā⟩dāvarttapratisa⟨rā⟩
24tathā jharisthalyā(ṁ) v(e)lāpadrakagrāme pūrvvasīmni mahāpathād d{r}akṣiṇata(ḥ jha)jjhakakṣetrāt pūrvvataḥ dadhikūpakasīmasandhy¿ī?⟨a⟩parataḥ bhr(ā)marakalya-
25grāmanivāsikhaṇḍakakṣetrād uttarata evaṁ catur(bh)ir āghāṭanair vviśuddha(ṁ) pādāvarttaśata(ṁ) ṣaṣṭyadhika(ṁ) tathāsminn eva dakṣiṇasīmni{ḥ} pādāvarttāḥ
26(pa)ñcaviṅśa(tiḥ) sarvvam eta¿s?⟨t⟩ sodraṅga(ṁ) soparikara(ṁ) sav(ā)tabhūtapraty¿a?⟨ā⟩ya(ṁ) sarvvadh¿a?⟨ā⟩nyahiraṇyā(de)ya(ṁ) samastarājakīyāṇām aha¿th?⟨st⟩thaprakṣe(pa)ṇīya(ṁ) sotpadya-
27(mā)mānaviṣṭika(ṁ) sadaś(āpa)rādha(ṁ) bh¿u?⟨ū⟩micchidranyāyena bali(caru)vaiśvadevāgnihotrātithipaṁcamahāy¿a?⟨ā⟩jñikānāṁ kriyāṇ¿a?⟨ā⟩ṁ samutsarppaṇār(t)tham ācandrārkk(ā)-
28rṇṇa(v)vakṣitisthitiparvvatasamakālīnaṁ puttrap¡o!trānvayabhogyam udak¿ā?⟨a⟩sargg¿a?⟨e⟩ṇa brahmadeyaṁ nisṛṣṭaṁ yato syocitayā brahmadeyasthityā ¿bhūya?⟨bhuñjataḥ⟩
29kṛṣataẖ karṣayataḫ pradiśato vā na kaiścid vyāsedhe vart(t)itavyam āgāmibhadranṛpatibhiś cāsmadvaṅśajair anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣya(ṁ) sā-
30mānya(ṁ) ca bh¿u?⟨ū⟩midānaphalam a(v)agacchadbhir ayam asmaddā(yo) numantavyaḫ paripālayitavyaś ca yaś cainam ācchindyād ācchidyamāna(ṁ) v¿a?⟨ā⟩numodeta sa pañcabhi-
31r mahāpātakais sopapātakais saṁyukta⟨ḥ⟩ syād u⟨k⟩ta⟨ṁ⟩ ca bhagavatā vedavyās(e)na vyās(e)na ṣaṣṭivarṣa(sa)hasrāṇi svargg¿a?⟨e⟩ modati bh(ū)mida(ḥ) Ācchettā cānu-
32man(t)ā ca tāny eva narake vaseT svadattā(ṁ) paradattāṁ vā yo hareta (vasu)ndharā(ṁ) gavāṁ śatasahasrasya hantuḫ pr¿a?⟨ā⟩pnoti kil¿m?⟨b⟩iṣaṁ Iti
33(sva)hasto mama mahārājaśrīdharasenasya dūta(ka)ś cirbiraḥ likhita(ṁ) sandhivigrahādhi(kṛ)taskandabhaṭena dashDouble saṁ 200 50 2 caitra ba 5

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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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