Katapur plates of Dharasena II, [Valabhī] year 252, Vaiśākha ba. 15 (?)

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor:   Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00028

Summary: Grant of land (60 pādāvarta) in favour of two Sāmavedins.

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⎘ plate 1v 1svasti vijayaskandhāvārā(T) bhadrapa(tta)nakavāsākā(T) prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasapatnamaṇḍa(lābh)ogasaṁ(sa)-
2ktasaṁprahāraśatalabdhapratāpaḥ pratāp(o)panatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāg(o) nuraktamaulabhṛtamitra{mitra}śreṇībalāvāptarājyaśrī⟨ḥ⟩
3paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatibhaṭ(ā)rkkaḥ tasya sutaḥ tatpādaraj(o)ruṇ(ā)vanatakṛtaśirā⟨ḥ⟩ śirovanataśatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhāvicchurita(pāda)-
4nakhapa(ṁ)ktidīdhitir ddīnānāthakṛpaṇajano⟨pa⟩jīvyamānavibhavaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatidharasenaḥ tasyānujaḥ tatpādābhipra(ṇā)ma-
5praśastataravima(la)maulimaṇir mmanvādipraṇ(ī)tavidhividhānadharmmā dharmmar(ā)ja Iva vihitavinayavyavasthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍa(lā)bhogai-
6kasvāminā paramasvāminā svayam upahitarājyābhiṣeko mahāviśr(ā)ṇanāvapūtarājaśrī(ḥ) param¿ā?⟨a⟩māhe⟨śva⟩ro mahārājaśrīdroṇasi(ṁ)ha(ḥ) si(ṁ)ha
7Iva tasyānujaḥ svabhujabalaparākrameṇa paragajaghaṭānīkānām ekavijayī śaraṇaiṣiṇāṁ śaraṇam avaboddhā śāstrārtthatatvānāṁ kalpata-
8rur iva suhṛtpraṇayināṁ yathābhilaṣitakāmaphalopabhogadaḥ paramabhāgavato mahārājaśrīdhruvasenaḥ tasyānujaḥ ta⟨c⟩caraṇ(ā)ravindapraṇatipravi-
9dh(au)tāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ suviśuddhasvacaritodakakakṣ(ā)lit¿ā?⟨a⟩sakalakal¿a?⟨i⟩kalaṁkaḥ prasabhanirjjitārātipakṣaprathitamahimā paramādityabhakta⟨ḥ⟩
10śrīmahārāja{d}dharapaṭṭaḥ tasyātmajaḥ tatpādasaparyyāvāptapuṇyodayaḥ śaiśavāt prabhṛti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭā-
11sphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣaḥ tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktasavyapādanakharaśmisaṁhatiḥ sakalasmṛtipraṇī(ta)-
12mārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhṛdayaraṁjanād anvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ
13smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhit¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩daśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā {|} tṛṇavadapāstāśeṣa{ḥ}svakāryya-
14phala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsu⟨hṛt⟩hṛdayaḥ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīmahārāja
15guhasenaḥ tasya sutaḥ tatpādanakhamayūkhasaṁtānani⟨r⟩vṛttajāhnavījalaughavikṣālitāśeṣakalma¿p?⟨ṣ⟩aḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyabh¡au!gasaṁpa⟨D⟩
16rūpalo(bhā)d ivāś¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩taḥ sarasam ābhigāmikai(r) gguṇai⟨ḥ⟩ sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanu(r)ddharaḥ
⎘ plate 2r 17prathamanarapat(i)samat(i)sṛṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmyadā(yā)nām apākartt(ā) praj(o)paghātakāriṇā-
18m upaplavānāṁ dar(śa)yitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya sa(ṁ)hatārātipakṣalakṣmīparikṣobhadakṣavikrama(ḥ)
19kramopasa(ṁ)prāptavimalapā(r)tthi⟨va⟩śrī⟨ḥ⟩ paramamāheśvara(ḥ) śrīmahārājadharasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān evāyuktak¿i?⟨a⟩viniyuktaka-
20drāṅgikamahattaracāṭabha⟨ṭa⟩dhruvādhikaraṇikadaṇḍapāśikarājasth¿a?⟨ā⟩nīyakumārāmātyādīn anyā(ṁ)ś ca yathāsaṁbadhyamānakā(N)
21sam(ā)j(ñā)payaty astu va⟨ḥ⟩ saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitro(ḥ) puṇyāpyāyanāyā(t)manaś caihikāmuṣmikayathābhilaṣ(i)taphalāvāpta(ye)
22vahapalikasthalyāṁ ḍāmaripāṭakagrāme pūrvvasīmni kṣ(e)trapādāvarttā⟨ḥ⟩ ṣaṣṭi⟨ḥ⟩ sodraṅgā⟨ḥ⟩ soparikarā⟨ḥ⟩ savātabhūta-
23dhānyahiraṇyādeyā⟨ḥ⟩ s(otpa)dyamānaviṣṭ¿ī?⟨i⟩kā⟨ḥ⟩ samastarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepa(nī)yā bhūmicchi(dranyāye)na cha(ndoga)-
24(sa)brahmacā(r)ikaśyapasagotrabrāhmaṇaviśākhabappābhyāṁ{ḥ} balicaruv(aiś)vadevāgnihotrātithipañcamahāyā(jñi)kānā(ṁ kriyāṇāṁ)
25samutsarppaṇārttham ācandrārkkārṇṇavasaritkṣitisthitisamakālīnaṁ putrapautrānvayabhogy(ā) udakasargg(eṇa) brahma(deyā)
26nisṛṣṭā yato syocitayā brahmad(e)yasthityā bhuṁja(to)ḥ kṛṣat¿a?⟨o⟩ḥ karṣ(āp)ayat(o)r vvā na kaiści(t prati)ṣedhe varttitavya-
27m ā(gā)mibhadranṛpatibhiś cāsmadva(ṁ)śajair anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy as(th)iraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmidānapha(la)m avagacch¿i?⟨a⟩dbhi(ḥ)
28Ayam a()sma⟨d⟩d(ā)yo numan(t)avya⟨ḥ⟩ paripālayi(ta)vyaś ca yaś cainam ācchiṁdyād ācchidyamāna(ṁ) vānumodeta sa (pañcabhi)r mahāpātakaiḥ sopapāta-
29kai⟨ḥ⟩ saṁyukta⟨ḥ⟩ s(yād ityuk)ta(ṁ) ca bhagavatā vedavyāsena vyāsena ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi svargg(e) tiṣṭha(ti bhū)m(i)da(ḥ) Ācchettā cānuman(t)ā ca
30tāny eva narake vase(T) v(i)ndhyāṭavīṣv (atoyāsu) śuṣkakoṭ(a)ravāsina(ḥ) kṛṣṇāhayo hi jāyante (bhū)midāya⟨ṁ⟩ haran⟨t⟩i ¿ra?⟨ye⟩ (dashDouble) pūrvvadattāṁ (dvijā)-
31tibhyo yatnād rakṣa (yu)dhiṣṭhira mahī⟨ṁ⟩ mah(ī)matāṁ śreṣ(ṭh)a dānāc chreyo nupālanaṁ bahubhir (vva)sudhā bhuktā rājabhiḥ sagarādibhi(ḥ) yasya (yasya)
32yadā bhūmi(ḥ) tasya tasya tadā phala(ṁ |) yānīha dāridrabhayān narendrair (dha)nāni dharmmāyatanīkṛtāni nirmmālyavāntapra(timāni)
33(tā)ni ko nāma sādh(u)ḥ p(u)nar ādadīta iti | likhi(taṁ sandh)ivigrahādhi(kṛta)skandabhaṭena | saṁ 200 50 2 vaiśākha ba 10 5
34sva(ha)sto mama mahārājaśrī{ḥ}dharase(na)sya (|) cibbira⟨ḥ⟩

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]

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