Palitana 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: INSMaitraka00030

Summary: Grant of land (530 pādāvarta and two cisterns, one of them being surrounded by 25 pādāvarta) in favour of two Yajurvedins.

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⎘ plate 1v 1(spiralL) svast¿a?⟨i⟩ valabhīta⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇā{ṁ}m atulabalasapatnamaṇḍalābhogasaṁ{sa}sa(kta)saṁprah¿a?⟨ā⟩raśatalabdhapratā-
2pa⟨ḥ⟩ pratāpopanatadānam¿a?⟨ā⟩nārjjavopārjjitā⟨nu⟩rāgo nuraktam¡o!labhṛtamitraśr¿ī?⟨e⟩ṇībalāvāpta{|}rājyaśrī⟨ḥ⟩ paramamāheśvaraḥ
3śrīsenāp¿e?⟨a⟩tibhaṭārkkas tasya sutas tatpādarajoruṇāvanatapavitr¿i?⟨ī⟩k¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩taśirā⟨ḥ⟩ śir¿ā?⟨o⟩vanataśatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhāvi⟨c⟩chu-
4ritap¿a?⟨ā⟩dana{ṁ}khapa¿n?⟨ṅ⟩⟨k⟩tid¿i?⟨ī⟩dhiti⟨ḥ⟩ dīnānāthak¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩paṇajanopajīvyamānavibhava⟨ḥ⟩ para⟨ma⟩māheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatidharasenas tasyānu-
5jas ta⟨t⟩pādābhipraṇāmapra⟨śa⟩sta{tasta}taravimalamaul¿ī?⟨i⟩maṇir mm¿ā?⟨a⟩nvādipraṇītavidhividhānadharmmā dharmmarāja {y}iva vihitavina-
6yavyavasthāpaddhat¿a?⟨i⟩r akhilabhuvanamaṇḍalābh¿a?⟨o⟩gaikasvāminā paramasvāminā svayam upahitarājyābhiṣ¿e?⟨⟩kamahāviśrāṇanāva-
7pūtarājyaśrī⟨ḥ⟩ paramamāheśvaramahārājadroṇasiṅha⟨ḥ⟩ siṁha Iva tasyānuja⟨ḥ⟩ svabhujabalaparākrameṇa paragajagha-
8ṭānīkānām ¿a?⟨e⟩kavijay¿i?⟨ī⟩ śaraṇ¡e!ṣiṇāṁ śaraṇam avaboddhā śāstrārtthatatvānā⟨ṁ⟩ kalpatar¿a?⟨u⟩r iva suhṛ⟨t⟩tpraṇayinā⟨ṁ⟩ yathābhi-
9laṣitakāmaphalopabhogada⟨ḥ⟩ paramabhāgavata⟨ḥ⟩ śrīmahārājadhruvasenas tasyānujas taccaraṇārav¿a?⟨i⟩ndapraṇatipravidh¿a?⟨au⟩tā-
10śeṣakalmaṣaḥ suviśuddhasvacaritodakakṣālit¿ā?⟨a⟩sakalakalikalaṁkaḥ prasabhanirjjitārātipakṣaprathitamahim(ā) para-
11mādityabhakta⟨ḥ⟩ śrīmahārājadharapa¿d?⟨ṭṭ⟩as tasy¿a?⟨ā⟩tmajas tatpād¿ā?⟨a⟩sapar{i}yyāvāptapuṇyodaya⟨ḥ⟩ śaiśavā⟨t⟩ prabhṛt¿a?⟨i⟩ khaḍgadvit¿i?⟨ī⟩ya-
12bāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitas{v}atvanikaṣaḥ tatprabhāv¿ā?⟨a⟩praṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁ(sa)-
13ktasavyapādanakharaśmisaṁhati⟨ḥ⟩ sakalasm¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩tipraṇ¿i?⟨ī⟩tamārggasamyagparipālanaprajāhṛdayara(ñ)janād anvarttharājaśabdo (rū)-
14pakāntisth¿i?⟨ai⟩ryyagāmbhīryy¿ā?⟨a⟩buddhisaṁpadbhi⟨ḥ⟩ smaraśaś¿a?⟨ā⟩ṅk¿a?⟨ā⟩{r}drirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān ¿ā?⟨a⟩tiśayāna⟨ḥ⟩ śaraṇ¿a?⟨ā⟩gatā(bha)ya-
15pradānaparatayā tṛṇavadapāst¿a?⟨ā⟩śeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prartthan¿a?⟨ā⟩dhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhṛ⟨t⟩praṇayihṛda-
16ya⟨ḥ⟩ pādacār¿i?⟨ī⟩va sakalabh¿ū?⟨u⟩vanamaṇḍalābhogapramoda⟨ḥ⟩ paramamāheś⟨v⟩ara⟨ḥ⟩ śrīmah¿a?⟨ā⟩rājaguhasenas tasya sutas tatpā-
17dana(kha)mayūkhasa{ṁ}nt¿a?⟨ā⟩nani⟨r⟩v¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩⟨t⟩tajāhnav¿i?⟨ī⟩jal¡o!ghavikṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajī-
18vya{ḥ}bhoga(sa)mpa⟨⟩d (rū)palobhād ivāśr¿ī?⟨i⟩ta⟨ḥ⟩ sarasam ¿a?⟨ā⟩bhigāmikai⟨r⟩ guṇ(ai)⟨ḥ⟩ sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavi⟨s⟩māpitākhiladhanur(dhara)⟨ḥ⟩
⎘ plate 2r 19prathamana(ra)patisamatisṛṣṭ(ā)nā{ṁ}m anupālay¿a?⟨i⟩tā dharmmadāyānā⟨m a⟩p¿a?⟨ā⟩karttā prajopagh¿a?⟨ā⟩takāriṇā{na}m u(pa)-
20plavānāṁ dar{i}śayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṁhatārātipakṣalakṣm¿i?⟨ī⟩parikṣobhadakṣavikrama⟨ḥ⟩ kramo(pa)-
21saṁpr¿a?⟨ā⟩ptavimalapārtthivaśrī⟨ḥ⟩ paramamāheśvara⟨ḥ⟩ śrīmahārājadharasena{|}ẖ kuśalī sarvvān evāyuktakaviniyuktakadrāṁgika-
22mahattaracāṭabhaṭadhruvādhikaraṇikadāṇḍapāś¿a?⟨i⟩kacoroddharaṇikarājasthānīyakumārāmātyādī{nāṁ}n anyāṁś ca ya(thā)-
23sa⟨ṁ⟩baddh⟨y⟩amānakā⟨⟩n samājñāpayaty astu va⟨ḥ⟩ saṁvidita⟨ṁ⟩ yathā mayā m¿a?⟨ā⟩tāpitr¿u?⟨o⟩⟨ḫ⟩ puṇyāpyāyanā⟨yā⟩tmanaś caihikāmuṣmikapha-
24l¿a?⟨ā⟩vāptaye | b(aṁ)vuvānakasthal¿i?⟨ī⟩pr¿a?⟨ā⟩pīye nāṭyoṭakagrāme p¿u?⟨ū⟩rvvottaras¿i?⟨ī⟩mni tathā Ekalikagrāme ca dārakasatkakṣetrād a-
25parata⟨ś⟩ caripādāvarttaśataṁ Aśītyadhika⟨ṁ⟩ tathā Ādityakṣetrā⟨c⟩c co⟨t⟩tarata⟨ḥ⟩ | tathā{da}paro⟨t⟩tarasīmni pathāt⟨t⟩ pūrvvata⟨ḥ⟩ pādāvarttaśata⟨ṁ⟩
26vi⟨ṁ⟩śa⟨tya⟩dhikaṁ dvātri⟨ṁ⟩śa⟨t⟩pādāvarttaparisarā nimbavāpī tathā nimbak¿u?⟨ū⟩upasthal¿i?⟨ī⟩prapīye derakṣitapāṭake A¿v?⟨p⟩aradakṣ¿a?⟨i⟩ṇasīmni
27vatsavahakasyobhayataṭeṣu khaṇḍabhedakataṭākāgrodare ca pādāvarttaśataṁ tri⟨ṁ⟩śa⟨da⟩dhika⟨ṁ⟩ gokṣapratyayaṁ tathā kadambapa-
28drasthal¿i?⟨ī⟩prāpīye citrakasthalyagrāme Uttarasīmni pādāvarttaśataṁ dhārmmikapratyayaṁ tathā kadambapadrasvatale pūrvvasīmni kodhakapratyayā (Avatara)-
29vāpī Eta⟨t⟩ sodraṅgaṁ soparikara⟨ṁ⟩ sav¿a?⟨ā⟩tabhūtadhānyahi⟨ra⟩ṇyādeyaṁ sotpadyam¿a?⟨ā⟩nav¿e?⟨i⟩ṣṭikaṁ samastarājak¿i?⟨ī⟩y¿a?⟨ā⟩n¿a?⟨ā⟩m ahastaprakṣepaṇ¿i?⟨ī⟩yaṁ bhūmi⟨c⟩chidrany(ā)ye-
30na vājasaneyamādhyandinak¡o!śikasagotrabr¿a?⟨ā⟩hmaṇaroghaśyenābhyāṁ balicaruvaiśvadevāgnihotrātithipañcamahāyājñikān¿a?⟨ā⟩
31kriyāṇāṁ samutsarppaṇārttham ācandrārkkārṇa(va)s¿i?⟨a⟩ri⟨t⟩kṣitisthitisamakāl¿i?⟨ī⟩naṁ putrapautrānvayabhogyaṁ U⟨da⟩kātisargg(e)ṇa bra-
32h(m)adeyaṁ nis¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩ṣṭa⟨ṁ⟩ yato syocitayā brahmadeyasthityā bh¿ū?⟨u⟩⟨ñ⟩jata⟨ḥ⟩ k¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩ṣata⟨ḥ⟩ karṣ¿i?⟨ā⟩payata⟨ḥ⟩ pradiśāyato vā na kaiści⟨t⟩ pratiṣedhe varttit¿ā?⟨a⟩vya{ṁ}-
33m āgāmibhadran¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩patibhiś cās¿v?⟨m⟩adva⟨ṁ⟩śajair anityān⟨y⟩ aiśvaryyā¿n?⟨ṇ⟩y asthiraṁ m¿a?⟨ā⟩nuṣyaṁ sāmānyañ ca bh¿u?⟨ū⟩midānaphalam avaga⟨c⟩chadbhir ayam asma⟨d⟩dāyo numantavya⟨ḥ⟩
34paripālay¿a?⟨i⟩tavyaś ca yaś cainam ā⟨c⟩chindy¿a?⟨ā⟩d ā⟨c⟩chidyam¿a?⟨ā⟩n¿ā?⟨a⟩ṁ vānumodeta sa pañcabhi⟨r⟩ mahāpātakai⟨ḥ⟩ sopapātakai⟨ḥ⟩ sa⟨ṁ⟩yukta⟨ḥ⟩ syād ity ukta⟨ṁ⟩ ca bhagavatā v¡ai!davyā-
35sena vy¿a?⟨ā⟩ase⟨na⟩ ṣaṣṭivar{i}ṣasahasrāṇi svargge tiṣ(ṭh)ati bh¿u?⟨ū⟩mida⟨ḥ⟩ Ā⟨c⟩che⟨t⟩t¿a?⟨ā⟩ cānuma(nt)¿a?⟨ā⟩ ca tāny eva nar¿e?⟨a⟩ke vase⟨T⟩ | bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhi⟨ḥ⟩ sagarādibhi⟨ḥ⟩ yasya yasya yadā bh(ū)-
36mi⟨s⟩ tasya tasya tadā phalam iti | svahasto mama mahārājaśrīdharasenasya | likhitaṁ sandhivigrahādhik¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩taskan(d)abhaṭena | cirbbira⟨ḥ⟩ saṁ 200 50 2 vaiś¿a?⟨ā⟩kha ba 10 5

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Translation by Annette Schmiedchen

Bibliography

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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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