’Mohenjodaro’ 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: INSMaitraka00034

Summary: Grant of land (174 pādāvarta and two more fields as well as pond and a cistern surrounded by 12 pādāvarta) in favour of a Yajurvedin.

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⎘ plate 1v 1sva(sti valabhī)ta(ḥ) pra(sabha)pra¿n?⟨ṇ⟩atāmitr¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇāṁ maitrak¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇām atulabalasapatnamaṇḍalābhogasa(ṁ)saktaśatalabdhapratāpa⟨ḥ⟩
2(pratā)popanatadānamānārjja¿p?⟨v⟩opārjjitā(nu)rāgo (nurakta)maulabhṛtamitraśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśrīḥ paramamāheśvara⟨ḥ⟩
3śrīsenāpa(ti)bha(ṭā)rkka(ḥ ta)sya su(tas ta)tpādarajoruṇāvanatapavitr¿i?⟨ī⟩kṛtaśirāḥ śirovanataśatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhā-
4(vicchuritapā)da(nakha)paṅktidī(dhitir) ddīnānāthakṛpaṇaja¿ṇa?⟨no⟩pajīvyamānavibhavaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatidhara-
5senas tasyānuja¿t s?⟨s t⟩atpādābhipraṇāmapraśastataravimalamaulimaṇir mmanvādipraṇītavidhividhānadharmmā dharmmarāja
6Iva vihitavi(na)yavya⟨va⟩sthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogaikasvāminā paramasvāminā svay¿ā?⟨a⟩m upahitarājyābhiṣe-
7k(o) mahāviśrāṇanāvapūtarājaśr¿i?⟨ī⟩ḥ paramamāheśvaro mahārājadroṇasiṁha⟨ḥ⟩ siṁha Iva tasyānujaḥ svabhujabala-
8(parā)krame(ṇa) paraga(ja)ghaṭānī(kā)nām ekavija(y)ī śaraṇaiṣiṇāṁ śaraṇam avaboddhā śāstrārtthatatvānāṁ kalpatar¿i?⟨u⟩r iva
9(s)u(hṛt)praṇayinā(ṁ ya)/>thābh(ila)ṣitaphal(o)pabhogadaḥ paramabhāgavato śrīmahārājadhruvasenas tasyānuja⟨ḥ⟩
10(ta)ccaraṇāravindapra(ṇa)tipravidhaut¿a?⟨ā⟩śeṣakalmaṣaḥ suviśuddha{s}svacaritodakakakṣālita⟨sa⟩kalakalikalaṅka⟨ḥ⟩
11prasabhan¿a?⟨i⟩(rjjitārā)tipakṣa{ḥ}prathitamahimā paramādityabhaktaḥ śrīmahārājadharapaṭṭas tasy¿a?⟨ā⟩tmajas tat(pādasapa)-
12(ryyāvā)ptapuṇyodaya⟨ḥ⟩ śaiśavāt prabhṛti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasat(vanikaṣa)⟨ḥ⟩
13tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāra¿kt?⟨tn⟩aprabhāsaṁ(sakta)sa¿kh?⟨v⟩yapādanakharaśmisa⟨ṁ⟩hati(ḥ) sa¿v?⟨k⟩alasmṛtipraṇītamārggasamya(kpa)ri(pāla)la¿ṇ?⟨n⟩a-
14prajā(hṛ)da(ya)raṁjanād anvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyag¿a?⟨ā⟩mbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkād⟨r⟩irājodadhit¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩daśagurudha-
15(ne)ś(ā)n atiśayāna⟨ḥ⟩ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tṛṇavadapāstasvakāryya(phalaḥ) prārtthanādhikārthapra-
16(dā)nā(na)ndita(vi)dvatsuhṛtpraṇayihṛdayo pādacār¿i?⟨ī⟩va sakalamaṇḍalābhogapram¿a?⟨o⟩da⟨ḥ⟩ paramam¿a?⟨ā⟩heśva(ra)⟨ḥ⟩
⎘ plate 2r 17(śrīmahārājaguhasena)s tasya sutas tatpādana(kha)mayūkhasantānanirvṛttajāh(navī)jalau(ghavikṣā)litāśe(ṣakalma)ṣaḥ
18(praṇayiśatasahasropajīvya)bhogasaṁpad rūpalobhād (ivāś)¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩(taḥ) sara⟨sa⟩m ¿a?⟨ā⟩bhigāmikair ggu(ṇais sahaja)śa(ktiśikṣā)viśe-
19ṣavi(smāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ) prathamanarapatisa(matisṛṣṭā)nām anupālayitā (dharmmadā)yānām a(pākarttā) pra(jopaghā)takā-
20riṇām (upapla)vānāṁ darśayi(tā) śrīsaras¿v?⟨v⟩atyo(r ekādhi)vāsasya saṁhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparikṣobhadakṣavikramaḥ kramo(pasaṁpr)¿a?⟨ā⟩-
21(pta)vimalapārtthivaśrī⟨ḥ⟩ p¿ā?⟨a⟩ramamāheśvaramahārājaśrīdharasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvā¿m?⟨n⟩ evāyuktakaviniyuktakadrāṅgika(mahattara)cāṭa(bhaṭa)-
22dhruvādh¿a?⟨i⟩kara(ṇi)kadāṇḍa(pā)śi(ka)rājasth¿a?⟨ā⟩n¿i?⟨ī⟩yakumārāmātyādīn anyāṁś ca yathābhisa(ṁ)badhyamānak¿a?⟨ā⟩n sam¿a?⟨ā⟩jñāpaya⟨ty a⟩stu vas saṁvidita(ṁ) yathā
23mayā mā(tā)pitroḥ (pu)ṇyāpyāyanāyātmanaś caihikāmuṣmikayathābhilaṣitaphalā(vā)ptaye (bha)ṇḍavaṭakagr¿a?⟨ā⟩me pūrvvas(ī)mni ma(dhy)apiṭik(ā)kṣe-
24traṁ tasya cottarato bīṭamānena saha pādāvarttā navati(ḥ) tasyaiva ca dakṣiṇataḥ saṅgamaparibhuktapādāvarttāś catvāriṅśat tathā ma(ḍ)asa(ra)stha-
25(lī)caccarakagrāmottaras(ī)mni kādh(ī)ka(kā)mbhārapar¿a?⟨i⟩bhuktaṁ tathā pāṭahake taḍāka(ṁ da)kṣiṇena vāpī yatra p¿a?⟨ā⟩dāvarttā dvādaśa tathā pū-
26rvvas¿i?⟨ī⟩mni pādāvarttāś caturddaśa (bh)ārivikaṇḍapadrake pādāvarttā(s triṁ)śa⟨t⟩ t¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩bhi⟨ḥ⟩ sthānai(ḥ) sodraṅgaṁ soparikaraṁ savā(ta)bhū(tadhā)nya-
27(hi)raṇyādeyaṁ sotpadyamānaviṣṭika(ṁ sa)mastarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇī(yaṁ) bhūmicchidranyāyena maitrāya¿n?⟨ṇ⟩(ika)sabr¿i?⟨a⟩hmacāriṇe kauśikasa-
28gotrāya br¿a?⟨ā⟩hmaṇapuvanā(gā)ya balicaruvaiśvadevā¿nt?⟨gn⟩ihotr¿a?⟨ā⟩tithipañcamahāyājñ¿a?⟨i⟩kānāṁ kr¿a?⟨i⟩yāṇā⟨ṁ⟩ samutsarppaṇārttham ¿a?⟨ā⟩(can)drārkkārṇṇa(va)-
29sari⟨t⟩kṣitisamakālīnam putrapautrānvayabhogyaṁ Udakasarggeṇa brahma(deyaṁ) n¿a?⟨i⟩asṛṣṭaṁ yato syocitayā brahmadeyasthityā bhuṁjataḥ kṛṣataẖ ka-
30(rṣa)yato vā na kaiścit pratiṣedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranṛpatibhiś cāsmadvaṅśajair anityāny ai(śva)ryyā¿n?⟨ṇ⟩y asthira⟨ṁ⟩ mānuṣyaṁ sām¿a?⟨ā⟩nyaṁ ca bhūmid¿a?⟨ā⟩na-
31pha(la){dāna}m avagacchadbhiḥ (a)yam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ pa(ri)pālayitavyaś ca (yaś cai)nam ¿a?⟨ā⟩cchi{ṁ}ndyād ācch(i)dyam(ānaṁ) vānumodeta sa pañcabhi⟨r⟩ mmah(ā)pā-
32tak(ai)s sopapātakais sa⟨ṁ⟩yuktaḥ syād ity uktañ ca bhagavatā (ve)davyāsena vyāsena (ṣa)ṣṭivar(ṣ)asahasr(ā)ṇi svargge t(i)ṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā {Ācchettā} cā-
33numantā ca tāny eva narake vaset pūrvvadattā⟨ṁ⟩ dvij(ā)tibhyo yatnād ra(kṣa) yudhiṣṭh¿a?⟨i⟩ra mah(īṁ) mahimatāṁ śreṣṭha dānāc (chre)yo (nu)pālanaṁ bahubhir vvasu(dhā bhu)ktā rājabhis sa⟨ga⟩rā-
34dibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalam iti | likhita⟨ṁ⟩ sandhiv¿a?⟨i⟩⟨gra⟩hikaskandabhaṭena saṁ 200 50 2 vaiśākha ba 10 5-
35s(v)ahasto ma(ma) mahārājaśrīdharasenasya | dashDouble cibbiraḥ |

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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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