Barton Museum plates of Dharasena II, [Valabhī] year 252, Vaiśākha śu. 15

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor:   Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00036

Summary: Allegedly grant of several(?) villages in favour of a Brāhmaṇa residing at Valabhī; but this is not the original grant portion.

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⎘ plate 1v 1(spiralL) svasti valabh(ī)ta⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhapraṇatāmitr(ā)ṇ(āṁ) maitrak(ā)ṇ(ā)m atulabalasapatnama(ṇ)ḍa(l)ābhogasaṁsaktasaṁprahāraśatalabdhapratāpaḥ pratāpopa(na)-
2(ta)dānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgo nuraktamaulabhṛtamitra(ś)reṇī(bal)āvāptarājyaśrīḥ paramamāheśvara⟨ḥ⟩ śrīsenāpatibhaṭ(ā)rkka⟨ḥ⟩ tasya su⟨taḥ⟩ tatp(ā)da-
3rajoruṇāvanatapavitr(ī)kṛtaśirā⟨ḥ⟩ śirovanataśa(trucū)ḍāmaṇiprabhāvi(c)churita(pādanakha)paṅktidīdhitir ddīnānāthakṛpaṇajanopaj(ī)vyamānavibhavaḥ para-
4mamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatidha⟨ra⟩sena⟨s ta⟩syānujas tat(p)ādābhipra(ṇā)mapraśastataravimalamaulimaṇir mmanvādipraṇ(ī)tavidhividhānadharmmā dharmmarāja Iva
5vihitavinayavya¿p?⟨v⟩asthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍa(lā)bho(gaika)svāmin(ā) paramasvāminā svayam upahitarājyābhiṣeko mahāviśrāṇanāvapū-
6tarā(j)aśrīḥ paramamāheśvar(o) ma(hārāja)śrīdroṇasi(ṁ)haśrī(ḥ) si(ṁ)ha Iva{s} tasyānu(jaḥ) svabhujabalapa⟨rā⟩krameṇa paragaja(ghaṭ)ānīkānām ekav¿ī?⟨i⟩jay(ī) śa-
7raṇai¿ś?⟨ṣ⟩iṇāṁ śaraṇa{ṇāṁ}m avaboddhā śāstrārtthatatv(ā)nā(ṁ) kalpatarur iva suhṛtpraṇay(ināṁ) ⟨yathābhilaṣita⟩(kāmaphalo)pabhogadaḥ paramabhāgavata(ḥ) mahārājaśrīdhruvasena(ḥ)-
8tasyānujas taccara(ṇā)ravindapraṇatiprav¿ī?⟨i⟩dhautāśeṣakalmaṣa⟨ḥ⟩ suviś(u)ddhasvacarit(od)akakṣālitasaka(l)akali⟨ka⟩laṁkaḥ prasabhanirjjitā⟨rā⟩tipakṣaprathitamahi-
9mā paramād¿ī?⟨i⟩tyabhaktaḥ śrīmah(ā)rājadharapaṭṭaḥ tasyātmajas tatpādasaparyyāvāptapuṇyodaya⟨ḥ⟩ śaiśavā(t) prabhṛti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadapara-
10gajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakā¿kṣ?⟨ś⟩ita(satva)nikaṣas tatprabhāvapra(ṇatārā)ticūḍāratnaprabhāsa(ṁ)saktasavyap(ā)danakharaśmisa⟨ṁ⟩hati⟨ḥ⟩ sakalasm¿ri?tipraṇ(ī)tamā-
11rggasamya⟨k⟩parip¿a?⟨ā⟩lanaprajāhṛdayaraṁjanād anvarttharājaśabdo (rūpa)kāntisthairyyagā(mbhī)ryyabuddhisaṁpadbhi⟨ḥ⟩ smaraśaś(ā)ṅkādrirājodadhit¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩da⟨śa⟩guru⟨dhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tṛṇavada⟩p(ā)st(ā)ś(e)-
12ṣasvakāryyaphala(ḥ) pr(ā)rtthanādhikā⟨r⟩tthapradānānanditav¿ī?⟨i⟩dvatsuhṛ(t)praṇay¿ī?⟨⟩hṛdaya⟨ḥ⟩ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍa(lā)bhogapramodaḥ
13paramamāh(e)śvaraḥ mahār¿a?⟨ā⟩jaśrīg(u)hasenaḥ tasya sutas tatpādanakhama(y)ūkhasantānani⟨r⟩v¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩ttajāhnav(ī)jalaughavikṣ(ā)litāśeṣakalmaṣa⟨ḥ⟩
14praṇayiśatasahasropaj(ī)vyabhogasaṁpa(D) rūpalobhād (i)vāśritaḥ sarasam ābhigāmikair gguṇai⟨ḥ⟩ sahajaśakti¿s?⟨ś⟩ikṣāviś¿a?⟨e⟩ṣavismāpit(ākhi)-
15ladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatis¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩ṣṭān(ā){ṁ}m anupālayitā dharmmad(ā)yānām a⟨pā⟩karttā prajopa(gh)ātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ da-
16r{i}śayitā śrīsara(svatyo)r ekādhivāsasya saṁhatārātipakṣa¿d?⟨l⟩akṣ¿a?⟨mī⟩parikṣobha(dakṣa)vikra(maḥ) -
⎘ plate 2r 17kramopasaṁprāpta(vima)lapārtthivaśr(ī)ḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śr(ī)mahārājadharasenaẖ kuśal(ī) sarvvān evāyuktaka(v)iniyuktakadr(ā)ṅgikamahatta-
18racāṭabhaṭadh(ru)vādh¿ī?⟨i⟩kar¿i?⟨a⟩ṇikadāṇḍapāśikarājasthan¿i?⟨ī⟩yakumārāmātyād¿i?⟨ī⟩n a(ny)āṁś ca yathābhisaṁbaddhyamānakā¿ṁ?⟨n⟩ samājñāpayaty astu va⟨ḥ⟩ (saṁ)viditaṁ
19⟨⟨yathā mayā mātāpitror ātma⟨na⟩ś ca puṇyayaśobhivṛddhaye Ānandapuravinirggat(aca)[1×]-
20śr(īvalabh)īvāstavyatac(c)ātu(r)vv(i)dyasāmānyakṛṣṇātreyasagotra(bhaṭadevasamma)putra[1×]-
21[1×]ya b(a)licar(u)vaiśvadevāgnihotra valabhīpava(rara)niya(ra)tragr(ā)mata(dā)malaInā-
22nakagr(ā)matavām(i)jarācahagrāma[3×]mataśālavaśrātā(ñca)grāmā⟨ḥ⟩ (so)-
23draṅgas soparika(ras sa)vātabhūtadhānyahiraṇyā(de)ya⟨ḥ⟩ sotpadyamānaviṣṭika⟨ḥ⟩ samastarājakīyānām ahastapra(k)ṣepaṇ(ī)yo bhūm(i)cchi-
24dranyāyena [4×] Ācandrārkārṇṇavakṣitisari⟨t⟩parvvata⟩⟩ balicaruvaiśvadevāgnihotrātithipa⟨ñ⟩camahāyā⟨jñi⟩-
25{(jñi)}kānā⟨ṁ⟩ k¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩yāṇā⟨ṁ⟩ samu¿cch?⟨ts⟩ccharpa(ṇā)rttham ācandrārkārṇavasari(tkṣ)itis¿ar?⟨thit⟩isamakāl(ī)naṁ putrapautrānvayabhogyaṁ Udakasarggeṇa brahmade(yaṁ)
26nisṛṣṭaṁ yato syocitayā brahmadeyasthityā bhuṁjataḥ kṛṣataḥ karṣāpayataḥ pra¿to?⟨di⟩śato vā na kaiści⟨t⟩ pratiṣedhe varttitavya{ṁ}m āgāmibhadranṛpa-
27tibhiś cāsmadvaṅśajair anityā(n)y aiśva(r)yy(ā)ṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣya(ṁ) sāmānya⟨ṁ⟩ {c}ca bh(ū)midānaphalam avagacchadbhir aya¿r?⟨m⟩r asma⟨d⟩dāyo numantavyaḥ paripā-
28(layi)tavyaś ca yaś cainam ācchi⟨n⟩dy(ā)d ācchidyamāna(ṁ) vānumodeta sa paṁcabhir mmahāpā(t)akais sopapātakai⟨ḥ⟩ saṁyukta⟨ḥ⟩ sy¿a?⟨ā⟩d i¿d?⟨t⟩y uktaṁ ca bhagavatā
29(veda)vyāsena vyāsena | ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi svargge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ Ā⟨c⟩che⟨t⟩tā {cā}cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT
30pūrvvadattā⟨ṁ⟩ dvijātibhyo yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira dashDouble mah¿i?⟨ī⟩⟨ṁ⟩ mahi⟨ma⟩tāṁ śreṣṭha dānā⟨⟩c chreyo nupālana(ṁ) bahubhir vvasudhā bhuk(t)ā rājabhi⟨ḥ⟩
31sagarād¿ī?⟨i⟩bh¿ī?⟨i⟩ḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmi⟨s⟩ tasya tasya tad(ā) phala{ṁ}m iti | likhita(ṁ) sandhivigrah¿a?⟨ā⟩dhikṛtaskandabhaṭena |
32svahasto mama mahārājaśrīdharasenasya | ccirbiraḥ saṁ 200 50 2 vaiśākha śu 10 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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