Bantia plates of Dharasena II, [Valabhī] year 25[7], Vaiśākha ba. 15

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor:   Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00037

Summary: Apparently confirmation of a grant of a village in favour of a Yajurvedin.

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⎘ plate 1v 1spiralL svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitr(ā)ṇ(āṁ) maitrak(ā)ṇ(ā)m atulabalasapatnama(ṇ)ḍa(l)ābhogasaṁsaktasaṁprahāraśatalabdhapratāpaḥ pratāpopana(tadānamānā)-
2rjjavopārjjitānurāgo nuraktamaulabhṛtamitraśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatibhaṭārkkas tasya su⟨taḥ⟩ tatp(ā)darajoruṇāvanatapavi(tr)ī(kṛta)-
3(śirāḥ) śirovanataśatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhāvicchuritapādanakhapaṅktid(ī)dhitir ddīnānāthakṛpaṇajanopajīvyamānavibhavaḥ śrīsenāpatidharasena(s tasyānujaḥ)
4(tatpādābhi)praṇāmapraśastatara(vimalamaulimaṇir mma)nvādipraṇītavidhividhānadharmmā dharmmarāja Iva vihitavinayavya¿p?⟨v⟩asthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogaika-
5[3×] paramasvāminā svayam upahitarājyābhiṣeko mahāviśrāṇanāvapūtarājaśrīḥ paramamāheśva(ro) mahārājadroṇasiṁhaḥ siṁha Iva tasyānu(jaḥ)
6[2×](jabala)parākrameṇa paragaja(ghaṭānīkānām eka)vijayī śaraṇaiṣi(ṇāṁ śaraṇ)am avaboddhā śāstrārtthatattvānāṁ kalpatarur iva suhṛtpraṇay(ināṁ) [1×](th)ābhilaṣita-
7(kāma)phalopabhogadaḥ paramabhāgavata(ḥ) śrīmahārājadhruvasenas tasyānujas taccaraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣa(kalmaṣa)ḥ suviśuddhasvacaritodaka-
8(pra)kṣālitasakalakalikalaṅkaḥ (prasabhanirjjitārā)tipakṣaprathitamahimā paramādityabhaktaḥ śrīmahārājadharapa(ṭṭas ta)syā(tma)jas (ta)tpādasaparyyāvā[2×]ṇyodaya(ḥ)
9śaiśavāt prabhṛti khaḍgadvitīya(bāhur eva) samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣa⟨ḥ⟩ tatpra(bhāvapraṇatārā)ticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktasavyapād(a)nakharaśmi(saṁha)tiḥ
10sakalasmṛti(praṇīta)mārggasamya(kpa)ri(pā)lanaprajāhṛdayarañjanā(d a)nvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisa(ṁpa)dbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśaguru-
11dhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tṛṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphalaḥ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhṛtpraṇayihṛdaya⟨ḥ⟩ (pādacā)rīva sa(kala)bhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvara(ḥ)
12śrīmahārājaguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānanirvṛttajāhnavījalaughavikṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayi(śata)⟨saha⟩sropajīvyabhogasaṁpad rūpa(lobhād ivā)-
13(śritas) sarasam ābhigāmikair gguṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśe(ṣa)vismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapati(samati)sṛṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apā-
14karttā prajopaghātakāri(ṇām) upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṁhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparikṣo(bha)da(kṣa)v(i)kramaḥ kra(mopa)saṁprāptavima(la)-
15pārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīmahārājadha⟨ra⟩senaẖ kuśal(ī) sarvvān evāyu(kta)kaviniyuktakadrāṅgikamahattaracāṭabhaṭādīn anyā(ṁ)ś ca yathāsamba-
16ddhyamānakā¿ṁ?⟨n⟩ dhruvādhikara(ṇika)dāṇḍapāśikacoroddhara(ṇika)rājasthanīya[7×]dī(N) samājñāpayaty astu va⟨ḥ⟩ s(aṁ)viditaṁ yathā [2×]-
17[4×] puṇyāpyāyanāyātmanaś caihikāmuṣmikayathābhilabhilaṣitaphalāvāptaye su(rāṣṭreṣu)
⎘ plate 2r 18(kauṇḍinyapura)Uttarapaṭṭe bhaṭṭakap(u)tragrā(maḥ) sodraṅgaḥ soparikaraḥ (savātabhūtadhānyahiraṇyā)deyaḥ
19sotpadyamānaviṣṭikaḥ sa(masta)rājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ (bhūmicchidranyāyena) [3×]
20(maitrāya)ṇikasa(brahmacāri)śāṇḍilyasagotra(brāhmaṇadevadattāya balicaruvaiśvadevāgniho)trātithipaṁcamahāyā(jñikā)-
21(nāṁ kriyāṇāṁ samutsarppaṇārttham) ācandrārkkārṇṇavasari⟨t⟩kṣitisthiti(samakā)līnaḥ putra(pautrānvayabhojyaḥ pūrvva)-
22(bhujyamānavṛtyeha) sūryoparāge Udakasarggeṇa brahmadeyo nisṛṣṭaḥ yato syocitayā brahma(de)yasthityā (bhuṁjataḥ kṛṣataḥ)
23karṣayataḥ pradiśato vā na kaiścit pratiṣedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranṛpatitibhiś cāsmadva(ṁ)śajair anityā-
24ny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bh(ū)midānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavya(ḥ)
25(pari)pālayitavyaś ca yaś cai(nam ā)cchi(n)dyād ācchidyamānaṁ vānumodeta sa paṁcabhir mmahāpātakai(ḥ)
26sopapātakaiḥ saṁyuktaḥ syād upāsaṁkaś ca paṁcabir ānantāryyaḥ [2×]tanāryyaḥ saṁyuktas syā(T)
27(I)ty uktaṁ ca bhagavatā vedavyāsena vyāsena | ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi | svargge tiṣṭhati bh(ū)mida(ḥ |)
28Ācche(ttā) cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT | pūrvvadattāṁ dvijātibhyo yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira (|)
29(mahīṁ mahimatāṁ) (|) śreṣṭha dānāc chreyo nupālana(M) | yānīha dāridrabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanī-
30kṛtāni (|) nirmmālyavāntapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta | bahubhir vvasudhā ⟨bhuktā⟩ rājabhis sagarā-
31(dibhiḥ |) yasya yasya ya(dā bhūmiḥ) tasya tasya tadā phalam iti | likhitaṁ sandhivigrahādhikṛtaskandabhaṭena |
32(svahasto mama mahārāja)śrīdharasenasya | cirb(i)raḥ | saṁ 200 50 7 vaiśākha ba 10 5

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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