Valabhipur plates of Śīlāditya I, [Valabhī] year 286, Jyeṣṭha ba. 6

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor:   Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00044

Summary: Grant of a village and some land (3 fields, 2 cisterns, and 4 wells with flower-gardens) in favour of a Buddhist monastery.

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⎘ plate 1v 1spiralL svast¿a?⟨i⟩ valabh¿i?⟨ī⟩taḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ mait(rakāṇām a)tulabalasaṁpannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktaprahāraśatalabdhapratāpāt pratāpo-
2panatadānamānā(rjja)vopā(rjji)tānurāgād anuraktamaulabhṛtaśre(ṇī)balāvāptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāheśvaraśrībhaṭārkkād a-
3vyavacchinnar¿a?⟨ā⟩javaṁśān mātāpitṛcaraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhṛti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva
4samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣas tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmi-
5saṁghatis sa¿r?⟨k⟩alasmṛtipraṇītam¿a?⟨ā⟩rggasamyakparipālanaprajāhṛdayaraṁjanānvarttharājaśabdaḥ rūpakāntisthairyyadh¿e?⟨ai⟩ryya-
6gāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraś¿ā?⟨a⟩śāṅk¿a?⟨ā⟩drirājodadhit¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩daśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradāna-
7paratayā tṛṇavadapāstāśe(ṣ)asvakā(r)yyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhṛtpraṇayihṛdayaḥ pāda-
8cārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamay(ū)kha(s)antāna-
9visṛtajāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamāna(s)aṁpad rūpalobhād ivāś(r)ita⟨ḥ⟩-
10sarabhasam ābhigāmikair guṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhilabaladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisṛ-
11ṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekā-
12dhivāsasya saṁghatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśva-
13raḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānud(dh)yātas sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇa(s)amudayasthagitasamagradi(ṅ)maṇḍa-
14las samaraśatavijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgra(dyu)tibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābhāras sarvva-
15vidyāparāvaravibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvatas subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣas sa-
16magralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahṛdayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtakṛtayuganṛ-
17patipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrttir ddharmmānupar(o)dho⟨j⟩jvalatarīkṛtārtthasukhasaṁpadupasevānirū(ḍhadharmmā)di(tya)-
18dvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīś¿i?⟨ī⟩lādityaẖ kuśalī sarvvān evāyuktakavini[7+]-
19hattaracāṭabhaṭakumārāmāty¿a?⟨ā⟩dīn anyāṁś ca yathābhisaṁbaddhyamānakā(n sa)mājñāpa[6+]-
20di(t)aṁ (ya)thā mayā m(ā)[2×]tr(o)ḥ puṇyāpyāyanāya valabhīpratiṣṭh(i)tarājñ(ī)du(ḍḍā)kāritavi[] -
⎘ plate 2r 21[]piṇḍapātaśayanāsanag(l)ānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārārttha⟨ṁ⟩ buddhānā⟨ṁ⟩ [2×]-
22[]ṣpamālyadīpatailādyupayogārtthaṁ vihārasya ca khaṇḍasphuṭitapratisa(ṁ)[2×]-
23[]pa(ṇḍa)rakūpikā dashPlain puṣyānakasthalyantarggataUccāpadrak¿a?⟨e⟩ kuṭumbisūryyakapratyayakṣetraṁ (tathā)
24[3+](p)ratyayakṣetra(ṁ) tathā kakkijjagrāme Arddhikapratyayavāp¿i?⟨ī⟩ dashPlain tathā kumbhārapratyayavāp¿i?⟨ī⟩ tathendrāṇipadrake
25[2+]rapratyayakṣetraṁ tathā valabhīsvatalasīmni pu¿p?⟨ṣ⟩pavāṭikākūpakacatuṣṭayam evam ayaṁ kṣetratrayavāp¿i?⟨ī⟩-
26dvayapu¿p?⟨ṣ⟩pav¿a?⟨ā⟩ṭikākūpakacatuṣṭayasameto grāmas sodraṅgas soparikaras savātabhūtapratyāyas sadhānyahiraṇyā-
27deyas sadaśāparādhas sotpadyam¿a?⟨ā⟩naviṣṭis sarvvarājakīyānām a(ha)staprakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvaprattadevabrahmadeya-
28varjjitaḥ bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīno vyavacchittibhogyaḥ dharmmad¿a?⟨ā⟩yata-
29yā pratipāditaḥ yata uci(ta)yā (ca) devāgrāhārasthityā bhujyam¿a?⟨ā⟩nakaḥ na kaiścit paripanthanīyaḥ Āgā-
30mibhadranṛpatibhir apy asmadvaṁśa(j)air any¿a?⟨ai⟩r vvā anity¿a?⟨ā⟩ny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyañ ca bhūmidānaphalam a-
31vagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś ceti | bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādi-
32bhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ | yānīhadāridryabhayān nar¿a?⟨e⟩ndrair ddhan¿a?⟨ā⟩ni dharmmāyatanī-
33kṛtāni nirbbhuktamālyapratim¿a?⟨ā⟩ni tāni ko nāma sādhuḥ punar ādadīta | ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasaha¿ṣ?⟨s⟩r¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇi svargge mo-
34¿deta?⟨dati⟩ bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaset{a} | dūtakaś cātra bhaṭṭādityayaśāḥ likhita(ṁ)
35sandhivigrahādhikṛtadiv¿(ī)?⟨i⟩rapativatrabhaṭṭinā | spiralL |saṁ 200 80 6 jyeṣṭha ba 6 | spiralL
36svahasto mama |

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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