Valabhipur plates (Nirgudaka grant) of Śīlāditya I, [Valabhī] year 287, Kārttika ba. 7

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor:   Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00048

Summary: Confirmation of an earlier grant of a village in favour of a Buddhist monastery (nunnery).

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⎘ plate 1v 1spiralL s(v)a(s)ti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatām(i)trāṇ(āṁ) maitrakāṇām atulabalasa(ṁ)pannamaṇḍalābho[10×]-
2bdhapratā(p)āt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhṛta(ś)re[4×]p(t)a[4×]
3(pa)ramamāheśvaraśrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarājava(ṁ)śān mātāpitṛcaraṇāravindapra(ṇa)tipravidh(au)tā(śeṣa)kalmaṣa(ḥ)
4(śai)śavāt prabhṛti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣas ta(t)prabhāva(p)ra-
5(ṇa)tārāt(i)cūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisaṁghatis sakalasmṛtipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālana-
6(p)rajāhṛdayaraṁjanānvarttharājaśabda(ḥ) rūpakāntisthairyyadhairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirā(joda)-
7dhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśay¿o?⟨ā⟩naś śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatay¿o?⟨ā⟩ tṛṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩
8(prā)rtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhṛtpraṇayihṛdayaḥ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapra-
9m(oda)ḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisṛtajāhnavījalaughaprakṣā-
10(li)tāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropaj(ī)vyamānasaṁpad rūpalobhād ivāśritas sarabhasam ābhigām(i)k(air) gg(u)-
11(ṇ)ais sahajaśaktiśikṣ(ā)viśeṣavismāpitākhilabaladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamat¿a?⟨i⟩sṛṣṭānām anupālayi-
12[4×]yānām apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānā⟨ṁ⟩ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṁ(gh)a-
13[4×]kṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamā(he)śvaraḥ śrīdharase-
14(na)s tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍalaḥ
15(sa)maraśatavi(ja)yaśobh(ā)sanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanora(th)amahā-
16bhāras sarvvavidyāparāvaravibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvatas subhāṣitalav(e)nāpi sukhopapāda(nī)-
17yaparitoṣas samagralo(kā)g(ā)dhagāmbhīryyahṛdayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasva-
18(bhāva)ḥ khilībhū(t)akṛ(ta)yuganṛpatipathavi(ś)odhanādhigatodagrakīrttir ddharmmān(upar)odho
⎘ plate 2r 19[6×](rtthasukhasaṁ)padupa(se)vān(i)rū(ḍh)adharmmād(i)tyadv(i)t(ī)yanām(ā) pa(rama)māhe(śvaraḥ) []-
20[]l(ī) sa(rvvān ev)āyuk(t)akaviniyuktakadrāṅgikamahattarac(ā)ṭabhaṭakumār(ā)m(ā)tyā(d)ī-
21[]kā(n sa)mā(jñāpaya)ty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitro(ḫ puṇ)yāpyāya(nāya vala)[]-
22(ta)[]saṁghasy(e)dānī⟨ṁ⟩ (t)advihārasthānābhāvād yakṣaśūravihāre prativasa(ta)ś c(ī)vara(piṇḍapāta)śaya(nā)[3×]-
23na[5×](j)ya(pa)riṣ(kā)rārtthaṁ buddhānāñ ca bhagavatāṁ pūjā(s)nāpanagandhadhūpapuṣpamālyadīpatail(ā)dyupayogāya (vihāra)-
24(sya) ca kha(ṇḍasphu)ṭitapra(ti)saṃskārāya ghāsarakap(a)thakāntarggato ni(r)gguḍakagrāmaḥ pūrvvabhuktabhujyamā⟨na⟩ka(ḥ) pranaṣṭaś(āsanaka)
25Itikṛ(t)v(ān)vi(ṣ)ya sodraṅgas soparikaras savātabhūtapratyāyaḥ sadhānyahiraṇyādeyaḥ sadaśāparādha(s) sotpadyam(ā)naviṣṭiḥ
26[2×]rājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvaprattadevabrahmadeya(var)jjitaḥ bhūmicchidranyāyen(ā)candrārkkārṇṇa(va)kṣitisa-
27[3×]tasamakālīn¿a?⟨o⟩ vyavacchittibhogyaḥ dharmma(dā)yatayā pūrvvavat samanujñāta(ḥ) (y)ataḥ devāgrāhārasthityā bhujya[1×](na)k(o)
28[1×]k(ai)ścit par(i)panthan(ī)yaḥ Āgāmibhadranṛpatibhir apy asmadvaṁśajair anyair vvā Anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānya-
29[1×]bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḫ paripālayitavyaś ceti | bahubhi(r) vvasudhā bhuktā rā-
30ja(bhi)s saga(rā)dibhiḥ yasya yasya yad(ā) bhūm(i)s tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ | yānīha dāridrya(bha)yān narendrair ddhanāni (dha)-
31rmmāyatanīkṛtāni nirbbhuktam¿a?⟨ā⟩lyapratimāni (t)āni k(o) nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta | ṣaṣṭiṁ (va)rṣasahasrāṇi s(v)vargg(e)
32mo¿deta?⟨dati⟩ bh(ū)midaḥ Ācchettā cānumant(ā) ca t(ā)ny eva (n)ar(a)ke vaset{a} | dūtakaś cātra bhaṭṭādityayaś(āḥ) likhitaṁ sandhivi
33(g)r(a)[1×]dh(i)kṛtadiv¿ī?⟨i⟩rapativatrabhaṭṭinā | saṁ 200 80 7 kār(tt)ika (b)a 7 | spiralL | svahast(o) 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]

Secondary