Ambalasa plates of Śīlāditya I, [Valabhī] year 290, Śrāvaṇa bahula 12

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Current Version: draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor: Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00049

Summary: Grant of a village in favour of a Buddhist monastery.

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^{⎘ plate 1v}¹spiralL svasti vijayaskandhāvārād bhadreśvaravāsakāt prasabhapraṇatāmitrā(ṇāṁ) maitrakāṇām atulabalasampannamaṇḍa-
²lābhogasaṁsaktaprahāraśatalabdhapratāpāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktam(au)-
³(la)bhṛtaśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāheśvaraśrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarājavaṅśān mātāpitṛ(ca)-
⁴(ra)ṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhṛti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadapa-
⁵ragajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣas tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsa-
⁶ktapādanakharaśmisaṁhatis sakalasmṛtipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhṛdayarañja-
⁷nānvarttharājaśabdaḥ rūpakāntisthairyyadhairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkād⟨r⟩irājoda-
⁸dhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tṛṇavadapāstā-
⁹śeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhṛtpraṇayihṛdayaḥ pādacā-
¹⁰r(ī)va sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḫ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya sutas ta-
¹¹tpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisṛtajāhnavījalaughaprakṣ¿a?⟨ā⟩litāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśata-
¹²sahasropajīvyamānasampad rūpalobhād ivāśritas sarabhasam ābhigāmikair gguṇais saha-
¹³jaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhilabaladhanurddhara⟨ḥ⟩ prathamanarapatisamatisṛṣṭānām anu-
¹⁴pālayitā dharmmadāyānām apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrī-
¹⁵sarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṁhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopa-
¹⁶saṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyā-
¹⁷tas sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍala⟨ḥ⟩ samaraśatavi-
¹⁸jayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābh(ā)-
¹⁹(ra)s sarvvavidyāparāvaravibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvatas subhā(ṣ)i(ta)-
²⁰(lav)enā(p)i su(kh)o(papā)da(n)ī(yapar)i(t)oṣaḥ samagra(l)o(kāgā)dh(a)gā(m)bhī -
^{⎘ plate 2r}²¹ryyahṛdayo pi (s)u(caritātiśa)yasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabh(āvaḥ) khi(lībhūta)kṛtayu(ga)-
²²(n)ṛpatipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrtt¿a?⟨i⟩r ddharmmānuparodho⟨j⟩jvalatarīkṛtārtthasukhasampa-
²³d(u)pasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityaẖ kuśalī sarvvān ev(ā)-
²⁴y(u)ktakaviniyuktakadrāṅgikamahattaraśaulkikacauroddharaṇikacāṭabhaṭakumārāmātyādīn anyāṁ-
²⁵(ś ca) yathābhisambaddhyamānakān samājñāpayaty astu vaḥ saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḥ puṇyā-
²⁶pyāyanāya kuberanagarasvatalaniviṣṭayaśonandikāritavaḍḍavihāre tannivāsicaturddigabhyā-
²⁷(ga)tāryyabhikṣusaṅghasya ca cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkāropayo-
²⁸(gāya) bhagavatāṁ ca buddhānāṁ pūjāsnapanagandhapuṣpamālyadīpatailādyavyavacchittaye vihārasya ca-
²⁹khaṇḍasphuṭitapratisaṁskārāya kuberanagaraviṣayāntargga⟨ta⟩madayantikāpadragrāmas sodraṅgaḥ
³⁰soparikaraḥ savātabhūtapratyāyaḥ sadhānyahiraṇyādeyaḥ sadaśāparādhaḥ sotpadyamāna-
³¹viṣṭ(i)s sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvaprattabrahmadeyavarjjitaḥ bhūmicchi(d)ra-
³²nyāyenācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaḥ vihārasaṅghopabhogyaḥ dharmmadāyo
³³nisṛṣṭaḥ yato devāgrāhārasthityā bhujyamānako na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranṛpa-
³⁴tibhir apy asmadvaṅśajair anyair vvā Anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmidānaphala-
³⁵m avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś cety uktaṁ ca bhagavatā vedavyāsena vyā-
³⁶s(e)na dashPlain bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ
³⁷yānīha dāridryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanīkṛtāni nirbhuktamālyapratimāni tāni ko nāma s(ā)-
³⁸(dhu)ḥ punar ādadīta dashPlain ṣaṣṭiṁ var(r)ṣasahasrāṇi svargg(e) modati bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānuma¿t?⟨n⟩tā ca tāny eva narake
³⁹(va)sed iti dashPlain dūtakaś cātra śrīkharagrahaḥ | likhitaṁ sandhivigrahādhikṛtadivirapati(vatra)bhaṭṭinā |
⁴⁰saṁ 200 90 śrāvaṇa bahula 10 2 svahasto 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]