Valabhipur plates ([A]madāsaputra grant) of Śīlāditya I, [Valabhī] year 290, Bhādrapada bahula 7

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Current Version: draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor: Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00050

Summary: Grant of a village in favour of a Buddhist monastery (nunnery).

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^{⎘ plate 1v}¹spiralL svasti vijayaskandhāvārād valabhīpradvārabhadre(ś)varavāsakāt prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇā{ṁ}m atulabalasaṁpanna-
²maṇḍalābhogasaṁsa(k)taprahāraśatalabdhapratāpāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaula(bhṛ)-
³(ta)śreṇībalāvāptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāheśvaraśrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarājavaṅśān mātāpitṛcaraṇāravindapraṇati-
⁴pravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhṛti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣa-
⁵s tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisaṁhatiḥ sakalasm¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩tipraṇītam¿a?⟨ā⟩rggasamyakparipāla(n)a-
⁶prajāhṛdayara(ñ)janā(n)varttharājaśabdaḥ rūpakāntisthairyyadhairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkād¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩rājodadhitri-
⁷daśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tṛṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhi-
⁸kārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhṛtpraṇayihṛdayaḥ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramam¿a?⟨ā⟩-
⁹heśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisṛtajāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayi-
¹⁰śatasaha(s)ropajīvyamānasampad rūpalobhād ivāś¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩taḥ sarabhasam ābhigāmikair guṇais sahajaśakt¿a?⟨i⟩śikṣāviśeṣa-
¹¹vismāpitākhilabaladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisṛṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apākarttā prajopa-
¹²ghāta(kāri)ṇām upaplavānā⟨ṁ⟩ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṁha(t)ārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikra-
¹³mo vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśr¿i?⟨ī⟩ḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalajagadā-
¹⁴nandanā(t)yadbhu(t)agu(ṇ)asamudaya¿t?⟨s⟩thagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍala⟨ḥ⟩ samaraśatavijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsurata-
¹⁵rā(n)sap(ī)ṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābhāras sarvvavidyāparāvaravibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarv(v)atas su-
¹⁶bhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣaḥ samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahṛdayo pi sucari(t)ā(t)iśayasu-
¹⁷vyaktaparamakalyāṇas(v)abhāvaḥ khilībhūtakṛtayuganṛpatipathaviśodhanādhiga(to)dagrakī(r)tti(r dha)rmmānuparodho-
¹⁸⟨j⟩jvalatarīkṛtārtthasukhasampadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādi(t)yaẖ kuśalī
¹⁹sarvvān evāyuktakaviniyuktakadrā⟨ṁ⟩gikamahattaraśaulkikacoroddha⟨ra⟩ṇikacāṭabhaṭakum¿a?⟨ā⟩rāmātyādīn any(āṁ)ś ca yathābhisambaddhya-
²⁰mānakān samājñāpa(ya)ty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitro(ḥ) puṇyāpyāyanāya -
^{⎘ plate 2r}²¹[1×]labh(īsv)at(a)lanivi[1×]ya(k)ṣaś¿u?⟨ū⟩r¿ā?⟨a⟩kā(r)itabhikṣuṇ¿i?⟨ī⟩vihāre taṁni[1×]sicaturdd(iśā)bh(yā)ga-
²²(tā)ryyabhikṣunīsaṅghasya cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsan¿ā?⟨a⟩g¿r?⟨l⟩ān¿ā?⟨a⟩pratyaya(bh)aiṣajyapa-
²³[1×]ṣ(kā)ropayogāya buddhānāṁ ca bhagavatāṁ pūjāsnapanagandhapuṣpamālyadīpat(ai)lādya(v)yava(c)chittaye (vi)-
²⁴hārasya ca khaṇḍasphuṭitapratisaṁskārāya ghāsarakapathake vaṭadrahapratyā(sa)n(n)e (A)madāsap(u)tra grā-
²⁵(mas s)odraṅgas soparikaras savātabhūtapratyāyaḥ sadhānyahiraṇyādeya(ḥ) sadaśāparādhaḥ s(ot)padya-
²⁶[1×]naviṣṭis sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīya(ḥ) pūrvvaprattabrahmadeyavarjji(taḥ) bhūmi[2×]-
²⁷[2×]nācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīna(ḥ) vihārā⟨r⟩yyabhikṣuṇī(sa)ṅgh¿ā?⟨o⟩pabhogyaḥ
²⁸[2×]dāyo nisṛṣṭaḥ yata Uparilikhitasthityā bhujyamānako na kaiścid vyāsedhanīyaḥ Āgā-
²⁹[1×](bha)dranṛpatibhir apy asmadvaṅśajair anyair vvā anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ [1×] bh(ū)-
³⁰[2×](na)phalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḫ paripālayitavyaś cety uktaṁ ca bhagavat(ā)-
³¹v(e)dav(y)āsena vyāsena bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmi⟨ḥ⟩-
³²tasya tasya tadā phalaM yānīha dāridryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanīkṛ(t)āni nirbhu[1×]-
³³m(ā)lyapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta dashPlain ṣaṣṭiṁ var(ṣ)asahasrāṇi svargg(e) modati bh(ū)-
³⁴midaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vased iti dūtakaś cātra śrīkharagrahaḥ |
³⁵likhitaṁ sandhivigrahādhikṛtadivirapativatrabhaṭṭinā saṁ 200 90 bhādrapada bahula 7
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]