Dhank plates of Śīlāditya I, [Valabhī] year 290, Bhādrapada ba. 8

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor:   Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00051

Summary: Grant of land (295 pādāvarta and a cistern surrounded by 25 pādāvarta) in favour of [god] Mahādeva.

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⎘ plate 1v 1spiralL svasti vijayaskandhāvārād valabhīpradvāraho(m)mbav¿a?⟨ā⟩sakāt prasabhapraṇatā{ṁ}mitr¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇā⟨ṁ⟩ maitrakāṇām atulabala-
2saṁpannamaṇḍalābhogasa⟨ṁ⟩saktaprahāraśatala¿d?⟨b⟩dhapratāpāt pratāpop¿ā?⟨a⟩natadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurā-
3gād anuraktamaulabhṛtaśreṇībalāvā(p)tarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāheśvaraśrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarājavaṅśān m(ā)tā-
4pi(t)ṛcaraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣ(a)kalmaṣaḥ śaiśav¿a?⟨ā⟩t prabhṛti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagaja-
5ghaṭ¿a?⟨ā⟩sphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣas tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsa⟨ṁ⟩s¿ā?⟨a⟩ktapādanakharaśmisaṁhatis saka-
6lasm¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩tipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhṛdayara¿n?⟨ñ⟩janānvarttharājaśabdaḥ rūpakāntisthairyyadhairyyagāmbhīryya-
7buddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkād⟨r⟩irājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiś¿ā?⟨a⟩yānaś śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā
8tṛṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthan¿a?⟨ā⟩dhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuh(ṛ)tpraṇayihṛdayaḥ pādac¿a?⟨ā⟩rīva sakala-
9bhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya suta(s) tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisṛta-
10jāhnavījalaughaprakṣālit¿a?⟨ā⟩śeṣak¿ā?⟨a⟩lmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasampad rūpalobhād ivāś¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩tas sa-
11rabhasam ābhigāmikai⟨r⟩ guṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpit¿a?⟨ā⟩khilabala(dha)nurddharaḥ prathamanarap¿ā?⟨a⟩tisama-
12tisṛṣṭānām anupālayit¿a?⟨ā⟩ dharmmadāyānām apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām (u)paplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasva-
13ty(o)r ek¿a?⟨ā⟩dhiv¿a?⟨ā⟩sasya saṁhat¿a?⟨ā⟩rātipakṣalakṣmīp¿ā?⟨a⟩ribhoga(d)akṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ para-
14mam(ā)heśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas sak¿ā?⟨a⟩l¿ā?⟨a⟩jagad¿a?⟨ā⟩nandanātyad(bh)utaguṇasamudayasthagitasama-
15gradi(g)maṇḍalas samaraśatavijayaśobhāsa{ṁ}nāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahā-
16bh¿a?⟨ā⟩ras ¿y?⟨s⟩arvvavidyāparāvaravibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvatas subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyapa-
17rito¿p?⟨ṣ⟩aḥ samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahṛdayo pi sucaritā{dashPlain}tiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūta-
18kṛtayuganṛpatipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrttir dharmm¿a?⟨ā⟩nuparodh¿a?⟨o⟩⟨j⟩jvalatarīkṛtārtthasukhasampadupasevā-
19nirūḍhadharmm¿a?⟨ā⟩dityadvit¿i?⟨ī⟩yanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityaẖ kuśalī sarvvān ev¿a?⟨ā⟩y¿ū?⟨u⟩ktakavi¿dh?⟨n⟩iyuktak¿ā?⟨a⟩dr(ā) -
⎘ plate 2r 20ṅgikaśaulkikacaur(o)ddharaṇ¿ī?⟨i⟩kacāṭabhaṭakum¿a?⟨ā⟩rāmātyādīn anyāṁś ca yath¿a?⟨ā⟩sambaddhyam¿a?⟨ā⟩nakān sam¿a?⟨ā⟩jñāpa-
21yaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā m¿a?⟨ā⟩tāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya balavarmmānakav¿ā?⟨a⟩ṭapadrasvatalaniviṣṭaharinātha-
22kāritamahādevapādān¿a?⟨ā⟩ṁ pūjāsnapanagandhadhūpapuṣpamālyadīpatailādyavyavacchittaye ¿c?⟨v⟩ādyagītanṛtyādyu-
23payogāya devakulasya ca khaṇḍasphuṭitapratisa⟨ṁ⟩sk¿a?⟨ā⟩r¿a?⟨ā⟩ya pādam¿u?⟨ū⟩laprajīvananimitt¿a?⟨ā⟩{ṁ}ya vaṭapadrasvatala Evotta-
24rasīmni vāṇijakaghoṣasa¿s?⟨t⟩kavāpyā Aparataḥ tathā balabhaṭasatkavāpyā dakṣiṇataḥ tathā candrabhaṭasatkavāpyā⟨ḥ⟩-
25pūrvvataḥ vaṭapadrād evottarataḥ paṁcaviṅśatpādāvarttaparisarā yamalav¿a?⟨ā⟩dashPlain tathāparas(ī)mni bhadrāṇaka-
26grāmapathād dakṣiṇataḥ vītakhaḍḍāyā ⟨A⟩parataḥ dinnānākagrāmapath¿a?⟨ā⟩d uttarataḥ baraṭakamaryy¿a?⟨ā⟩d¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨yāḥ⟩ pūrvvataḥ-
27pādāvarttaśataṁ sārddhaṁ tathā dakṣiṇasīmni Ādityadevapādīyavāpyā⟨ḥ⟩ pūrvvataḥ kuṭumbimūvakasatkakṣ¿a?⟨e⟩trād u-
28ttarataḥ bramilanakagrāmapath¿a?⟨ā⟩d dakṣiṇataḥ puṣpilānakagrāmasīmn¿i?⟨a⟩ Aparataḥ Evam etat saha vā(p)yā pādā-
29{dā}varttaśatadvayaṁ paṁcanavaty¿ā?⟨a⟩dhikaṁ dashPlain sodraṁgaṁ soparikaraṁ savātabhūtapraty¿a?⟨ā⟩yaṁ sadhānyahiraṇyādeyaṁ sada-
30śāparādhaṁ sotpadyamānaviṣṭ¿ī?⟨i⟩kaṁ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaṁ pūrvvaprattabrahmadeyavarjjitaṁ
31bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaṁ dharmmadāyatayā pratipādita⟨ṁ⟩ yat¿o?⟨a U⟩parili-
32khitasthityā bhujyamānaṁ na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranṛpatibhir apy asmadvaṁśajair anyair vvānityāny ai-
33śvaryy(ā)ṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmanyaṁ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḫ paripā-
34layitavyaś cety uktaṁ ca bhagavatā vedavyāsena vyāsena | bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ ya-
35sya yasya yadā bhūmi⟨s⟩ tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ (dashPlain) yānīha dāridryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanīkṛtāni
36ni⟨r⟩rbhuktam¿a?⟨ā⟩lyapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta dashDouble ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi svargge modati bhū-
37midaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vased iti | dūtakaś cātra śrīkharagrahaḥ likhitaṁ sandhivi-
38grahādhikṛtadivirapativatrabhaṭṭinā | saṁ 200 90 bh¿a?⟨ā⟩drapada ba 8 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]

Secondary