Kasandra plates of Dharasena III, [Valabhī] year 305, Śrāvaṇa śu. 15

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor:   Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00059

Summary: Grant of a village in favour of a Ṛgvedin.

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⎘ plate 1v 1svasti vijayaskandhāvārāt kheṭakavāsakāt prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasampannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsakta-
2prahāraśatalabdhapratāpāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhṛtaśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśriya-
3ḫ paramamāheśvaraśrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarā(javaṅśān mā)tāpitṛcaraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣa-
4ś śaiśavāt prabhṛti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣas tatprabhāva⟨praṇatārāti⟩-
5cūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisaṅhatis sakalasmṛtipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhṛdayarañjanā-
6nvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyadhairyya(gāmbhīr)yyabuddhisaṁpadbhi⟨ḥ⟩ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśa-
7yānaś śaraṇāgatābhayapradānapara(tayā) t¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānā-
8nanditavidvatsuhṛtpraṇayihṛdayaḥ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḫ paramamāheśvara-
9ś śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisṛtajāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ
10praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasampad rūpalobhād ivāśritas sarabhasam ābhigāmikair gguṇais sahajaśaktiśi-
11kṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḫ prathamanarapatisamatisṛṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadā-
12yānām apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya-
13sa(ṅhatā)rātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḫ paramamā-
14heśvaraśrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagita-
15samagradiṅmaṇḍalas samaraśatavijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahā-
16(bhā)ras sarvvavidyāparāparavibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvatas subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣaḥ
17samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahṛdayo pi sucaritātiśaya{ḥ}suvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtakṛtayuganṛpa-
18tipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrttir dharmmānuparodho⟨j⟩jvalatarīkṛtārtthasukhasampadupasevā -
⎘ plate 2r 19nirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvara⟨ḥ⟩ śrīśīlādityas tasyānujas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ
20svayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇātyādaravatā samabhilaṣaṇīyām api rājalakṣmī(ṁ) s(kandhā)saktāṁ paramabhadra Iva
21dhuryyas tadājñāsampādanaikarasatayaivodvahan khedasukharatibhyā{ṁ}m anāyāsitasatva(sampa)ttiḥ (prabhāvas)ampadvaśīkṛtanṛpa-
22tiśataśiroratnacchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho pi parāvajñābhimānarasānā(liṅgita)ma(no)vṛttiḥ praṇatim ekāṁ pari-
23tyajya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arātibhir anāsāditapratik¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩yopāyaḥ kṛtani(khi)labhuvanāmo(da)vi(ma)laguṇasaṅhati(ḥ)
24prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatir nnīcajanādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddo(ṣ)air a(nā)mṛṣṭ(ā)tyunnatahṛdayaḥ pra-
25khyātapauruṣāstrakauśalātiśayagaṇat¿ī?⟨i⟩tha¿ś?⟨v⟩ipakṣakṣitipatilakṣmīsvayaṁgrahaprakāśitapravīrapuruṣaprathamasaṁkhyādhi-
26gamaḫ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīkharagrahas tasya tanayas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalavidyādhigamavihitani(khi)lavidva(jja)namana-
27ḫparitoṣātiśayas satvasaṁpadā tyāgaudāryy(e)ṇa ca vigatānusandhān¿a?⟨ā⟩śamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabha(ṅga)s samya-
28gupalakṣitānekaśāstra(k)alālokacaritagahvaravibhāgo pi paramabhadraprakṛtir akṛtrimapraśrayavinayaśobhāvibhūṣa-
29ṇas samaraśatajayapatākāharaṇapratya¡l!odagrabā(hu)daṇḍavidhvansitanikhilapratipa(kṣa)darppodayaḥ svadha(nuḫ)prabhāvapari-
30bhūtāstrakauśalābhimāna⟨ḥ⟩ sakalanṛpatimaṇḍal(ā)bhinanditaśāsanaḫ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva {yathā}
31yathāsambadhyamānakān samājñāpayaty astu va(s saṁvi)ditaṁ (yathā) mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇy¿a?⟨ā⟩py¿a?⟨ā⟩yanāyāna(nda)puravāstavya-
32gāṅgānāyanasagotrabahvṛcasabrahmacāribrāhmaṇabrahma(mi)traputradivākaramitrāya kāśahradaviṣaye Adroṭakagrāma-
33s sodraṅgas soparikaras sabhūtavā(ta)pratyāyas sadhānyahiraṇyādeyas sadaśāparādhas so(t)padyamānaviṣṭikas sarvvarājakīyānā-
34m ahastapra(kṣepa)ṇīyo bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrār(k)kārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaḫ putra(pau)trānvayabhogyaḥ Uda-
35kātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisṛṣṭo yato syocitayā brahmadeyāgrahārasthityā bhu¿kṣ?⟨ñj⟩ataḥ kṛṣataẖ ka(r)ṣayataḫ pradiśa(to) vā na kai-
36ścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranṛpatibhir apy asmadvaṅśa(jai)r apy anyai(r vvā)nityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyañ ca bhūmidānaphala-
37m avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḫ pari(pālayita)vyaś cety ukta(ñ ca) bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā
38(bhūmis) tasya tasya tadā pha(laṁ) yānīha dāridrya(bha)yān narend(rair dha)nāni dharmmāyatanīkṛtāni nirbhuktamālyapratimāni tāni ko nā(ma) sādhuḫ pu-
39(nar āda)dīta (dashPlain) ṣaṣṭiṁ (varṣa)sahasrāṇi svargge ti(ṣṭha)ti bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT dūtako rājapu(trasā)mantaśīlā-
40[2×] likhitaṁ sāndhivigrahikaherambakaputrarogghabhaṭeneti saṁ 300 5 śrāvaṇa śu 10 5 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