Goras plates of Dhruvasena II, [Valabhī] year 313, Śrāvaṇa śu. 14

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor:   Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00064

Summary: Grant of land (200 pādāvarta in 6 plots) in favour of two Sāmavedins of Gorakeśa related to each other.

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⎘ plate 1v 1spiralL svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇ(ā)ṁ maitrakāṇ¿a?⟨ā⟩{ṁ}m atulabalasampannamaṇḍalābhogasa(ṁ)saktaprahāraśatalabdhapratāpā(T)-
2pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhṛtaśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśr¿ī?⟨i⟩yaḥ paramamāheśvaraśrībhaṭārkkā-
3d avyavacchinnarājavaṅśān mātāpitṛcaraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhṛti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva sama-
4daparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣaḥ tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticū¿d?⟨ḍ⟩āratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisaṅhatiḥ saka-
5lasmṛtipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhṛdayarañjanānvarttha{ṁ}rājaśabdaḥ rūpakāntisthairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisampadbhiḥ smaraśaśā-
6ṅkād¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩rājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā t¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanā-
7dhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhṛtpraṇayihṛdayaḥ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguha-
8senas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisṛtajāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḫ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamāna-
9sampad rūpalobhād ivāśritaḥ sarabhasam ābhigāmikair gguṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḫ prathamanarapati-
10samatisṛṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivā-
11sasya saṅhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo{ḥ} vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāhe¿s?⟨ś⟩v¿i?⟨a⟩raḥ śrīdharasenaḥ
12tasya sutaḥ tatpādānudhyātaḥ sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍalaḥ samaraśatavijay¿ā?⟨a⟩śobhā-
13sanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsap¿i?⟨ī⟩ṭhodūḍhagur¿ū?⟨u⟩manorathamahābhāraḥ sarvvavidyāparāparavibhāgādhigamavimalamatir a-
14pi sarvvataḥ subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣaḥ samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahṛdayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparama-
15kalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtakṛtayuganṛpatipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrttiḥ dharmmānuparodhojjvalatarīkṛtārtthasukhasampadupasevā-
16nirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityaḥ tasyānuja¿t?⟨s⟩ tatpādānuddhyātaḥ svayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇātyā-
17daravatā samabhilaṣaṇīyām api rājalakṣmīṁ skandhāsaktāṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyaḥ tadājñāsampādanaikarasatayaivodvahaN khedasukha-
18ratibhyām anāyāsitasatvasampattiḥ prabhāvasampadvaśīkṛtanṛpatiśataśiroratnacchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho pi parāvajñābhimāna-
19rasānāliṅgitamanovṛttiḥ praṇatim ekāṁ parityajya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arātibhir anāsāditapratikriyopāyaḥ kṛtanikhi-
20labhuvanāmodavimalaguṇasaṅhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhavighaṭitasakalakal¿ī?⟨i⟩vilasitagatiḥ nīcajanādhirohibhir aśeṣai⟨r⟩ ddoṣair anāmṛṣṭātyu-
21nnatahṛdayaḥ prakhyātapaur¿ū?⟨u⟩ṣāstrakauśalātiśayagaṇatithavipakṣakṣitipatilakṣmīsvaya⟨ṁ⟩grahaprakāśitapravīrapuruṣaprathamasa⟨ṁ⟩khyā-
22dhigamaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīkharagrahaḥ tasya tanayaḥ tatpādānudhyātaḥ sakalavidyādhigamavihitanikhilavidvajjanamanaḥparitoṣātiśayaḥ
23satvasampadā tyāgau(d)āryy(e)ṇa ca vigatān¿ū?⟨u⟩saṁdhānāśamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅgaḥ samyagupalakṣitānekaśāstra-
24kalālokacaritagahvaravibhāgo pi paramabhadraprakṛtiḥ akṛtrimapraśrayavinayaśobhāvibhūṣaṇaḥ samaraśatajayapatākā -
⎘ plate 2r 25haraṇapratya¡l!odagrabāhudaṇḍavidhvansitanikhilapratipakṣadarppodayaḥ svadhanuḥprabhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimānaḥ sakalanṛpatimaṇḍa-
26lābhinanditaśāsanaḥ paramam(ā)heśvaraḥ śr¿i?⟨ī⟩dharasenaḥ tasyānujaḥ tatpādānudhyātaḥ saccaritātiśayitasakalapūrvvanarapatir atidu-
27ssādhānām api prasādhayitā viṣayāṇāṁ mūrttimān iva puruṣakāraḥ parivṛddhaguṇānurāganirbbharacittavṛttibhir mmanur iva svaya-
28m abhyupapannaḫ prakṛtibhiḥ adhigatakalākalāpaḥ kāntimān nirvṛtihetur akalaṅkaẖ ku(muda)nāthaḥ prājyapratāpasthagitadigantartarālapradhvansi-
29tadhvāntarāśiḥ satatoditas savitā prakṛtibhyaḥ paraṁ pratyayam artthavantam atibahutithaprayojanānubandham āgamaparipūrṇṇaṁ vidadhānaḥ sandhivigra-
30hasamāsaniścayanipuṇaḥ sthāne nurūpam ādeśaṁ dadad guṇavṛddhividhānajanitasaṁskāras sādhūnāṁ rājyasālāturīyatantrayor ubhayor api
31niṣṇātaḥ prakṛṣṭavikramo pi karuṇāmṛduhṛdayaḥ śrutavān apy agarvvitaḥ kānto pi praśamī sthiras(au)hṛdayyo pi nirasitā doṣavatām udaya-
32samayasamupajanitajanatānurāgaparipihitabhuvanasamartthitaprathitabālādityadvitīya(nāmā) paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdhruvasenaẖ kuśalī
33sarvvān eva yathāsa{ṁ}mbadhyamānakān samājñāpayaty (a)stu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḥ pu(ṇyā)pyāyanāya valāpadravinirggatagorakeśanivāsikapi-
34ṣṭhalasagotrachandogasabrahmacāribrāhmaṇaśarmmaputrabrāhmaṇadevakula tathaitadbhrātṛvyabrāhmaṇadattilaputrabrāhmaṇabhādābhyāṁ surāṣṭreṣu vaṭapallikāsthaly¿ā?⟨a⟩-
35ntarggatabahumūlagrāme trikhaṇḍāvasthitapādāvarttaśataparimāṇaṁ kṣetraṁ yatra dakṣiṇāparasīmni prathamakhaṇḍaṁ yasya Āghāṭanāni pūrvvataḥ Āmragarttā dakṣiṇata Āmraga-
36rttā ca Aparataḥ saṅghakṣetraṁ Uttarataḥ devīkṣetraṁ tath(ā)parasīmn¿ī?⟨i⟩ dvitīyakhaṇḍaṁ yasyāghāṭanāni pūrvvataḥ kumāra(bhoga)brahmadeyakṣetraṁ dakṣ¿a?⟨i⟩ṇataḥ gorakeśasīmā
37Aparataḥ gorakeśas¿i?⟨ī⟩maiva Uttarataḥ buṭṭakakṣetraṁ tathāparasīmny eva t¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩tīyakhaṇḍaṁ yasy¿ā?⟨a⟩ Āgh¿a?⟨ā⟩ṭanāni pūrvvataḥ gorakṣitakṣetraṁ dakṣiṇataḥ sthavirakabra-
38hmadeyakṣetraṁ Aparataḥ ṣaṣṭḥiś¿u?⟨ū⟩rabrahmadeyakṣetra(ṁ) Uttarataḥ kuṭumbikuhuṇḍakakṣ(e)traṁ tathāsminn eva ba(humūla)grāme Aparasīmni dvitīyatrikhaṇḍāvasthitapā-
39dāvarttaśataṁ yatra prathamakhaṇḍasyāgh¿a?⟨ā⟩ṭan¿a?⟨ā⟩ni pūrvvataḥ brāhmaṇabhāvakṣetraṁ dakṣiṇataḥ saṅghakṣetraṁ Aparataḥ sthavirabrahmadeyakṣetra⟨M⟩ Uttarataḥ kuṭumbikuhuṇḍakakṣetraṁ
40tathā dvitīyakhaṇḍasyāghāṭanāni pūrvvataḥ sthavirakabrahmadeyakṣetraṁ dakṣiṇataḥ kum¿a?⟨ā⟩rabhogabrahmadeyakṣetra(ñ ca) Aparataḥ ṇaṇṇabrahmadeyakṣetraṁ Uttarataḥ ṣaṣṭhiśū-
41rabrahmadeyakṣetraṁ tathā t¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩tīyakhaṇḍasyāgh¿a?⟨ā⟩ṭanāni pūrvvataḥ saṅghakṣetraṁ dakṣ¿a?⟨i⟩ṇataḥ gorakeśasīmā Aparataḥ gorakeśasīmaiva{ḥ} Uttarataḥ kumārabhogabrahma-
42deyakṣetraṁ Evam etad uparilikhitaṁ ṣaṭkhaṇḍāvasthitaṁ bhūpādāvarttaśatadvayaṁ sodraṅgaṁ soparikaraṁ sabhūtavātapratyā{ṁ}yaṁ sadhānyahiraṇyādeyaṁ sadaśāparā-
43dhaṁ sotpadyamānaviṣṭikaṁ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaṁ pūrvvaprattadevabrahmadeyavarjjaṁ bhūmicchidran¿ṛ?⟨yā⟩yenācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvata-
44samakālīnaṁ putrapautrānvayabhogyaṁ Udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisṛṣṭaḥ yato nayoḥ Ucitay¿o?⟨ā⟩ brahmadeyasthityā bhuñjat¿a?⟨o⟩ḥ kṛṣat¿a?⟨o⟩ḥ karṣayatoḥ
45pradiśator vvā na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttit(a)vyam Āgāmibhadranṛpatibhir apy asmadvaṅśajair anyair vvā Anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyañ ca bhūmi-
46dānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś cety uktañ ca | bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya
47yadā bhūmis ⟨t⟩asya tasya tadā phalaṁ | yānīha dāridryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanīkṛtāni | nirbbhuktamālyapratimāni tāni ko nāma
48sādhuḥ punar ādad¿i?⟨ī⟩ta | ṣaṣṭ¿a?⟨i⟩ṁ varṣasahasrāṇi svargge ¿ṇ?⟨t⟩iṣ(ṭh)ati bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT | dūtako tra |
49sāmantaśīlādityaḥ likhitam idaṁ sandhivigrahādhikṛtadivirapativatrabhaṭṭinā | saṁ 300 10 3 śrāvaṇa śu 10 4 svahasto mama ||

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Translation by Annette Schmiedchen

Bibliography

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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]

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