Dana plates of Dhruvasena II, [Valabhī] year 314, Mārgaśira ba. 1[2]

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor:   Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00065

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

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⎘ plate 1v 1spiralL svasti valabh(ī)taḥ prasa(bha)praṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitra(kāṇā)m atulabalasampannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktaprahāraśatalabdha-
2pr¿ā?⟨a⟩tāpāt pratā(popanatadāna)mānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anu¿k?⟨r⟩aktamaulabhṛtaśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśriyaḥ para-
3mamāheśva(rā)⟨t⟩ śrī(bhaṭārkkā)d avyavacchinnarājavaṅśān mātāpitṛcaraṇāravi¿ṇḍ?⟨nd⟩apraṇatipravidhautāśe¿pā?⟨ṣa⟩kalma¿p?⟨ṣ⟩aś śaiśavāt prabhṛti-
4khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanapr¿ā?⟨a⟩kāśitasatvanikaṣas tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratna-
5prabhāsaṁsa(kta)pādanakharaśmisaṅhatis sakalasmṛtipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhṛdayarañjanānvarttharā-
6jaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśay(ā)naś śara-
7ṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tṛṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditav¿a?⟨i⟩dvatsuhṛtpraṇa-
8yihṛdayaḥ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpāda(na)-
9(khama)yūkhasantānavis{t}ṛtajāhnavījalau¿pā?⟨gha⟩prakṣālitāśe¿pā?⟨ṣa⟩kalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasampad rūpa-
10(lobhā)d ivāśritas sarabhasam ābhigāmikair guṇais sahajaśakt¿ī?⟨i⟩śikṣāviśeṣ¿ā?⟨a⟩vismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanara-
11(pati)samatisṛṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānā⟨ṁ⟩ darśayitā śrīsara-
12svatyor ekādhivāsasya saṅhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrī⟨ḥ⟩ paramamāheśvara(ḥ)
13śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagradi¿ṇ?⟨ṅ⟩maṇḍalas samara-
14(śata)vijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarā¿ṇ?⟨n⟩sapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābhāraḥ sarvvavidyāparāparavibh(ā)-
15gādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvataḥ subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣaḥ samagralo(kā)gādhagāmbhīryyahṛda-
16yo pi sucaritātiśayasuvy¿ā?⟨a⟩ktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtak¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩tayuganṛpatipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakī(r)tti(r) dharmmā-
17nuparodho(jjva)latarīk¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩tārtthasukhasaṁpadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityas tasyān(u)-
18jas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ svayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇātyādara¿dh?⟨v⟩atā samabhilaṣaṇīyām api rājala(kṣ)mī⟨ṁ⟩ skandhāsaktāṁ paramabhadra [I-]
19va dhuryyas tadājñāsa⟨ṁ⟩pādanaikarasatayaivodva(han khe)dasukharatibhyām anāyāsitasatvasampattiḥ prabhāvasaṁpadvaśīk¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩tanṛpa[ti-]
20śataśiroratna(cchāyo)pagūḍhapādapī(ṭho pi parāvajñā)bhimānarasānāliṅgitamanovṛttiḥ pra(ṇat)i(m e)kāṁ parityajya prakhyātapauru[ṣā-]
21stra(kauśalātiśayagaṇa)tithavipakṣakṣitipatilakṣmīsvaya⟨ṁ⟩grahaprakāśitapravīrapuruṣa{ḥ}prathamasa(ṅ)khyādhigama(ḥ) [pa-]
22(rama)māheśvaraḥ śrī(kh)aragrahas tasya (tanayaḥ tatpādānuddhyātaḥ sakala)vidyādhigamavihitanikhilavidva⟨j⟩janamanaḥpari[toṣā] -
⎘ plate 2r 23(tiśayaḥ satvasaṁpadā tyāgaudāryyeṇa ca vigatānusandhā)nāśamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabha(ṅga)s sam(y)agupalakṣi(tāneka)-
24(śā)stra(kalālokacaritaga)hvara(vibhāgo pi paramabhadra)prak¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩ti(r a)k¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩trima(praśraya)vinayaśobhā(vibhūṣaṇas samaraśata)ja-
25yapatākāharaṇapratya¡l!odagra(bā)hudaṇḍavidhvansitanikhilapratipakṣada(r)pp(odayaḥ svadhanuḥ)prabhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimā-
26na⟨ḥ⟩ sakalanṛpatimaṇḍalā(bhina)nditaśāsa(naḥ) paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasyānujas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ saccaritātiśayita(sakala)pūrvvanara-
27(patir atidussādhānām api prasādhay)itā viṣayāṇāṁ mūrttimān iva puruṣakāra⟨ḥ⟩ parivṛddhaguṇānurāganirbharacittavṛttibhir mmanur iva sva(ya)m abhyu(pa)-
28(pannaḥ) prakṛtibhir adhi(gata)kalākalāpaẖ kāntimān nirvṛtihetur akalaṅkaẖ kumudanāthaḥ prājyapratāpasthagitadigantartarālapradhva(nsita)dhvānta-
29(rā)śi(ḥ satatoditas savitā) prakṛtibhyaḥ paraṁ pratyayam artthavantam atibahutithaprayojanānubandham ¿a?⟨ā⟩gamaparipū(rṇṇaṁ) vidadhānaḥ sandhivigra-
30(hasamāsaniścayani)puṇaḥ sth(ā)ne nurūpam ādeśaṁ dadad guṇavṛddhividhānajanitasaṁskāras sādhūnā(ṁ) rājyasālāturīyatantrayo(r ubhayo)r api
31(niṣṇā)taḥ prakṛṣṭavikramo pi karuṇāmṛduhṛdayaḥ śrutavān apy janitavitaḥ kānto pi praśamī sthirasauhṛdayyo pi nirasi(tā doṣavatā)m u(daya)-
32(sa)mayasamupajanitajanatānurā(g)aparipihitabhuvanasamartth¿a?⟨i⟩taprathitabālādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrī(dhruvasenaḥ)
33(kuśalī) sarvvān eva yathāsambaddhyam¿a?⟨ā⟩nak¿am?⟨ān⟩ samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḥ puṇyāpyāyanāyāna(rttapura)nivā-
34(si)[]sagotrabahvṛcasabrahmacāriṇe brāhmaṇabhaṭṭisvāmiputrabrāhmaṇabhaṭṭiviṣṇa¿m?⟨v⟩e kheṭakāhāraviṣaye māhiṣaka(padrakā)nta-
35(rgatadayanta)kagrāmaḥ (sodra)ṅgaḥ soparikaraḥ sabhūtavātapratyāyaḥ sadhānyahiraṇyādeyas sadaśāparādhaḥ sotpadyamānavi-
36(ṣṭi)kaḥ sarvvarājakī(yānā)m ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvadattadevabrahmadeyabrāhmaṇaviṅśatirahita¿ṁ?⟨ḥ⟩ bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrārkkārṇṇava-
37(kṣiti)saritparvvatasamakālīnaḥ putrapautrānvayabhogya Udakātisarggeṇa dharmma(dā)yo nisṛṣṭo yato syocitayā brahma(deyasthityā)
38(anayā?) (bhuñjataḥ) kṛṣataḥ karṣayataḥ pradiśato vā na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranṛpatibhir apy asmadvaṅśajair anyair vvā a(ni)-
39(tyāny) aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ (mā)nuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś cety uktaṁ ca bahubhi-
40(r vva)sudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ yānīha dāridryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmā-
41yatanīkṛtāni (nirbbhukta)mālyapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḥ punar ādadīta | ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmida⟨ḥ⟩
42Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vase(T) | dūtako tra sāmantaśīlādityaḥ | likhitam idaṁ sandhivigrahādhikṛtadivira(pati)-
43(vatrabhaṭṭinā | saṁ 300) (10) (4) (mā)rgaśira ba 10 (2) svahasto mama ||

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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