Amreli plates of Dhruvasena II, [Valabhī] year 317, Śrāvaṇa śu 3

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor:   Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00066

Summary: Grant of land in favour of a god.

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⎘ plate 1v 1spiralL svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇā(ṁ) maitrakāṇām atulabalasampannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktapra-
2h(ār)aś(a)talabdhapratāpāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhṛtaśreṇībalāvā-
3ptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāheśvaraśrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarājavaṅśān mātāpitṛcaraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśe(ṣa)-
4ka(lmaṣa)ḥ śaiśavāt prabhṛtikhaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣaḥ tatprabhāvapraṇatārā-
5ticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisaṅhatiḥ sakalasmṛtipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhṛdayara¿jā?⟨ñja⟩-
6nānvarttharājaśabdo rūpak¿a?⟨ā⟩ntisthairyyag¿a?⟨ā⟩mbhīryyabuddhisampadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkā{d}drirājodadhit¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩daśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇ¿a?⟨ā⟩-
7gatābhayapradānaparatayā tṛṇavadapāstāś¿a?⟨e⟩ṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhṛtpraṇayihṛdaya⟨ḥ⟩
8pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatp(ā)danakhamayūkhasantāna-
9visṛtajāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasr(o)pa{r}j¿a?⟨ī⟩vyamānasampad rūpal¿ā?⟨o⟩bhād ivāśritaḥ sa-
10rabhasam ābhigāmikair gguṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisṛ-
11ṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor e-
12kādhivāsasya saṅhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ
13śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍalaḥ
14samaraśatav¿ī?⟨i⟩jayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābhāraḥ sarvvavi-
15dyāparāparavibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvatas subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaparito(ṣ)aḥ
16samagralokāgādhagām(bh)īryyahṛdayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūta-
17kṛtayuganṛpatipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakī(r)ttir ddharmmānuparodh¿ā?⟨o⟩jjvalatarīkṛtārtthasukhasampadupasevānirū-
18ḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityas tasy¿a?⟨ā⟩nujas tatp¿a?⟨ā⟩dānudhyātaḥ svayam up¿a?⟨e⟩ndraguru-
19ṇeva guruṇātyādaravatā samabhila(ṣ)aṇīyām api rājalakṣmī⟨ṁ⟩ skandhāsakt(ā)ṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas tad¿a?⟨ā⟩jñā-
20sampādanaikarasatayaivodvahan (kh)edasu(kh)aratibhyām anāy¿a?⟨ā⟩sitasatvasampattiḥ prabhāvasampadvaśīkṛta-
21nṛpatiśataśiroratnacch¿o?⟨ā⟩yopagūḍhap¿a?⟨ā⟩dapīṭho pi parāvajñābhimānaras¿a?⟨ā⟩nāliṅgitamanovṛttiḥ praṇa-
22t¿a?⟨i⟩m ¿a?⟨e⟩kā⟨ṁ⟩ par¿a?⟨i⟩tyajya prakhyātapauruṣābhimā¿ṇe?⟨nai⟩r apy arātibhir anāsāditapratikriyopāyaḥ kṛtanikhila-
23bhuvanāmodavimalaguṇasaṅhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatir nnīcajanādhirohibhi-
24r aśeṣ¿e?⟨ai⟩r ddoṣair anāmṛṣṭātyunnatahṛdayaḥ prakhyātapauruṣāstrakauśalātiśayagaṇatithavipakṣakṣi(t)i-
25patilakṣmīsvayaṁgrahaprakāśitapravīrapuruṣaprathamasaṁkhyādhigamaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ
⎘ plate 2r 26śrīkharagrahas tasya tanayas tatpādānudhyātaḥ sakalavidyādhigamavihitanikhilavidvajjanamanaḥparito-
27ṣātiśa(yas satva)sampadā tyāgaudāryyeṇa ca vigatānusandhānāśamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅgaḥ
28samyagupalakṣ(i)tāne(kaśā)strakalālokacaritagahvaravibhāgo pi paramabhadraprakṛtir akṛtrimapraśrayavinayaśobhā-
29vibhūṣaṇaḥ samaraśatajayapatākāharaṇapratya¡l!odagrabāhudaṇḍavidhvansitanikhilapratipakṣadarppodayaḥ svadhanu⟨ḥ⟩-
30prabhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimānasakalanṛpatimaṇḍalābhinanditaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharase¿ṇ?⟨n⟩as tasyā-
31nujas tatp¿a?⟨ā⟩dānudhyātaḥ saccaritātiśayitasakalapūrvvanarapatir atiduss¿a?⟨ā⟩dhānām api prasādhayitā viṣay¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇāṁ mūrttimān iva-
32pu(ru)ṣakāraḥ parivṛddhaguṇānurāganirbbharac¿a?⟨i⟩ttavṛttibhir mmanur iva svayam abhyupapannaḥ prakṛtibhir adhigatakalākalāpaḥ kānti-
33mān nirvṛtihetur akalaṅkaẖ kumudanāthaḥ prājyaprat¿a?⟨ā⟩pasthagitadigantarālapradhvansitadhvāntarāśis satatoditas savitā
34prakṛtibhyaḥ paraṁ pratyayam artthavantam atibahutithaprayojanānubandham āgamaparip¿u?⟨ū⟩rṇṇaṁ vidadhānaḥ sandhivigrahasamā-
35saniścayanipuṇaḥ sthāne nurūpam ādeśaṁ dadad guṇavṛddhividhānajanitasaṁsk¿a?⟨ā⟩ras sādhūnā⟨ṁ⟩ rājyasālāturīyatantray¿a?⟨o⟩r ¿a?⟨u⟩bhayo-
36r api niṣṇātaḥ prakṛṣṭavikramo pi kar(u)ṇ(ā)mṛduhṛdayaḥ śrutavān apy agarvv¿a?⟨i⟩taḥ kānto pi praśamī sthirasauhṛdayyo pi nirasitā do(ṣa)-
37vatām udayasamayasamupajanitajan¿i?⟨a⟩tānurāgaparipihitabhuvanasamartthitaprathitabālādityadvitīyanāmā {parama}-
38paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdhruvasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva yathāsambadhyamānak¿a?⟨ā⟩n samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁvidita⟨ṁ⟩ yath¿a?⟨ā⟩ mayā māt(ā)-
39pitroḥ puṇyāpyāyanāya surāṣṭreṣu (ruṣavayahvasrāṇatoṣṭa?)kaṭṭabaradīgrā(me) śrību(ddha)rājaduhit¿a?⟨ā⟩rājñ¿a?⟨ī⟩bhagilākāritadevakulapratiṣṭhita-
40bhāgilasvāmīdevapādebhyaḥ pūj¿a?⟨ā⟩snāpanagandhapuṣpadhūpadīpatailādyupayogāya satranimittaṁ devakulasya ca khaṇḍasphuṭitapratisaṁsk¿a?⟨ā⟩ra-
41ṇāya pādamūlajīvanāya cāsyaiva devakulasy¿ā?⟨o⟩ttarapaści⟨me⟩ balivarddaghañcakaḥ tathāsminn eva grāme Uttarasīmni varddharikuṭumbisatraka-
42prakṛṣṭakṣetraṁ yasyāghāṭanāni pūrvvataḥ brāhmaṇasa(ṁ)dhamasatkap⟨r⟩accīhākṣetra(ṁ) tathendraguptasatkap⟨r⟩accīhākṣetra(ṁ) tathādāsilasatkakṣetraṁ
43dakṣiṇataḥ grāmavṛtī Aparataḥ kṛṣṭamātṛbhaṭasatkakṣetraṁ tathā śaṅkarasatkap⟨r⟩accīhākṣetraṁ Uttarataḥ kañcaradāsasatkap⟨r⟩accīhā-
44kṣetraṁ brāhmaṇadā(si/mi)lasatkap⟨r⟩accīhākṣetrañ ca eva balivarddaghañcakaḥ kṣetrañ ca sodraṅga(ṁ) soparikaraṁ sabhūtavātapratyāyaṁ
45sadhānyahiraṇyādeyaṁ sadaśāparādhaṁ sotpadyamānaviṣṭikaṁ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaṁ pūrvvaprattadeva-
46brahmadeyarahitaṁ bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamākālīnaṁ devadāyatvena dharmmadāyo nisṛṣṭa⟨ḥ⟩
47yato na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranṛpatibhir apy asmadvaṅśajair anyair vvā Anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ
48sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś cety uktañ ca
49bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phala(M) yānīha dāri-
50dryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanīkṛtāni ni(r)bhuktamālyapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḥ punar ādadīta |
51ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi svargge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tānyeva narake vaseT dūtako tra s¿a?⟨ā⟩mantaśilādityaḥ
52likhitam idaṁ sandhivigrahādhikṛtadivirapativatrabhaṭṭinā | saṁ 300 10 7 śrāvaṇa śu 3 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]

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