Valabhipur plates of Dhruvasena II, [Valabhī] year 319, Jyeṣṭha śu 7

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor:   Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00068

Summary: Grant of a village in favour of a Buddhist monastery (nunnery).

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⎘ plate 1v 1[spiralL sva](sti) vijayaskandhāvārāT (pre)pāgabhad(y)akavāsakāT prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasaṁpannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsakta(pra)hāra-
2śatalabdhapratāpāt pra(tā)popana(ta)dānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhṛtaśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśr(i)ya(ḥ) paramamāhe-
3śvara{ḥ}śrī(bha)ṭārkkād (avyava)cchinnarājavaṅśān mātāpitṛ(cara)ṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣa(ḥ) śaiśavāt prabhṛti khaḍgadvitīya(bāhu)r eva
4sama(da)paragajaghaṭāsph(o)ṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣas tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmi(saṅhatis sakalasmṛ)tipra(ṇī)-
5tamārggasamya(k)paripālanaprajāhṛdayarañjanānvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisampadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhi(trida)śagu-
6rudhaneśān (atiśayā)naḥ śaraṇāgatābha(ya)pradānaparata(yā) tṛṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhi(kārtthapradānānanditavidva)tsuhṛ-
7tpraṇayihṛdayaḫ pā(da)cārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya su(tas tatpādanakhamayūkhasa)ntāna-
8visṛtajāhnavījalaughapra(kṣā)litāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasampad rūpalobhād ivā(śritas sarabha)sam ā(bhi)gāmikai-
9r gguṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisṛṣṭānām anupālayitā (dharmmadāyānām apākarttā) prajopa-
10ghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṅhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhoga(da)kṣa(vi)kramo vikramopasaṁprāp(t)a-
11vimalapār(t)thivaśrīḫ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamuda-
12yasthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍalas samaraśatavijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahā-
13bhāras sarvvavidyāparāparavibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvataḥ subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopa(pā)danīyaparitoṣaḥ samagralo-
14kāgādhag¿o?⟨ā⟩mbhīryyahṛdayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtakṛtayuganṛpatipathaviśodhanādhigatodagra-
15kīrttir dharmmānuparodhojjvalatarīkṛtārtthasukhasampadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśva(raḥ) śrīśīlādityas tasyānu-
16jas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ svayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇātyādaravatā samabhilaṣaṇīyām api rājalakṣmī(ṁ) skandhāsaktāṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryya-
17s tadājñāsampādanaikarasatayaivodvahan khedasukharat(i)bhyām anāyāsitasatvasampattiḥ prabhāvasampadvaśīkṛtanṛpatiśataśiroratna-
18cchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho pi parāvajñābhimānarasānāliṅgitamanovṛttiḥ praṇatim ekāṁ parityajya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arāti-
19bhir anupasāditapratikri(yo)pā(ya)ḥ kṛtanikhilabhuvanāmodavimalaguṇasaṅhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatir nnīca-
20janādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair an(ā)mṛṣṭātyunnatahṛdayaḥ prakhy(ā)tapauruṣāstrakauśalātiśayagaṇatithavipakṣakṣitipatilakṣmīsvayaṁgra-
21haprakāśitapravīrapuruṣaprathamasa(ṁ)khy(ā)dhigamaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīkharagrahas tasya tanayas tatpādānuddhyātas sa-
22kalavidyādhigamavihitanikhilavidvajjanamanaḥpari(t)oṣātiśaya⟨ḥ⟩ satvasampadā tyāgaudāryyeṇa ca vigatānusandhānā -
⎘ plate 2r 23śamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅgas samyagupalakṣitānekaśāstrakalālokacaritag(a)hvaravibhāgo pi para(ma)-
24bhadraprakṛtir akṛtrimapraśrayavinayaśobhāvibhūṣaṇas samaraśatajayapatākāharaṇapratya¡l!odagrab(ā)hu-
25daṇḍavidhvansitanikhilapratipakṣadarppodayaḥ svadhanuḫprabhāvapa¿dh?⟨r⟩ibhūtāstrakauśalābhimāna⟨ḥ⟩ sakalanṛpatima(ṇ)ḍalābhinanditaśāsana(ḥ)
26paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasyānujas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ{s} saccaritātiśayitasakalapūrvvanarapatir atidussādhānām api prasādhayitā
27(v)iṣayāṇā⟨ṁ⟩ mūrttimān iva pu(ru)ṣakāraḥ parivṛddhagu(ṇ)ānurāganirbbharacittavṛttibhir mmanur iva sva(ya)m abhyupapannaḥ prakṛtibhir adhigatakalā-
28(kal)āpaẖ kāntimān nirvṛtihetur akalaṅkaḥ kumudanāthaḥ prājyapratāpasthagitadigantarālapradhvans(i)tadh(v)āntarāśiḥ satatoditas savitā
29prakṛtibhyaḫ para⟨ṁ⟩ pratyayam artthavantam atibahutithaprayojanānubandham āgamaparipūrṇṇaṁ vidadhānaḥ sandhivigrahasamāsaniścaya-
30nipuṇaḥ sthāne nurūpam ādeśa⟨ṁ⟩ dadad guṇavṛddhividhānajanitasaṁs(k)āraḥ sādhūnāṁ rājyasālāturīyatantrayor ubhayor api (niṣṇātaḥ)
31prakṛṣṭavikramo pi karuṇāmṛduhṛdayaḥ śrutavān apy agarvvitaẖ kānto pi pr¿ā?⟨a⟩śamī sthirasauhṛdayyo pi nirasitā doṣavatām udayasama-
32yasamupajanitajanatānurāgaparipihitabhuvanasamartthitaprathitabālādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdhruva(se)naẖ kuśa(lī)
33sarv¿y?⟨v⟩ān eva yathāsambaddhyamānakān samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā m(ā)tāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya valabhyabhyā(sa)nn(i)viṣṭayakṣaśūravihāra-
34ma¿nd?⟨ṇḍ⟩alas¿a?⟨ā⟩ma¿t?⟨n⟩takakkukamātṛkulaputrikāpū(r)ṇṇabhaṭṭākāritavihāranivāsinānādigabhyāgatāryyabhikṣuṇīsaṅghāya cīvarapiṇḍapātaśa-
35(ya)nāsanaglānabhaiṣajyādyārttha⟨ṁ⟩ buddhānāñ ca bhagavatāṁ gandhapuṣpadhūpadīpatailanimittāya vihārasya ca khaṇḍasphuṭitapratisaṁska-
36raṇāya ca surāṣṭreṣu rohāṇakapathake nāgadinnānakagrāmaḥ sodraṅgaḥ soparikaraḥ sabhūtavātapratyāyaḥ sadhā-
37nyahiraṇyādeyaḥ sadaśāparādhaḥ sotpadyamānaviṣṭ¿ī?⟨i⟩kaḥ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvadattadeva(bra)-
38hmadeyarahitaḥ bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaḥ Udakātisarggeṇa (dh)armmadāyo nisṛṣṭaḥ
39yato syocitayā devāgrāhārasthityā bhuṁjataḥ kṛṣataḥ karṣayataḥ pradiśato vā na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranṛpati-
40bhir apy asmadvaṅśajair anyai(r) vv(ā) Anityāny aiśvaryyāṇi Asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numa-
41(nta)vyaḫ paripālayitavyaś cety ukta(ṁ) ca bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya (ta)dā phalaM
42(yānī)ha dāridryabha(yā)n narendrair ddha(nā)ni dharmmāyatanīkṛtāni nirbhuktamālyapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādad(ī)ta ṣa(ṣṭi)varṣasa-
43(ha)s(r)āṇi svargge tiṣṭhati bhū(mi)daḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT | dūtako tra sā{ṁ}mantaśīlādityaḥ likhitam (i)daṁ
44(saṁdhivigra)hādhikṛtadivirapativatrabhaṭṭiputradivirapatiska(ndabha)ṭena saṁ 300 10 9 jyeṣṭha śu 7 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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