Nogawa plates of Dhruvasena II, [Valabhī] year 321, Caitra ba. 3

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor:   Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00071

Summary: Grant of land (100 bhaktī) in favour of two Yajurvedins.

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⎘ plate 1v 1(spiralL) svasti vijayaskandhāvārād va(nd)itapallīvāsakāt prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasampannamaṇḍalābhoga-
2saṁsaktaprahāraśatalabdhapratāpāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhṛtaśreṇī-
3balāvāptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāheśvaraśrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarājavaṅśān mātāpitṛcaraṇā(ra)vindapraṇati-
4pravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhṛti kha(ḍ)gadvit(ī)yabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭ(ā)sph(o)ṭanapra(kā)śita-
5satvanikaṣaḥ tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisaṅhatiḥ saka(la)sm¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩tipraṇī-
6tamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhṛdayarañjanānvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyagāmbh(ī)ryyabuddhisampa(d)bhi⟨ḥ⟩ smaraśa-
7śāṅkā{d}drirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tṛṇavadap(ā)stāśeṣasva(k)āryya-
8phala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhṛtpraṇayihṛdayaḫ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābho(ga)pra(m)odaḥ
9paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisṛtajāhnavī(ja)l¿o?⟨au⟩ghaprakṣāli(tā)śeṣa-
10(ka)lmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasampad rūpalo(bh)ād ivāśritaḥ sarabhasam ābhigāmikair gguṇai⟨ḥ⟩ saha(ja)-
11śaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisṛṣ(ṭ)ānām anupālayitā dharmmadā(yānā)-
12m apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānā⟨ṁ⟩ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṅhatārātipa(k)ṣala(kṣmī)-
13paribhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasa(ṁ)pr¿a?⟨ā⟩ptavi(ma)lapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdha(ra)senas tasya sutas tatpā(dā)nu-
14dhy(ā)taḥ sakalajagadānandanātya⟨d⟩bhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍalaḥ sa(mara)śatavijayaśobhāsa-
15nā(th)amaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭho(d)ūḍhagu(ru)manoratha(ma)hābhāraḥ sarvvavi(dyā)parā¿v?⟨p⟩aravibhāgādhiga-
16mavimalamatir api sarvva(tas) subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapā(da)nīyapari(toṣaḥ) samagralokāgādhagāmbhī-
17ryyahṛday(o) pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasva(bhā)vaḥ khilībhūtakṛtayuganṛpatipatha(v)iś(o)dha-
18nādhigatodagra(kī)rttir ddharmmānuparodhojjvalatarīkṛtārtthasukhasampadupasevānirūḍhadharmm(ādi)tyadvitī(ya)nā(mā) para-
19mamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlād(i)tyas tasyānujas tatpādānudhyātaḥ svayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇā{ṁ}tyādaravat(ā) sama(bhi)la-
20ṣaṇīyām api rājalakṣmī⟨ṁ⟩ skandhāsaktāṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas tadājñāsamp¿a?⟨ā⟩danaikarasata(yai)vodvahan ¿m?⟨kh⟩edasukharatibhyā-
21m anāyāsitasatvasaṁpattiḥ prabhāvasampadvaśīkṛtanṛpatiśataśiroratnacchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho pi parāvajñābhi-
22mānarasānā¿tha?⟨li⟩ṅgi(ta)manovṛttiḥ praṇatim ekā⟨ṁ⟩ parityajya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arāt(i)bhir anāsāditapra(ti)kri(yo)-
23pāyaḥ kṛta{ṁ}nikhilabhuvanāmodavimalaguṇasaṅhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagati(r) nnīcajanādhi-
24ro(h)ibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair a(nā)mṛṣṭ(ā)tyunnatahṛdayaḥ prakhyātapauruṣāstrakauśalātiśayagaṇatithavi(p)akṣa(kṣi)tip¿ā?⟨a⟩ti-
25lakṣm(ī)svayaṁgrahaprakāśitaprav¿i?⟨ī⟩rapuruṣaprathamas¿e?⟨a⟩ṁ⟨kh⟩yādhigamaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīkharagrahas tasya tanayas tatpādā-
26nudhyātaḥ sakalavidyādhigamavihitanikhilavidvajjanamanaḥparitoṣātiśayaḥ satv(a)sampadā tyāgaudā(ryye)ṇa ca
27vigatānusandhānāśamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅgaḥ samyagupalakṣitā¿ṇa?⟨ne⟩(ka)śā(stra)-
28(ka)lā¿th?⟨l⟩okacaritagahvaravibhāgo pi paramabhadraprakṛtir akṛtrimapraśraya(vinaya) -
⎘ plate 2r 29śobhāvibhūṣaṇaḥ samaraśatajayapatākāharaṇapratya¡l!odagrabāhudaṇḍavidhvansita-
30nikhilapratipakṣadarppodayaḥ svadhanuḥprabhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimāna⟨ḥ⟩ sakalanṛpatima-
31ṇḍalābhinanditaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasena⟨ḥ⟩ tasyānujas tatpādānudhy¿a?⟨ā⟩ta⟨ḥ⟩ saccaritātiśayitasa-
32kalapūrvvanarapatir atidussādhānām api prasādhayitā viṣayāṇāṁ mūrttimān iva puruṣakāraḥ parivṛddhagu-
33ṇānurāganirbbharacittavṛttibh(i)r mmanur iva svayam abhyupapannaḥ prakṛtibhir adhigatakalākalāpaḥ kāntimā-
34n nirvṛtihetur akalaṅkaẖ kumudanāthaḥ prājyapratāpasthagitadigantarālapradhvansitadhvāntarāśiḥ satato-
35ditas savitā prakṛtibhyaḫ paraṁ pratyayam artthavantam atibahutithaprayojanānubandham āgamaparipūrṇṇa(ṁ)
36vidadhānaḥ sandhivigrahasamāsaniścayanipuṇaḥ sthāne nur(ū)pam ādeśa(ṁ) dadad guṇavṛddhividhānajanitasaṁ-
37skāras sādhūnāṁ rājyasālātur¿i?⟨ī⟩yatantrayor ubhayor api niṣṇātaḥ prakṛṣṭavikramo pi karuṇāmṛduhṛda-
38yaḥ (ś)rutavān apy agarvvitaḥ kānto pi praśamī sthirasauhṛdayyo pi nirasitā doṣavatām uda{r}yasamayasamupa-
39janitajanatānurāgaparipihitabhuvanasamartth¿a?⟨i⟩taprathitabālādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrī-
40dh(r)uvasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva yathāsambadhyamānakān samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḥ
41puṇyāpyāyanāya Udumbaragahvaravinirggatāy¿a?⟨ā⟩nakāgrāhāranivāsidaśapuratraividyasāmānyapārāśarasa-
42gotramādhyandinavājasaneyasabrahmacāribrāhmaṇabudhasvāmiputrabrāhmaṇadattasvāmi tathāgastikāgrahāranivāsi-
43Uc¿c?⟨y⟩amāna cāturvvidyas(ā)mānyapārāśarasagotravājasaneyasabr¿ā?⟨a⟩hmacāribrāhmaṇabudhasvām¿a?⟨i⟩putrabrāhmaṇakumārasvāmibhyā⟨ṁ⟩ṁ
44mālavake Uc¿c?⟨y⟩amānaviṣaye candraputrakagrāme dakṣiṇasīmni bhaktīśatapramāṇakṣetraṁ yasyāgh¿a?⟨ā⟩ṭanāni pūrvvataḥ dhammaṇa(ha)-
45ḍḍikāgrāmakaṅkataḥ dakṣiṇat(o) devakulapāṭakagrāmakaṅkaṭaḥ Aparataḥ vīrataramaṇḍal¿i?⟨ī⟩mahattarakṣetramaryyādā uttarapaści-
46makoṇe nirggaṇḍītaḍākikā Uttarataḥ vīrataramaṇḍalī Evam etac caturāghāṭanaviśuddhaṁ bhaktīśatapramāṇakṣetraṁ ¿ś?⟨s⟩o-
47draṅgaṁ soparikaraṁ sabhūtavātapratyāyaṁ sadhānyahiraṇyādeyaṁ sa¿p?⟨d⟩¿a?⟨ā⟩parādha⟨ṁ⟩ sotpadyamānaviṣṭikaṁ sarvvarājakīyānām aha-
48staprakṣepaṇīya⟨ṁ⟩ pūrvvaprattadevabrahmadeyabrāhmaṇaviṅśatirahitaṁ bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvva-
49tasamakāl¿ā?⟨ī⟩naṁ putrapautrānvayabhogyaṁ Udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisṛṣṭa⟨ḥ⟩ yato nayor ucitayā brahmadeyasthityā bhuñjat¿a?⟨o⟩⟨ḥ⟩-
50kṛṣat¿a?⟨o⟩ḥ karṣayat¿a?⟨o⟩ḥ pradiśator vvā na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranṛpatibhir apy asmadvaṅśajair anyair vvā Anityāny ai(ś)varyyā(ṇ)y a-
51sthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyañ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś cety uktañ ca | bahubhir vvasudhā bhu-
52ktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ yānīha dāridryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanīkṛtāni ni⟨r⟩rbhuktamālyaprati-
53māni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta | ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasr¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇi sva(r)gge tiṣṭhati bhūmida⟨ḥ⟩ Ācche⟨t⟩tā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vased iti | dūtako tra rāja-
54putraśrīkharagraha⟨ḥ⟩ likhitam idaṁ sandhivigrahādhikṛtadivirapati(va)trabhaṭṭiputradivirapatiskandabhaṭena | saṁ 300 20 1 caitra ba 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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