Malila plates of Dhruvasena II, [Valabhī] year 323, Āṣāḍha śu. 5

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor:   Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00072

Summary: Grant of land (150 pādāvarta) in favour of a Yajurvedin.

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⎘ plate 1v 1spiralL svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasaṁpannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktaprahāraśatalabdhapratāpāt pra-
2tāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhṛtaśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāheśvara{ḥ}śrībhaṭārkkād avya-
3(vacchi)nnarājavaṅśāt mātāpitṛcaraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhṛti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭana-
4prakāśitasatvanikaṣas tatprabhāvapra(ṇ)atārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisaṅhatis sakalasmṛtipra(ṇ)ītamārgga{s}samyakparipālana-
5prajāhṛdayarañjanānvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisampadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkād¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩rājodadhit¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩daśagurudhaneśān ati-
6śayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tṛṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhṛtpraṇayi-
7hṛdayaḫ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamā(h)eśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantāna-
8visṛtajāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasampad rūpalobhād ivāśritas sarabhasam ā¿n?⟨bh⟩igā-
9mikair gguṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāp(i)tākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisṛṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apā-
10karttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānā⟨ṁ⟩ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṅhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo
11vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthiva{ḥ}śrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalaja¿ś?⟨g⟩adānandanātyadbhuta-
12guṇasamudaya{ḥ}sthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍalaḥ samaraśatavijayaśobh(ā)sanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍhaguruma-
13norathamahābhāraḥ sarvvavidyāparāparavibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvatas subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣa⟨ḥ⟩
14samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahṛdayo pi su(ca)ritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtakṛtayuganṛpatipathaviśodha-
15nādhigatodagrakīrttir ddharmmānuparodho⟨j⟩jvalatarīkṛtārtthasukhasampadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ
16śrīśīlādityas tasy¿o?⟨ā⟩nujas tatpādānudhyātas (s)vayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇātyādaravatā samabhila¿m?⟨ṣ⟩aṇīyām api rājalakṣm(ī)⟨ṁ⟩ skandhā-
17saktāṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas tadājñāsampādanaikarasatayaivodvaha(n) khedasukharatibhyām anāyāsitasatvasaṁpatti⟨ḥ⟩ prabhāvasampadva-
18śīkṛtanṛpatiśataśiroratnacchāyopag¿u?⟨ū⟩ḍhapādapīṭho pi parāvajñābhimānarasānāliṅgitamanovṛttiḥ praṇatim ekā⟨ṁ⟩ par¿a?⟨i⟩tya-
19jya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arātibhir anāsāditapratikriyopāyaḥ kṛtanikhilabhuvanāmodavipulaguṇasaṅhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabha-
20(v)ighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatir nnīcajanādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair anāmṛṣṭātyunnatahṛdayaḥ prakhyāt¿i?⟨a⟩pauruṣāstrakauśalāti-
21śayagaṇatithavipakṣakṣitipatilakṣmīsvayaṁgrahaprakāśitapravīrapuruṣaprathamasaṁkhyādhigamaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīkharagrahas tasya
22tanayas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalavid{dh}yādhigamavi(hi)tanikhilavidvajjanamanaḫparitoṣātiśaya⟨ḥ⟩ satvasampadā tyāgaudāryyeṇa ca viga-
23tānusandhānāśamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅgaḥ samyagupalakṣitānekaśāstrakalālokacaritagahvaravibh¿o?⟨ā⟩go pi para-
24mabhadraprakṛtir akṛtrimapraśrayavinayaśobhāvibhūṣaṇaḥ samaraśatajayapatākāharaṇapratya¡l!odagrabāhuda-
25ṇḍavidhvansitanikhilapratipa[kṣa]darppodayaḥ svadhanuḫp(r)abhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimā(na)⟨ḥ⟩ sakalanṛpatimaṇḍal(ā)-
26(bhinandita)śāsanaḥ paramamā[heśvara]ḥ śrīdharasena⟨ḥ⟩ tasyānujaḥ tatpādānuddhyātaḥ sucaritātiśayita(sa)[kalapū](rvvana) -
⎘ plate 2r 27rapatir atidussādhānām api prasādhayitā viṣayāṇāṁ mūrtt(i)mān iva puruṣakāraḥ parivṛddhaguṇānurāga(ni)[rbbhara-]
28ci¿n?⟨t⟩tavṛttibhir mmanur iva svayam abhyupapannaḥ prakṛtibhir adhigatakalākalāpaḥ kā(nti)mā(n ni)rvṛti(he)tur akala(ṅkaḥ)
29kumudanāthaḥ prājyapratāpas(th)agitadigantarālapradhvansitadhvāntarāśiḥ satatoditas savitā prakṛtibhyaḫ paraṁ pratyayam a(rttha)-
30vantam atibahutithaprayojanānubandham āgamaparipūrṇṇaṁ vidadhānaḥ sandhivigrahasamāsaniścayanipuṇaḥ sthāne nurūpam ā-
31deśaṁ vidadhad guṇavṛddhividhānajanitasaṁskāraḥ sādhūnā⟨ṁ⟩ rājyasālāturīyatantrayor ubhayor api niṣṇātaḥ prakṛṣṭavikramo
32pi karuṇāmṛdu(hṛ)dayaḥ śrutavān apy agarvvitaḥ kānto pi praśamī sthirasauhṛdayyo pi nirasitā doṣavatām udayasamaya-
33samupajanitajanānurāgaparipihitabhuvanasamartthita{ḥ}prathitabālādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdhruvasena-
34ẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva yathāsambadhyamānakān samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḥ puṇyāpyāyanāyā(na)-
35rttapuravinirggatavalabhīvāstavyavalabhīcāturvvidyasāmānyaAukṣṇasagotravājasaneyasabrahmacāribrāhmaṇaśāmba-
36kumāraśarmmaputrabrāhmaṇasomaśarmmaṇe surāṣṭreṣ(ū)ttiṇṇaIjjasthalyāntarggatamacchotikāgrāme Uttarasīmni cūrṇṇiyaka-
37mahattaragaurābhyāṁ prakṛṣṭa⟨ṁ⟩ sārddhapādāvarttaśatapramāṇam ekakhaṇḍāvasthitakṣetraṁ yasyāghāṭanāni pūrvvataḥ
38lagu(ṭ)iyakasatkakṣetraṁ tadāsannam eva brāhmaṇa(ha)stadevasatkakṣetraṁ dakṣiṇata⟨ḥ⟩ kapitthakṣetraṁ Aparataḥ (cchā)siyā-
39nakakṣetraṁ tadāsannam eva brāhmaṇakarkkakṣetra(ṁ) Uttarataḥ śaraṇapadrakagrāmasīmni brāhmaṇakarkkakasatkakṣetraṁ tadāsa-
40nnam eva kikkakasatkakṣetraṁ Evam etac caturāghāṭanaviśuddhaṁ sodraṅga⟨ṁ⟩ soparikara⟨ṁ⟩ sabhūtavātapratyāyaṁ sadhānyahi-
41raṇyādeyaṁ sadaśāparādhaṁ sotpadyamānaviṣṭikaṁ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaṁ pūrvvaprattadevabra-
42hmadeyarahitaṁ bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrārkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaṁ putrapautrānvayabhogyaṁ
43Udakātisarggeṇa brahmadāyo nisṛṣṭaḥ yato syocitayā brahmadeyasthityā bhuñjataẖ kṛṣataẖ karṣayataḫ pradiśa-
44to vā na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranṛpatibhir asmadvaṅśajair anyair vvā anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy a-
45sthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḫ paripāla-
46yitavyaś cety uktaṁ ca bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya
47tasya tadā phalaṁ dashPlain yānīha dāridryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanīkṛtāni ni⟨r⟩bhuktamālyapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa-
48sahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT | dūtako tra rājaputradharasenaḥ likhitaṃ sandhivigrahādhikṛtadivi-
49rapativa{t}trabhaṭṭiputradivirapatiskandabhaṭena | saṁ 300 20 3 āṣāḍha śu 5 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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