Valabhipur plates of Dharasena IV, [Valabhī] year 326, Āṣāḍha śu. 10

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor:   Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00074

Summary: Grant of land (several plots with a total of 120 pādāvarta, including a cistern) in favour of two Sāmavedins who were probably bothers.

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⎘ plate 1v 1spiralL svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasampannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktaprahāraśatalabdhapra-
2tāpāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhṛtaśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāhe-
3śvara{ḥ}śrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarājavaṅśān mātāpitṛcaraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhṛti khaḍgadvitīyabā-
4hur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāś¿ī?⟨i⟩tasatvanikaṣaḥ tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakha-
5raśmisaṅhatiḥ sakalasmṛtipraṇītam¿a?⟨ā⟩rggasamyakparipālanaprajāhṛdayarañjanānvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyyagāmbhīryya-
6buddhisampadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkā{d}drirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tṛṇavadapāstā-
7śeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhṛtpraṇayihṛdayaḫ p¿a?⟨ā⟩dacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramoda⟨ḥ⟩
8paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisṛtajāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayi-
9śatasahas¿(p)?⟨r⟩opajīvyamānasampad rūpalobhād ivāśritaḥ sarabhasam ābhigāmikair gguṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitā-
10kh¿a?⟨i⟩ladhanu(rddha)raḥ prathamanarapatisamatisṛṣṭānām anupālay¿a?⟨i⟩tā dharmmadāyānām ap¿a?⟨ā⟩karttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavā-
11nā⟨ṁ⟩ d¿i?⟨a⟩⟨r⟩śayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya sa¿(b)?⟨ṅ⟩hatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthiva-
12śrī(ḥ) paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānudhyātaḥ sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagra-
13di¿rm?⟨ṅ⟩maṇḍalaḥ samaraśatavijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgrady¿ū?⟨u⟩tibhāsuratarānsap¿i?⟨ī⟩ṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābhāraḥ sarvva-
14vidyāparā¿v?⟨p⟩aravibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvatas subh¿a?⟨ā⟩¿a?⟨i⟩talavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣaḥ samagralokāgādha-
15gāmbhīryyahṛdayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtakṛtayuganṛpatipathaviśodhanādhigato-
16dagrakīrttir ddharmmānuparodhojjvalatarīkṛtārtthasukhasampadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyan¿a?⟨ā⟩mā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlā-
17dityas tasy¿a?⟨ā⟩nujas tatpādānudhyātaḥ svayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇāty¿a?⟨ā⟩daravatā samabhilaṣaṇīyām api rājalakṣmī⟨ṁ⟩ ska¿d?⟨n⟩dh¿a?⟨ā⟩sakt¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨ṁ⟩
18paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas tadājñāsampādanaikarasatayaivodvahan khedasukharatibhyām anāyāsitasatvasaṁpattiḥ prabh¿a?⟨ā⟩vasa{ṁ}mpadvaś¿i?⟨ī⟩-
19kṛtanṛpatiśataśiroratnacchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho pi parāvajñābhimānarasānāliṅgitamanovṛttiḥ praṇatim ek¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨ṁ⟩ pari-
20tyajya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arātibhir anāsāditapratikriyopāyaḥ kṛtanikhilabhuvanāmodavipulaguṇasaṅhati⟨ḥ⟩
21prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatir nn¿i?⟨ī⟩cajanādhirohibhir aś¿a?⟨e⟩ṣair ddoṣair anāmṛṣṭātyu¿t?⟨n⟩natahṛdayaḥ prakhy¿a?⟨ā⟩tapauru¿ma?⟨ṣā⟩stra-
22kauśalātiśayagaṇatithavipakṣakṣitipatilakṣmīsvaya⟨ṁ⟩grahaprakāśitapravīrapuruṣaprathamasaṁkhyādhigama⟨ḥ⟩ paramam¿a?⟨ā⟩h(e)śvara(ḥ)
23śrīkharagrahas tasya tanayas tatp¿a?⟨ā⟩dānudhyātaḥ sakalavidy¿a?⟨ā⟩dhigamavihitanikhilavidvajjanamanaḥparitoṣātiśayaḥ satvasa-
24mpad¿a?⟨ā⟩ ty¿a?⟨ā⟩gaud¿a?⟨ā⟩ryyeṇa ca vigatānusandh¿a?⟨ā⟩nāśamāhit¿a?⟨ā⟩rātipakṣamanorath¿a?⟨ā⟩kṣabhaṅgaḥ samyagupalakṣit¿a?⟨ā⟩nekaś¿a?⟨ā⟩strakal¿a?⟨ā⟩lokacari-
25tagahvaravibhāgo pi paramabhadraprakṛtir akṛtrimapraśrayavinaya¿g?⟨ś⟩obhāvibhūṣaṇ¿e?⟨a⟩ḥ samaraśatajayapatākāharaṇapratya¡l!odagra-
26bāhudaṇḍavidhvansitanikhilapratipakṣadarppodayaḥ svadhanuḥprabhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimāna⟨ḥ⟩ sakalanṛpati-
27maṇḍalābhinanditaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasyānujaḥ tatpādānudhyātaḥ saccaritātiśayita-
28sakalapūrvvanarapa[ti]r atidussādhānām api prasādhayitā viṣayāṇ¿a?⟨ā⟩ṁ mūrttimān iva puruṣakāraḥ parivṛddha -
⎘ plate 2r 29guṇānurāganirbbharacittavṛttibhir mmanur iva svayam abhyupapannaḥ prakṛtibhir adhigatakalākalāpaḥ kāntimān ni-
30rvṛtihetur akalaṅkaẖ kumudanāthaḥ prājyapratāpasthagitadigantarālapradhvansitadhvāntar¿a?⟨ā⟩śis satatoditas sa-
31vitā prakṛtibhyaḫ paraṁ pratyayam artthavantam atibahutithaprayojanānubandham āgamaparipūrṇṇaṁ vidadhānaḥ sandhivigraha-
32samāsaniścayanipuṇaḥ sthāne nurūpam ādeśaṁ dadad guṇavṛddhividhānajanitasaṁskāras sādhūnā(ṁ) rājyasālāturīyatantrayor u-
33bhayor a¿s?⟨p⟩i niṣṇātaḥ prakṛṣṭavikramo pi karuṇā(m)ṛduhṛdayaḥ śrutavān apy aga(r)vvitaḥ kānto pi praśam¿a?⟨ī⟩ sthirasauhṛdayyo pi nira-
34sitā doṣavatām udayasamayasamupajanitajanānurāgaparipihitabhuvanasamartthitaprathitabālādityadvitīyanāmā parama-
35mā(h)eśvaraḥ śrīdhruvasenas tasya sutas tatp(ā)dakamalapraṇāmadharaṇikaṣaṇajanitakiṇalāñchanalalāṭacandraśakalaḥ śiśubhāva Eva
36śravaṇanihitamauktikālaṅkāravibhramāmalaśrutaviśeṣaḥ pradānasalilakṣālitāgrahastāravindaḥ kanyāyā Iva mṛdukaragra-
37haṇād amandīkṛtānandavidhir vvasundh¿u?⟨a⟩rāy(ā)ḥ kārmuke dhanurvveda Iva saṁ{m}bhāvitāśeṣalakṣyakalāpaḥ praṇatasāmantamaṇḍalottamāṅga-
38dhṛtacūḍāratnāyamānaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḫ paramabhaṭṭārakamahārājādhirājaparameśvaracakravarttiśrīAjjakapādānudhyātaḥ
39śrīdharasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva yathāsambadhyamānakān samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya
40s¿ī?⟨i⟩ṅhapuravinirggatakikkaḍāputragrāmanivāsisiṅhapuracāturvvidyasāmānyabharadvājasagotrachandogasabrahmacāribrāhmaṇagu-
41hāḍhyaputrabrāhmaṇārjunāya surāṣṭreṣu kālāpakapathakāntarggatakikaṭāputragrāmoparipāṭakaśarkkarāpadrake dakṣiṇasīmni ṣa-
42ṭpañcāśatpādāvarttaparimāṇaṁ kṣetrakhaṇḍaṁ yasyāghāṭanāni pūrvvataḥ viṇhalasatkavāpī {d}dakṣiṇataḥ vattakasatkakṣetraṁ Aparataḥ
43kuṭumbivi(ṇ)halasatkakṣetraṁ Uttarataḥ brāhmaṇaṣa(ṣ)ṭhibhavasatkakṣetraṁ tathā siṅhapuravinirggatasiṅhapuracāturvidyasāmānyakikkaḍā-
44putra¿t?⟨g⟩rāmanivāsibharadvājasagotrachandogasabrahmacāribrāhmaṇaguhāḍhyaputrabrāhmaṇamaṅkasvāmine surāṣṭreṣu kālāpakapa-
45tha¿r?⟨k⟩āntarggatakikkaṭāputragrāme Aparasīmni ṣo¿ṭ?⟨ḍ⟩aśapādāvarttaparisarā vāpī yasy(ā) Āghāṭanāni pūrvvataś catrasatkavā{p}p¿i?⟨ī⟩ da¿p?⟨kṣ⟩iṇato pa-
46rataś ca kuṭumbicandrasatkakṣetraṁ Uttarataḥ mahattaradāsakasatkakṣetraṁ tathā kikkaṭāputragrāmoparip¿a?⟨ā⟩ṭakaśarkkarāpadrakagrāme A-
47parasīmni Aṣṭāviṅśatipādāvarttaparimāṇaṁ kṣetrakhaṇḍaṁ yasyāghāṭanāni pūrvvataḥ kuṭumbibappasthavirakasatkakṣetraṁ dakṣiṇataḥ (A)śvinika-
48putragrāmīṇakuṭumbivarāhasatkakṣetraṁ Aparataḥ Aśviniputrakabappa(ṭi/ja?)yakasatkakṣetraṁ Uttarato brahmadeyikabhāgiyakasatkakṣetraṁ tathā
49caturddaśapādāvarttaparimāṇaṁ kṣetrakhaṇḍaṁ yasyāghāṭanāni p¿u?⟨ū⟩rvvataḥ bappasthavirakakṣetra{ṁ}m Eva dakṣiṇataḥ kuṭumbīśvarakṣetraṁ Aparataḥ bappa(ṭ)iya-
50kakṣetram ¿a?⟨e⟩va Uttarataḥ brahmadeyikabārilakakṣetraṁ tathā ṣaṭ pattakāḥ yeṣām ¿a?⟨ā⟩ghāṭanāni pūrvvataḥ vi(ñcha)yakakṣetraṁ dakṣiṇataḥ kuṭumb¿i?⟨ī⟩śvarakṣetram eva
51Aparataḥ kaśvarakṣetram eva Uttarataḥ paṭānakagrāmasīmā Evam etad viṅśatyuttarapādāvarttaśata{ṁ}pramāṇaṁ vāpīkṣetraṁ sodraṅgaṁ soparikaraṁ sa-
52bhūtavātapratyāyaṁ sadhānyahiraṇyādeyaṁ sadaśāparādhaṁ sotpadyamānaviṣṭikaṁ sarvvarājak¿i?⟨ī⟩yānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīya⟨ṁ⟩ pūrvvaprattadeva-
53brahmadāyara(hi)taṁ bhū(micch)idranyāyenācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaṁ putrapautrānvayabhogyaṁ Udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisṛṣṭa(ḥ)
54(ya)to (s)yocitayā (b)brahmad(e)yasthityā bhuñjataḥ kṛṣataḥ karṣayataḥ pradiśato vā na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranṛpatibhir apy asmadvaṅśajair anyair vvā
55Anityāny aiśva(r)yy(ā)ṇy asthira(ṁ) m(ān)uṣya(ṁ) sāmānyañ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś cety uktañ ca |

I. Anuṣṭubh
bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rāja56bhi⟨ḥ⟩ sagarādibhiḥ
yasya yasya yad¿a?⟨ā⟩ bhūmis (t)asya tasya tadā ¿p?⟨ph⟩ala⟨ṁ⟩ |

II. Indravajrā
yānīha dāridr⟨y⟩abhay¿a?⟨ā⟩n narendrair ddhanāni dharmm(ā)y¿ā?⟨a⟩tanīkṛtāni
ni(r)bhuktamālyapratimāni tāni ko nāma s(ā)57dhuḥ punar ¿a?⟨ā⟩dadīta |

III. Anuṣṭubh
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasr(āṇi) svargge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ
Ācchettā cānumant¿a?⟨ā⟩ ca tāny eva narake vased iti |

dūtako tra rājaputradhruvasenaḥ likhitam idaṁ
58sa{ṁ}ndhivigrahādhik¿re?⟨ṛ⟩tadivirapativatrabha(ṭṭi)putradivirapatiskandabhaṭena | saṁ 300 20 6 Āṣāḍha śu 10 svahasto mama dashDouble ||

Apparatus

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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