Kapadvanj plates of Dhruvasena III, [Valabhī] year 334, Māgha śu. 9

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor:   Annette Schmiedchen.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00080

Summary: Grant of the village of Paṭṭapadraka in favour of a Yajurvedin.

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⎘ plate 1v 1spiralL svasti vijayaskandhāvārāT sirisimmiṇikāvāsakāT prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasaṁpannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktaprahāraśata-
2labdhapratāpāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhṛtaśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāheśvaraśrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchi-
3nnarājavaṅśān mātāpitṛcaraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhṛti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasa-
4tvanikaṣaḥ tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisa⟨ṁ⟩hatiḥ sakalasmṛtipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhṛdayaraṁjanānva-
5rttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyyagāṁbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tṛṇava-
6dapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhṛtpraṇayihṛdayaḥ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrī-
7guhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisṛtajāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasaṁpad rūpalobhād ivāśri-
8taḥ sarabhasam ābhigāmikair gguṇais sahajaśaktiś¿ī?⟨i⟩kṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisṛṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apā-
9karttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṁhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapā-
10rtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍalaḥ samaraśatavijayaśo-
11bhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarāṁsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābhāraḥ sarvvavidyāparāparavibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvataḥ subhāṣitala-
12venāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣaḥ samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahṛdayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtakṛtayuganṛpati-
13pathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrttiḥ dharmmānuparodho⟨j⟩jvalatarīkṛtārtthasukhasaṁpadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityaḥ
14tasyānujas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ svayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇātyādaravatā samabhilaṣaṇīyām api rājalakṣmīṁ skandhāsaktāṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas tadājñā-
15saṁpādanaikarasatayaivodvahaN khedasukh¿e?⟨a⟩ratibhyām anāyāsitasatvasaṁpattiḥ prabhāvasampadvaśīkṛtanṛpatiśataśiroratnacchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho pi
16parāvajñābh¿a?⟨i⟩mānarasānāliṅgitamanovṛttiḥ praṇatim ekāṁ parityajya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arātibhir anāsāditapratikriyopāyaḥ kṛta-
17nikhilabhuvanāmodavimalaguṇasaṅhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatir nnīcajanādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair an¿a?⟨ā⟩mṛṣṭātyunnatahṛdayaḥ pra-
18khyātapauruṣāstrakauśalātiśayagaṇatithavipakṣakṣitipatilakṣmīsvayaṁgrāhaprakāśitapravīrapuruṣaprathamasaṁkhyādhigamaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīkharagra-
19(ha)s tasya tanayas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ sakalavidyādhigamavihitanikhilavidvajjanamanaḫparitoṣātiśayaḥ satvasa⟨ṁ⟩padā tyāgaudāryyeṇa ca vigatānusa-
20ndhānāśamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅgaḥ samyagupalakṣitānekaśāstrakalālo¿r?⟨k⟩acaritagahvaravibhāgo pi paramabhadraprakṛtir a-
21⟨kṛ⟩trimapraśrayavinayaśobhāvibhūṣaṇaḥ samaraśatajayapatākāharaṇapratya¡l!odagrabāhudaṁḍavidhvaṁsitanikhilapratipakṣadarppodayaḥ-
22svadhanuḫprabhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimāna⟨ḥ⟩ sakalanṛpatimaṇḍalābhinanditaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenaḥ tasyānujaḥ tatp¿a?⟨ā⟩dā-
23nuddhyātaḥ saccaritātiśayitasakalapūrvvanarapatir atidussādhānām api prasādhayitā viṣayāṇā⟨ṁ⟩ mūrttimān iva puruṣakāraḥ parivṛddhagu-
24ṇānurāganirbbharacittavṛttibhir mmanur iva svayam abhyupapannaḥ prakṛtibhir adhigatakalākalāpaḥ kāntimāN nirvvṛtihetur akalaṅkaẖ kumudanāthaḥ
25prājyapratāpasthagitadigantarālapradhvansitadhvāntarāśis satatoditaḥ savitā prakṛtibhyaḥ paraṁ pratyayam artthavaṁtam atibahutitha-
26prayojanānubaṁdha(m āgama)paripūrṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩ v¿a?⟨i⟩dadhānaḥ sandhivigrahasamāsaniścayanipuṇaḥ sthāne nurūpam ādeśaṁ dadad guṇa -
⎘ plate 2r 27vṛddhividhānajanitasaṁskāraḥ [sā]dhūnāṁ rājyasālāturīyatantrayor ubhayor api niṣṇātaḥ prakṛṣṭavikramo pi karuṇāmṛduhṛdayaḥ śrutavā-
28n apy agarvvitaḥ kānto pi praśam¿a?⟨ī⟩ sthirasauhṛdayyo pi nirasitā doṣavatām udayasamayasamupajanitajanānurāgaparipihita-
29bhuvanasamartthitaprathitabālādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdhruvasenas tasya sutas tatpādakamalapraṇāmadharaṇika-
30ṣaṇajanitakiṇalāñchanalalāṭacandraśakalaḥ śiśubhāva Eva śravaṇanihitamauktikālaṅkāravibhramāmalaśrutaviśeṣaḥ pradānasalilakṣā-
31litāgrahastāravindaḥ kanyāyā Iva mṛdukaragrahaṇād amandīkṛtānandavidhir vvasundharāyāḥ kārmmuke dhanurvveda Iva sambhāvitāśeṣalakṣya-
32kalāpaḥ praṇatasāmantamaṇḍalottamāṅgadhṛtacūḍāratn(ā)yamānaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḫ paramabhaṭṭārakamahārājādhirājaparameśvaraca-
33kravarttiśrīdharasenas tatpitāmahabhrātṛśrīśīlādityasya śārṅgapāṇer ivāṅgajanmano bhaktibandhurāvayavakalpitapraṇater atidhavalayā dūraṁ tatpā-
34dāravindapravṛttayā nakhamaṇirucā mandākinyeva nityam amalitottamāṅgadeśasyāgas(t)yasyaiva rāja⟨r⟩ṣer ddākṣiṇyam ātanvānasya prabaladhavalimnā ya-
35śasā⟨ṁ⟩ valayena maṇḍitakakubhā nabhasi yāminīpater vviḍambitākhaṇḍapar(i)veṣamaṇḍalasya payodaśyāmaśikharacūcukarucirasahyavindhyastanayu-
36gāyāḥ kṣiteḫ patyuḥ śrīḍerabhaṭasyāṅgajaḥ kṣitipasaṁhater anurāgiṇyāḥ śuciyaśoṅśukabhṛtaḥ svayaṁvaramālām iva rājyaśriyam arpp(a)yantyāẖ k¿a?⟨ṛ⟩-
37taparigrahaḥ śauryyam apratihatavyāpāram ānamitapracaṇḍaripumaṇḍala⟨ṁ⟩ maṇḍalāgram ivāvalambamānaḥ śaradi prasabham ākṛṣṭaśil¿a?⟨ī⟩-
38mukhabāṇāsanāpāditaprasādhanānāṁ parabhuvāṁ vidhivad ācaritakaragrahaṇaḥ pūrvvam eva vividhavarṇṇo⟨j⟩jvalena śrutātiśayenodbhāsitaśra-
39vaṇaḥ pu¿ṇ?⟨n⟩aḥ punar ukteneva ratnālaṅkāreṇālaṅkṛtaśrotraḥ parisphuratkaṭakavikaṭakīṭapakṣaratnakiraṇam avicchinnapradānasalilani-
40vahāvasekavilasannavaśaivalāṅkuram ivāgrapāṇim udvahaN dhṛtaviśālaratnavalayajaladhivelātaṭāyamānabhujapariṣvaktaviśva-
41mbharaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdhruvasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya
42mahicha(ka)vinirggatamahichakavāstavyaitaccāturvvidyasāmānyakauśikasagotravājasaneyasabrahmacāribr¿a?⟨ā⟩hmaṇabappaputrabhaṭṭibhaṭāya
43śivabhāgapuraviṣaye dakṣiṇapaṭṭe paṭṭapadrakagrāmaḥ sodraṅgaḥ soparikaraḥ sabhūtavātapratyāyaḥ sadhānyahiraṇyādeyas sada-
44śāparādhas sotpadyamānaviṣṭikas sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvaprattadevabrahmadeyarahitaḥ bhūmicchidranyāyenā-
45candrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaḥ putrapautrānvayabhogya Udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisṛṣṭaḥ yato syocitayā brahma-
46deyāgrāhārasthityā bhuṁjataḥ kṛṣataḥ karṣayataḥ pratidiśato vā na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranṛpatibhir apy asmadvaṅśa-
47jair anyair vvā Anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyañ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḫ paripālayitavyaś cety ¿a?⟨u⟩(kta)-
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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.
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