Valabhipur plate of Dhruvasena III, date unknown (only plate 2; fragmentary(

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-08-08Z

Editor:   D. B. Diskalkar.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMaitraka00081

Summary: Grant of the village of Rākṣasaka in favour of a Buddhist monastery.

Hand Description:


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Edition

-⎘ plate 1r 1[5 lines lost]-
6[2+](sāmanta)maṇḍalo(ttamāṅgadhṛta)cūḍā(maṇī)yamānaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ (paramabhaṭṭārakamahārājādhirājaparameśvaracakravarttiśrīdhara)-
7(sena)s tatpitāmahabhrātṛśrīśīlādityasya śārṅgapāṇer ivāṅgajanmano bhaktibandhurāvayavakalpitapraṇater atidha(valayā dūraṁ tatpādāravindapravṛ)-
8(tta)yā nakhamaṇirucā mandākinyeva nityam amalitottamāṅgadeśasyāgastyasy¿e?⟨ai⟩va rājarṣer ddākṣiṇyam ātanvānasya prabaladhavalimnā (yaśasāṁ vala)-
9yena maṇḍitakakubhā nabhasi yāminīpater vvi(raci)tākhaṇḍapariveṣamaṇḍalasya payodaśyāmaśikharacūcukarucirasahyavindhyastanayugāyāḥ
10kṣiteḫ patyuḥ śrīḍerabhaṭasyāṅgajaḥ kṣitipasaṁhater anurāgiṇyāḥ śuciyaśoṅśukabhṛtaḥ svayaṁvaramālām iva rājyaśriyam ar(ppayantyāḥ)
11kṛtaparigrahaḥ śauryyam apratihatavyāpāram ānamitapracaṁḍaripumaṇḍalaṁ maṇḍalāgram ivāvalambamānaḥ śaradi prasabham ākṛṣṭaśilī(mukhabāṇā)-
12(sanāpādita)prasādhanānāṁ parabhuvāṁ vidhivad ācaritakaragrahaṇaḥ pūrvvam eva vividhavarṇṇojjvalena śrutātiśayenodbhāsitaśravaṇaḥ punaḥ
13(punar ukteneva ratnā)laṅkāreṇālaṅkṛtaśrotra⟨ḥ⟩ parisphuratkaṭakavikaṭakīṭapakṣaratnakiraṇam avicchinnapradānasalilanivahāvaseka[vilasannava]-
14(śaivalā)ṅkuram ivāgrapāṇim udvaha(n) dhṛtaviśālaratnavalayajaladhivelātaṭāyamānabhujapariṣvaktaviśvambharaḥ paramamāheśvara⟨ḥ⟩ śrī(dhruvasenaḥ)
15[kuśalī] sarvvān eva samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya śrīvalabhīsvatalaniviṣṭaḍuḍḍā[...]
16(bhikṣusaṁ)ghāya cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānabhaiṣajyārthaṁ bhagavato buddhabhaṭṭārakasya pūjāsnapanagandhapuṣpadhūpadīpatailādya(rtham)-
17(pratisaṁskā)rāya bhikṣu(saṁghasya ca) pādamūlaprajīvanāya (vanauṭakāntara)kāśah(ra)dāntarggatarākṣasakagrāmas sodraṅgas sopari(karaḥ)-
18[...]ṇyādeyaḥ sadaśāparādhaḥ sotpadyamānaviṣṭ¿ī?⟨i⟩kaḥ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvaprattadevabrahma[...]-
19[...]saritparvvatasamakālīnaḥ Avyavacchinnabhogyaḥ Udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisṛṣṭaḥ yato sya ḍuḍḍāvihāre[...]-
20[...]bhuṁjataḥ kṛṣataḥ karṣayataḥ karṣāpayato vā na kaiścid vyā(s)edhe (varttitavya)m āgāmibhadranṛpatibhiḥ A[...]-
21[4 lines lost]

Apparatus

line S2014

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