# Valabhipur plates of Dhruvasena I, [Valabhī] year 226, Kārttika śu. 15

Annette Schmiedchen

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00023

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00023.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-09-24 15:37
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## Summary

Grant of land (probably 100 pādāvarta) in favour of a Brāhmaṇa, his
name, the details of his Vedic affiliation, etc. being lost.

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## Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ (꩜ svasti vala)bhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatā(mitrāṇāṁ
mai)trakāṇām
atulabalasapatnamaṇḍalābhogasaṁ(saktasaṁprahāra)⟨2⟩(śatalabdhapratā)paḥ
pratāpopanata(dānamānā)rjjavopārjjitānurāgo
nuraktam(au)labhr̥tamitraśre(ṇībalāvāpta)⟨3⟩(rājyaśrīḥ
parama)māheśvara⟨ḥ⟩ śrīsenāpatibhaṭā(rkkas ta)sya sutas
tatpādarajoruṇāvanatapavitrīkr̥taśirāś
śi(rovanata)⟨4⟩śatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhāvicchuritapādanakhapaṅktidīdhitiḥ
dīnānāthajanopajīvyamānavibhavaḥ pa(ramamā)⟨5⟩heśvaraḥ
śrīsenāpatidharasenas tasyānujas
tatpādābhipraṇāmapraśastataravimalam(au)limaṇir
mmanvādipraṇīta⟨6⟩vidhividhānadharmmā dharmmarāja Iva
vihitavinayavyavasthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogaikasvāminā ⟨7⟩
paramasvāminā svayam upahitarājyābhiṣekamahāviśrāṇanāvapūtarājaśrīḥ
paramamā⟨8⟩heśvaraḥ śrīmahārājadroṇasiṁhaḥ siṁha Iva tasyānujaḥ
svabhujabalaparākrameṇa paragajaghaṭānīkānā⟨9⟩m e(ka)vijayī śaraṇaiṣiṇāṁ
śaraṇam avaboddhā śāstrārtthatatvānāṁ kalpatarur iva suhr̥tpraṇayināṁ
yathābhilaṣi⟨10⟩takāmaphalopabhogadaḥ
¿sadhikasamāśata?[…]⟨11⟩[…]śirapraṇāmapraśastatarīkr̥tavimalapādakamalayugalaḥ
paramabhaṭṭārakapādānudhyā⟨12⟩(tamahāsāmantamahārāja)dhruvasenaḥ kuśalī
sarvvān eva svān {anyāṁś c}āyuktakaviniyuktakān anyāṁś ca
yathā⟨13⟩(saṁbadhyamānakān anudarśa)yati

yathā
mayānarttapuravāstavya[…]pagrāma[…]⟨14⟩[…]ṣāyasahara[…](pallīka)[…]⟨Page
2r⟩⟨15⟩[…]śatam ekaṁ mātāpitroḥ (puṇyāpyāyanā)⟨16⟩rttham ātmanaś ca
puṇyayaśobhivr̥ddhaye […]kriyotsarppaṇārttham
ācandrārkkaArṇṇavakṣiti⟨17⟩samakālīnaṁ putrap(au)trānvayabho(gyaṁ
so)dra(ṅgaṁ so)parikaraṁ sabhūtavātapratyāyaṁ
sarvahiraṇyā⟨18⟩[6×]kīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaṁ bhūmi[5×] so(da)ke(n)a
kamaṇḍal(unā) brahmadeyaḥ nisr̥ṣṭaḥ

⟨19⟩ [6×] brahmadeyasthityā bhuṁjataḥ (kr̥ṣataḥ karṣa)yataḥ pradiśato vā
na kaiścid vyāsedha⟨ḥ⟩ paripanthanā vā ⟨20⟩ [4×]śajair āgāminr̥patibhiś
cānityāny aiśva(ryyā)ṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmidānaphalam
iti ⟨21⟩ [8×]smaddāyo numantavyaḥ pālayitavyaś ca ya(ś cainaṁ) cchindyād
ācchidyamānaṁ vānumodeta sa pañcamahā⟨22⟩(pā)takais saṁyuktaḥ syād

api cātra vyāse(na gītāḥ ślo)kā bhavanti

1. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi svargge modati ⟨23⟩ (bhūmidaḥ)
(Ācchettā cānumantā ca tā)ny eva narake (vaseT)

2. Anuṣṭubh

(svada)ttāṁ paradattāṁ vā yo hareta vasundharāṁ
sa viṣṭā⟨24⟩[13×]

3. Anuṣṭubh

[8×] yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira
mahīṁ mahīmatāṁ śreṣṭha ⟨25⟩ [8×]

svahastaḥ śrīdhuvasenasya (tripuka)⟨26⟩[7×] śuklapakṣasya puṇyāyāṁ
paurṇṇimā(tithau) ⟨27⟩ [3×] [5×]bhadreṇa likhitaṁ tāmraśāsanaṁ ⟨28⟩
[…]sa⟨ṁ⟩ 200 20 6 kārttika śu 10 5

## Bibliography

First edited by D. B. Diskalkar; neither estampages nor translation
(Diskalkar 1925, № 1). Encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of
Diskalkar’s edition.

### Primary

[DBD] Diskalkar, D. B. 1925. “Some unpublished copper-plates of the
rulers of Valabhī.” JBBRAS 1, pp. 16–63. Item 1.