Valabhipur plate of Guhasena I, [Valabhī] year 248, Māgha [ba.] ? (only plate 2)

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen (ansc).

Contributor: Annette Schmiedchen (ansc).

Summary: Grant of four villages in favour of a Buddhist monastery in Valabhī.

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Script (other) (script_other)].

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00025.

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⟨Page 1r⟩
⟨1⟩ […](sa)tvanikaṣa(ḥ tat)prabhāvapraṇatārāti(c)ū[…]-
⟨2⟩ […](sakala)smṛtipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālana(p)r(a)[…]-
⟨3⟩ […](ryya)buddhisaṁpadbhiḥ (s)maraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān a[…]-
⟨4⟩ […]yapradānaparatayā t¿ri?ṇavadapā(s)tāśeṣasvakāryyaphalaḥ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānāna(n)d(i)-
⟨5⟩ [*****]tpra(ṇa)yihṛ(da)yaḥ pādacā(r)ī(v)a sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ
⟨6⟩ śr(ī)[**]rājaguhasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān evāyuktakaviniyuktakadrāṅgikamahattaracāṭabhaṭadhruvādhikaraṇikadāṇḍa-
⟨7⟩ pāśika(co)roddharaṇikarājasthānīyakumārāmātyādīn anyāṁś ca yathāsambaddhyamānakāN samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ
⟨8⟩ (valabhī)talasanni(v)iṣṭaḍuḍḍāpādakāritaḍuḍḍāmahāvihāre nānādigabhyāgatāṣṭādaśanikāyābhyantaraśākyāryyabhikṣusaṁ-
⟨9⟩ gh(ā)ya grāsācchādanaśayyāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyādyupayogārttham ānumaṁj(ī)prāveśyapippalaruṁkharīprāveśyaśamīpadravāṭaka(ṁ)
⟨10⟩ tathā maṇḍalīdraṁge saṅgam(ā)nakaṁ deṭakahāre naddīyaṁ | tathā cossarī | evam ¡ai!tadgrāmacatuṣṭayaṁ soddraṅgaṁ soparikaraṁ savātabhūta-
⟨11⟩ dh(ā)nyahiraṇy(ā)deyaṁ sotpadyamā(n)aviṣṭikaṁ sarvvarājakīyāhastaprakṣepaṇīyaṁ bhūmicchidranyāyena mayā mātāpitror ātmanaś (c)ai[*]-
⟨12⟩ kāmuṣmikayathābhilaṣitaphalāvāptaye Udakasarggeṇātisṛṣṭaṁ yato syocitayā śākyāryyabhikṣusaṁghasthit⟨y⟩ā bhuṁjataḥ kṛṣataḥ ka(rṣa)[*]-
⟨13⟩ to vā na (kai)ścit pratiṣedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranṛpatibhiś cāsmadvaṅśajair anityāny aiśvaryy¿a?aṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmidā[*]-
⟨14⟩ phalam ava(ga)cchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś ca (ya)ś cainam ācchi⟨n⟩dyād ācchidyamānaṁ vānumodeta sa paṁ(cā)[*]-
⟨15⟩ [****]saṁyuktas syāT trayyāṁ ca varttamānaḥ paṁcabhir mmahāpātakais sopapātakais saṁyukta⟨ḥ⟩ syād api ca ∥ yānīha dārid(ra)[***]-
⟨16⟩ [**](r ddhanāni dha)rmmāyatanīkṛtāni | nirmmālyavāntapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta ∥ bahubhir vvasudhā[****]-
⟨17⟩ [****](dibhiḥ |) yasya yasya yadā bhūmiḥ tasya tasya tadā phalam iti ∥ svamukhājñā ∥ sva(ha)sto mama mahār(ā)[*****]-
⟨18⟩ [*] (li)khita(ṁ) [*](dhivi)grahādhikaraṇādhikṛtaskandabhaṭena ∥ saṁ 200 40 8 māgha ba […]

⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1⟩ […](sa)tvanikaṣa(ḥ tat)prabhāvapraṇatārāti(c)ū[…]⟨2⟩[…](sakala)smṛtipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālana(p)r(a)[…]⟨3⟩[…](ryya)buddhisaṁpadbhiḥ (s)maraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān a[…]⟨4⟩[…]yapradānaparatayā t⟨ṛ⟩ṇavadapā(s)tāśeṣasvakāryyaphalaḥ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānāna(n)d(i)⟨5⟩[5×]tpra(ṇa)yihṛ(da)yaḥ pādacā(r)ī(v)a sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ ⟨6⟩ śr(ī)[2×]rājaguhasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān evāyuktakaviniyuktakadrāṅgikamahattaracāṭabhaṭadhruvādhikaraṇikadāṇḍa⟨7⟩pāśika(co)roddharaṇikarājasthānīyakumārāmātyādīn anyāṁś ca yathāsambaddhyamānakāN samājñāpayaty

astu vas saṁviditaṁ ⟨8⟩ (valabhī)talasanni(v)iṣṭaḍuḍḍāpādakāritaḍuḍḍāmahāvihāre nānādigabhyāgatāṣṭādaśanikāyābhyantaraśākyāryyabhikṣusaṁ⟨9⟩gh(ā)ya grāsācchādanaśayyāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyādyupayogārttham ānumaṁj(ī)prāveśyapippalaruṁkharīprāveśyaśamīpadravāṭaka(ṁ) ⟨10⟩ tathā maṇḍalīdraṁge saṅgam(ā)nakaṁ deṭakahāre naddīyaṁ | tathā cossarī | evam ¡ai!tadgrāmacatuṣṭayaṁ soddraṅgaṁ soparikaraṁ savātabhūta⟨11⟩dh(ā)nyahiraṇy(ā)deyaṁ sotpadyamā(n)aviṣṭikaṁ sarvvarājakīyāhastaprakṣepaṇīyaṁ bhūmicchidranyāyena mayā mātāpitror ātmanaś (c)ai[1×]⟨12⟩kāmuṣmikayathābhilaṣitaphalāvāptaye Udakasarggeṇātisṛṣṭaṁ

yato syocitayā śākyāryyabhikṣusaṁghasthit⟨y⟩ā bhuṁjataḥ kṛṣataḥ ka(rṣa)[1×]⟨13⟩to vā na (kai)ścit pratiṣedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranṛpatibhiś cāsmadvaṅśajair anityāny aiśvaryy⟨ā⟩aṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmidā[1×]⟨14⟩phalam ava(ga)cchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś ca (ya)ś cainam ācchi⟨n⟩dyād ācchidyamānaṁ vānumodeta sa paṁ(cā)[1×]⟨15⟩[4×]saṁyuktas syāT trayyāṁ ca varttamānaḥ paṁcabhir mmahāpātakais sopapātakais saṁyukta⟨ḥ⟩ syād

api ca ∥

1. Indravajrā

yānīha dārid(ra)[3×]⟨16⟩[2×](r ddhanāni dha)rmmāyatanīkṛtāni |

nirmmālyavāntapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta ∥

2. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā[4×]⟨17⟩[4×](dibhiḥ |)

yasya yasya yadā bhūmiḥ tasya tasya tadā phalam

iti ∥ svamukhājñā ∥ sva(ha)sto mama mahār(ā)[5×]⟨18⟩[1×] (li)khita(ṁ) [1×](dhivi)grahādhikaraṇādhikṛtaskandabhaṭena ∥ saṁ 200 40 8 māgha ba […]

⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1⟩ […](sa)tvanikaṣa(ḥ tat)prabhāvapraṇatārāti(c)ū[…]⟨2⟩[…](sakala)smṛtipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālana(p)r(a)[…]⟨3⟩[…](ryya)buddhisaṁpadbhiḥ (s)maraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān a[…]⟨4⟩[…]yapradānaparatayā t¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩ṇavadapā(s)tāśeṣasvakāryyaphalaḥ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānāna(n)d(i)⟨5⟩[5×]tpra(ṇa)yihṛ(da)yaḥ pādacā(r)ī(v)a sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ ⟨6⟩ śr(ī)[2×]rājaguhasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān evāyuktakaviniyuktakadrāṅgikamahattaracāṭabhaṭadhruvādhikaraṇikadāṇḍa⟨7⟩pāśika(co)roddharaṇikarājasthānīyakumārāmātyādīn anyāṁś ca yathāsambaddhyamānakāN samājñāpayaty

yato syocitayā śākyāryyabhikṣusaṁghasthit⟨y⟩ā bhuṁjataḥ kṛṣataḥ ka(rṣa)[1×]⟨13⟩to vā na (kai)ścit pratiṣedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranṛpatibhiś cāsmadvaṅśajair anityāny aiśvaryy¿a?⟨ā⟩aṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmidā[1×]⟨14⟩phalam ava(ga)cchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś ca (ya)ś cainam ācchi⟨n⟩dyād ācchidyamānaṁ vānumodeta sa paṁ(cā)[1×]⟨15⟩[4×]saṁyuktas syāT trayyāṁ ca varttamānaḥ paṁcabhir mmahāpātakais sopapātakais saṁyukta⟨ḥ⟩ syād

api ca ∥

1. Indravajrā

yānīha dārid(ra)[3×]⟨16⟩[2×](r ddhanāni dha)rmmāyatanīkṛtāni |

nirmmālyavāntapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta ∥

2. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā[4×]⟨17⟩[4×](dibhiḥ |)

yasya yasya yadā bhūmiḥ tasya tasya tadā phalam

iti ∥ svamukhājñā ∥ sva(ha)sto mama mahār(ā)[5×]⟨18⟩[1×] (li)khita(ṁ) [1×](dhivi)grahādhikaraṇādhikṛtaskandabhaṭena ∥ saṁ 200 40 8 māgha ba […]

Bibliography

First edited by Johann Georg Bühler with translation; no estampage (Bühler 1875). Later again edited by Lionel David Barnett with estampage; no translation (Barnett 1915–1916).

Primary

[JGB] Bühler, Johann Georg. 1875. “A grant of king Guhasena of Valabhî.” IA 4, pp. 174–176.

[LDB] Barnett, Lionel David. 1915–1916. “Wala plate of Guhasena: The year 246.” EI 13, pp. 338–340.

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