# Bhavnagar plate of Guhasena I, [Valabhī] year 248, Āśvayuja ba. 1[4]

Annette Schmiedchen

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00026

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00026.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-09-29 17:29
(cb82706)

## Summary

Grant of land in favour of a Buddhist monastery.

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## Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1⟩
prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavi(d)vatsuhr̥tpraṇayihr̥dayaḥ
pādacār¿i?⟨ī⟩va sakalabhuvana[5×]ga⟨2⟩pramodaḥ paramopāsakaḥ
mahārājaśrīguhase(n)aẖ kuśalī sarvvān
evāyuktakaviniyuktakadr(ā)[2×]maha⟨t⟩taracāṭa⟨3⟩bha¿ṭh?⟨ṭ⟩adhruvādhikaraṇikadāṇḍapāśikacoroddharaṇikā{ṁ}n
utpannādānasamudgrāhakaśaulkikarājasthān¿i?⟨ī⟩yakumārāmātyād(ī)īn anyāṁś
ca ya(th)ā⟨4⟩saṁbadhyamānakāN samājñāpayaty

astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḥ puṇyāpyāyanārtthaṁ ātmanaś
caihikāmuṣmikayathābhi⟨5⟩laṣitaphalāvāptaye
vaṭapal(l)ikāprāyīyabahumūlāgrāme
kuṭuṁbiśyāmaṇeragopakacheṇḍavakadāsakās trayas sodra(ṅ)g¿a?⟨ā⟩a⟨ḥ⟩
sopari⟨6⟩karās sabhūtavātapratyāy¿a?⟨ā⟩ḥ sarvvadhānyahiraṇy¿a?⟨ā⟩deyā⟨ḥ⟩
sotpadyamāna(v)iṣṭ¿ī?⟨i⟩k¿a?⟨ā⟩ḥ rājasthānīyaśūrāya
prasādīkr̥ta⟨7⟩bhaṭārkkavihārapratyāsannamimmāpādakāritābhyantarikāvihāre
nānādigabhyāgatāṣṭādaśanikāyābhyantarāryyabhikṣusa[1×]ya ⟨8⟩
grāsācchādanaśayanāsanaglānabh¿a?⟨ai⟩ṣajyādikriyo(tsa)rppaṇ(ā)rttham
ācandrārkkārṇṇa(va)sari(t)kṣitisthitisamakālīnaṁ bhūmicchidranyāyena
prati⟨9⟩pāditaṁ

yato sya na kaiścit paripanthanā kāryyāgāmibhadran(r̥p)atibhiś
cāsmadvaṁśajair anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣya(ṁ) sām(ānyaṁ) ca
⟨10⟩ bhūmidāyaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ
parip¿a?⟨ā⟩layitavyaś ca yaś cainam ācchi⟨n⟩dyād ācchidyamānaṁ
vānumo⟨⟨de⟩⟩ta sa pa⟨ṁ⟩cabhi⟨11⟩r mmahāp¿a?⟨ā⟩takais sopapātakai⟨ḥ⟩
saṁyukta⟨ḥ⟩ syād

api ca ∥

1. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ
yasya yasya yadā ⟨12⟩ bhū(m)iḥ tasya tasya tadā phalam ∥

2. Indravajrā

yānīha dāridr⟨y⟩abhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanīkr̥tāni
nirmmālyav(ā)ānta⟨13⟩pratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta ∥

3. Upajāti

lakṣmīniketaṁ yadapāśrayeṇa prāpto si (lokābhimataṁ) ⟨14⟩ (n)r̥pa(tva)⟨ṁ⟩
tāny eva puṇyāny abhiva(rddhayethā) na karśaṇīyo hy upakāripakṣa

Iti ∥ ⟨15⟩ svamukhājñā ∥ likhitaṁ
sāndhivigrahādhikaraṇādhikr̥taskandabhaṭeneti ⁓ saṁ 200 40 8 (Ā)śvayuja
ba di 10 (4)

## Bibliography

Second plate first edited by Johann Georg Bühler with estampage of that
plate; no translation (Bühler 1876, № B). Second plate re-edited and
encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of the published estampage.

### Primary

[JGB] Bühler, Johann Georg. 1876. “Grants from Valabhî [III-V].” IA 5,
pp. 204–212. Item B.