# Jhara plates of Dharasena II, [Valabhī] year 252, Caitra ba. 5

Annette Schmiedchen

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00027

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00027.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-09-29 17:27
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## Summary

Grant of a village and several plots of land (285 pādāvarta and a
cistern surrounded by 25 pādāvarta) in favour of a Yajurvedin from
Brahmapura.

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## Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ ꩜ svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām
atulabalasapatnamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktasaṁprahāra⟨2⟩śatalabdhapratāpaḥ
pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgo
nuraktam¡o!labhr̥tamitraśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśrīḥ parama⟨3⟩mā(he)śvaraḥ
śrīsenāpatibhaṭārkkas tasya sutas
tatpādarajo{va}ruṇāvanatapavitrīkr̥taśirāś
śirovanataśatru(cū)ḍāmaṇiprabhā⟨4⟩vicchu(ri)tapādanakhapaṅktidīdhitiḥ
dīnānāthakr̥paṇajanopajīvyamānavibhavaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ
śrīsenāpatidharasenaḥ ⟨5⟩ (ta)syānujas
tatpādābhipraṇāmapraśastataravimalam¡o!limaṇir
mmanvādipraṇītavidhividhānadharmmā dharmmarāja Iva
vihitavinaya⟨6⟩vyavasthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogaikasvāminā
paramasvāminā svayam
up¿ā?⟨a⟩hitarājyābhiṣekamahāv¿ī?⟨i⟩śrāṇanā¿j?⟨v⟩a⟨7⟩pūta(rā)jyaśrīḥ
paramam¿a?⟨ā⟩heśvaro mahārājadroṇasi(ṁ)ha⟨ḥ⟩ siṁha Iva tasyānuja(ḥ)
svabhujabalaparākrameṇa paragajaghaṭānīkānā⟨8⟩m ekavijay(ī)
śaraṇaiṣiṇā(ṁ) śaraṇam avaboddhā śāstrā(r)tthatatvānāṁ kalpatarur iva
suhr̥tpraṇayinā(ṁ) ⟨9⟩ paramabhāgavato mahārājaśrīdhruvasenas tasyānujas
taccaraṇ¿a?⟨ā⟩rav¿a?⟨i⟩ndapraṇatipravidh¡o!tāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ
suviśuddhasvacaritoda(ka)ka⟨10⟩(pra)kṣālit¿e?⟨ā⟩śeṣakalikalaṅkaḥ
prasabhanirjjitārātipakṣamahimā param¿a?⟨ā⟩ditya(bha)kta⟨ḥ⟩
śrīmahārājadharapaṭṭa⟨s⟩ tasya sutas
tatpādasapa(r)yy(ā)⟨11⟩vāptapuṇyodayaḥ śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti
khaḍgadvitīyabāhur (e)va
samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣa{ḥ}s
tat(p)rabhāvapra(ṇa)tā⟨12⟩rāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁ(sa)ktasavyapādanakharaśmisaṁhatiḥ{s}
sakala(s)m¿ri?⟨r̥⟩tipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālan¿ā?⟨a⟩praj¿o?⟨ā⟩hr̥dayaraṁjanād
anva(r)ttharāja⟨13⟩śa(b)do
r¿u?⟨ū⟩pakāntisthairyyadhai⟨r⟩yyagāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhi⟨ḥ⟩
s(mara)śaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān ati(śa)yānaḥ
śaraṇāgatābhaya⟨14⟩prad¿o?⟨ā⟩naparatayā
t¿ri?⟨r̥⟩ṇavadap{r}¿a?⟨ā⟩stāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ p(ā)dacārīva
sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābh(o)gapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaro ⟨15⟩
(ma)hārājaśrīguhasenaḥ tasya sutas
tatpādanakhamayū(kha)santānavisr̥tajāhnavījal¡o!ghavikṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ
praṇa(yi)śata⟨16⟩sahasr(o)paj¿i?⟨ī⟩vyamānabhogasa(ṁ)pad rūpalobh¿o?⟨ā⟩d
ivāśritas sarasam ābhigāmikair gguṇais
sah¿ā?⟨a⟩jaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhila⟨Page 2r⟩⟨17⟩(dhanurddharaḥ)
prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apākarttā
prajopa(gh)ātakāriṇām upa⟨18⟩(pla)v(ā)nā(ṁ) darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor
(e)k¿a?⟨ā⟩dhivāsasya sa(ṁ)hatārātipakṣalakṣm¿i?⟨ī⟩paribhogadakṣavikramaḥ
vikramopasaṁprāptav(i)malap(ā)rtthivaśrī⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨19⟩
(para)mam¿a?⟨ā⟩h¿o?⟨e⟩ś(v)aras sāmantamahārājaśrīdharasenaẖ kuśalī
sarvvān ev¿ā?⟨a⟩ svān
āyuktakaviniyuktakadrāṅgikamahattaracāṭabhaṭadhruvādhikaraṇika ⟨20⟩
ś¡o!lkikaprātisārakadāṇḍapāśikacoroddharaṇikād¿a?⟨ī⟩n any¿a?⟨ā⟩(ṁ)ś ca
yathābhisaṁbaddhyam(ā)nakān samā(jñāpa)yaty

astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātā ⟨21⟩ (pi)troḫ
puṇyāpyā(yana)n(i)mittam ¿a?⟨ā⟩tmanaś
caihikāmuṣmikayathā(bhila)ṣitaphalāvāptaye
brahmapuranivāsibhārggavasagotramaitrāyaṇa(k)am¿a?⟨ā⟩navakasa⟨22⟩(brahmacāribrā)hmaṇacchaccharāya
(b)ilvakhātasthaly¿a?⟨ā⟩(ṁ) (d)īpanaka(pethava)ṭagrāmaḥ
bilvakhātasvatale uttaras(ī)mni bhaṭārkkabhedād uttarataḥ valmīkā(T)
⟨23⟩ (pū)rvva(taḥ) Amrilikavahād aparataḥ tribhir āghāṭan(ai)r
vviśuddhapādāvarttaśataṁ ⯼ tath¿a?⟨ā⟩traivāṣṭam(e) digbhāge vāpī
pañcaviṅśatp¿a?⟨ā⟩dāvarttapratisa⟨rā⟩ ⟨24⟩ tathā jharisthalyā(ṁ)
v(e)lāpadrakagrāme pūrvvasīmni mahāpathād d{r}akṣiṇata(ḥ
jha)jjhakakṣetrāt pūrvvataḥ dadhikūpakasīmasandhy¿ī?⟨a⟩parataḥ
bhr(ā)marakalya⟨25⟩grāmanivāsikhaṇḍakakṣetrād uttarata evaṁ catur(bh)ir
āghāṭanair vviśuddha(ṁ) pādāvarttaśata(ṁ) ṣaṣṭyadhika(ṁ) tathāsminn eva
dakṣiṇasīmni{ḥ} pādāvarttāḥ ⟨26⟩ (pa)ñcaviṅśa(tiḥ) sarvvam eta¿s?⟨t⟩
sodraṅga(ṁ) soparikara(ṁ) sav(ā)tabhūtapraty¿a?⟨ā⟩ya(ṁ)
sarvvadh¿a?⟨ā⟩nyahiraṇyā(de)ya(ṁ) samastarājakīyāṇām
aha¿th?⟨st⟩thaprakṣe(pa)ṇīya(ṁ) sotpadya⟨27⟩(mā)mānaviṣṭika(ṁ)
sadaś(āpa)rādha(ṁ) bh¿u?⟨ū⟩micchidranyāyena
bali(caru)vaiśvadevāgnihotrātithipaṁcamahāy¿a?⟨ā⟩jñikānāṁ kriyāṇ¿a?⟨ā⟩ṁ
samutsarppaṇār(t)tham
ācandrārkk(ā)⟨28⟩rṇṇa(v)vakṣitisthitiparvvatasamakālīnaṁ
puttrap¡o!trānvayabhogyam udak¿ā?⟨a⟩sargg¿a?⟨e⟩ṇa brahmadeyaṁ nisr̥ṣṭaṁ

yato syocitayā brahmadeyasthityā ¿bhūya?⟨bhuñjataḥ⟩ ⟨29⟩ kr̥ṣataẖ
karṣayataḫ pradiśato vā na kaiścid vyāsedhe vart(t)itavyam
āgāmibhadranr̥patibhiś cāsmadvaṅśajair anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ
mānuṣya(ṁ) sā⟨30⟩mānya(ṁ) ca bh¿u?⟨ū⟩midānaphalam a(v)agacchadbhir ayam
asmaddā(yo) numantavyaḫ paripālayitavyaś ca yaś cainam ācchindyād
ācchidyamāna(ṁ) v¿a?⟨ā⟩numodeta sa pañcabhi⟨31⟩r mahāpātakais
sopapātakais saṁyukta⟨ḥ⟩ syād

u⟨k⟩ta⟨ṁ⟩ ca bhagavatā vedavyās(e)na vyās(e)na

1. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭivarṣa(sa)hasrāṇi svargg¿a?⟨e⟩ modati bh(ū)mida(ḥ)
Ācchettā cānu⟨32⟩man(t)ā ca tāny eva narake vaseT

2. Anuṣṭubh

svadattā(ṁ) paradattāṁ vā yo hareta (vasu)ndharā(ṁ)
gavāṁ śatasahasrasya hantuḫ pr¿a?⟨ā⟩pnoti kil¿m?⟨b⟩iṣaṁ

Iti ⟨33⟩ (sva)hasto mama mahārājaśrīdharasenasya dūta(ka)ś cirbiraḥ
likhita(ṁ) sandhivigrahādhi(kr̥)taskandabhaṭena ⹀ saṁ 200 50 2 caitra ba
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## Bibliography

First edited in A Collection of Prakrit and Sanskrit Inscriptions with
estampages and translation (Anonymous 1893, № 2) Re-edited and encoded
by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of the published estampages.

### Primary

[CPSI] Anonymous. 1893. A collection of Prakrit and Sanskrit
inscriptions. Bhavnagar: Bhavnagar Archaeological Department. Item 2.