# Katapur plates of Dharasena II, [Valabhī] year 252, Vaiśākha ba. 15
(?)

Annette Schmiedchen

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00028

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00028.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-09-29 17:24
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## Summary

Grant of land (60 pādāvarta) in favour of two Sāmavedins.

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## Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti vijayaskandhāvārā(T) bhadrapa(tta)nakavāsākā(T)
prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām
atulabalasapatnamaṇḍa(lābh)ogasaṁ(sa)⟨2⟩ktasaṁprahāraśatalabdhapratāpaḥ
pratāp(o)panatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāg(o)
nuraktamaulabhr̥tamitra{mitra}śreṇībalāvāptarājyaśrī⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨3⟩
paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatibhaṭ(ā)rkkaḥ tasya sutaḥ
tatpādaraj(o)ruṇ(ā)vanatakr̥taśirā⟨ḥ⟩
śirovanataśatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhāvicchurita(pāda)⟨4⟩nakhapa(ṁ)ktidīdhitir
ddīnānāthakr̥paṇajano⟨pa⟩jīvyamānavibhavaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ
śrīsenāpatidharasenaḥ tasyānujaḥ
tatpādābhipra(ṇā)ma⟨5⟩praśastataravima(la)maulimaṇir
mmanvādipraṇ(ī)tavidhividhānadharmmā dharmmar(ā)ja Iva
vihitavinayavyavasthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍa(lā)bhogai⟨6⟩kasvāminā
paramasvāminā svayam upahitarājyābhiṣeko mahāviśr(ā)ṇanāvapūtarājaśrī(ḥ)
param¿ā?⟨a⟩māhe⟨śva⟩ro mahārājaśrīdroṇasi(ṁ)ha(ḥ) si(ṁ)ha ⟨7⟩ Iva
tasyānujaḥ svabhujabalaparākrameṇa paragajaghaṭānīkānām ekavijayī
śaraṇaiṣiṇāṁ śaraṇam avaboddhā śāstrārtthatatvānāṁ kalpata⟨8⟩rur iva
suhr̥tpraṇayināṁ yathābhilaṣitakāmaphalopabhogadaḥ paramabhāgavato
mahārājaśrīdhruvasenaḥ tasyānujaḥ
ta⟨c⟩caraṇ(ā)ravindapraṇatipravi⟨9⟩dh(au)tāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ
suviśuddhasvacaritodakakakṣ(ā)lit¿ā?⟨a⟩sakalakal¿a?⟨i⟩kalaṁkaḥ
prasabhanirjjitārātipakṣaprathitamahimā paramādityabhakta⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨10⟩
śrīmahārāja{d}dharapaṭṭaḥ tasyātmajaḥ tatpādasaparyyāvāptapuṇyodayaḥ
śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva
samadaparagajaghaṭā⟨11⟩sphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣaḥ
tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktasavyapādanakharaśmisaṁhatiḥ
sakalasmr̥tipraṇī(ta)⟨12⟩mārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhr̥dayaraṁjanād
anvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ ⟨13⟩
smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhit¿r̥?⟨ri⟩daśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaḥ
śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā {|}
tr̥ṇavadapāstāśeṣa{ḥ}svakāryya⟨14⟩phala⟨ḥ⟩
prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsu⟨hr̥t⟩hr̥dayaḥ pādacārīva
sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīmahārāja ⟨15⟩
guhasenaḥ tasya sutaḥ
tatpādanakhamayūkhasaṁtānani⟨r⟩vr̥ttajāhnavījalaughavikṣālitāśeṣakalma¿p?⟨ṣ⟩aḥ
praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyabh¡au!gasaṁpa⟨D⟩ ⟨16⟩ rūpalo(bhā)d
ivāś¿r̥?⟨ri⟩taḥ sarasam ābhigāmikai(r) gguṇai⟨ḥ⟩
sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanu(r)ddharaḥ ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨17⟩
prathamanarapat(i)samat(i)sr̥ṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmyadā(yā)nām
apākartt(ā) praj(o)paghātakāriṇā⟨18⟩m upaplavānāṁ dar(śa)yitā
śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya
sa(ṁ)hatārātipakṣalakṣmīparikṣobhadakṣavikrama(ḥ) ⟨19⟩
kramopasa(ṁ)prāptavimalapā(r)tthi⟨va⟩śrī⟨ḥ⟩ paramamāheśvara(ḥ)
śrīmahārājadharasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān
evāyuktak¿i?⟨a⟩viniyuktaka⟨20⟩drāṅgikamahattaracāṭabha⟨ṭa⟩dhruvādhikaraṇikadaṇḍapāśikarājasth¿a?⟨ā⟩nīyakumārāmātyādīn
anyā(ṁ)ś ca yathāsaṁbadhyamānakā(N) ⟨21⟩ sam(ā)j(ñā)payaty

astu va⟨ḥ⟩ saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitro(ḥ) puṇyāpyāyanāyā(t)manaś
caihikāmuṣmikayathābhilaṣ(i)taphalāvāpta(ye) ⟨22⟩ vahapalikasthalyāṁ
ḍāmaripāṭakagrāme pūrvvasīmni kṣ(e)trapādāvarttā⟨ḥ⟩ ṣaṣṭi⟨ḥ⟩ sodraṅgā⟨ḥ⟩
soparikarā⟨ḥ⟩ savātabhūta⟨23⟩dhānyahiraṇyādeyā⟨ḥ⟩
s(otpa)dyamānaviṣṭ¿ī?⟨i⟩kā⟨ḥ⟩ samastarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepa(nī)yā
bhūmicchi(dranyāye)na
cha(ndoga)⟨24⟩(sa)brahmacā(r)ikaśyapasagotrabrāhmaṇaviśākhabappābhyāṁ{ḥ}
balicaruv(aiś)vadevāgnihotrātithipañcamahāyā(jñi)kānā(ṁ kriyāṇāṁ) ⟨25⟩
samutsarppaṇārttham ācandrārkkārṇṇavasaritkṣitisthitisamakālīnaṁ
putrapautrānvayabhogy(ā) udakasargg(eṇa) brahma(deyā) ⟨26⟩ nisr̥ṣṭā

yato syocitayā brahmad(e)yasthityā bhuṁja(to)ḥ kr̥ṣat¿a?⟨o⟩ḥ
karṣ(āp)ayat(o)r vvā na kaiści(t prati)ṣedhe varttitavya⟨27⟩m
ā(gā)mibhadranr̥patibhiś cāsmadva(ṁ)śajair anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy
as(th)iraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmidānapha(la)m avagacch¿i?⟨a⟩dbhi(ḥ)
⟨28⟩ Ayam a()sma⟨d⟩d(ā)yo numan(t)avya⟨ḥ⟩ paripālayi(ta)vyaś ca yaś
cainam ācchiṁdyād ācchidyamāna(ṁ) vānumodeta sa (pañcabhi)r mahāpātakaiḥ
sopapāta⟨29⟩kai⟨ḥ⟩ saṁyukta⟨ḥ⟩ s(yād ity)

(uk)ta(ṁ) ca bhagavatā vedavyāsena vyāsena

1. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi svargg(e) tiṣṭha(ti bhū)m(i)da(ḥ)
Ācchettā cānuman(t)ā ca ⟨30⟩ tāny eva narake vase(T)

2. Anuṣṭubh

v(i)ndhyāṭavīṣv (atoyāsu) śuṣkakoṭ(a)ravāsina(ḥ)
kr̥ṣṇāhayo hi jāyante (bhū)midāya⟨ṁ⟩ haran⟨t⟩i ¿ra?⟨ye⟩ (⹀)

3. Anuṣṭubh

pūrvvadattāṁ (dvijā)⟨31⟩tibhyo yatnād rakṣa (yu)dhiṣṭhira
mahī⟨ṁ⟩ mah(ī)matāṁ śreṣ(ṭh)a dānāc chreyo nupālanaṁ

4. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir (vva)sudhā bhuktā rājabhiḥ sagarādibhi(ḥ)
yasya (yasya) ⟨32⟩ yadā bhūmi(ḥ) tasya tasya tadā phala(ṁ ∥)

5. Indravajrā

yānīha dāridrabhayān narendrair (dha)nāni dharmmāyatanīkr̥tāni
nirmmālyavāntapra(timāni) ⟨33⟩ (tā)ni ko nāma sādh(u)ḥ p(u)nar ādadīta

iti ∥ likhi(taṁ sandh)ivigrahādhi(kr̥ta)skandabhaṭena ∥ saṁ 200 50 2
vaiśākha ba 10 5 ⟨34⟩ sva(ha)sto mama mahārājaśrī{ḥ}dharase(na)sya (∥)
dū cibbira⟨ḥ⟩

## Bibliography

First edited in A Collection of Prakrit and Sanskrit Inscriptions with
estampages and translation (Anonymous 1893, № 3). Re-edited and encoded
by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of estampages and photographs of the
original.

### Primary

[CPSI] Anonymous. 1893. A collection of Prakrit and Sanskrit
inscriptions. Bhavnagar: Bhavnagar Archaeological Department. Item 3.