# Bhadva plates of Dharasena II, [Valabhī] year 252, Vaiśākha ba. 15

Annette Schmiedchen

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00029

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00029.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-09-29 17:23
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## Summary

Grant of a village in favour of an Atharvavedin.

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## Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

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mmanvādipraṇ¿i?⟨ī⟩tavidhividhānadharmmā dharmmarāja Iva
vihitavinayavyavasthāpa{r}ddhatir
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svabhujabalaparākrameṇa paragajaghaṭānīkānām ekavijay¿i?⟨ī⟩
śaraṇaiṣi⟨8⟩ṇāṁ śaraṇam avaboddhā śāstr¿a?⟨ā⟩rtthatatvānāṁ kalpatarur
iva suh¿ri?⟨r̥⟩tpraṇayināṁ yathābhilaṣitaphalopabhogadaḥ paramabhāgavato
śrīma⟨9⟩hārājadhruvasenaḥ tasy¿a?⟨ā⟩nujas
taccaraṇārav¿ī?⟨i⟩ndapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣa⟨ḥ⟩
suviśu⟨d⟩dhasv¿e?⟨a⟩caritodakakakṣālitāśeṣakali⟨10⟩kala{ṁ}ṅka⟨ḥ⟩
prasabhanirjjitārātipakṣamah¿ī?⟨i⟩mā paramādityabhaktaḥ
śrīmahārājadharapa¿d?⟨ṭṭ⟩a⟨s⟩ tasya sutas
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anvarttharājaśabdo
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śa⟨14⟩raṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā
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pādacār¿i?⟨ī⟩va sakalabh¿ū?⟨u⟩vanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaro
mahārājaśrīguhasena⟨ḥ⟩ tasya suta⟨s⟩
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ivāśritaḥ sara⟨sa⟩m ābhigāmikair guṇaiḥ
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śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya
saṁ⟨19⟩hatārātipakṣalakṣ⟨m⟩¿i?⟨ī⟩paribhogadakṣavikrama⟨ḥ⟩
kramopasaṁpr(ā)ptavimalapārtthivaśrī⟨ḥ⟩ paramamāheśvar¿o?⟨a⟩ḥ
s¿a?⟨ā⟩ma{ṁ}ntamahārājaśrīdhara⟨20⟩senaẖ kuśalī sarvvān
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anyāṁś ca yathāsambadhyamānakā¿ṁ?⟨n⟩ samājñāpayaty

astu va⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨22⟩ saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitro⟨ḥ⟩
puṇyāpy¿a?⟨ā⟩yanāyātmanaś caihikāmuṣmikayathābhilaṣitaphalāvāptaye
ānarttapuravāstavyakauśra⟨23⟩vasasagotrāya atharvvaṇasabra⟨hma⟩cāriṇe
brāhmaṇarudraghoṣaputrarudragopāya AmbareṇusthalīprāpīyaIṣikānakagrāmaḥ
sodra⟨24⟩ṅga¿ṁ?⟨ḥ⟩ soparikara⟨ḥ⟩ sabhūtavātapratyāya⟨ḥ⟩
sadhānyahiraṇy¿a?⟨ā⟩deya⟨ḥ⟩ s{y}otpadyamānavi¿p?⟨ṣ⟩ṭ¿ī?⟨i⟩ka⟨ḥ⟩
sadaśāparādha⟨ḥ⟩ samastar¿a?⟨ā⟩jakīyānām ahasta⟨25⟩prakṣepaṇīyaḥ
bhūmicchidranyāyena balicaruvaiśvadevāgnihotrātithipañcamahāyājñikānāṁ
kr(i)yāṇāṁ samutsarppaṇārttham
āca⟨n⟩drārkā⟨26⟩rṇṇavasari⟨t⟩kṣitisthitisamakālīnaṁ
putrapautrānvayabhogya¿ṁ?⟨ḥ⟩ Udakātisarggeṇa brahmadeya¿ṁ?⟨ḥ⟩
nis¿ri?⟨r̥⟩ṣṭ¿i?⟨o⟩

yato syocitayā brahmadeyasthityā bh¿ū?⟨u⟩ṁ⟨27⟩jataḥ k¿ru?⟨r̥⟩ṣataḥ
karṣāpayataḥ pradiśataḥ pradiśāpayato vā na kaiści⟨t⟩ pratiṣedhe
varttitavyam āgāmibhadran¿ri?⟨r̥⟩patibhiś cāsmadvaṁśajair
a⟨28⟩nyadvaṁśajair vvānity¿a?⟨ā⟩ny aiśvaryy¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ
sāmānyaṁ{ñ} ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asma⟨d⟩dāyo
numantavya⟨ḥ⟩ paripālayitavya⟨29⟩ś ca yaś cainam ācchiṁdy¿a?⟨ā⟩d
ācchidyamānaṁ vānumodeta sa pañcabhir mm¿ā?⟨a⟩hāpātakaiḥ sopapātakaiḥ
saṁyukta⟨ḥ⟩ syād ity

uktaṁ{ñ} ca bhagavatā vedavy¿a?⟨ā⟩sena vy¿a?⟨ā⟩se⟨30⟩na ∥

1. Anuṣṭubh

ṣa¿p?⟨ṣ⟩ṭ¿ī?⟨i⟩varṣasahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmidaḥ
Ācchettā cā⟨nu⟩mantā ca tāny eva narake vas¿a?⟨e⟩⟨T⟩ ∥

2. Anuṣṭubh

pūrvvadattāṁ dvijātibhyo yajñād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira
mahīṁ⟨31⟩mahimatāṁ śreṣṭha dānāc ch¿y?⟨r⟩eyo nupālanaṁ ∥

3. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhi⟨ḥ⟩ sagarādibhi⟨ḥ⟩
yasya {y}yasya y¿ā?⟨a⟩dā bhūmi⟨s⟩ tasya tasya tadā phalam

iti⹀ ⟨32⟩ svahasto mama mahārājaśrīdharasenasya | likhitaṁ
sandhivigrahādhikaraṇādhik¿ri?⟨r̥⟩taskandabhaṭena | dū cirbbiraḥ saṁ 200
50 2 vaiśākha ba 10 5

## Bibliography

First edited by D. B. Diskalkar with estampages; no translation
(Diskalkar 1923). Re-edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the
basis of estampages and photographs of the original.

### Primary

[DBD] Diskalkar, D. B. 1923. “Bhādvā copper plates of Dharasena II of
[Gupta] Saṃvat 252.” ABORI 4, pp. 33–41.