# Mali[y]a plates of Dharasena II, [Valabhī] year 252, Vaiśākha ba. 15 Annette Schmiedchen Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00031 Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy) File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00031.xml Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-09-29 17:20 (bab41ba) ## Summary Grant of land (535 pādāvarta and a cistern surrounded by 28 pādāvarta) in favour of a Yajurvedin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ ꩜ svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasapatnamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktasaṁprahāraśatalabdhapratāpaḥ ⟨2⟩ pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgānuraktamaulabhr̥tamitraśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpati⟨3⟩bhaṭārkkaḥ tasya sutas tatpādarajoruṇāvanatapavitrīkr̥taśirāḥ śirovanataśatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhāvicchuritapādanakhapaṅktidīdhitir ddī⟨4⟩nānāthakr̥paṇajanopajīvyamānavibhavaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatidharasenas tasyānujas tatpādapraṇāmapraśastataravimala⟨5⟩maṇir mmanvādipraṇītavidhividhānadharmmā dharmmarāja Iva vihitavinayavyavasthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogaikasvāminā paramasvāminā ⟨6⟩ svayam upahitarājyābhiṣekaḥ mahāviśrāṇanāvapūtarājyaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaro mahārājadroṇasiṁhaḥ si⟨ṁ⟩ha Iva tasyānujaḥ svabhuja⟨7⟩balaparākrameṇa paragajaghaṭānīkānām ekavijayī śaraṇaiṣiṇāṁ śaraṇam ava¿v?⟨b⟩o¿b?⟨d⟩dhā śāstrārthatatvānāṁ kalpatarur iva suhr̥tpra⟨8⟩ṇayināṁ yathābhilaṣitakāmaphalopabhogadaḥ paramabhāgavataḥ śrīmahārājadhruvasenas tasyānujas taccaraṇāravindapraṇatipra⟨9⟩vidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ suviśuddha¿vy?⟨sv⟩acaritodakakṣālitasakalakalikalaṅkaḥ prasabhanirjjitārātipakṣaprathitamahimā ⟨10⟩ paramādityabhaktaḥ śrīmahārājadharapaṭṭas tasyātmajas tatpādasaparyyāvāptapuṇyodaya⟨ḥ⟩ śaiśavāt pra¿v?⟨bh⟩r̥ti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur e⟨11⟩va samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣaḥ tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktasa¿kh?⟨vy⟩apā⟨12⟩danakharaśmisaṁhati⟨ḥ⟩ sakalasmr̥tipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhr̥dayarañjanād anvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyya⟨13⟩(g)āmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkā{r}drirājodadhitridaśagurudhane⟨śā⟩n atiśayān¿ā?⟨o⟩ bhayapradānaparatayā tr̥ṇava⟨14⟩dapāst¿a?⟨ā⟩śeṣasvakāryyaphalaḥ pāda{ṁ}cārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamā(h)eśvaraḥ śrīmahārā⟨15⟩jaguhasenaḥ tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasaṁtānanirvr̥ttajāhnavījal¡o!ghavikṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśata⟨16⟩sahasropajīvyabhogasaṁpaT rūpalobhād ivāś¿r̥?⟨ri⟩tas sarasam ābhigāmikair guṇai⟨ḥ⟩ sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismā⟨17⟩pitākhiladhanurddharaḥ pra(th)amanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmyadāyānām apākarttā ⟨18⟩ prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṁhatārāti⟨Page 2r⟩⟨19⟩pakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramaḥ kramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ mahārāja⟨20⟩śrīdharasenaḥ kuśalī sarvvān evāyuktakaviniyuktakadrāṅgikamahattaracāṭabhaṭadhruvādhikaraṇikadāṇḍapāśika⟨21⟩rājasthānīyakumārāmātyādīn anyāṁś ca ca yathābhisaṁbaddhyamānakāN samājñāpayaty astu vaḥ saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātā⟨22⟩pitroḥ puṇyāpyāyanāyātmanaś caihikāmuṣmikayathābhilaṣitaphalāvāptaye antaratrāyāṁ śivakapadrake vīrasena⟨23⟩dantikapratyayapādāvarttaśata(ṁ) etasmād aparataḥ pādāvarttāḫ pañcadaśa tathā Aparasīmni skambhasenapratyaya(pādāvarttaśataṁ viṁśādhikaṁ) ⟨24⟩ pūrvvasīmni pādāvarttā daśa ḍombhigrāme pūrvvasīmni varddhakipratyayapādāvarttā navati⟨ḥ⟩ vajragrāme parasīmni grāmaśikharapādāvarttaśataṁ ⟨25⟩ (ś)ī(g)idinnamahattarapratyayā Aṣṭāviṅśatipādāvarttaparisarā vāpī | bhumbhusapadrake kuṭum¿v?⟨b⟩iboṭakapratyay¿ā?⟨a⟩pādāvarttaśataṁ ⟨26⟩ vāpī ca | Etat sodraṅgaṁ soparikaraṁ savātabhūtadhānyahiraṇyādeyaṁ sotpadyamānaviṣṭ¿ī?⟨i⟩kaṁ samastarājakīyānām a⟨27⟩(h)astaprakṣepaṇīyaṁ bhūmicchidranyāyena unnatanivāsivājasaney¿ī?⟨a⟩kaṇvavatsasagotrabrāhmaṇarudrabhūtaye balicaruvaiśva⟨28⟩devāgnihotrātithipaṁcamahāyājñikānāṁ kriyāṇāṁ samutsarppaṇārttham ācandrārkkārṇṇavasaritkṣitisthitisamakālīnaṁ putrapau⟨29⟩trānvayabhogyaṁ udakasarggeṇa nisr̥ṣṭaṁ yato syocitayā brahmadeyasthityā bhuṁjataḥ kr̥ṣata(ḥ) karṣayataḥ pradiśato vā ⟨30⟩ na kaiścit pratiṣedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranr̥patibhiś cāsmadvaṁśajair anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmi⟨31⟩dānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś ca yaś cainam ācchiṁdyād ācchidyamānaṁ vānu⟨32⟩modeta sa paṁcabhir mmahāpātakai¿∥?⟨ḥ⟩ sopapātakai¿∥?⟨ḥ⟩ sa⟨ṁ⟩yuktas syād ity uktaṁ ca bhagavatā vedavyāsena vyāsena ∥ 1. Anuṣṭubh ⟨33⟩ ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi svargge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca | tāny eva narake vaseT ∥ 2. Anuṣṭubh pūrvvadattāṁ ⟨34⟩ dvijātibhyo yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira ∥ mahī⟨ṁ⟩ mahimatāṁ śreṣṭha ∥ dānāc chreyo nupālanam ∥ 3. Anuṣṭubh bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā ⟨35⟩ rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ ∥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmiḥ tasya tasya tadā phalam iti ⹀ likhitaṁ sandhivigrahikaskandabhaṭena ∥ ⟨36⟩ svahasto mama mahārājaśrīdharasenasya ∥ dū cirbbira⟨ḥ⟩ ∥ saṁ 200 50 2 vaiśākha ba 10 5 ## Bibliography First edited by John Faithfull Fleet; neither estampages nor translation (Fleet 1884). Again edited by Fleet, this time with estampages and translation (Fleet 1888). Re-edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of estampages and photographs of the original. ### Primary [JFF1884] Fleet, John Faithfull. 1884. “Sanskrit and Old Canarese inscriptions, no. CXLV.” IA 13, pp. 160–162. [JFF1888] Fleet, John Faithfull. 1888. “Maliya copper-plate inscription of the Maharaja Dharasena II: the year 252.” In: Inscriptions of the early Gupta kings and their successors. First Edition. Vol. 3. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum. Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing, pp. 164–171.