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

Annette Schmiedchen

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00032

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00032.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-09-29 17:18
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## Summary

Grant of land (435 pādāvarta and a cistern) in favour of two Sāmavedins.

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## Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ ꩜ svasti valabh¿i?⟨ī⟩(taḥ) prasabhapraṇ¿ā?⟨a⟩tāmitrāṇā⟨ṁ⟩
maitrakāṇām
atu⟨la⟩balasapatnamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktasa⟨ṁ⟩prahāraśatalabdhapratāpaḥ
pra⟨2⟩tāpo⟨pa⟩natadānamānārjjavop¿a?⟨ā⟩rjjit¿a?⟨ā⟩nur¿a?⟨ā⟩g¿a?⟨o⟩
nuraktamaulabhr̥tamitraśreṇ¿i?⟨ī⟩balāv¿a?⟨ā⟩ptar¿a?⟨ā⟩jaśr¿i?⟨ī⟩ḥ
paramam¿a?⟨ā⟩heśvaraḥ śr¿i?⟨ī⟩senāpatibhaṭ¿a?⟨ā⟩rka⟨3⟩s tasya sutas
tatp¿a?⟨ā⟩darajoruṇāvanatapavitr¿i?⟨ī⟩kr̥taśirā⟨ḥ⟩
śirovanata{pa}śatrucūḍ¿a?⟨ā⟩maṇiprabhāvicchuritapādanakhapa⟨ṅ⟩ktid¿i?⟨ī⟩dhitir
d¿i?⟨ī⟩nān¿a?⟨ā⟩thakr̥⟨4⟩paṇajanopaj¿i?⟨ī⟩vyam¿a?⟨ā⟩navibhava⟨ḥ⟩
paramamāheśvaraḥ śr¿i?⟨ī⟩senāpatidharasenas tasy¿a?⟨ā⟩nuja¿t p?⟨s
t⟩a⟨t⟩p¿a?⟨ā⟩dap⟨r⟩aṇāmapraśastataravimalamaulimaṇi⟨5⟩r
mmanv¿a?⟨ā⟩dipraṇ¿i?⟨ī⟩tavidhividhānadharmmā dharmmarāja Iva
vihitavinayavyavasthāpa⟨d⟩dhatir
akhilabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogai⟨ka⟩sv¿a?⟨ā⟩minā para⟨6⟩masv¿a?⟨ā⟩minā svayam
upahitar¿a?⟨ā⟩jy¿a?⟨ā⟩bhi¿ś?⟨ṣ⟩ekamahāviśr¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇanāvapūtarājaśr¿i?⟨ī⟩ḥ
paramam¿a?⟨ā⟩heśvara⟨ḥ⟩ mahār¿o?⟨ā⟩jaśr¿i?⟨ī⟩droṇasiṁhaḥ siṁha Iva ⟨7⟩
tasy(ā)nujaḥ svabhujabalaparākrameṇa paragajaghaṭ¿a?⟨ā⟩n¿i?⟨ī⟩k¿a?⟨ā⟩nām
ekavijay¿i?⟨ī⟩ śaraṇ¡e!¿ś?⟨ṣ⟩iṇā⟨ṁ⟩ śaraṇam avabo⟨d⟩dh{y}ā
ś¿a?⟨ā⟩strārttha{ḥ}tatvā⟨8⟩nā⟨ṁ⟩ kalpatarur iva suh¿ri?⟨r̥⟩tpraṇayinā⟨ṁ⟩
yathābhila¿ś?⟨ṣ⟩itaphalopabhogadaḥ paramabhāgavataḥ
mahār¿a?⟨ā⟩jaśrīdhruvasenas tasyānuja{ḥ}⟨9⟩s
ta⟨c⟩caraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśe¿ś?⟨ṣ⟩akalma¿ś?⟨ṣ⟩aḥ
suviśu⟨d⟩dhasvacaritodakakṣālit¿ā?⟨a⟩sakalakalikalaṁkaḥ
prasabhani⟨r⟩jjitā⟨10⟩r¿a?⟨ā⟩tipakṣaprathitamahimā
param¿a?⟨ā⟩dityabhak⟨t⟩aḥ śr¿i?⟨ī⟩mahār¿a?⟨ā⟩jadharapaṭṭas tasyātmajas
tatpādasaparyyāvāptap¿ū?⟨u⟩uṇ⟨y⟩odayaḥ śaiśav¿a?⟨ā⟩t p⟨r⟩abhr̥(t)i
khaḍgadvi⟨11⟩t¿i?⟨ī⟩yab¿a?⟨ā⟩hur eva
samadaparagajaghaṭāsph¡au!ṭanaprakāśitasatvanika¿ś?⟨ṣ⟩as
tatprabhāvapraṇatār¿a?⟨ā⟩ticūḍ¿a?⟨ā⟩ratnaprabh¿a?⟨ā⟩saṁsaktasa(v)yapādanakharaśmi⟨12⟩saṁhati⟨ḥ⟩
sakalasmr̥tip⟨r⟩¿i?⟨a⟩ṇ¿i?⟨ī⟩tamārggasa{ṁ}myakparipālanapraj¿a?⟨ā⟩h¿ri?⟨r̥⟩dayara⟨ñ⟩janād
a¿d?⟨n⟩varttharājaśabdo
r¿u?⟨ū⟩⟨pa⟩kā⟨n⟩tisthairyyagāmbh¿i?⟨ī⟩ryyabu⟨d⟩dhisaṁpadbhi⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨13⟩
smaraśaśāṅk¿a?⟨ā⟩drir¿a?⟨ā⟩jodadhit¿r̥?⟨ri⟩daśagurudh¿e?⟨a⟩neśān
atiśayāna⟨ḥ⟩ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā
tr̥ṇavadapāstāśe¿s?⟨ṣ⟩asvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩
pr¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨14⟩rtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidva⟨t⟩suh¿ri?⟨r̥⟩tpraṇayih¿ri?⟨r̥⟩daya⟨ḥ⟩
p¿a?⟨ā⟩dac¿a?⟨ā⟩r¿i?⟨ī⟩va sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ
paramamā⟨15⟩heśvaraḥ śr¿i?⟨ī⟩mahārājaguhasenas tasya sutas
tatp¿a?⟨ā⟩danakhamay¿u?⟨ū⟩khasaṁt¿a?⟨ā⟩nani⟨r⟩(v)r̥⟨t⟩taj¿a?⟨ā⟩h(n)av¿i?⟨ī⟩jalaughavikṣālitāśe¿ś?⟨ṣ⟩aka⟨16⟩lma¿ś?⟨ṣ⟩a⟨ḥ⟩
praṇayiśatasahasropaj¿i?⟨ī⟩vyabhogasaṁpa(T) r¿u?⟨ū⟩palobh¿a?⟨ā⟩d
iv¿a?⟨ā⟩śritaḥ sarasam ābhig¿a?⟨ā⟩mikair gg¿a?⟨u⟩ṇai⟨ḥ⟩
sahajaśakti⟨17⟩śikṣāviśe¿ś?⟨ṣ⟩avism¿a?⟨ā⟩pitākhiladhanurdharaḥ
prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭ¿a?⟨ā⟩nām anupālayitā dharmma⟨18⟩dāyānām
apākartt¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨Page 2r⟩⟨19⟩prajopagh¿a?⟨ā⟩tak¿a?⟨ā⟩riṇām
upaplavān¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨ṁ⟩ darś¿i?⟨a⟩yitā śr¿i?⟨ī⟩sarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya
saṁ⟨ha⟩tār¿a?⟨ā⟩tipakṣala⟨20⟩kṣm¿i?⟨ī⟩parikṣobhadakṣavikrama⟨ḥ⟩
kramopasa⟨ṁ⟩pr¿a?⟨ā⟩ptavimalapārtthivaśr¿i?⟨ī⟩ḥ paramamāheśvaro{ḥ}
mahārājaśr¿i?⟨ī⟩dharasena⟨21⟩ẖ kuśal¿i?⟨ī⟩ sarvvān
evāyuktakadrāṅgika{ḥ}maha⟨t⟩tarac¿a?⟨ā⟩ṭabhaṭadhruvādhikaraṇikadaṇḍap¿a?⟨ā⟩śikacoro⟨d⟩dharaṇikaśau⟨22⟩lkikavartmap¿a?⟨ā⟩lapratisarakarājasthān¿i?⟨ī⟩yakumārāmāty¿a?⟨ā⟩d¿i?⟨ī⟩n
anyā⟨ṁ⟩(ś) ⟨c⟩a yath¿a?⟨ā⟩bhisa⟨ṁ⟩badhyamānakā⟨n⟩ samājñāpayat⟨y⟩

astu vas saṁ⟨23⟩viditaṁ yathā mayā m¿a?⟨ā⟩tāpitroḥ
p¿u?⟨ū⟩ṇyāpy¿a?⟨ā⟩yanāyātmanaś
caihikāmu¿ś?⟨ṣ⟩mikayathābhilabhila¿ś?⟨ṣ⟩itaphalāvāptaye ⹀ Āryyadāsagrāme
dakṣi⟨24⟩ṇapūrvvas¿i?⟨ī⟩mni p¿a?⟨ā⟩dāvarttaśatadvayaḥ vāp¿i?⟨ī⟩ ca ⹀
jotipadrakagr¿a?⟨ā⟩me U⟨t⟩tarapūrvvas¿i?⟨ī⟩mni
kṣetrapādāvarttaśatadvayaḥ viṅśo⟨t⟩ta⟨25⟩raḥ leśuṭṭakagrāme
khaṭṭakhaṭṭāvatthitapādāvarttāḫ pañcātri⟨ṁ⟩śaḥ Eta⟨t⟩ sodraṅgaṁ
soparikaraṁ savātabh¿u?⟨ū⟩tadhān⟨y⟩ahiraṇyā⟨26⟩deya¿ḥ?⟨ṁ⟩
sotpadyamānaviṣṭika¿ḥ?⟨ṁ⟩ samastarājak¿i?⟨ī⟩yānām
ahastaprakṣepaṇ¿i?⟨ī⟩yaṁ bh¿u?⟨ū⟩micchi{n}dran⟨y⟩yāyena ⹀
śāṇḍilya⟨27⟩sagotraccha⟨n⟩dogakauthumasabrahmacāribrāhmaṇadūśāya tathā
brāhmaṇaṣaṣṭhaye ∥
balicaruvaiśvadevāgnihotrā⟨28⟩tithipa⟨ñ⟩camahāy¿a?⟨ā⟩jñikānā⟨ṁ⟩
kriyāṇā⟨ṁ⟩ samutsarppaṇārttham
āca{ṁ}ndrārkkārṇṇavasaritkṣitisamakāl¿i?⟨ī⟩na⟨ṁ⟩
p¿ū?⟨u⟩trap¡o!trānva⟨29⟩yabhogya⟨M⟩ Udakasargg¿a?⟨e⟩ṇa brahmadeya⟨ṁ⟩
nis¿ri?⟨r̥⟩ṣṭa⟨ṁ⟩

yato{ḥ} s⟨y⟩ocit¿ā?⟨a⟩yā brahmadeyasthityā bhu⟨ñ⟩jataḥ kr̥¿ś?⟨ṣ⟩ataḥ
kar¿ś?⟨ṣ⟩ayataḥ ⟨30⟩ pradiśat{y}o v¿a?⟨ā⟩ na kaiścit prati¿p?⟨ṣ⟩edh(e)
varttitavyam ¿a?⟨ā⟩gāmibhadranr̥pa{ṁ}tibhiś cāsmadva⟨ṁ⟩śajair anityāny
aiśvaryyāṇ⟨y⟩ asthira⟨ṁ⟩ mānu¿ś?⟨ṣ⟩ya⟨ṁ⟩ s(ā)m(ā)nya⟨ṁ⟩ ca ⟨31⟩
bh¿u?⟨ū⟩mid(ā)naphalam avaga¿dh?⟨cc⟩adbhir ayam asma⟨d⟩dāyo
numa¿t?⟨n⟩tavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś ¿ch?⟨c⟩a ya(ś) cainam ācchi⟨n⟩dyād
ācchi⟨dya⟩⟨32⟩māna⟨ṁ⟩ vānumodeta sa paṁcabhir mmahāpātakaiḥ sopapātakaiḥ
saṁyukta⟨ḥ⟩ syād it⟨y⟩

ukta⟨ṁ⟩ ca bhagavatā vedavyāsena vyās{y}ena |

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨33⟩ ¿ś?⟨ṣ⟩aṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi | svargg(e) tiṣ¿ṭ?⟨ṭh⟩ati bh¿u?⟨ū⟩midaḥ
Ācch{y}e⟨t⟩tā cānum¿ā?⟨a⟩⟨n⟩tā ca tā{ṁ}n⟨y⟩ eva narake vaset{a}

2. Anuṣṭubh

pūrvvada⟨t⟩tā⟨ṁ⟩ dvij¿a?⟨ā⟩ti(bh)yo ⟨34⟩ yatn¿a?⟨ā⟩d rakṣa
y¿ū?⟨u⟩dhiṣṭira
mah¿i?⟨ī⟩⟨ṁ⟩ mahimatā⟨ṁ⟩ śreṣṭha dānāc chreyo nupālanaM

3. Indravajrā

yān¿i?⟨ī⟩h¿i?⟨a⟩ dāridrabhayā⟨n⟩ narendrair ddhanāni
dha⟨35⟩rmm(ā)yatan¿i?⟨ī⟩kr̥tāni
nirmmālyavā⟨n⟩tapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhu⟨ḥ⟩ punar ādad¿i?⟨ī⟩ta

likhitas sa¿d?⟨n⟩dhivigrahā⟨36⟩dhikr̥taskandabhaṭena ⹀ svahasto mama
mahārājaśr¿i?⟨ī⟩dharasenasya ∥ d¿u?⟨ū⟩ ⹀ cibbira⟨ḥ⟩ saṁ 200 50 2
vaiś¿a?⟨ā⟩kha ba 10 5

## Bibliography

First edited by Johann Georg Bühler with estampages; no translation
(Bühler 1878, № 10). Re-edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the
basis of photographs of the original.

### Primary

[JGB] Bühler, Johann Georg. 1878. “Additional Valabhî grants: Nos.
IX-XIV.” IA 7, pp. 66–86.