# Dhandhuka plates of Dharasena II, [Valabhī] year 252, Vaiśākha ba. 15 Annette Schmiedchen Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00033 Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy) File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00033.xml Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-10-01 12:47 (e5b72fb) ## Summary Grant of land (240 pādāvarta) in favour of two R̥gvedins. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti valabh¿i?⟨ī⟩taḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasapatnamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktasaṁprahāraśatala⟨2⟩bdhapratāpaḥ {pratāpaḥ} pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgo nuraktamaulabhr̥tamitraśreṇībalāvāptarājya⟨3⟩śr¿i?⟨ī⟩ḥ paramam¿a?⟨ā⟩heśvaraḥ śr¿i?⟨ī⟩senāpatibhaṭārkkas tasya sutas tatpādarajoruṇāvanatapavitr¿i?⟨ī⟩kr̥taśirāḥ śirovanata⟨4⟩śatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhāvicchuritapādanakhapaṁktid¿i?⟨ī⟩dhitir dd¿i?⟨ī⟩nānāthakr̥paṇajanopaj¿i?⟨ī⟩vyamānavibhavaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ ⟨5⟩ śr¿i?⟨ī⟩senāpatidharasenas tasy¿a?⟨ā⟩nujas tatpādābhipraṇāmapraśastataravimalamauli⟨r⟩ manvādipraṇ¿i?⟨ī⟩tavidhividhānadharmmā ⟨6⟩ dharmmarāja Iva vihitavinayavyavasthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogaikasvāminā paramasvāminā svaya⟨7⟩m upahitarājyābhiṣekaḥ mahāviśrāṇanāvapūtarājaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīmahārājadroṇasiṁhaḥ siṁha Iva ⟨8⟩ tasyānujaḥ svabhujabalaparākrameṇa paragajaghaṭānīkānām ekavijay¿i?⟨ī⟩ śaraṇaiṣiṇāṁ śaraṇam avaboddhā ⟨9⟩ śāstrārtthatattvānāṁ kalpatarur iva suhr̥tpraṇayināṁ yathābhilaṣitaphalopabhogadaḥ paramabhāgavataḥ śrīmahārāja⟨10⟩dhruvasenas tasyānujas taccaraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ suviśuddhasvacaritodakakṣālitaskala⟨11⟩kalikalaṁkaḥ prasabhanirjjitārātipakṣaprathitamahim¿i?⟨ā⟩ paramāditya¿t?⟨bh⟩akta(ḥ) śrīmahārājadharapaṭṭaḥ tasyātmajas tatpādasaparyyāvāpta⟨12⟩puṇyodayaḥ śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvit¿i?⟨ī⟩yabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣaḥ tatprabhāvapraṇatārāti⟨13⟩cūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktasa¿kh?⟨v⟩yap¿a?⟨ā⟩danakharaśmisaṁhati(ḥ) sakalasmr̥tipraṇ¿i?⟨ī⟩tamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhr̥dayaraṁjanād anva⟨14⟩rttharājaśabdo r¿u?⟨ū⟩pakāntisthairyyadhairyyagāmbh¿i?⟨ī⟩ryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaḥ ⟨15⟩ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tr̥ṇavadapāstāśe¿p?⟨ṣ⟩asvakāryyaphalaḥ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānandita⟨16⟩vidvatsuhr̥tpraṇayihr̥daya(ḥ) pādacār¿i?⟨ī⟩va sak¿ā?⟨ā⟩labhuvanamahābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śr¿i?⟨ī⟩mahār¿a?⟨ā⟩ja⟨17⟩guhasenaḥ tasya suta(ḥ) tatpādanakhamayūkhasant¿a?⟨ā⟩nanirvr̥ttajāhnav¿i?⟨ī⟩jalaughavikṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ ⟨18⟩ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyabhogasaṁpaT r¿u?⟨ū⟩palobhād ivāś¿r̥?⟨ri⟩taḥ sarasam ābhigāmikair gguṇaiḥ ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨19⟩ sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭ¿a?⟨ā⟩nām anupālayitā dha⟨r⟩mm{y}adā⟨20⟩yānām apākartt¿a?⟨ā⟩ prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śr¿i?⟨ī⟩sarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṁhatārāti⟨21⟩pakṣalakṣm¿i?⟨ī⟩parikṣobhadakṣavikramaḥ kramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśr¿i?⟨ī⟩ḥ paramamāheśvaro mahārājaśrīdharasenaẖ kuśal¿i?⟨ī⟩⟨22⟩sarvvān evāyuktakaviniyuktakadrāṅgikamahattaracāṭabhaṭaśaulkik{acāṭabhaṭ}ād¿a?⟨ī⟩n anyāṁś ca yathābhisaṁbaddhyamānakā⟨23⟩n samājñāpayaty astu vaḥ saṁviditaṁ ⟨yathā⟩ mayā mātāpitroḥ puṇyāpyāyanāyātmanaś caihikāmuṣmikayathābhilaṣitaphalāvāptaye maṭasara⟨24⟩si dakṣiṇas¿i?⟨ī⟩mni pādāvarttā⟨ḥ⟩ {p}pa⟨ñ⟩cāśaT tathā vīraputre uttaras¿i?⟨ī⟩mni pādāvarttā⟨ḥ⟩ ṣaṣṭi⟨r⟩ bahvr̥cakairādisagotrabrāhmaṇa¿l?⟨r⟩udra⟨s⟩ tasyedaṁ pr̥tha⟨25⟩putra ¿I?⟨Ī⟩śvaradevasenake Aparas¿i?⟨ī⟩mni pādāvarttā⟨ḥ⟩ pañcāśaT ⹀ bahvr̥ca{tathā}traivālaṁbāyanasagotradasilāya pādāvarttā Aś¿i?⟨ī⟩ti⟨r⟩ eta⟨T⟩ ⟨26⟩ sodraṅga⟨ṁ⟩ soparikara⟨ṁ⟩ savātabhūtadhānyahiraṇyādeyaṁ sotpadyamānaviṣṭikaṁ samastarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣe⟨27⟩paṇ¿i?⟨ī⟩yaṁ bhūmicchidranyāyenaiṣām eva ca balicaruvaiśvadevāgnihotrātithipaṁcamahāyājñikānāṁ kriyāṇāṁ samutsa⟨28⟩rppaṇārttham ācandrārkkārṇṇavasaritkṣitisthitisamakāl¿i?⟨ī⟩naṁ putrapautrānvayabhogyaṁ Udakasarggeṇa brahmadeyaṁ nisr̥ṣṭaṁ ⟨29⟩ yato s⟨y⟩ocitayā brahmadeyasthityā bhuṁjatāṁ kr̥ṣat¿a?⟨ā⟩ṁ karṣayatāṁ pradiśatāṁ vā na kenacit pratiṣedhe varttitavyam ā⟨30⟩gāmibhadranr̥patibhiś cāsmadvaṁśajair anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ m¿a?⟨ā⟩nuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhiḥ ⟨31⟩ Ayam asmaddāyo numa¿t?⟨n⟩tavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś ca yaś ¿y?⟨c⟩ainam ācchiṁdyād ācchidyamānaṁ vānumodeta sa paṁ⟨32⟩cabhir mmahāpātakaiḥ sopapātakaiḥ saṁyukta(ḥ) syād ity uktaṁ ca bhagavatā vedavyāsena vyāsena ⹀ 1. Anuṣṭubh ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasaha⟨33⟩srāṇi | svargge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ ¿A?⟨Ā⟩cchettā cānuma¿t?⟨n⟩tā ca tāny ¿a?⟨e⟩va narake vaseT ∥ 2. Anuṣṭubh pūrvvadattāṁ dvij¿a?⟨ā⟩tibhyo yatnā⟨34⟩d rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira | mah¿i?⟨ī⟩ṁ mahimatāṁ śreṣṭha dānāc chreyo nupālana(M) ∥ 3. Anuṣṭubh bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā | rājabhi⟨ḥ⟩ sagarādibhiḥ ⟨35⟩ yasya yasya yadā bhūmiḥ tasya tasya tadā phalam iti ∥ likhitaṁ sandhivigrahādhikr̥taskandabhaṭena ∥ saṁ 200 50 2 ⟨36⟩ svahasto mama mahārājaśrīdharasenasya dū cirbbiraḥ vaiśākha ba 10 5 ## Bibliography First edited in a faulty way by William Henry Wathen, with eye-copy facsimiles and faulty translation (Wathen 1835, № 1). Later properly edited by John Faithfull Fleet, with estampages and translation (Fleet 1879). Re-edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of photographs of the original. ### Primary [WHW] Wathen, William Henry. 1835. “Account of the inscriptions upon two sets of copper plates, found in the western part of Gujerat.” JASB 4, pp. 477–487. Item 1. [JFF] Fleet, John Faithfull. 1879. “Sanskrit and Old Canarese inscriptions, no. LX.” IA 8, pp. 301–305.