# Mota Machiala plates of Dharasena II, [Valabhī] year 252, Vaiśākha ba. 15 Annette Schmiedchen Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00035 Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy) File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00035.xml Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-09-29 17:14 (19fb129) ## Summary Grant of land (300 pādāvarta and one more field as well as two cisterns surrounded by altogether 52 pādāvarta) in favour of a Yajurvedin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti vala(bhītaḥ) prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasapatnamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktasaṁprahāraśatalabdhapratāpaḥ pratāpopanata⟨2⟩dānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgo nuraktamaulabhr̥tamitraśreṇ¿i?⟨ī⟩balāvāptarājaśr¿i?⟨ī⟩ḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatibhaṭārkkas tasya sutas ta⟨3⟩tpādarajoruṇāvanatapavitrīkr̥taśirā(ḥ) śirovanataśatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhāvicchuritapādana(kha)pa(ṁ)ktidīdhi(ti)r ddīnānāthak(r̥)paṇajanopajīvyamā(na)navibha⟨4⟩vaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatidharasenas tasyānujas tatpādābhi¿s?⟨p⟩raṇāmapraśastataravimalamaulimaṇir mmanvādipraṇ¿i?⟨ī⟩tavidhividhānadharmmā dharmmarāja Iva ⟨5⟩ vihitavinayavyavasthāpa⟨d⟩dhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogaikasvāminā paramasvām¿ī?⟨i⟩nā svayam upahitarājyābhiṣekamahāviśrāṇanāvapūtarājyaśr¿i?⟨ī⟩ḥ paramamā⟨6⟩(he)śvaraḥ śrīmahārā(jadro)ṇasiṁhaḥ siṁha Iva tasyānuja⟨ḥ⟩ svabhujabalaparākrameṇa paragajaghaṭān¿i?⟨ī⟩kānām ekavijayī śaraṇaiṣiṇāṁ śaraṇam avaboddhā śāstrā⟨7⟩rtthatatvānāṁ kalpa(tarur i)va suhr̥tpraṇayinā(ṁ) yath(ā)bhila¿ś?⟨ṣ⟩itakāmaphalopabhogada⟨ḥ⟩ paramabhāgavato mahārājaśrīdhruvasenas tasyānujas taccaraṇāravindapra⟨8⟩ṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ suviśu⟨d⟩dhasva(car)i(t)odakakṣālitasakalakalikalaṅka⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhanirj(j)itārātipakṣamahim¿a?⟨ā⟩ paramādityabhaktaḥ śrīma⟨9⟩hārājadharapaṭṭas tasyānujas tatpādasaparyyāvāptapuṇyodaya⟨ḥ⟩ ś¿au?⟨ai⟩śavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvit¿i?⟨ī⟩yabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśi⟨10⟩(ta)satvanikaṣaḥ tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktasavyapādanakharaśmisaṁhati⟨ḥ⟩ sakalasm¿i?⟨r̥⟩tipraṇ¿i?⟨ī⟩tamārggasamyakparipālanapra⟨11⟩jāhr̥dayara(ṁ)janād anvarttharājaśabdo r¿u?⟨ū⟩pakāntisthai⟨ryya⟩gāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhi(ḥ) smaraśaśā⟨ṅkā⟩drirājodadhitr¿a?⟨i⟩daśagurudhaneśān atiśayāna⟨ḥ⟩ śaraṇā⟨ga⟩⟨12⟩tābhayapradānaparatayā t(r̥)ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphalaḥ pādacār¿i?⟨ī⟩va sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaro mahā⟨13⟩rājaśr¿i?⟨ī⟩guhasenaḥ tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayū(kha)santānani⟨r⟩vr̥⟨t⟩tajāhnav¿i?⟨ī⟩jalaughavikṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropa⟨14⟩jīvyabhogasaṁpaT r¿u?⟨ū⟩palobhād ivāś¿(r̥)?⟨ri⟩ta⟨ḥ⟩ sarasam ābhigāmikair gguṇai⟨ḥ⟩ sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisa(ma)tisr̥ṣṭā⟨15⟩nām anupālayitā dharmmyadāyānām apākar¿k?⟨t⟩tā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śr¿i?⟨ī⟩sarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṁhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparikṣo⟨16⟩bhadakṣavikramaḥ kramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheś⟨v⟩araḥ mahārājaśrīdharasenaẖ kuśal¿i?⟨ī⟩ sarvvān evāyuktakaviniyuktakadrāṅgika⟨Page 2r⟩⟨17⟩mahattaracāṭabhaṭadhruvādhikaraṇikaśaulkikavart¿t?⟨m⟩apālaprātisārakarājasthānīyakumārāmātyād¿i?⟨ī⟩n anyāṁś ca yathābhisaṁbaddhyamānakān samā⟨18⟩jñāpayaty astu va⟨ḥ⟩ saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitro{ḥ}ḫ puṇyāpyāyanāyātmanaś caihikāmuṣmikayathābhilaṣitaphalāvāptaye bhaṭṭivaṭa⟨19⟩grāme uttaras¿i?⟨ī⟩mni pādāvarttaśatadvayaṁ pūrvvasīmni dvāt¿r̥?⟨ri⟩ṅśat{i}pādāvarttaparisarā vapī tathā śa(v)inipadrakagrāme dakṣiṇas¿i?⟨ī⟩mni vi(ṅśa)tipā(dā)⟨20⟩varttaparisarā vāpī tathā bahudhanakagrāme Uttaras(ī)mni (p)erakapratyayā s¿i?⟨ī⟩tā | tathā bhabbālapaṭake A¿v?⟨p⟩varasīmni pādāvarttaśataṁ ∥ Etaṁ sodraṅga⟨21⟩¿s?⟨ṁ⟩ soparikaraṁ savātabhūtadhānyahiraṇyādeyaṁ sotpadyamān(a)viṣṭik¿i?⟨a⟩⟨ṁ⟩ samastarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣe⟨pa⟩ṇ¿a?⟨ī⟩yaṁ bhūmicchidranyāyetvā mai⟨22⟩trāyaṇ¿i?⟨ī⟩yavārāhakalāmakāyanasagotrabrāhmaṇarudrāya balicaruvaiśvadevāgnihotrātithipañcamahāyājñikānā⟨ṁ⟩ k¿r̥?⟨ri⟩yāṇāṁ samu⟨23⟩tsarpaṇārttham ācandrārkārṇṇavasaritkṣitisthitisamakālīnaṁ putrap¡o!t¿v?⟨r⟩ānvayabhogyaṁ Udakasarggeṇa brahmadeyaṁ nisr̥ṣṭaṁ yato syocitayā bra⟨24⟩hmadeyasthity(ā bhuṁ)jataḥ kr̥¿ś?⟨ṣ⟩ataḥ (k)a{ri}r¿ś?⟨ṣ⟩ayataḥ pradiśato vā na kaiścit pratiṣedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranr̥patibhiś cāsmad(v)aṅśa⟨25⟩jair anityān(y) aiśva(ryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānu)ṣya(ṁ sāmā)n(yaṁ) ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asma⟨d⟩d¿a?⟨ā⟩y¿au?⟨o⟩ numa¿t?⟨n⟩tavyaḥ paripālayitavya⟨26⟩ś ca yaś cainam ā(cchiṁdyād ācchidya)mānaṁ vānumodeta sa paṁcabhir mmahāpātakais sopapātakai⟨ḥ⟩ saṁyukta⟨ḥ⟩ syād ity uktaṁ ca bha(gavatā) vedavyāse⟨27⟩na vyāsena ⹀ 1. Anuṣṭubh ¿ś?⟨ṣ⟩aṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi svargge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ ¿A?⟨Ā⟩cchettā cānumantā ca tān⟨y⟩ eva narake vaseT ⹀ 2. Anuṣṭubh pūrvva¿t?⟨d⟩tattāṁ ⟨28⟩ dvijātibhyo yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira | mah¿i?⟨ī⟩⟨ṁ⟩ mahimatāṁ śreṣṭha dānāc chreyo nupālanaṁ 3. Anuṣṭubh bahubhi⟨29⟩r vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhi⟨ḥ⟩ sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmi(s ta)sya tasya tadā pha⟨30⟩lam iti ∥ likhitaṁ sandhivi{r}grahādhikr̥taskandabhaṭena ∥ dū (⹀) ccibbiraḥ ∥ saṁ 200 50 2 vaiśākha ba 10 5⟨31⟩(sva)hasto mama mahā(rāja)śrīdharasenasya ∥ ⹀ ## Bibliography First edited by A. S. Gadre with estampages; no translation (Gadre 1955–1956, № B). Re-edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of estampages. ### Primary [ASG] Gadre, A. S. 1955–1956. “Two Valabhi grants from Mota Machiala.” EI 31, pp. 299–304. Item B.