# Valabhipur plates of Dharasena II, [Valabhī] year 269, Caitra ba. 2 Annette Schmiedchen Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00038 Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy) File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00038.xml Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-10-29 13:41 (03e5e8e) ## Summary Grant of two villages in favour of a Buddhist monastery. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti vijayaskandhāvārā(T) bhadropātta[2×]vāsa(kāT) prasa(bhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇā)m atulabalasapa(t)namaṇḍa(lā)bhogasaṁsaktasaṁprahāraśatalabdha(pratāpaḥ pratā)⟨2⟩(popapata)dānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgānu(raktamaula)bhr̥ta(mitra)śreṇībalāvāptarājyaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatibhaṭārkas tasya suta(s tatpā)darajo(ru)ṇ¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨3⟩natapavitrīkr̥taśirāḥ śirovanataśatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhāvicchuritapādanakhapaṅktidīdhitiḥ dīnānāthakr̥paṇajanopajīvyamānavibhavaḥ paramamā⟨4⟩heśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatidharasenaḥ tasyānuja(s) tatpādapraṇāmapraśastataravimalamaṇir mmanvādipraṇītavidhividhānadharmmā dharmmarāja Iva vinayavihita⟨5⟩vyavasthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogaikasvāminā paramasvāminā svayam upahitarājyābhiṣekamahāviśrāṇanāvapūtarājyaśrīḥ paramamāhe⟨6⟩śvaraḥ mahārājaśrīdroṇasiṅghaḥ siṅgha Iva tasyānujas svabhujabalaparākrameṇa paragajaghaṭānīkānām ekavijayī śaraṇaiṣiṇāṁ śaraṇam avaboddhā ⟨7⟩ śāstrārtthatatvānāṁ kalpatarur iva suhr̥tpraṇayināṁ yathābhilaṣitakāmaphalabhogadaḥ paramabhāgavataḥ mahārājaśrīdhruvasenas tasyānujaḥ ⟨8⟩ taccaraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ suviśuddhas svacaritodakaprakṣālitāśeṣakalikalaṅkaḥ prasabhanirjjitārātiḥ pra[2×]⟨9⟩[3×] (pa)ramādityabhaktaḥ śrīmahārājadharapaṭṭaḥ tasya sutas tatpādasaparyyāvāptapuṇyodayaś śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva sama⟨10⟩(dapara)gajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣas tatpratāpapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktasavyapādanakhapaṅktidīdhitiḥ sakalasmr̥ti⟨11⟩praṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhr̥dayaraṁjanā⟨d a⟩nvarttharājaśabdaḥ rūpakāntisthairyyadhairyyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśaguru⟨12⟩dhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhaya(pradāna)paratayā tr̥ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphalaḥ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānaṁditavidvatsuhr̥(tpraṇa)⟨13⟩yihr̥dayaḥ pādacārīva (sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ) paramamāheśvaraḥ mahārājaśrīguhasenaḥ tasya sutas tatpādanakha(mayūkhasaṁtāna)⟨14⟩(visr̥ta)jā(hn)avījalaughapra(kṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇa)yiśatasahasropajīvyamānabhogasaṁpad rūpalobhād ivāśritas sarasam ābhigāmikair guṇaiḥ ⟨15⟩ sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭānām anupālayitā (dha)rmmadāyānām apākarttā prajo⟨16⟩paghātakāriṇām upa(plavā)nāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṁhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramaḥ vikramopasaṁprā⟨Page 2r⟩⟨17⟩ptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ (paramamāhśvaro mahā)sāmantamahārājaśrīdharasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva svān āyuktakadrāṅgikamahattaracāṭa(bhaṭa)[3×]⟨18⟩dhruvādhik¿ā?⟨a⟩raṇikaviṣaya(patirājasthānīyopa)rikakumārāmātyahastyaśvarohādīn anyāṁś ca yathāsaṁbadhyamānakān samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁvi⟨19⟩ditaṁ yathā mayā mātā(pitroḥ puṇyāpyāyanāyā)tmanaś caihikāmuṣmikayathābhilaṣitaphalāvāptaye valabhyāṁ Ācāryyabhadantasthiramatikāritaśrībappapādīya⟨20⟩vihāre bhagavatāṁ buddhānāṁ (puṣpadhūpagandhadīpa)tailādikriyotsarppaṇārtthaṁ nānādigabhyāgatāryyabhikṣusaṅghasya ca cīvarapiṇḍapātaglānabhaiṣajādyartthaṁ vihārasya ca kha⟨21⟩ṇḍasphuṭitaviśīrṇṇapratisaṁskāraṇārtthaṁ hastavaprāharaṇyāṁ maheśvaradāsenakagrām¿a?⟨o⟩a dhārākheṭasthalyāṁ ca devabhadripallikāgrāmau sod¿r̥?⟨ra⟩ṅgau soparikarau savā⟨22⟩tabhūtapratyāyasadhānyabhāgabhogah¿a?⟨i⟩raṇyādeyau sotpadyamānaviṣṭik{ar}au sadaśāparādhau samastarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyau bhūmicchidranyā(yena) ⟨23⟩ Ācandrārkārṇṇavasaritkṣitisthitiparvatasamakālīnau udakātisarggeṇa devadāyau nisr̥ṣṭau yata Ucitayā devavihārasthityā bhuṁjataḥ kr̥ṣa(taḥ) ⟨24⟩ karṣayataḥ pratidiśato vā na kaiścit vyāghāte varttitavyau Āgāmibhadranr̥patibhir asmadvaṁśajair anyair vānityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthir¿ā?⟨a⟩ṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca (bhūmi)⟨25⟩(dānaphala)m avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś ca yaś cainam ācchindyād ācchidyam¿a?⟨ā⟩n¿ā?⟨a⟩ṁ vānumodeta sa pañcabhir mmahāpā(takaiḥ) ⟨26⟩ {s}s sopapātakais saṁyuktaḥ syāT Ity uktaṁ ca bhagavatā vedavyāsena vyāsena ∥ 1. Anuṣṭubh ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmidaḥ | Ācchettā cānumantā ca (tāny eva nara)⟨27⟩ke vaseT ∥ 2. Anuṣṭubh bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmiḥ tasya tasya tadā phalaM ∥ 3. Anuṣṭubh An¿o?⟨u⟩dakeṣv araṇyeṣu (śuṣkakoṭara)⟨28⟩vāsinaḥ kr̥ṣṇasarppā hi jāyante dharmmadāyāpahārakāḥ ∥ 4. Anuṣṭubh svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vā yo hareta vasundharāṁ | gavāṁ śatasa(hasrasya hantuḥ prāpnoti) ⟨29⟩ kilbiṣaM ∥ 5. Indravajrā yānīha dāridrabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanīkr̥tāni | nirmmālyavāntapratimāni tāni ko nāma (sādhuḥ punar ādadīta) 6. Upajāti ⟨30⟩ lakṣmīniketaṁ yadapāśrayeṇa prāpto [2×]k(ā)bhimataṁ nr̥pārthaṁ | tāny eva puṇyāni vivarddhayethā na hāpanīyo hy upakāripakṣaḥ ∥ ⟨31⟩ svahasto mama mahādhirājaśrīdharasenasya dūtakaḥ sāmantaśīlādityaḥ ∥ ⟨32⟩ likhitaṁ sandhivigrahādhikaraṇādhikr̥tadiv¿ī?⟨i⟩rapatiskandabhaṭena | saṁ 200 60 9 caitra ba 2 ## Bibliography First edited by Johann Georg Bühler; neither estampages nor translation (Bühler 1877, № A). Re-edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of estampages of unknown provenance (perhaps London) and photographs of the original received from the Royal Asiatic Society in London. ### Primary [JGB] Bühler, Johann Georg. 1877. “Further Valabhî grants [VI-VIII].” IA 6, pp. 9–21. Item A.