# Palitana-Valabhipur plates of Śīlāditya I, [Valabhī] year [286], [Vaiśākha ba. 6] Annette Schmiedchen Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00043 Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy) File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00043.xml Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-09-29 15:32 (9a66730) ## Summary Grant of land in favour of a Buddhist monastery. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ ꩜ svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasaṁpannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktaprahā⟨2⟩raśatalabdhapratāpāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhr̥taśreṇībalā⟨3⟩vāptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāhe{ṁ}śvaraśrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarā{ṁ}javaṁśān mātāpitr̥caraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalma⟨4⟩ṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣas tatp⟨r⟩abhā⟨5⟩vapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisaṁghatis sakalasmr̥tipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālana⟨6⟩prajāhr̥dayaraṁjanānvarttharājaśabdaḥ rūpakāntisthairyyadhairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājo⟨7⟩dadhit¿r̥?⟨ri⟩daśaguru¿g?⟨dh⟩aneśān atiśayānaś śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā t¿ri?⟨r̥⟩ṇav¿e?⟨a⟩dapāstāśeṣasvakāryya⟨8⟩phala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇayihr̥dayaḥ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābho⟨9⟩gapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ mahārājaśrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasaṁtānavisr̥tajāhnavījalau⟨10⟩ghaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasaṁpad rūpalobhād ivāśritas sarabhasam ābhi⟨11⟩g(ā)mikair guṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhilabaladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭānā⟨12⟩m anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekā⟨13⟩dhivāsasya saṁghatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāhe⟨14⟩śvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagradiṅma⟨15⟩ṇḍalas samaraśatavijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābhāraḥ ⟨16⟩ sarvvavidyāparāvaravibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvatas subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyapari⟨17⟩toṣa⟨ḥ⟩ samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahr̥dayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhū⟨18⟩takr̥tayuganr̥patipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrttir ddharmmānuparodho⟨j⟩jvalatarīkr̥tārttha⟨Page 2r⟩⟨19⟩sukhasaṁpadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityad(v)itīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīś¿i?⟨ī⟩lā[…]⟨20⟩[…]yuktakaviniyuktaka[…]mah()attar(a)[…]dīn anyā[…]⟨21⟩[…]samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitr̥(puṇyā)pyāyanāya[…]⟨22⟩k(ā)ritavihāranivāsicaturdigabhyāgatāryabhikṣusaṁghasya c(ī)varapiṇḍapātaśayanāsana[8×]⟨23⟩pariṣkārārthaṁ buddhānā⟨ṁ⟩{ś} ca bhagavatāṁ gandhadhūpapuṣpamālyadīpatailādyupayogārthaṁ vihārasya ca khaṇḍasphuṭitapratisaṁ⟨24⟩skarāya (pālatīrolahme) (rakṣaraputra)grāme nadyuttarataṭe […]⟨25⟩kṣetraṁ tathodrapadrakagrāme[…]kṣetraṁ sod(ra)ṅgaṁ ⟨26⟩ soparikaraṁ … ⟨27⟩…⟨28⟩…⟨29⟩…⟨30⟩…⟨31⟩…⟨32⟩… ⟨33⟩dūtaka(ḥ a)tra bhaṭṭādityayaśāḥ likhitaṁ saṁdhivigra[…]⟨34⟩[…] saṁ 200 80 6 vaiśākha ba 6 ∥ ⟨35⟩ svahasto mama ## Bibliography First plate first edited by Sten Konow with estampage and translation (Konow 1911–1912, № 5). Second plate partly edited by R. G. Bhandarkar with partial translation, no estampage (Bhandarkar 1872, № 2). First plate re-edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of an estampage and a photograph of the original; second plate partly encoded on the basis of Bhandarkar’s partial edition. ### Primary [RGB] Bhandarkar, Ramakrishna Gopal. 1872. “On two copperplates from Valabhi.” IA 1, pp. 45–46. Item 2. [SK] Konow, Sten. 1911–1912. “Five Valabhi plates.” EI 11, pp. 104–118. Item 5.