# Navalakhi plates of Śīlāditya I, [Valabhī] year 286, Āṣāḍha ba. 8 Annette Schmiedchen Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00045 Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy) File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00045.xml Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-09-29 15:31 (c210f8d) ## Summary Grant of a village in favour of 44 Brahmins of different, but not specified Vedic affiliation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ ꩜ svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasaṁpannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktaprahāraśatalabdhapratāpāt p⟨r⟩a⟨2⟩tāpopanatadānamānārjjavopā(r)jjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhr̥taśr(e)ṇībalāvāptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāheśvaraśrī⟨3⟩bhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarājavaṁśān mātāpitr̥caraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvit(ī)yabā⟨4⟩hur evasamadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣas tatprabh¿a?⟨ā⟩vapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmi⟨5⟩saṁghatis sakalasmr̥tipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhr̥dayaraṁjanānvarttharājaśabdaḥ rūpakāntisthairyyadhairyyagā⟨6⟩mbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaś¿a?⟨ā⟩ṅkādrirājodadhit¿r̥?⟨ri⟩daśagurudhaneśān atiśayāna(ś) śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā ⟨7⟩ t¿ri?⟨r̥⟩ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhr̥⟨t⟩praṇayihr̥dayaḥ pādacārīva sakalabhuvana⟨8⟩maṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisr̥tajāhnavījalaughapra⟨9⟩kṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasaṁpad rūpalobhād ivāśritas sarabhasam ābhigāmikair guṇaiḥ ⟨10⟩ sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhilabaladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadā⟨11⟩yānām apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṁghatārātipakṣa⟨12⟩lakṣm(īpar)ibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśr¿i?⟨ī⟩ḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatp¿a?⟨ā⟩dānu⟨13⟩ddhyātas sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍalas samaraśatavijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalā⟨14⟩gradyutibhāsuratar¿a?⟨ā⟩nsap¿i?⟨ī⟩ṭhodūḍhagurumano(r)athamahābhāras sarvvavidyāparāvaravibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvva⟨15⟩tas subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣas samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahr̥dayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvya⟨16⟩ktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaẖ khilībhūtakr̥tayuganr̥patipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrak(ī)rttir ddharmmānuparodho⟨j⟩jvalatarīkr̥tā⟨17⟩rtthasukhasaṁpadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityaẖ kuśalī sarvvān evāyukta⟨18⟩kaviniyuktakadrāṅgikamahattaracāṭabhaṭakumārāmātyādīn anyāṁś ca yathābhisaṁbaddhyamānakān samājñāpayaty astu vaḥ ⟨19⟩ saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya saṁgapurīvinirggatanānāgotracaraṇatapassv¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨20⟩ddhyāyopetabrāhmaṇadroṇa⁓Indravasu⁓vatsa⁓ṣaṣṭhi⁓guhila⁓bhaṭṭisūryya⁓dinnabhaṭṭi⁓⟨21⟩ludraka⁓Ādityavasu⁓dvidroṇa⁓tridroṇa⁓kumāraśarmma⁓bhaṭṭi⁓Ādityaravi⁓⟨Page 2r⟩⟨22⟩gaṇatna⁓Ujñaka⁓gopāḍhyaka⁓khanda⁓śarmma⁓bhadra⁓Āditya⁓dviĀditya⁓bappaṭaka⁓matr̥śa⟨23⟩rmmā⁓Īśvara⁓boppasvāmi⁓dvibappaṭaka⁓gopa⁓dāma⁓dvibhadra⁓khaukkhaka⁓keśava⁓⟨24⟩govaśarmmā⁓agniśarmmā⁓dvigopa⁓nāvuvaka⁓kumārabhadra⁓sīha⁓naṭṭaka⁓giṁjaka⁓goggaka⁓saṁgama⟨⁓⟩⟨25⟩dvibhaṭṭi⁓bhānu⁓Evaṁ catuścatvāriṅśate brāhmanebhyaḥ vaṭanagarasthalyantarggatabhoṇḍānakagrāmas sodraṅga⟨26⟩s soparikaras savātabhūtapratyāyas sadhānyahiraṇy(ā)deyas sadaśāparādhas sotpadyam(ā)naviṣṭi⟨ḥ⟩ sarvvar¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨27⟩jakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvaprattadevabrahmadeyavarjjitaḥ bhūmicchidranyāyenāca⟨28⟩ndrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaḥ putrapautrānvayabhogya Udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo ⟨29⟩ nisr̥ṣṭaḥ yataḥ E(ṣ)āṁ bhuṁ(j)atāṁ kr̥ṣatāṁ karṣayatāṁ pradiśatāṁ vā na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadra⟨30⟩nr̥patibhir apy asmadva(ṁ)śajair anyair vvā Anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyañ ca bhūmidānaphalam a⟨31⟩vagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś ceti ∥ 1. Anuṣṭubh bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis saga⟨32⟩rādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ ∥ 2. Indravajrā yānīha dāridryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dha⟨33⟩rmmāyatanīkr̥tāni nirbbhuktamālyapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta ∥ 3. Anuṣṭubh ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasa⟨34⟩hasrāṇi svargge mo¿deta?⟨dati⟩ bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT ∥ dūtakaś c(ā)⟨35⟩tra bhaṭṭādityayaśāḥ likhitaṁ sandhivigrahādhikr̥tadiv¿(ī)?⟨i⟩rapativatrabhaṭṭinā ∥ ꩜ ⟨36⟩ saṁ 200 80 6 Āṣāḍha ba 8 ∥ (꩜) ⟨37⟩ svahasto mama ∥ ## Bibliography First edited by H. M. Bhadkamkar with estampages and glossary of terminology; no translation (Bhadkamkar 1911–1912). Re-edited and endcoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of estampages and photographs of the original. ### Primary [HMB] Bhadkamkar, H. M. 1911–1912. “Navalakhi plates of Siladitya I. – [Gupta-] Samvat 286.” EI 11, pp. 174–180.