# Valabhipur plates (Nirgudaka grant) of Śīlāditya I, [Valabhī] year
287, Kārttika ba. 7

Annette Schmiedchen

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00048

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00048.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-09-29 15:27
(6d334a6)

## Summary

Confirmation of an earlier grant of a village in favour of a Buddhist
monastery (nunnery).

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## Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ ꩜ s(v)a(s)ti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatām(i)trāṇ(āṁ)
maitrakāṇām atulabalasa(ṁ)pannamaṇḍalābho[10×]⟨2⟩bdhapratā(p)āt
pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād
anuraktamaulabhr̥ta(ś)re[4×]p(t)a[4×] ⟨3⟩ (pa)ramamāheśvaraśrībhaṭārkkād
avyavacchinnarājava(ṁ)śān
mātāpitr̥caraṇāravindapra(ṇa)tipravidh(au)tā(śeṣa)kalmaṣa(ḥ) ⟨4⟩
(śai)śavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva
samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣas
ta(t)prabhāva(p)ra⟨5⟩(ṇa)tārāt(i)cūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisaṁghatis
sakalasmr̥tipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālana⟨6⟩(p)rajāhr̥dayaraṁjanānvarttharājaśabda(ḥ)
rūpakāntisthairyyadhairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ
smaraśaśāṅkādrirā(joda)⟨7⟩dhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśay¿o?⟨ā⟩naś
śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatay¿o?⟨ā⟩ tr̥ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩
⟨8⟩ (prā)rtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇayihr̥dayaḥ
pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapra⟨9⟩m(oda)ḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ
śrīguhasenas tasya sutas
tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisr̥tajāhnavījalaughaprakṣā⟨10⟩(li)tāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ
praṇayiśatasahasropaj(ī)vyamānasaṁpad rūpalobhād ivāśritas sarabhasam
ābhigām(i)k(air) gg(u)⟨11⟩(ṇ)ais
sahajaśaktiśikṣ(ā)viśeṣavismāpitākhilabaladhanurddharaḥ
prathamanarapatisamat¿a?⟨i⟩sr̥ṣṭānām anupālayi⟨12⟩[4×]yānām apākarttā
prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānā⟨ṁ⟩ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya
saṁ(gh)a⟨13⟩[4×]kṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo
vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamā(he)śvaraḥ
śrīdharase⟨14⟩(na)s tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas
sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍalaḥ ⟨15⟩
(sa)maraśatavi(ja)yaśobh(ā)sanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanora(th)amahā⟨16⟩bhāras
sarvvavidyāparāvaravibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvatas
subhāṣitalav(e)nāpi sukhopapāda(nī)⟨17⟩yaparitoṣas
samagralo(kā)g(ā)dhagāmbhīryyahr̥dayo pi
sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasva⟨18⟩(bhāva)ḥ
khilībhū(t)akr̥(ta)yuganr̥patipathavi(ś)odhanādhigatodagrakīrttir
ddharmmān(upar)odho ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨19⟩
[6×](rtthasukhasaṁ)padupa(se)vān(i)rū(ḍh)adharmmād(i)tyadv(i)t(ī)yanām(ā)
pa(rama)māhe(śvaraḥ) […]⟨20⟩[…]l(ī) sa(rvvān
ev)āyuk(t)akaviniyuktakadrāṅgikamahattarac(ā)ṭabhaṭakumār(ā)m(ā)tyā(d)ī⟨21⟩[…]kā(n
sa)mā(jñāpaya)ty

astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitro(ḫ puṇ)yāpyāya(nāya
vala)[…]⟨22⟩(ta)[…]saṁghasy(e)dānī⟨ṁ⟩ (t)advihārasthānābhāvād
yakṣaśūravihāre prativasa(ta)ś
c(ī)vara(piṇḍapāta)śaya(nā)[3×]⟨23⟩na[5×](j)ya(pa)riṣ(kā)rārtthaṁ
buddhānāñ ca bhagavatāṁ
pūjā(s)nāpanagandhadhūpapuṣpamālyadīpatail(ā)dyupayogāya
(vihāra)⟨24⟩(sya) ca kha(ṇḍasphu)ṭitapra(ti)saṁskārāya
ghāsarakap(a)thakāntarggato ni(r)gguḍakagrāmaḥ
pūrvvabhuktabhujyamā⟨na⟩ka(ḥ) pranaṣṭaś(āsanaka) ⟨25⟩
Itikr̥(t)v(ān)vi(ṣ)ya sodraṅgas soparikaras savātabhūtapratyāyaḥ
sadhānyahiraṇyādeyaḥ sadaśāparādha(s) sotpadyam(ā)naviṣṭiḥ ⟨26⟩
[2×]rājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ
pūrvvaprattadevabrahmadeya(var)jjitaḥ
bhūmicchidranyāyen(ā)candrārkkārṇṇa(va)kṣitisa⟨27⟩[3×]tasamakālīn¿a?⟨o⟩
vyavacchittibhogyaḥ dharmma(dā)yatayā pūrvvavat samanujñāta(ḥ)

(y)ataḥ devāgrāhārasthityā bhujya[1×](na)k(o) ⟨28⟩ [1×]k(ai)ścit
par(i)panthan(ī)yaḥ Āgāmibhadranr̥patibhir apy asmadvaṁśajair anyair vvā
Anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānya⟨29⟩[1×]bhūmidānaphalam
avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḫ paripālayitavyaś ceti ∥

1. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhi(r) vvasudhā bhuktā rā⟨30⟩ja(bhi)s saga(rā)dibhiḥ
yasya yasya yad(ā) bhūm(i)s tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ ∥

2. Indravajrā

yānīha dāridrya(bha)yān narendrair ddhanāni (dha)⟨31⟩rmmāyatanīkr̥tāni
nirbbhuktam¿a?⟨ā⟩lyapratimāni (t)āni k(o) nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta ∥

3. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭiṁ (va)rṣasahasrāṇi s(v)vargg(e) ⟨32⟩ mo¿deta?⟨dati⟩ bh(ū)midaḥ
Ācchettā cānumant(ā) ca t(ā)ny eva (n)ar(a)ke vaset{a} ∥

dūtakaś cātra bhaṭṭādityayaś(āḥ) likhitaṁ sandhivi ⟨33⟩
(g)r(a)[1×]dh(i)kr̥tadiv¿ī?⟨i⟩rapativatrabhaṭṭinā ∥ saṁ 200 80 7
kār(tt)ika (b)a 7 ∥ ꩜ ∥ svahast(o) mama ∥

## Bibliography

First edited by A. S. Gadre with estampages; no translation (Gadre 1934,
№ 2). Re-edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of
estampages.

### Primary

[ASG] Gadre, A. S. 1934. “Five Vala copper-plate grants.” JUB 3, pp.
74–91. Item 2.