# Dhank plates of Śīlāditya I, [Valabhī] year 290, Bhādrapada ba. 8 Annette Schmiedchen Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00051 Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy) File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00051.xml Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-09-29 15:25 (422a5fe) ## Summary Grant of land (295 pādāvarta and a cistern surrounded by 25 pādāvarta) in favour of [god] Mahādeva. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ ꩜ svasti vijayaskandhāvārād valabhīpradvāraho(m)mbav¿a?⟨ā⟩sakāt prasabhapraṇatā{ṁ}mitr¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇā⟨ṁ⟩ maitrakāṇām atulabala⟨2⟩saṁpannamaṇḍalābhogasa⟨ṁ⟩saktaprahāraśatala¿d?⟨b⟩dhapratāpāt pratāpop¿ā?⟨a⟩natadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurā⟨3⟩gād anuraktamaulabhr̥taśreṇībalāvā(p)tarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāheśvaraśrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarājavaṅśān m(ā)tā⟨4⟩pi(t)r̥caraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣ(a)kalmaṣaḥ śaiśav¿a?⟨ā⟩t prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagaja⟨5⟩ghaṭ¿a?⟨ā⟩sphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣas tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsa⟨ṁ⟩s¿ā?⟨a⟩ktapādanakharaśmisaṁhatis saka⟨6⟩lasm¿ri?⟨r̥⟩tipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhr̥dayara¿n?⟨ñ⟩janānvarttharājaśabdaḥ rūpakāntisthairyyadhairyyagāmbhīryya⟨7⟩buddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkād⟨r⟩irājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiś¿ā?⟨a⟩yānaś śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā ⟨8⟩ tr̥ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthan¿a?⟨ā⟩dhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuh(r̥)tpraṇayihr̥dayaḥ pādac¿a?⟨ā⟩rīva sakala⟨9⟩bhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya suta(s) tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisr̥ta⟨10⟩jāhnavījalaughaprakṣālit¿a?⟨ā⟩śeṣak¿ā?⟨a⟩lmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasampad rūpalobhād ivāś¿r̥?⟨ri⟩tas sa⟨11⟩rabhasam ābhigāmikai⟨r⟩ guṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpit¿a?⟨ā⟩khilabala(dha)nurddharaḥ prathamanarap¿ā?⟨a⟩tisama⟨12⟩tisr̥ṣṭānām anupālayit¿a?⟨ā⟩ dharmmadāyānām apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām (u)paplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasva⟨13⟩ty(o)r ek¿a?⟨ā⟩dhiv¿a?⟨ā⟩sasya saṁhat¿a?⟨ā⟩rātipakṣalakṣmīp¿ā?⟨a⟩ribhoga(d)akṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ para⟨14⟩mam(ā)heśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas sak¿ā?⟨a⟩l¿ā?⟨a⟩jagad¿a?⟨ā⟩nandanātyad(bh)utaguṇasamudayasthagitasama⟨15⟩gradi(g)maṇḍalas samaraśatavijayaśobhāsa{ṁ}nāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahā⟨16⟩bh¿a?⟨ā⟩ras ¿y?⟨s⟩arvvavidyāparāvaravibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvatas subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyapa⟨17⟩rito¿p?⟨ṣ⟩aḥ samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahr̥dayo pi sucaritā{⁓}tiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūta⟨18⟩kr̥tayuganr̥patipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrttir dharmm¿a?⟨ā⟩nuparodh¿a?⟨o⟩⟨j⟩jvalatarīkr̥tārtthasukhasampadupasevā⟨19⟩nirūḍhadharmm¿a?⟨ā⟩dityadvit¿i?⟨ī⟩yanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityaẖ kuśalī sarvvān ev¿a?⟨ā⟩y¿ū?⟨u⟩ktakavi¿dh?⟨n⟩iyuktak¿ā?⟨a⟩dr(ā)⟨Page 2r⟩⟨20⟩ṅgikaśaulkikacaur(o)ddharaṇ¿ī?⟨i⟩kacāṭabhaṭakum¿a?⟨ā⟩rāmātyādīn anyāṁś ca yath¿a?⟨ā⟩sambaddhyam¿a?⟨ā⟩nakān sam¿a?⟨ā⟩jñāpa⟨21⟩yaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā m¿a?⟨ā⟩tāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya balavarmmānakav¿ā?⟨a⟩ṭapadrasvatalaniviṣṭaharinātha⟨22⟩kāritamahādevapādān¿a?⟨ā⟩ṁ pūjāsnapanagandhadhūpapuṣpamālyadīpatailādyavyavacchittaye ¿c?⟨v⟩ādyagītanr̥tyādyu⟨23⟩payogāya devakulasya ca khaṇḍasphuṭitapratisa⟨ṁ⟩sk¿a?⟨ā⟩r¿a?⟨ā⟩ya pādam¿u?⟨ū⟩laprajīvananimitt¿a?⟨ā⟩{ṁ}ya vaṭapadrasvatala Evotta⟨24⟩rasīmni vāṇijakaghoṣasa¿s?⟨t⟩kavāpyā Aparataḥ tathā balabhaṭasatkavāpyā dakṣiṇataḥ tathā candrabhaṭasatkavāpyā⟨ḥ⟩⟨25⟩pūrvvataḥ vaṭapadrād evottarataḥ paṁcaviṅśatpādāvarttaparisarā yamalav¿a?⟨ā⟩pī ⁓ tathāparas(ī)mni bhadrāṇaka⟨26⟩grāmapathād dakṣiṇataḥ vītakhaḍḍāyā ⟨A⟩parataḥ dinnānākagrāmapath¿a?⟨ā⟩d uttarataḥ baraṭakamaryy¿a?⟨ā⟩d¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨yāḥ⟩ pūrvvataḥ⟨27⟩pādāvarttaśataṁ sārddhaṁ tathā dakṣiṇasīmni Ādityadevapādīyavāpyā⟨ḥ⟩ pūrvvataḥ kuṭumbimūvakasatkakṣ¿a?⟨e⟩trād u⟨28⟩ttarataḥ bramilanakagrāmapath¿a?⟨ā⟩d dakṣiṇataḥ puṣpilānakagrāmasīmn¿i?⟨a⟩ Aparataḥ Evam etat saha vā(p)yā pādā⟨29⟩{dā}varttaśatadvayaṁ paṁcanavaty¿ā?⟨a⟩dhikaṁ ⁓ sodraṁgaṁ soparikaraṁ savātabhūtapraty¿a?⟨ā⟩yaṁ sadhānyahiraṇyādeyaṁ sada⟨30⟩śāparādhaṁ sotpadyamānaviṣṭ¿ī?⟨i⟩kaṁ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaṁ pūrvvaprattabrahmadeyavarjjitaṁ ⟨31⟩ bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaṁ dharmmadāyatayā pratipādita⟨ṁ⟩ yat¿o?⟨a U⟩parili⟨32⟩khitasthityā bhujyamānaṁ na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranr̥patibhir apy asmadvaṁśajair anyair vvānityāny ai⟨33⟩śvaryy(ā)ṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmanyaṁ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḫ paripā⟨34⟩layitavyaś cety uktaṁ ca bhagavatā vedavyāsena vyāsena ∥ 1. Anuṣṭubh bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ ya⟨35⟩sya yasya yadā bhūmi⟨s⟩ tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ (⁓) 2. Indravajrā yānīha dāridryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanīkr̥tāni ⟨36⟩ ni⟨r⟩rbhuktam¿a?⟨ā⟩lyapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta ⹀ 3. Anuṣṭubh ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi svargge modati bhū⟨37⟩midaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vased iti ∥ dūtakaś cātra śrīkharagrahaḥ likhitaṁ sandhivi⟨38⟩grahādhikr̥tadivirapativatrabhaṭṭinā ∥ saṁ 200 90 bh¿a?⟨ā⟩drapada ba 8 svahasto mama ∥ ## Bibliography First edited by Johann Georg Bühler with estampages; no translation (Bühler 1880). Re-edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of estampages and photographs of the original. ### Primary [JGB] Bühler, Johann Georg. 1880. “Valabhī grants: No. XV.” IA 9, pp. 237–239.