# Valabhipur plates (Danturāputra grant) of Śīlāditya I, [Valabhī] year 290, Bhādrapada śu. 10 Annette Schmiedchen Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00052 Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy) File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00052.xml Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-09-29 15:24 (025cf79) ## Summary Grant of village in favour of two Sāmavedic brothers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ ꩜ sva(st)i valabh¿i?⟨ī⟩taḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇā(ṁ) maitrakāṇām atulabalasa(ṁ)pannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsakta(pra)⟨2⟩hāraśatalab(dha)[3×] pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhr̥taśre⟨3⟩ṇībalāvāpta(rā)[3×] (pa)ramamāheśvaraśrī¿c?⟨bh⟩aṭārkād avyavacchinnarājavaṅśān mātāpitr̥caraṇ(ā)⟨4⟩ravindapraṇatipra[1×]dh(au)tāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ (śai)[4×]t(i) khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagajagha⟨5⟩ṭāsph(o)ṭanaprakāśitasat¿bh?⟨v⟩anikaṣas tatprabhā(va)praṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisaṁhati⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨6⟩ (s)akalas(mr̥)tipraṇī¿bh?⟨t⟩amārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhr̥da(ya)ra¿n?⟨ñ⟩janānvarttharājaśab(d)aḥ rūpakāntisthairyyadhairyyagā⟨7⟩(mbh)īryya(b)uddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkād⟨r⟩irājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānapa⟨8⟩ratayā tr̥ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānāna(n)ditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇayihr̥dayaḥ pāda⟨9⟩cārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayū⟨10⟩(kha)santānavisr̥tajāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasampa⟨11⟩d r¿a?⟨ū⟩palobhād ivāśritaḥ sarabhasam ābhigāmikair guṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismā¿v?⟨p⟩itākhilabala{ṁ}dhanurddha⟨raḥ⟩ ⟨12⟩ prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apākarttā{ḥ} prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavā⟨13⟩nā(ṁ) darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya sa⟨ṁ⟩hatārātipakṣalakṣm¿i?⟨ī⟩{ḥ}p¿ā?⟨a⟩ribhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāpta⟨14⟩vimalapārtthivaśr¿i?⟨ī⟩ḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalajagadānandanātyadbhu⟨ta⟩⟨15⟩⟨gu⟩ṇasam(u)dayasthagitasamagrad(i)ṅmaṇḍala¿(ṁ)?⟨ḥ⟩ samaraśatavijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsap¿i(dh)?⟨īṭh⟩o⟨16⟩d(ū)ḍhagurumanorathamahābhāras sarvvavidyāparāvaravibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvatas s(u)bh(āṣ)i(ta)lave(n)āpi s(u)⟨17⟩(kho)papāda(n)īyapari(to)ṣaḥ sa(m)agral(o)kāgā[1×]gām(bh)īryyahr̥dayo pi sucaritātiśa(ya)suv(y)aktaparama(kalyā)⟨Page 2r⟩⟨18⟩ṇasvabhāvaḥ khilī(bhūta)kr̥ta(yu)ganr̥patipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrak(ī)rttir dharmm(ā)nuparodho⟨j⟩jvalatar(ī)⟨19⟩kr̥tārtthasukhasampadu(pa)sevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā{ḥ} paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityaẖ kuśalī ⟨20⟩ sarvvān evāy¿a?⟨u⟩kt¿ā?⟨a⟩kaviniyuktakadr(āṁ)gikamahattaraśaulkikacauroddhara¿n?⟨ṇ⟩ikacāṭabhaṭakum¿a?⟨ā⟩rāmātyādīn anyā(ṁ)ś ca yathāsambaddhyamānakān sa⟨21⟩mājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya daśapuravinirggatavalabh¿i?⟨ī⟩vāstavyāryyacātu⟨22⟩rvvidyasāmānyaAudareṣaṇisagotrachandogasabrahmacāribrāhmaṇarudraśarmmaputrabrāhmaṇamitraśarmmagaṇeśvar¿a?⟨ā⟩bhyāṁ ⟨23⟩ maṇḍalīdraṅge danturāputragrāmas sodraṁgaḥ soparikaraḥ savātabhūtapratyāyaḥ sadhānyahiraṇyādeya⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨24⟩ sadaśāparādhaḥ sotpadyamānaviṣṭiḥ sarvvarājak(ī)yānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvaprattabrahmadeyav(a)rjjitaḥ bhū⟨25⟩micchidranyāyenācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣiti{s}saritparvvatasamakālīnaḥ putrapautrānvayabhogya Udakātisarggeṇa dha(rmma)⟨26⟩dāyo nisr̥ṣṭa(ḥ) yato nay¿ā?⟨a⟩ḥ Ucitayā brahmadeyasthityā{ḥ} bhuṁjatoḥ kr̥ṣatoḥ karṣayatoḥ pradiśator vvā na kaiścid vyāsedhe ⟨27⟩ varttitavyam āgāmibhadranr̥patibhir apy asmadvaṁśajair anyair vvānityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ m¿a?⟨ā⟩nuṣya⟨ṁ⟩ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmidānapha⟨28⟩lam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḫ paripālayitavyaś cety u(ktaṁ) ca bhagavatā v¿ai?⟨e⟩davyās¿o?⟨e⟩na vy¿o?⟨ā⟩sena ⹀ ⟨29⟩ 1. Anuṣṭubh bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā ⹀ rājabhis sa¿k?⟨g⟩ar(ā)dibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ ∥ 2. Indravajrā yānīha dāridrya⟨30⟩bhayān narendrair ddha(n)āni dharmm(ā)yatanīkr̥tāni ⁓ ni⟨r⟩bhuktamālyapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta ∥ 3. Anuṣṭubh ṣa⟨31⟩ṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi svargg(e) modati bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā ¿m?⟨c⟩ānumantā c{y}a tāny eva{ṁ} n¿a?⟨ā⟩rake vase⟨⟩T ∥ dūtakaś cātra śrī⟨32⟩kharagrahaḥ li(khi)taṁ sandhivigrahādhik¿ri?⟨r̥⟩tadivirapativ¿e?⟨a⟩trabhaṭṭinā ∥ saṁ 200 90 bh¿a?⟨ā⟩drap¿e?⟨a⟩da śu 10⟨33⟩svahasto mama ∥ ## Bibliography First edited by A. S. Gadre with estampages; no translation (Gadre 1934, № 4). 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 4.