# Bhadreṇiyaka grant of Śīlāditya I, [Valabhī] year 292, Caitra śu. 14 Annette Schmiedchen Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00054 Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy) File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00054.xml Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-10-01 13:46 (d43d32f), last modified 2026-09-29 15:57 (7e86b01) ## Summary Grant of land (100 pādāvarta and a bhaikṣaka) in favour of [god] Ādityadeva. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ ꩜ svasti vijayaskandhāvārād devīsarovāsakāt prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇā(ṁ) maitrakāṇām atulabalasaṁpannamaṇḍal¿a?⟨ā⟩bhogasaṁ⟨2⟩saktaprahāraśatalabdhapratāpāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhr̥taśreṇ¿ipā?⟨ība⟩lāvāpta⟨3⟩rājyaśriyaḫ paramamāheśvaraśr(ī)bhaṭ¿a?⟨ā⟩rkkād avyavacchinnarājavaṅśān mātāpitr̥caraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ ⟨4⟩ ś¿e?⟨ai⟩śavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvit¿i?⟨ī⟩yabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣas tatprabhāvapra¿n?⟨ṇ⟩atārāticūḍ¿a?⟨ā⟩ra⟨5⟩tnaprabhāsa⟨ṁ⟩saktapādanakharaśmisaṁhatis sakalasmr̥t¿o?⟨i⟩praṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhr̥dayarañjanānva⟨r⟩ttharājaśabdaḥ ⟨6⟩ rūpakāntisthairyyadhairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisa¿ṣ?⟨ṁ⟩padbhis smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśayāna⟨ḥ⟩ śaraṇā¿ś?⟨g⟩atābhaya⟨7⟩pradānaparatayā tr̥ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇay¿a?⟨i⟩hr̥dayaḥ pāda⟨8⟩cārīva sakala¿n?⟨bh⟩uvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḫ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisr̥⟨9⟩tajāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasampad rū¿b?⟨p⟩alobhād ivāśritaḥ sarabhasam ā⟨10⟩bhigāmikair gguṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismā{tā}pitākhilabaladhanurddharaḫ prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭā⟨nā⟩m anupālayitā ⟨11⟩ dharmmadāyānā{ṁ}m apākarttā praj¿ā?⟨o⟩paghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya s¿ya?⟨aṁ⟩hatārātipakṣala⟨12⟩kṣm(ī)¿b?⟨p⟩aribhogadakṣavikram¿ā?⟨o⟩ vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāhe¿n?⟨ś⟩v¿e?⟨a⟩raḥ śrīdharas¿o?⟨e⟩nas tasya sutas tatpādānu⟨13⟩(ddhyā)tas sakala¿di?⟨ja⟩gadānandanātya(d)bhutaguṇasamuda⟨ya⟩sthagitasamagradigmaṇḍalas samaraśatavijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgra⟨14⟩dyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanoratham¿ā?⟨a⟩hābhāras sarvvavidyāparāvaravibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvva⟨15⟩tas subhāṣitalavenāpi sukh(o)papādanīyaparitoṣas samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahr̥dayo pi sucaritātiśayasu⟨16⟩vyaktaparamakaly¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇasvabhāvaḥ khil¿i?⟨ī⟩bhūtakr̥tayuganr̥patipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrttir dharmmā¿m?⟨n⟩uparodho⟨j⟩jvalata⟨17⟩rīkr̥tārtthasukhasampadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityaẖ kuśalī sarvvān e⟨18⟩vāyuktakaviniyuktakadrāṅgikamahattaraśaulkikacauroddharaṇikacāṭabhaṭakumārāmātyādīn anyānś ca yathāsamba⟨19⟩dhyamānakān samājñāpayaty (a)stu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitr¿a?⟨o⟩(ḫ p)uṇyāpy¿a?⟨ā⟩yanāya bhadre⟨Page 2r⟩⟨20⟩ṇiyakagrām¿ā?⟨a⟩ni¿p?⟨v⟩piṣṭādityadevapādānā(ṁ) pūjāsnapanagandhapuṣpamālyadīpatailādyupayog(ā)ya vādyag(ī)tanr̥tyā⟨21⟩dyartthe balicarusatrotsar¿b?⟨p⟩paṇāya pādamūlapr¿ā?⟨a⟩jīv¿ā?⟨a⟩nāy¿ā?⟨a⟩ devakulasya ca khaṇḍasphuṭitapratisaṁskārāya ⟨22⟩ {ca} bāUvanasthaly(ā)ṁ bhadreṇiyakagrāme pūrvvasīmni brāhmaṇaprabhandatasatkabrahmadeyakṣetrāt pūrvvataḥ rudra⟨23⟩satkabrahmadeyakṣetrād dakṣiṇataḥ baraṭikādaṇḍakād uttarataḥ goppara¿b?⟨v⟩āṭaka(grā)masīmāsandher aparataḫ pādāvarttaśataṁ⁓ ⟨24⟩ tath¿a?⟨ā⟩sminn eva grāme bhaikṣakaṁ ⹀ Evam etat pādāvarttaśataṁ bhaikṣakaṁ ca sodraṅgaṁ soparikaraṁ savātabhūtapratyāyaṁ sadhānya⟨25⟩hiraṇyādeyaṁ sadaśāparādhaṁ sotpadyamānaviṣṭis sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇ¿i?⟨ī⟩yaṁ pūrvvaprattabrahmadeya⟨26⟩varjjitaṁ bhūm¿a?⟨i⟩cchidranyāyenācandrārkārṇṇavakṣit¿a?⟨i⟩saritparvvatasamakālīnaṁ dharmmadāyatayā nisr̥ṣṭaṁ yataḥ U⟨27⟩pari⟨li⟩khitasthityā bhujyamānasya na kaiścid vyāsedhe vartti⟨ta⟩vyam āgāmibhadranr̥patibhir apy asmadvaṅśajair anyair vvā Anityā⟨28⟩ny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānya⟨ṁ⟩ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavy¿ā?⟨a⟩ḥ paripālayi⟨29⟩tavyaś cety uktaṁ ca bhagavatā vedavyāsena vyāsena ⁓ 1. Anuṣṭubh bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā ⟨30⟩ bhūmis t¿ā?⟨a⟩sya tasya tadā phalaM ∥ 2. Indravajrā yānīha dāridryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatan¿imu?⟨īkr̥⟩tāni nir{bh}bhuktamālya⟨31⟩(p)ratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḥ punar ādadīta ∥ 3. Anuṣṭubh ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cā⟨32⟩numantā ca tāny eva narake vased iti ∥ dūtakaś cātra śrīkharagrahaḥ likhitaṁ sandhivigrahādhi¿mu?⟨kr̥⟩tadivirapati⟨33⟩vatrabhaṭṭinā ⁓ saṁ 200 90 2 caitra śu 10 4 svahasto mama ∥ ## Bibliography First edited by Rakhal Das Banerji; neither estampages nor translation (Banerji 1931–1932). Re-edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of estampages and photographs of the original. ### Primary [RDB] Banerji, Rakhal Das. 1931–1932. “The Bhadreniyaka grant of Siladitya I; G.E. 292.” EI 21, pp. 116–119.