Kasandra plates of Dharasena III, [Valabhī] year 305, Śrāvaṇa śu. 15 Annette Schmiedchen European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Berlin DHARMA_INSMaitraka00059.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 DHARMAbase Grant of a village in favour of a R̥gvedin.

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svasti vijayaskandhāvārāt kheṭakavāsakāt prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasampannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsakta prahāraśatalabdhapratāpāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhr̥taśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśriya ḫ paramamāheśvaraśrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarājavaṅśān mātāpitr̥caraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣa ś śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣas tatprabhāvapraṇatārāti cūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisaṅhatis sakalasmr̥tipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhr̥dayarañjanā nvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyadhairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśa yānaś śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā trir̥ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphalaḥ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānā nanditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇayihr̥dayaḥ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḫ paramamāheśvara ś śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisr̥tajāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasampad rūpalobhād ivāśritas sarabhasam ābhigāmikair gguṇais sahajaśaktiśi kṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḫ prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadā yānām apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṅhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḫ paramamā heśvaraśrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagita samagradiṅmaṇḍalas samaraśatavijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahā bhāras sarvvavidyāparāparavibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvatas subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣaḥ samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahr̥dayo pi sucaritātiśayaḥsuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtakr̥tayuganr̥pa tipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrttir dharmmānuparodhojjvalatarīkr̥tārtthasukhasampadupasevā nirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityas tasyānujas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ svayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇātyādaravatā samabhilaṣaṇīyām api rājalakṣmīṁ skandhāsaktāṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas tadājñāsampādanaikarasatayaivodvahan khedasukharatibhyāṁm anāyāsitasatvasampattiḥ prabhāvasampadvaśīkr̥tanr̥pa tiśataśiroratnacchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho pi parāvajñābhimānarasānāliṅgitamanovr̥ttiḥ praṇatim ekāṁ pari tyajya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arātibhir anāsāditapratikr̥riyopāyaḥ kr̥tanikhilabhuvanāmodavimalaguṇasaṅhatiḥ prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatir nnīcajanādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair anāmr̥ṣṭātyunnatahr̥dayaḥ pra khyātapauruṣāstrakauśalātiśayagaṇatīithaśvipakṣakṣitipatilakṣmīsvayaṁgrahaprakāśitapravīrapuruṣaprathamasaṁkhyādhi gamaḫ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīkharagrahas tasya tanayas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalavidyādhigamavihitanikhilavidvajjanamana ḫparitoṣātiśayas satvasaṁpadā tyāgaudāryyeṇa ca vigatānusandhānaāśamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅgas samya gupalakṣitānekaśāstrakalālokacaritagahvaravibhāgo pi paramabhadraprakr̥tir akr̥trimapraśrayavinayaśobhāvibhūṣa ṇas samaraśatajayapatākāharaṇapratyalodagrabāhudaṇḍavidhvansitanikhilapratipakṣadarppodayaḥ svadhanuḫprabhāvapari bhūtāstrakauśalābhimānaḥ sakalanr̥patimaṇḍalābhinanditaśāsanaḫ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva yathā yathāsambadhyamānakān samājñāpayaty

astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyaāpyaāyanāyānandapuravāstavya gāṅgānāyanasagotrabahvr̥casabrahmacāribrāhmaṇabrahmamitraputradivākaramitrāya kāśahradaviṣaye Adroṭakagrāma s sodraṅgas soparikaras sabhūtavātapratyāyas sadhānyahiraṇyādeyas sadaśāparādhas sotpadyamānaviṣṭikas sarvvarājakīyānā m ahastaprakṣepaṇīyo bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaḫ putrapautrānvayabhogyaḥ Uda kātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisr̥ṣṭo

yato syocitayā brahmadeyāgrahārasthityā bhukṣñjataḥ kr̥ṣataẖ karṣayataḫ pradiśato vā na kai ścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranr̥patibhir apy asmadvaṅśajair apy anyair vvānityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyañ ca bhūmidānaphala m avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḫ paripālayitavyaś cety

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bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ yānīha dāridryabhayān narendrair dhanāni dharmmāyatanīkr̥tāni nirbhuktamālyapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ pu nar ādadīta . ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi svargge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT

dūtako rājaputrasāmantaśīlā likhitaṁ sāndhivigrahikaherambakaputrarogghabhaṭeneti saṁ 300 5 śrāvaṇa śu 10 5 svahasto mama .

First edited by Hariprasad G. Shastri with rather low-quality photographs; no translation (). Re-edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of the published photograph of the first plate and of photographs of the original second plate.