# Botad plates of Dhruvasena II, [Valabhī] year 310, Āśvayuja ba. 15 Annette Schmiedchen Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00060 Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy) File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00060.xml Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-09-29 15:56 (6818a8e) ## Summary Grant of a village in favour of a Buddhist monastery. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ ꩜ svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitr¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇā⟨ṁ⟩ maitrakāṇām atulabalasampannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktaprahāraśatalabdhapratā⟨2⟩pāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhr̥taśr¿a?⟨e⟩ṇībalāvāptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāheśvara{ḥ}śrībhaṭārkād avyava⟨3⟩cchinnarājavaṅśā⟨n⟩ mātāpitr̥caraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaś śaiśavāt prabhr̥t(i) khaḍgadvit(ī)yabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭana⟨4⟩prakāśitasatvanikaṣas tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsa⟨ṁ⟩saktapādanakharaśmisaṅhatis sakalasmr̥tipraṇītamārggasamyakparip¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨5⟩lanaprajāhr̥dayarañjanā⟨nva⟩rttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaś śara⟨6⟩ṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā t¿ri?⟨r̥⟩ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇayihr̥dayaḥ pādacārī⟨7⟩va sakalabhuva(n)amaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya su(t)as tatp¿a?⟨ā⟩danakhamayūkhasantānavisr̥tajāhnavījal¿ai?⟨au⟩gha⟨8⟩prakṣālitāśeṣa(k)almaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasampad rūpalobhād ivāśritas sarabhasam ābhigāmikair guṇais saha(ja)śaktiśi⟨9⟩kṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ pra(th)amanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apākarttā pra(j)opa⟨10⟩ghātakāriṇ(ā)m upap(l)avānāṁ da⟨r⟩śayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṅh¿r̥?⟨a⟩tārātipakṣalakṣmī(pa)ribhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasa⟨ṁ⟩⟨11⟩(prā)ptavimalap¿a?⟨ā⟩rtthivaśrī⟨ḥ⟩ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasena(s ta)sya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalajagadānandan¿a?⟨ā⟩tyadbhutaguṇasamudayas(tha)⟨12⟩(gi)tasamagradiṅmaṇḍalas samaraśatavi¿d?⟨j⟩a¿ś?⟨y⟩a¿t?⟨ś⟩obhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsur¿ā?⟨a⟩⟨ta⟩rānsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābhāra⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨13⟩ (sa)rvvavidyāparā(pa)ravibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvatas subhāṣitalavenāpi sukh¿a?⟨o⟩papādanīyapar(i)toṣas samagralokāgādha⟨14⟩gāmbhīryyahr̥dayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakaly¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇasvabh¿a?⟨ā⟩vaḥ khil(ī)bhūtakr̥tayuganr̥patipathaviśo(dh)anādhigatod(a)grakīrt(t)i⟨15⟩r dharmmānuparodhojjvalatar¿i?⟨ī⟩kr̥tārtthasukhasaṁpadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityas tasyā⟨16⟩nujas tatpādānuddhy(ā)taḥ svayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇātyādaravatā samabhilaṣaṇīyām api rājalakṣmī⟨ṁ⟩ skandhāsaktā⟨ṁ⟩ paramabhadra Iva dhu⟨17⟩ryyas tadājñāsaṁpādanaikarasatayaivodvahan khedasu(kha)ratibhyām anāyāsitasatvasampattiḥ prabhāvasaṁpad(v)aśīkr̥tanr̥patiśataśiro⟨18⟩ratnacchāyopagūḍhap¿a?⟨ā⟩dapīṭho pi parāva(jñā)bhim¿a?⟨ā⟩narasānāliṅgitaman(o)vr̥ttiḥ praṇatim ekā⟨ṁ⟩ pa(ri)tyajya prakhyātap¿a?⟨au⟩ruṣābhi(mānair a)⟨19⟩py a¿ka?⟨rā⟩tibhir anāsāditapratikriyopāyaḥ kr̥tanikhilabhuvanāmodavimalaguṇasaṅhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabha(vigha)ṭitasakalakal¿a?⟨i⟩vilasitagatir nnī(ca)⟨20⟩janādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair anāmr̥ṣṭātyunnatahr̥dayaḥ prakhyātap¿ā?⟨au⟩r¿a?⟨u⟩ṣ¿a?⟨ā⟩strakauśal(ā)tiśayagaṇatithavipakṣakṣitipatilakṣmīsvaya⟨ṁ⟩gra(ha)pra⟨21⟩k¿a?⟨ā⟩{ś}śitapravīrapuruṣaprathamasaṁkhy(ā)dhigamaḫ pa⟨ra⟩mamāheśvaraḥ śrīkharag(r)ahas tasya tanay¿ā?⟨a⟩s tatpādānuddhyātaḥ sakalavidyādhiga(mavihita)⟨22⟩n(i)kh(i)lavidvajjanamanaḥparitoṣātiśayas satvasaṁpadā tyāgaudār(y)yeṇa ca vigatānusandhānāśam¿a?⟨ā⟩hitārātipakṣama(n)ora(th)ākṣabha(ṅ)ga⟨23⟩s samyagupalakṣitānekaśāstrakalālokacaritagah(v)aravibhāgo pi paramabhadraprak(r̥)tir akr̥tr¿ā?⟨i⟩(mapraśra)⟨24⟩yavinayaśobhāvibhūṣaṇaḥ samaraśatajayapatāk(ā)haraṇa(pra)tya¡l!odagrab¿a?⟨ā⟩hu[6×]⟨Page 2r⟩⟨25⟩nikhilapratipakṣa¿p?⟨d⟩ar¿vvā?⟨ppo⟩dayaḥ svadhanuḥprabhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimāna⟨ḥ⟩ sakalanr̥patimaṇḍalā⟨26⟩bhinanditaśāsanaḥ p(a)ramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasyānujas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ (sa)⟨c⟩caritātiśayita⟨27⟩sakalapūr(vva)[5×]tidussādhānām api prasādhay¿a?⟨i⟩tā vi¿s?⟨ṣ⟩ayāṇāṁ mūrttimān iva puruṣakāraḥ parivr̥ddhaguṇānu⟨28⟩rāganirbharaci(tta)v¿(r)i?⟨r̥⟩tir mmanur iva svayam a(bh)yupapannaḥ prakr̥tibhir adh¿a?⟨i⟩gatakal¿a?⟨ā⟩kalāpaḥ kāntimān nirv(r̥)tihetur akalaṅkaẖ kumuda⟨29⟩nāthaḥ prājyapratāpa(stha)gitadigantarālapradhvans¿a?⟨i⟩tadhvāntarāśis satatoditas savitā prakr̥tibhyaḥ para⟨ṁ⟩ pratyayam artthavanta⟨30⟩m ati(b)ahutithaprayojanānubandham (ā)gamaparipūrṇṇaṁ vi(d)adhānas sandhivigrahasamāsani(ś)cayanipuṇaḥ s(th)¿a?⟨ā⟩ne nurūpam ādeśaṁ ⟨31⟩ dadad guṇavr̥ddh¿a?⟨i⟩vidhānajanitasaṁsk¿a?⟨ā⟩ras sādhūnāṁ rājyasālāturīyatantrayor ubhayor api niṣṇāta⟨ḥ⟩ prakr̥ṣṭavikramo pi ka⟨32⟩ruṇāmr̥duhr̥dayaḥ śrutavān apy agarvvitaẖ kānto pi pra(ś)amī sthirasauhr̥dayyo ¿bh?⟨p⟩i nirasitā doṣava{t}tām udayasamayasa⟨33⟩mupajanitajanatānurāgaparipihitabhuvanasamartthitaprathitabālādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdhruvase⟨34⟩naẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva yathāsambadhyam¿a?⟨ā⟩nak¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨n⟩ samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā m¿a?⟨ā⟩tāpitr(o)ḥ puṇyāpy¿a?⟨ā⟩yanāya⟨35⟩valabh(ī)svatalasanniviṣṭarājñīduḍḍākāritavihāramaṇḍal¿a?⟨ā⟩ntarggatagohakakāritavihāranivāsy(ā)⟨r⟩yyabhikṣusaṅ(gh)āya cīvarapiṇḍa(pā)taśa(ya)⟨36⟩nā¿ś?⟨s⟩anaglānapratyayabh¿i?⟨ai⟩ṣajyapratis(k)ārāya buddhānā(ṁ) ca bha⟨ga⟩va{t}tāṁ pūjāsnānagandhadhūpapu¿p?⟨ṣ⟩padīpatailādyarttha(ṁ) vihāra⟨37⟩(sya) khaṇḍas(ph)uṭitapratisaṁskārāya pādamūlaprajīvanāya surāṣṭr¿a?⟨e⟩ṣu kālāpakapathake bhasantagrāmaḥ sodraṅgaḥ so⟨38⟩parikaraḥ sabh¿u?⟨ū⟩tavātapratyāyas sadhānyahiraṇy¿a?⟨ā⟩deya⟨ḥ⟩ sadaśāparādhas s(o)tpadyamānaviṣṭika⟨ḥ⟩ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīya⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨39⟩ pūrvvadattadeva¿p?⟨bh⟩rahmadeya{ṁ}rahitaḥ Ācandrārkārṇṇavakṣ¿a?⟨i⟩t¿a?⟨i⟩saritparvvatasamakāl¿i?⟨ī⟩naḥ Āryyabhikṣusaṅghaparibhogya Udakātisa(r)ge⟨40⟩ṇa brahmadāyo prasr̥ṣṭo yato syocitayā devāgrāhārasthityā bhuñjataḥ k(r̥)ṣataḥ karṣayataḥ pradiśato vā na kaiścid vy(ā)sedhe ⟨41⟩ varttitavyam āgāmibhadranr̥patibhir apy asmad(v)aṅśajair anyair v(v)ā Anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asth¿a?⟨i⟩raṁ mānuṣyaṁ{ḥ} sām¿a?⟨ā⟩nyaṁ ca bhūmidānaphalam ava⟨42⟩gacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś cety ukta(ṁ) ca 1. Anuṣṭubh bahubhir (v)vasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya (ya)sya ⟨43⟩ yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phala⟨ṁ⟩ ∥ 2. Indravajrā yānīha dāridryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanīkr̥tāni ⁓ (n)irvvāntam(ā)lyapratimāni ⟨44⟩ tāni ko nāma s(ā)dhuḥ punar ādadīta ⹀ 3. Anuṣṭubh ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasr¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇi svargge tiṣ¿ṭ?⟨ṭh⟩ati bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva na⟨ra⟩ke vas{y}e⟨T⟩ ⟨45⟩ dūtako tra sāmanta(śī)lādityaḥ ∥ likhitam idaṁ sandhivigrahādhikr̥tadivirapativatrabhaṭṭinā ∥ saṁ 300 10 ¿A?⟨Ā⟩śvayuja ba 10 5 ⟨46⟩ svahasto mama †∥ ## Bibliography First edited by Johann Georg Bühler; neither estampages nor translation (Bühler 1877, № B). Re-edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of estampages and photographs of the original. ### Primary [JGB] Bühler, Johann Georg. 1877. “Further Valabhî grants [VI-VIII].” IA 6, pp. 9–21. Item B.