Jesar plates of Dhruvasena II, [Valabhī] year 311, Śrāvaṇa śu. 3

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen (ansc).

Contributor: Annette Schmiedchen (ansc).

Summary: Grant of land (112 pādāvarta, including a cistern) in favour of a Yajurvedin.

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Script (unspecified) (script_unspecified)].

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00061.

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00061.xml.

Version: (6e81f0d), last modified (6e81f0d).

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⟨1⟩ (꩜ svasti) valabh(ī)taḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇā(ṁ) maitrakāṇām atulabalasampannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsakta(prahāraśata)labdhapratāpāt pratāpopa-

⟨2⟩ (nata)dānamānārjjavopārjj¿a?tānurāgād anuraktamaulabhr̥taśreṇībal(ā)vāptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāheśvaraśrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarā-

⟨3⟩ javaṅśān mātāpitr̥caraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaś śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanapra(kā)śita-

⟨4⟩ satvanikaṣas tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍ¿a?ratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisaṅhatis sakalasmr̥tipraṇītamārggasamya(k)paripālanapraj(ā)hr̥da-

⟨5⟩ ya(rañja)nānvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyagāmbhīryya(buddhi)sampadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaś śaraṇāgatābhayapra(dānapa)-

⟨6⟩ ratayā tr̥ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyapha(la)⟨ḥ⟩ (prārttha)nādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇayihr̥dayaḥ p¿a?dacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābho-

⟨7⟩ gapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīgu(hasenas ta)sya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisr̥tajāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ pra(ṇayiśa)-

⟨8⟩ tasahasropajīvyamānasampad rūpal(o)bhād ivāśritas sarabhasam ābhigāmikair guṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ pra(tha)-

⟨9⟩ manarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavā¿v?āṁ darśayitā śrī(sarasvatyor ekādhi)-

⟨10⟩ vāsasya saṅhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas ta-

⟨11⟩ sya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍalas samaraśatavijayaśobhāsa-

⟨12⟩ nāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābhāraḥ sarvvavidyāparā¿v?aravibhāgādhigamavimalamatir a-

⟨13⟩ pi sarvvatas subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣas samagralokāgādhagāmbh¿a?ryyahr̥dayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktapara-

⟨14⟩ makalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtakr̥tayuganr̥patipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrttir ddharmmānuparo⟨dho⟩jjvalatarīkr̥tārtthasukha(sa)mpadupase-

⟨15⟩ vānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityas tasyānujas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ svayam upendraguruṇeva gur(u)-

⟨16⟩ ṇātyādaravatā samabhilaṣaṇīyām api rājalakṣmīṁ skandhāsaktāṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas tadājñāsampādanaikarasatayaivodva(ha)-

⟨17⟩ n khedasukharatibhyām anāyāsitasatvasampattiḥ prabhāvasampadvaśīkr̥tanr̥patiśataśiroratnacchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho pi parāvajñābhi-

⟨18⟩ mānarasānāliṅ(gitama)novr̥ttiḥ praṇatim ekāṁ parityajya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arātibhir anāsāditapratikriyopāyaḥ kr̥-

⟨19⟩ tanikhilabhuva(nāmoda)vimalaguṇasaṅhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatir nnīcajanādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddo¿p?air anāmr̥ṣṭā-

⟨20⟩ tyunnatahr̥dayaḥ (prakhyā)tapauruṣāstrakauśalātiśayagaṇatithavipakṣakṣitipatilakṣmīsvayaṁgrahaprakāśitapravīrapuruṣapratha(ma)-

⟨21⟩ sa⟨ṁ⟩khyādhigamaḫ para(ma)māheśvaraḥ śrīkharagrahas tasya tanayas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalavidy(ā)dhigamavihitanikhilavidvajjanamana⟨ḥ⟩-

⟨22⟩ paritoṣātiśaya⟨ḥ⟩ satvasaṁpadā tyāgaudāryyeṇa ca vigatānusandhānā(ś)amāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅgas samya(gu)-

⟨23⟩ palakṣitānekaśāstrakalāloka(caritagahva)ravibhāgo pi paramabha(draprakr̥tir akr̥tri)mapraśrayavinayaśobhāvibhūṣaṇas sa(mara)-

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⟨24⟩ (śatajayapatākā)haraṇapratya¡l!oda(gra)bāhudaṇḍavidhvansitanikhilapratipakṣadarppodayaḥ svadhanuḥprabhāva(paribhūtāstrakauśalā)-

⟨25⟩ (bhimāna)⟨ḥ⟩ (sakala)nr̥patimaṇḍalābhinanditaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasyānujas tatpādā(nuddhyātas saccari)-

⟨26⟩ tātiśayitasakalapūrvvanarapatir atidussādhānām api prasādhayitā viṣayāṇāṁ mūrttimān (i)va puruṣakā(raḥ parivr̥ddhagu)-

⟨27⟩ (ṇānurāganirbhara)cittavr̥ttibhir mmanur iva svayam abhyupapannaḥ prakr̥tibhir adhigatakalākalāpaẖ kāntimān nirvr̥tihetur akala(ṅkaẖ kumudanāthaḥ)

⟨28⟩ (prājyapratāpa)sthagitadigantarāla{ḥ}pradhvansitadhvāntarāśis satatoditas savitā prakr̥tibhyaḥ paraṁ pratyayam artthavantam atiba(hutithaprayoja)nā-

⟨29⟩ (nubandham āga)maparipūrṇṇaṁ vidadhānaḥ sandhivigrahasamāsaniścayanipuṇaḥ sthāne nur(ū)pam ādeśa⟨ṁ⟩ dadad guṇavr̥ddhividhā(najanitasaṁ)skāras sā-

⟨30⟩ (dhūnāṁ rājyasā)lāturīyatantrayor ubhayor ap(i) niṣṇātaḥ prakr̥ṣṭavikram(o) pi karuṇ¿a?mr̥duhr̥dayaḥ śrutavā(n) apy agarvvita(ẖ kānto pi) praśamī sthira-

⟨31⟩ (sauhr̥dayyo pi) nirasitā doṣavatām udayasamayasamupajanitajanatānurāgaparipihitabhuvanasamartthitaprathitabālā(dityadvitī)yanāmā para-

⟨32⟩ (mamāheśvaraḥ) śrīdhruvasena⟨ḥ⟩ kuśalī sarvvān eva yathāsambaddhyamānak¿aṁ? samājñāpayaty astu vas sa(ṁ)viditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḥ (puṇyāpyāya)nāya sthā(ṇe)-

⟨33⟩ (śvaravinirggatama)ṭasaranivās(i)kauśikasagotramāddhyandinasabrahmacāriṇe brāhmaṇadevaśarmmaputrabrāhmaṇapratirūpāya su(rā)ṣṭre(ṣv o)sāti(khā)-

⟨34⟩ (ṭasthalyantarggatape)p(y)āva(ṭ)agrāme Aparasīmni kuṭumbikuhuṭ(a)pratyayā dvādaśabhūpādāvarttaparisarā va(ṭ)avāpī(saṁjñi)tā vāpī ⁓ Asyāḥ Ā(ghāṭanā)ni pūrvvasyā-

⟨35⟩ (n diśi mahattarami)śraṇakasatkavāpī ⁓ dakṣiṇasyāṁ guhadāsasatkavāpī ⹀ Aparasyāṁ yamalavāpīpra¿tt?īhā ⁓ Uttarasyāṁ vivītaṁ grāmādyaḥ panthā vrajati ⁓ tathāsminn e-

⟨36⟩ (va grāme dakṣi)ṇasīmni kuṭumbināgahradaprakr̥ṣṭaṁ bhūpādāvartaśataparimānaṁ kṣetraṁ (⁓) yatrāghāṭanāni pūrvvasyā¿n? diśi dinnakasatkakṣetraṁ (⁓) dakṣiṇasyāṁ (ma)-

⟨37⟩ (ndasātīnadī ⁓) Aparasyāṁ drāṅgikamiśraṇakasatkakṣetraṁ ⁓ Uttarasyāṁ rāmasthalī Evam etac caturāghāṭanaviśuddhavāpīkṣetra(ṁ) sodraṅgaṁ soparika(raṁ)

⟨38⟩ (sabhūtavāta)pratyāyaṁ sadhānyahiraṇyāde(yaṁ) sadaśāparādhaṁ sotpadyamānaviṣṭ¿ī?kaṁ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaṁ pūrvadattadevabrahmadeya-

⟨39⟩ (rah)itaṁ bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrār(kkārṇṇavakṣi)tisaritparvatasamakālīnaṁ putrapautrā(nvaya)paribhogyam udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisr̥-

⟨40⟩ ṣṭo ⁓ yato syocita(yā brahma)deyasthi(tyā) bhuñjataẖ k(r̥)ṣataẖ karṣayataḥ pradiśato vā (na) kai(ścid vyā)sedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranr̥pa-

⟨41⟩ (ti)bhir apy asmad(vaṅśajair anyair vvā) Anityāny (aiśva)ryyāṇy a(sthiraṁ mā)nuṣyaṁ sāmānyañ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numa-

⟨42⟩ ntavyaḥ pari(pālayita)vyaś cety uktañ ca ba(hubhir vvasu)dhā bhuktā rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ

⟨43⟩ yānīha dāridryabhayān na(rendrai)r ddhanāni dharmmāyatanīkr̥tāni ni(rvvānta)mālyapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhu⟨ḥ⟩ punar ādadīta ṣaṣṭiṁ

⟨44⟩ (va)rṣasahasrāṇi svargge tiṣṭhat(i bhū)midaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT ⁓ dūtako tra sāmantaśīlādityaḥ

⟨45⟩ likhitam idaṁ sandhivigrahādhikr̥tadivirapativatrabhaṭṭinā ∥ saṁ 300 10 1 śrā(vaṇa) śu 3 svahasto mama †∥

Bibliography

First edited by Bharati Shelat wither rather low-quality photographs; no translation (Shelat 2005). Re-edited by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of the published photographs of the original.

Primary

[BhS] Shelat, Bharati. 2005. “Jesar copper-plates of Maitraka king Dhruvasena II of Valabhi.” JESI 32, pp. 104–114.