# Uṅgaputragrāma grant of Dhruvasena II, [Valabhī] year 313, Jyeṣṭha śu. 10 Annette Schmiedchen Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00063 Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy) File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00063.xml Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-09-29 16:04 (f22ae31) ## Summary Grant of land (100 pādāvarta) in favour of five Yajurvedins. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ ꩜ svasti vijayaskandhāvārā⟨d⟩ bhadreśvaravāsakāt prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasampannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsakta⟨2⟩prahāraśatalabdhapratāpāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhr̥taśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśriyaḫ parama⟨3⟩māheśvaraśrībhaṭārkād avyavacchinnarājavaṁśān mātāpitr̥caraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaś śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvitīya⟨4⟩bāhur eva ¿ṣ?⟨s⟩amadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasa(tv)anikaṣas tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakha⟨5⟩raśmisaṅhatis sakalasmr̥tipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhr̥dayarañjanānvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpa⟨6⟩dbhi⟨ḥ⟩ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaś śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tr̥ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārttha⟨7⟩nādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇayihr̥dayaḥ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḫ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasena⟨8⟩s tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisr̥tajāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḫ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasampad rūpa⟨9⟩lobhād ivāś¿r̥?⟨ri⟩tas sarabhasam ābhigāmikai⟨r⟩ gguṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḫ prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭānā⟨10⟩m anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṅhatārāti⟨11⟩pakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḫ paramamāheśvara⟨ḥ⟩ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ ⟨12⟩ sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍalas samaraśatavijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsura⟨13⟩tarānsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābhāras sarvvavidyāparāparavibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvatas subhāṣitalavenāpi sukho⟨14⟩papādanīyaparitoṣas samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahr̥dayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtakr̥ta⟨15⟩yuganr̥patipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrttir ddharmmānuparodho⟨j⟩jvalatarīkr̥tārtthasukhasampadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā ⟨16⟩ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityas tasyānujas tatpādānudhyātas svayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇātyādaravatā samabhilaṣaṇīyām api rāja⟨17⟩lakṣmīṁ skandhāsakt(ā)ṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas tadājñāsampādanaikarasatayaivodvahan khedasukharatibhyām anāyāsitasatvasampattiḫ prabhāvasaṁpa⟨18⟩dvaśīkr̥tanr̥patiśataśiroratnacchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho pi parāvajñābhimānarasānāliṅgitamanovr̥ttiḫ praṇatim ekāṁ parityajya prakhyāta⟨19⟩pauruṣābhimānair apy arātibhir anāsāditapratikriyopāyaẖ kr̥tanikhilabhuvanāmodavimalaguṇasaṅhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhavighaṭitasakala⟨20⟩⟨kali⟩vilasitagatir nīcajanādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair anāmr̥ṣṭātyunnatahr̥dayaḫ prakhyātapauruṣāstrakauśalātiśayagaṇatithavipa⟨21⟩kṣakṣitipatilakṣmīsvayaṁgrahaprakāśitapravīrapuruṣaprathamasaṁkhyādhigamaḫ paramamāheśvara⟨ḥ⟩ śrīkharagrahas tasya tanayas tatpādā⟨22⟩nudhyātas sakalavidyādhigamavihitanikhilavidvajjanamanaḫparitoṣātiśayas satvasampadā tyāgaudāryy(e)ṇa ca vigatānu⟨23⟩sandhānāśamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅgas samyagupalakṣitānekaśāstrakalālokacaritagahvaravibhāgo pi ⟨24⟩ paramabhadraprakr̥tir akr̥trimapraśrayavinayaśobhāvibhūṣaṇas samaraśatajayapatākāharaṇapratya¡l!odagra⟨25⟩bāhudaṇḍavidhvansitanikhilapratipakṣadarppodayaḥ svadhanuḫprabhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimāna⟨ḥ⟩ sakalanr̥patimaṇḍalā⟨26⟩bhinanditaśāsanaḫ paramamāheśvaras śr¿i?⟨ī⟩dharasenas tasyānujas tatpādānudhyātas saccaritātiśayitasakala⟨27⟩pūrvvanarapatir atidussādhānām api prasādhayitā viṣayāṇāṁ mūrttimān iva puruṣakāraḫ parivr̥ddha⟨Page 2r⟩⟨28⟩guṇānurāganirbbharacittavr̥ttibhir manur iva svayam abhyupapannaḫ prakr̥ti(bhiḥ) adhigatakalākalāpaḥ kāntimān ni⟨29⟩rvr̥tihetuḥ akalaṅkaḥ kumudanāthaḥ prājyapratāpasthagitadigantartarā(la)pradhvansitadhvāntarāśiḥ satatoditaḥ ⟨30⟩ savitā prakr̥tibhyaḥ paraṁ pratyayam artthavantam atibahutithaprayojanānubandham āgamaparipūrṇṇaṁ vidadhānaḥ ⟨31⟩ sandhivigrahasamāsaniścayanipuṇaḥ sth¿(a)?⟨ā⟩ne nurūpam ādeśaṁ dadad guṇavr̥ddhividhānajanitasaṁskāraḥ sādhūnā⟨ṁ⟩ rājyasālāturī⟨32⟩yatantrayor ubhayor api niṣṇātaḥ prakr̥ṣṭavikramo pi karuṇāmr̥duhr̥dayaḥ śrutavān apy agarvvitaḥ kānto pi praśamī sthirasau⟨33⟩hr̥dayyo pi nirasitā doṣavatām udayasamayasamupajanitajanatānurāgaparipihitabhuvanasamartthitaprathitabālādi⟨34⟩tyadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraś śrīdhruvasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva yathāsambadhyamānakān samājñāpayaty astu vo viditaṁ yathā ⟨35⟩ mayā mātāpitroḥ puṇyāpyāyanāya prakāśāvinirgatoṅgaputragrāmavāstavyakauṇḍinyasagotravājasaneyasabrahmacāribrāhmaṇabhrā⟨36⟩tr̥śarmmaputraraviśarmma tathaitatputradevaśarmma tathoparilikhita{ṁ}vinirggata(nibhā)sagotrasabrahmacāribrāhmaṇanāgaṣaṣ¿ṭ?⟨ṭh⟩iputrabrāhmaṇamātr̥sa⟨37⟩ṅgama tathā bharadvājasagotravājasaneyasabra(hma)cāriṇa Eva brāhmaṇāḍhyaśarmmaputrabrāhmaṇāruṇagopa tathā gautamasagotravājasaneyasa⟨38⟩brahmacāribrāhmaṇabhadraśarmmaputrabrāhmaṇadharaśarmma Ebhyaḥ pañcabhyaḥ surāṣṭreṣu guṇṭhāpaṭṭe vaṭapadrasthalyantarggata Uṅgaputragrāme dakṣiṇasīmni brāhmaṇa⟨39⟩Āḍhyaśarmmakṣetrāt pūrvvataḥ brāhmaṇagovaśarmmakṣetrād dakṣiṇataḥ kuṭumbigovakasatkakṣetrād aparataḥ sīhilakagrāmasīmni Uttarataḥ ⟨40⟩ pādāvarttaśataparimāṇakṣetraṁ caturāghāṭanaviśuddhaṁ sodraṅgaṁ soparikaraṁ sabhūtavātapratyāyaṁ sadhānyahiraṇyādeyaṁ sadaśā⟨41⟩parādhaṁ sotpadyamānaviṣṭikaṁ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣ¿a?⟨e⟩paṇīyaṁ pūrvvaprattadevabrahmadeyavarjyaṁ bhūmicchidranyāyenā⟨42⟩candrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaṁ putrapautrānvayabhogyaṁ udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisr̥ṣṭaḥ yato Eṣām (uci)tayā ⟨43⟩ brahmadeyasthityā bhuṁjatāṁ kr̥ṣatāṁ karṣayatāṁ pradiśatāṁ vā na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranr̥patibhir apy asmadvaṁśajai⟨44⟩r anyair vvā Anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyañ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ pari⟨45⟩pālayitavyaś c(e)ty uktañ ca | 1. Anuṣṭubh bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ ∥ ⟨46⟩ 2. Indravajrā yānīha dāridryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanīkr̥tāni | nir(bbhukta)mālyapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḥ punar ādadīta ⟨47⟩ 3. Anuṣṭubh ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny e(va) narake vaseT ∥ dūtako rājaputraśīlādityaḥ ⟨48⟩ likhitam idaṁ sandhivigrahādhikr̥tadivirapativatrabhaṭṭinā | saṁ 300 10 3 jyeṣṭha śu 10 svahasto mama †∥ ## Bibliography First edited by P. C. Parikh and Bharati Shelat with rather low-quality photographs; no translation (Parikh & Shelat 1984–1985). Re-edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of the published photograph of the original plates. ### Primary [PCPBS] Parikh, P. C. & Bharati Shelat. 1984–1985. “Maitraka rājā Dhruvasena 2 jānuṁ eka aprasiddha dānaśāsana, Valabhī saṁvata 313.” Sāmīpya 1, pp. 77–84.