# Dana plates of Dhruvasena II, [Valabhī] year 314, Mārgaśira ba. 1[2]

Annette Schmiedchen

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00065

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00065.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-10-01 12:47
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## Summary

Grant of a village in favour of a R̥gvedin.

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## Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ ꩜ svasti valabh(ī)taḥ prasa(bha)praṇatāmitrāṇāṁ
maitra(kāṇā)m
atulabalasampannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktaprahāraśatalabdha⟨2⟩pr¿ā?⟨a⟩tāpāt
pratā(popanatadāna)mānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād
anu¿k?⟨r⟩aktamaulabhr̥taśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśriyaḥ para⟨3⟩mamāheśva(rā)⟨t⟩
śrī(bhaṭārkkā)d avyavacchinnarājavaṅśān
mātāpitr̥caraṇāravi¿ṇḍ?⟨nd⟩apraṇatipravidhautāśe¿pā?⟨ṣa⟩kalma¿p?⟨ṣ⟩aś
śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti⟨4⟩khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva
samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanapr¿ā?⟨a⟩kāśitasatvanikaṣas
tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratna⟨5⟩prabhāsaṁsa(kta)pādanakharaśmisaṅhatis
sakalasmr̥tipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhr̥dayarañjanānvarttharā⟨6⟩jaśabdo
rūpakāntisthairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ
smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśay(ā)naś
śara⟨7⟩ṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tr̥ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩
prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditav¿a?⟨i⟩dvatsuhr̥tpraṇa⟨8⟩yihr̥dayaḥ
pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ
śrīguhasenas tasya sutas
tatpāda(na)⟨9⟩(khama)yūkhasantānavis{t}r̥tajāhnavījalau¿pā?⟨gha⟩prakṣālitāśe¿pā?⟨ṣa⟩kalmaṣaḥ
praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasampad rūpa⟨10⟩(lobhā)d ivāśritas
sarabhasam ābhigāmikair guṇais
sahajaśakt¿ī?⟨i⟩śikṣāviśeṣ¿ā?⟨a⟩vismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ
prathamanara⟨11⟩(pati)samatisr̥ṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām
apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānā⟨ṁ⟩ darśayitā śrīsara⟨12⟩svatyor
ekādhivāsasya saṅhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo
vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrī⟨ḥ⟩ paramamāheśvara(ḥ) ⟨13⟩
śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas
sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagradi¿ṇ?⟨ṅ⟩maṇḍalas
samara⟨14⟩(śata)vijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarā¿ṇ?⟨n⟩sapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābhāraḥ
sarvvavidyāparāparavibh(ā)⟨15⟩gādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvataḥ
subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣaḥ
samagralo(kā)gādhagāmbhīryyahr̥da⟨16⟩yo pi
sucaritātiśayasuvy¿ā?⟨a⟩ktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ
khilībhūtak¿ri?⟨r̥⟩tayuganr̥patipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakī(r)tti(r)
dharmmā⟨17⟩nuparodho(jjva)latarīk¿ri?⟨r̥⟩tārtthasukhasaṁpadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā
paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityas tasyān(u)⟨18⟩jas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ svayam
upendraguruṇeva guruṇātyādara¿dh?⟨v⟩atā samabhilaṣaṇīyām api
rājala(kṣ)mī⟨ṁ⟩ skandhāsaktāṁ paramabhadra [I]⟨19⟩va dhuryyas
tadājñāsa⟨ṁ⟩pādanaikarasatayaivodva(han khe)dasukharatibhyām
anāyāsitasatvasampattiḥ
prabhāvasaṁpadvaśīk¿ri?⟨r̥⟩tanr̥pa[ti]⟨20⟩śataśiroratna(cchāyo)pagūḍhapādapī(ṭho
pi parāvajñā)bhimānarasānāliṅgitamanovr̥ttiḥ pra(ṇat)i(m e)kāṁ parityajya
prakhyātapauru[ṣā]⟨21⟩stra(kauśalātiśayagaṇa)tithavipakṣakṣitipatilakṣmīsvaya⟨ṁ⟩grahaprakāśitapravīrapuruṣa{ḥ}prathamasa(ṅ)khyādhigama(ḥ)
[pa]⟨22⟩(rama)māheśvaraḥ śrī(kh)aragrahas tasya (tanayaḥ
tatpādānuddhyātaḥ
sakala)vidyādhigamavihitanikhilavidva⟨j⟩janamanaḥpari[toṣā]⟨Page
2r⟩⟨23⟩(tiśayaḥ satvasaṁpadā tyāgaudāryyeṇa ca
vigatānusandhā)nāśamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabha(ṅga)s
sam(y)agupalakṣi(tāneka)⟨24⟩(śā)stra(kalālokacaritaga)hvara(vibhāgo pi
paramabhadra)prak¿ri?⟨r̥⟩ti(r
a)k¿ri?⟨r̥⟩trima(praśraya)vinayaśobhā(vibhūṣaṇas
samaraśata)ja⟨25⟩yapatākāharaṇapratya¡l!odagra(bā)hudaṇḍavidhvansitanikhilapratipakṣada(r)pp(odayaḥ
svadhanuḥ)prabhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimā⟨26⟩na⟨ḥ⟩
sakalanr̥patimaṇḍalā(bhina)nditaśāsa(naḥ) paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas
tasyānujas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ
saccaritātiśayita(sakala)pūrvvanara⟨27⟩(patir atidussādhānām api
prasādhay)itā viṣayāṇāṁ mūrttimān iva puruṣakāra⟨ḥ⟩
parivr̥ddhaguṇānurāganirbharacittavr̥ttibhir mmanur iva sva(ya)m
abhyu(pa)⟨28⟩(pannaḥ) prakr̥tibhir adhi(gata)kalākalāpaẖ kāntimān
nirvr̥tihetur akalaṅkaẖ kumudanāthaḥ
prājyapratāpasthagitadigantartarālapradhva(nsita)dhvānta⟨29⟩(rā)śi(ḥ
satatoditas savitā) prakr̥tibhyaḥ paraṁ pratyayam artthavantam
atibahutithaprayojanānubandham ¿a?⟨ā⟩gamaparipū(rṇṇaṁ) vidadhānaḥ
sandhivigra⟨30⟩(hasamāsaniścayani)puṇaḥ sth(ā)ne nurūpam ādeśaṁ dadad
guṇavr̥ddhividhānajanitasaṁskāras sādhūnā(ṁ) rājyasālāturīyatantrayo(r
ubhayo)r api ⟨31⟩ (niṣṇā)taḥ prakr̥ṣṭavikramo pi karuṇāmr̥duhr̥dayaḥ
śrutavān apy janitavitaḥ kānto pi praśamī sthirasauhr̥dayyo pi nirasi(tā
doṣavatā)m
u(daya)⟨32⟩(sa)mayasamupajanitajanatānurā(g)aparipihitabhuvanasamartth¿a?⟨i⟩taprathitabālādityadvitīyanāmā
paramamāheśvaraḥ śrī(dhruvasenaḥ) ⟨33⟩ (kuśalī) sarvvān eva
yathāsambaddhyam¿a?⟨ā⟩nak¿am?⟨ān⟩ samājñāpayaty

astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḥ
puṇyāpyāyanāyāna(rttapura)nivā⟨34⟩(si)[…]sagotrabahvr̥casabrahmacāriṇe
brāhmaṇabhaṭṭisvāmiputrabrāhmaṇabhaṭṭiviṣṇa¿m?⟨v⟩e kheṭakāhāraviṣaye
māhiṣaka(padrakā)nta⟨35⟩(rgatadayanta)kagrāmaḥ (sodra)ṅgaḥ soparikaraḥ
sabhūtavātapratyāyaḥ sadhānyahiraṇyādeyas sadaśāparādhaḥ
sotpadyamānavi⟨36⟩(ṣṭi)kaḥ sarvvarājakī(yānā)m ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ
pūrvvadattadevabrahmadeyabrāhmaṇaviṅśatirahita¿ṁ?⟨ḥ⟩
bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrārkkārṇṇava⟨37⟩(kṣiti)saritparvvatasamakālīnaḥ
putrapautrānvayabhogya Udakātisarggeṇa dharmma(dā)yo nisr̥ṣṭo

yato syocitayā brahma(deyasthityā) ⟨38⟩ (anayā?) (bhuñjataḥ) kr̥ṣataḥ
karṣayataḥ pradiśato vā na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam
āgāmibhadranr̥patibhir apy asmadvaṅśajair anyair vvā a(ni)⟨39⟩(tyāny)
aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ (mā)nuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmidānaphalam
avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś cety

uktaṁ ca

1. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhi⟨40⟩(r vva)sudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ
yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ

2. Indravajrā

yānīha dāridryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmā⟨41⟩yatanīkr̥tāni
(nirbbhukta)mālyapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḥ punar ādadīta ∥

3. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmida⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨42⟩
Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vase(T) ∥

dūtako tra sāmantaśīlādityaḥ ∥ likhitam idaṁ
sandhivigrahādhikr̥tadivira(pati)⟨43⟩(vatrabhaṭṭinā ∥) (saṁ) (300) (10)
(4) (mā)rgaśira ba 10 (2) svahasto mama †∥

## Bibliography

First edited in a faulty way by R. N. Mehta and K. N. Momin with
photographs; no translation (Mehta & Momin 1981). Re-edited and encoded
by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of the published photographs and
fibre-glass replicas.

### Primary

[RNMKNM] Mehta, R. N. & K. N. Momin. 1981. “A copper-plate grant of
Dhruvasena Baladitya from Dana, Taluka Kapadvanj, Dist. Kheda.” JOIB 31,
pp. 84–88.