Amreli plates of Dhruvasena II, [Valabhī] year 317, Śrāvaṇa śu 3

Editor: Annette Schmiedchen.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00066.

Summary: Grant of land in favour of a god.

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Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy).

Version: (f455aac), last modified (552eb3d).

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⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ @ svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇā(ṁ) maitrakāṇām atulabalasampannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktapra⟨2⟩h(ār)(a)talabdhapratāpāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhṛtaśreṇībalāvā⟨3⟩ptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāheśvaraśrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarājavaṅśān mātāpitṛcaraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśe(ṣa)⟨4⟩ka(lmaṣa)ḥ śaiśavāt prabhṛtikhaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣaḥ tatprabhāvapraṇatārā⟨5⟩ticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisaṅhatiḥ sakalasmṛtipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhṛdayara¿jā?⟨ñja⟩⟨6⟩nānvarttharājaśabdo rūpak¿a?⟨ā⟩ntisthairyyag¿a?⟨ā⟩mbhīryyabuddhisampadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkā{d}drirājodadhit¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩daśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇ¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨7⟩gatābhayapradānaparatayā tṛṇavadapāstāś¿a?⟨e⟩ṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhṛtpraṇayihṛdaya⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨8⟩ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatp(ā)danakhamayūkhasantāna⟨9⟩visṛtajāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasr(o)pa{r}j¿a?⟨ī⟩vyamānasampad rūpal¿ā?⟨o⟩bhād ivāśritaḥ sa⟨10⟩rabhasam ābhigāmikair gguṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisṛ⟨11⟩ṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor e⟨12⟩kādhivāsasya saṅhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ ⟨13⟩ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍalaḥ ⟨14⟩ samaraśatav¿ī?⟨i⟩jayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābhāraḥ sarvvavi⟨15⟩dyāparāparavibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvatas subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaparito(ṣ)aḥ ⟨16⟩ samagralokāgādhagām(bh)īryyahṛdayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūta⟨17⟩kṛtayuganṛpatipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakī(r)ttir ddharmmānuparodh¿ā?⟨o⟩jjvalatarīkṛtārtthasukhasampadupasevānirū⟨18⟩ḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityas tasy¿a?⟨ā⟩nujas tatp¿a?⟨ā⟩dānudhyātaḥ svayam up¿a?⟨e⟩ndraguru⟨19⟩ṇeva guruṇātyādaravatā samabhila(ṣ)aṇīyām api rājalakṣmī⟨ṁ⟩ skandhāsakt(ā)ṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas tad¿a?⟨ā⟩jñā⟨20⟩sampādanaikarasatayaivodvahan (kh)edasu(kh)aratibhyām anāy¿a?⟨ā⟩sitasatvasampattiḥ prabhāvasampadvaśīkṛta⟨21⟩nṛpatiśataśiroratnacch¿o?⟨ā⟩yopagūḍhap¿a?⟨ā⟩dapīṭho pi parāvajñābhimānaras¿a?⟨ā⟩nāliṅgitamanovṛttiḥ praṇa⟨22⟩t¿a?⟨i⟩m ¿a?⟨e⟩⟨ṁ⟩ par¿a?⟨i⟩tyajya prakhyātapauruṣābhimā¿ṇe?⟨nai⟩r apy arātibhir anāsāditapratikriyopāyaḥ kṛtanikhila⟨23⟩bhuvanāmodavimalaguṇasaṅhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatir nnīcajanādhirohibhi⟨24⟩r aśeṣ¿e?⟨ai⟩r ddoṣair anāmṛṣṭātyunnatahṛdayaḥ prakhyātapauruṣāstrakauśalātiśayagaṇatithavipakṣakṣi(t)i⟨25⟩patilakṣmīsvayaṁgrahaprakāśitapravīrapuruṣaprathamasaṁkhyādhigamaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨26⟩ śrīkharagrahas tasya tanayas tatpādānudhyātaḥ sakalavidyādhigamavihitanikhilavidvajjanamanaḥparito⟨27⟩ṣātiśa(yas satva)sampadā tyāgaudāryyeṇa ca vigatānusandhānāśamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅgaḥ ⟨28⟩ samyagupalakṣ(i)tāne(kaśā)strakalālokacaritagahvaravibhāgo pi paramabhadraprakṛtir akṛtrimapraśrayavinayaśobhā⟨29⟩vibhūṣaṇaḥ samaraśatajayapatākāharaṇapratya¡l!odagrabāhudaṇḍavidhvansitanikhilapratipakṣadarppodayaḥ svadhanu⟨ḥ⟩⟨30⟩prabhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimānasakalanṛpatimaṇḍalābhinanditaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharase¿ṇ?⟨n⟩as tasyā⟨31⟩nujas tatp¿a?⟨ā⟩dānudhyātaḥ saccaritātiśayitasakalapūrvvanarapatir atiduss¿a?⟨ā⟩dhānām api prasādhayitā viṣay¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇāṁ mūrttimān iva⟨32⟩pu(ru)ṣakāraḥ parivṛddhaguṇānurāganirbbharac¿a?⟨i⟩ttavṛttibhir mmanur iva svayam abhyupapannaḥ prakṛtibhir adhigatakalākalāpaḥ kānti⟨33⟩mān nirvṛtihetur akalaṅkaẖ kumudanāthaḥ prājyaprat¿a?⟨ā⟩pasthagitadigantarālapradhvansitadhvāntarāśis satatoditas savitā ⟨34⟩ prakṛtibhyaḥ paraṁ pratyayam artthavantam atibahutithaprayojanānubandham āgamaparip¿u?⟨ū⟩rṇṇaṁ vidadhānaḥ sandhivigrahasamā⟨35⟩saniścayanipuṇaḥ sthāne nurūpam ādeśaṁ dadad guṇavṛddhividhānajanitasaṁsk¿a?⟨ā⟩ras sādhūnā⟨ṁ⟩ rājyasālāturīyatantray¿a?⟨o⟩r ¿a?⟨u⟩bhayo⟨36⟩r api niṣṇātaḥ prakṛṣṭavikramo pi kar(u)(ā)mṛduhṛdayaḥ śrutavān apy agarvv¿a?⟨i⟩taḥ kānto pi praśamī sthirasauhṛdayyo pi nirasitā do(ṣa)⟨37⟩vatām udayasamayasamupajanitajan¿i?⟨a⟩tānurāgaparipihitabhuvanasamartthitaprathitabālādityadvitīyanāmā {parama}⟨38⟩paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdhruvasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva yathāsambadhyamānak¿a?⟨ā⟩n samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁvidita⟨ṁ⟩ yath¿a?⟨ā⟩ mayā māt(ā)⟨39⟩pitroḥ puṇyāpyāyanāya surāṣṭreṣu (ruṣavayahvasrāṇatoṣṭa?)kaṭṭabaradīgrā(me) śrību(ddha)rājaduhit¿a?⟨ā⟩rājñ¿a?⟨ī⟩bhagilākāritadevakulapratiṣṭhita⟨40⟩bhāgilasvāmīdevapādebhyaḥ pūj¿a?⟨ā⟩snāpanagandhapuṣpadhūpadīpatailādyupayogāya satranimittaṁ devakulasya ca khaṇḍasphuṭitapratisaṁsk¿a?⟨ā⟩ra⟨41⟩ṇāya pādamūlajīvanāya cāsyaiva devakulasy¿ā?⟨o⟩ttarapaści⟨me⟩ balivarddaghañcakaḥ tathāsminn eva grāme Uttarasīmni varddharikuṭumbisatraka⟨42⟩prakṛṣṭakṣetraṁ yasyāghāṭanāni pūrvvataḥ brāhmaṇasa(ṁ)dhamasatkap⟨r⟩accīhākṣetra(ṁ) tathendraguptasatkap⟨r⟩accīhākṣetra(ṁ) tathādāsilasatkakṣetraṁ ⟨43⟩ dakṣiṇataḥ grāmavṛtī Aparataḥ kṛṣṭamātṛbhaṭasatkakṣetraṁ tathā śaṅkarasatkap⟨r⟩accīhākṣetraṁ Uttarataḥ kañcaradāsasatkap⟨r⟩accīhā⟨44⟩kṣetraṁ brāhmaṇadā(si/mi)lasatkap⟨r⟩accīhākṣetrañ ca eva balivarddaghañcakaḥ kṣetrañ ca sodraṅga(ṁ) soparikaraṁ sabhūtavātapratyāyaṁ ⟨45⟩ sadhānyahiraṇyādeyaṁ sadaśāparādhaṁ sotpadyamānaviṣṭikaṁ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaṁ pūrvvaprattadeva⟨46⟩brahmadeyarahitaṁ bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamākālīnaṁ devadāyatvena dharmmadāyo nisṛṣṭa⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨47⟩ yato na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranṛpatibhir apy asmadvaṅśajair anyair vvā Anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ ⟨48⟩ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś cety uktañ ca ⟨49⟩ bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phala(M) yānīha dāri⟨50⟩dryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanīkṛtāni ni(r)bhuktamālyapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḥ punar ādadīta || ⟨51⟩ ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi svargge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tānyeva narake vaseT dūtako tra s¿a?⟨ā⟩mantaśilādityaḥ ⟨52⟩ likhitam idaṁ sandhivigrahādhikṛtadivirapativatrabhaṭṭinā || saṁ 300 10 7 śrāvaṇa śu 3 svahasto mama |||

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Translation by Annette Schmiedchen

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[S2014] Schmiedchen, Annette. 2014. Herrschergenealogie und religiöses Patronat: die Inschriftenkultur der Rāṣṭrakūṭas, Śilāhāras und Yādavas (8. bis 13. Jahrhundert). Gonda Indological Studies 17. Leiden: Brill.