# Bhamodra Mohota plates of Dhruvasena II, [Valabhī] year 320, Āṣāḍha śu. 1 Annette Schmiedchen Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00070 Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy) File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00070.xml Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-10-01 13:46 (d43d32f), last modified 2026-09-29 16:37 (ce4ceca) ## Summary Confirmation of a former, interrupted grant of a tax(?) named guḍādāna, as well as a new regular donation of a certain amount of money in favour of the goddess Koṭṭammahikā. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ ꩜ svast¿a?⟨i⟩ vijayavalabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ m¿a?⟨ai⟩trakāṇām atulabalasampannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktapra(hā)raśata⟨2⟩labdhapratāpāt pratāp¿au?⟨o⟩panatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhr̥taśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśriyaḥ para⟨ma⟩māhe⟨3⟩śvaraśrībhaṭ¿a?⟨ā⟩rkkād avyavacchinnarājavaṅśān mātāpitr̥caraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ śaiśavā⟨t⟩ pra¿k?⟨bh⟩r̥ti khaḍgadvit¿i?⟨ī⟩ya⟨4⟩bāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣaḥ tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapāda⟨5⟩nakharaśmisaṅhatiḥ sakalasmr̥tipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhr̥dayarañjanānvarttharājaśabdo rūpakānti⟨6⟩sthairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisampadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkā{d}drirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradāna⟨7⟩paratayā tr̥ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇayihr̥dayaḫ pādacārī⟨8⟩va sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavi⟨9⟩sr̥tajāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasampad rūpalobhād ivāśrita⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨10⟩ sarabhasam ābh¿a?⟨i⟩gāmikair gguṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśe{k}ṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭānā⟨11⟩m anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya sa⟨12⟩ṅhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya ⟨13⟩ sutas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthag¿a?⟨i⟩tasamagradiṅmaṇ(ḍ)alaḥ samaraśatavijayaśo⟨14⟩bhāsanāthamaṇḍalāg¿y?⟨r⟩adyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābhāraḥ sarvvavidyāparā¿v?⟨p⟩aravibhāgādhi(g)a⟨15⟩mavimalamatir api sarvvataḥ subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyapari(t)oṣaḥ samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahr̥dayo ⟨16⟩ pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtakr̥tayuganr̥patipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrtt¿a?⟨i⟩⟨17⟩r dharmmānuparodhojjvalatarīkr̥tārtthasukhasampadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlāditya⟨18⟩s tasyānujas tatpādānudhyātaḥ svayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇāty¿a?⟨ā⟩daravatā samabhilaṣaṇīyām api rājalakṣm¿i?⟨ī⟩ṁ skandhāsaktāṁ pa⟨19⟩ramabhadra Iva dhuryyas tadājñāsampādanaikarasatayaivodvahan khedasukharatibhyām anāyāsitasatvasampattiḥ prabhāvasampa⟨20⟩dvaśīkr̥tanr̥patiśataśiroratnacchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho pi parāvajñābhimānarasānāliṅgitamanovr̥ttiḥ praṇatim e⟨21⟩kāṁ parityajya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arātibhir anāsāditapratikriy¿ā?⟨o⟩pāyaḥ kr̥tanikhilabhuvanāmodavima⟨22⟩laguṇasaṅhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatir nn¿i?⟨ī⟩cajanādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair anāmr̥ṣṭātyunnatahr̥⟨23⟩dayaḥ prakhyātapauruṣāstrakauśalātiśayagaṇatithavipakṣakṣitipatilakṣm¿i?⟨ī⟩svayaṁgrahaprakāśita⟨24⟩pravīrapuruṣaprathamasaṁkhyādhigamaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīkharagrahas tasya tanayas tatpādānudhyātaḥ ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨25⟩ sakalavidyādhigamavihitanikhilavidvajjanamanaḥparitoṣātiśayaḥ satvasampadā ty¿a?⟨ā⟩gaudāryyeṇa ca viga(tā)[]nu⟨26⟩sandhānāśamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅgaḥ samyagupalakṣitānekaśāstrakalālokacari[ta]⟨27⟩gahvaravibhāgo pi paramabhadraprakr̥tir akr̥trimapraśrayavinayaśobhāvibhūṣaṇaḥ samaraśatajayapatāk(ā)[]ha⟨28⟩raṇapratya¡l!odagrabāhudaṇḍavidhvansitanikhilapratipakṣadarppodayaḥ svadhanuḥprabhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimāna⟨ḥ⟩ (sa)⟨29⟩kalanr̥patimaṇḍalābhinanditaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasyānujas tatpādānudhyātaḥ saccaritātiśayita(sa)⟨30⟩kalapūrvvanarapatir atidussādhānām api prasādhayitā viṣayāṇāṁ mūrttimān iva puruṣakāraḥ parivr̥ddhaguṇā⟨31⟩nurāganirbbharacittavr̥ttibhir mmanur iva svayam abhyupapannaḥ prakr̥tibhir adhigatakalākalāpaḥ kāntimān nirvr̥tihetu⟨32⟩r akalaṅkaẖ kumudanāthaḥ prājyapratāpasthagitadigantarālapradhvansitadhvāntarāśis sa(t)atoditas savitā prakr̥tibhyaḫ pa⟨33⟩raṁ pratyayam artthavantam atibahutithaprayojanānubandham āgamaparipūrṇṇaṁ vidadhānaḥ sandhivigrahasamāsaniśca⟨34⟩yanipu¿n?⟨ṇ⟩aḥ sthāne nurūpam ādeśaṁ dadad guṇavr̥ddhividhānajanitasaṁskāras sādhūnāṁ rājyasālātur¿i?⟨ī⟩yatantrayor u⟨35⟩bhayor api niṣṇātaḥ prakr̥ṣṭavikramo pi karuṇāmr̥duhr̥dayaḥ śrutavān apy agarvvitaḥ kānto pi praśam¿i?⟨ī⟩ sthirasauhr̥da⟨36⟩yyo pi nirasitā doṣavatām udayasamayasamupajanitajanatānurāgaparipihitabhuvanasamartthitaprathitabālāditya⟨37⟩dvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdhruvasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva yathāsambadhyamānakān samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ ⟨38⟩ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya{ṁ} t¿r̥?⟨ri⟩sa(ṅga)makasvatalapratiṣṭhitakoṭṭammahikādevīpādebhyā⟨ṁ⟩ mahārājadroṇasi⟨ṁ⟩hena trisaṅgamaka⟨39⟩prāpīyavāpīṣu tāmraśāsan¿a?⟨e⟩ bhilikhya gu(ḍ)ā(dā)naṁ pratipād¿ī?⟨i⟩ta{ṁ}m antarāc (c)a vicchi(tt)¿(a)?⟨i⟩nītaṁ tad asm(ā)bhir ggandhapu¿p?⟨ṣ⟩padhūpadīpatailādyopāyo⟨40⟩gāya devakulasya ca khaṇḍasphuṭitapratisaṁskaraṇāya pādamūlajīvanāya ca samutsamkalitaṁ tathā t¿r̥?⟨ri⟩saṅgamakasvatalagañj¿a?⟨ā⟩t pratyahaṁ ⟨41⟩ tanniyuktena rūpaka eko deyo kṣayanīvītvena devyāḫ pūjāhetor ddharmmadāyo nisr̥ṣṭaḥ yato na kenacid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranr̥⟨42⟩patibhir apy asmadvaṅśaj{y}air anyair vvā Anity¿a?⟨ā⟩ny aiśvaryyāṇy asthira⟨ṁ⟩ mānuṣyaṁ sāmāny¿ā?⟨a⟩ṁ dānaph{c}alam avagacchad¿v?⟨bh⟩ir ayam asmaddāy¿ā?⟨o⟩ numantavyaḫ pratipālayi⟨43⟩tavyaś c¿a?⟨e⟩ty uktañ ca ∥ 1. Anuṣṭubh bahu(bh)ir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phala⟨M⟩ 2. Indravajrā yān¿i?⟨ī⟩⟨44⟩ha dāridryabhay¿a?⟨ā⟩n narendrair ddhanāni dharmm¿a?⟨ā⟩yatanīkr̥tāni nirbhuktamālyapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta ⟨45⟩ 3. Anuṣṭubh ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi svargge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ Ācch¿a?⟨e⟩ttā cānumant¿a?⟨ā⟩ ca tāny eva narake vased iti ∥ dūtako tra rājapu{t}traśrīkharagrahaḥ ⟨46⟩ likhitam idaṁ sandhivigrahādhikr̥tadivirapativatrabhaṭṭiputradivirapatiskandabhaṭena ∥ saṁ 300 20 Āṣāḍha śu 1 svahasto mama †∥ ## Bibliography Grant portion first edited by A. M. T. Jackson with translation of that portion of the text; no estampages (Jackson 1898, № 2). Fully edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of photographs of the original. ### Primary [AMTJ] Jackson, A. M. T. 1898. “Two new Valabhī copper-plates.” JBBRAS (20), pp. 1–10. Item 2.