# Nogawa plates of Dhruvasena II, [Valabhī] year 320, Bhadrapada ba. 5

Annette Schmiedchen

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00071

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00071.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-09-29 16:38
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## Summary

Grant of land (100 bhaktī) in Navagrāmaka (= Nogawa) in favour of two
Yajurvedins.

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## Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ ꩜ svasti valabh¿i?⟨ī⟩taḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitr¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇāṁ
maitrakāṇ¿a?⟨ā⟩m
atulabalasampannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktaprahāra⟨2⟩śatalabdhapratāpāt
pratāpopanatadānam¿a?⟨ā⟩nārjjavopārjjitānurāgād
anuraktamaulabhr̥taśreṇībalāvāptarājya⟨3⟩śriyaḥ
paramamāheśvara{ḥ}śrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarājavaṅśān
mātāpitr̥caraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣa(ḥ) ⟨4⟩ śaiśavāt
prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva
samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣaḥ
tatprabhāvapraṇatā⟨5⟩rāticūḍār¿ā?⟨a⟩tnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisaṅhatiḥ
sakalasmr̥tipraṇītamārggasamyak¿ṣ?⟨p⟩aripālanaprajāhr̥dayara⟨6⟩ñjanānvarttharājaśabdo
rūpa¿r?⟨k⟩āntisthairyyagāmbh¿i?⟨ī⟩⟨r⟩yyabuddhisampadbhiḥ
smaraśaśāṅkā{d}drirājodadhitridaśagur¿ū?⟨u⟩dhaneśān ati⟨7⟩śayāna(ḥ)
śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatay¿a?⟨ā⟩
tr̥ṇavadapāst¿a?⟨ā⟩śeṣasvak¿a?⟨ā⟩ryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩
prārtthanādhik¿a?⟨ā⟩rtthapradānānandita⟨8⟩vidvatsuhr̥tpraṇayihr̥dayaḫ
pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ
śrīguhasena⟨9⟩s tasya sutas
tatpādanakhamayūkhasant¿a?⟨ā⟩nav(i)sr̥tajāhnavījalaughaprakṣ¿a?⟨ā⟩litāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ
praṇayiśatasahasropajīvya⟨10⟩mānasampad rūpalobhād ivāśritaḥ sarabhasam
¿a?⟨ā⟩bhigāmikair gguṇai¿t?⟨s⟩
sahajaśaktiśikṣ(ā)viśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanu⟨11⟩rddharaḥ
prath¿ā?⟨a⟩manarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭ¿a?⟨ā⟩nām anup¿a?⟨ā⟩layitā
dha⟨r⟩mmadāyānām apākarttā prajopaghātakāri⟨12⟩ṇ(ā)m upaplav¿a?⟨ā⟩nāṁ
da⟨r⟩śayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhi¿p?⟨v⟩āsasya
sa(ṁ)hatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo
vikramopasaṁ⟨13⟩prāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas
tasya sutas tatpādānudhy¿a?⟨ā⟩taḥ
sakalajagadānandan¿a?⟨ā⟩tyadbhut¿ā?⟨a⟩⟨14⟩guṇasamudayasthagitasamagradi¿b?⟨ṅ⟩maṇḍala(ḥ)
samaraśatavijayaśobhāsan¿a?⟨ā⟩thamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍha⟨15⟩gur¿ū?⟨u⟩manorathamahābh¿a?⟨ā⟩raḥ
sarvvavidyāparā¿v?⟨p⟩aravibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvatas
subh¿a?⟨ā⟩ṣitalavenāpi sukhopapā⟨16⟩da(nī)yaparitoṣaḥ
samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahr̥dayo pi
sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakaly¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇasvabhāvaḥ
khilī⟨17⟩bhūtakr̥tayuganr̥patipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakī⟨r⟩tti⟨r⟩
dharmmānuparodhojjvalatar¿i?⟨ī⟩kr̥t¿a?⟨ā⟩rtthasukhasampadupasevānirū⟨18⟩ḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā
paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityas tasyānujas
tatp¿a?⟨ā⟩d¿a?⟨ā⟩nudhy¿a?⟨ā⟩taḥ svayam upendraguruṇeva
guruṇ(ā)⟨19⟩tyā(d)aravatā samabhilaṣaṇīyām api rājalakṣm¿i?⟨ī⟩⟨ṁ⟩
skandh¿a?⟨ā⟩sakt¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨ṁ⟩ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas
tadājñ¿a?⟨ā⟩samp¿a?⟨ā⟩danaikarasatayaivodvaha⟨20⟩n
khedasukhara¿r?⟨t⟩i(bh)y¿a?⟨ā⟩m an¿a?⟨ā⟩y¿a?⟨ā⟩sitasatvasampattiḥ
prabhāvasampadvaśīkr̥tanr̥patiśataśiroratnacchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho pi ⟨21⟩
parāvajñābhim¿a?⟨ā⟩narasānāliṅgitamanovr̥ttiḥ praṇatim ekā⟨ṁ⟩ parityajya
prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arātibhir anāsādita⟨22⟩pratikriyopāyaḥ
kr̥tanikhilabhuvan¿a?⟨ā⟩modavimalaguṇasaṅhati⟨ḥ⟩
prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivila(s)itagatir nnīcajanā⟨23⟩dhirohibhir
aśeṣair ddoṣair an¿a?⟨ā⟩mr̥ṣṭātyunnatahr̥dayaḥ
prakhyātapau(ru)ṣāstrakauśalātiśayagaṇatithavipakṣakṣiti¿ṣ?⟨p⟩atilakṣmī⟨24⟩svaya⟨ṁ⟩grahaprak¿a?⟨ā⟩śitapravīrapuruṣaprathamasaṁkhyādhigama⟨ḥ⟩
paramam¿a?⟨ā⟩heśvaraḥ śrīkharagrahas tasya tanaya⟨25⟩(s)
tatpādān(u)dhy¿a?⟨ā⟩taḥ
sakalavidy¿a?⟨ā⟩dhigamavihitanikhilavidvajjanamanaḥparitoṣātiśayaḥ
satva(sa)mpad¿a?⟨ā⟩ ty¿a?⟨ā⟩gaudā(ryye)⟨26⟩ṇa ca
vigat¿a?⟨ā⟩nusandhānā(ś)am(āh)itār¿a?⟨ā⟩tipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅgaḥ
samyagupalakṣit¿a?⟨ā⟩nekaśāstrakalālokacarita⟨Page 2r⟩⟨27⟩gahvaravibhāgo
pi paramabhadraprakr̥tir akr̥trimapra¿s?⟨ś⟩rayavinayaśobhāvibhūṣaṇaḥ
samaraśatajayapatākāha⟨28⟩raṇapratya¡l!odagrabāhudaṇḍavidhvansitanikhilapratipakṣadarppodayaḥ
svadhanu⟨ḥ⟩prabhāvaparibh¿u?⟨ū⟩tāstrakauśalābhimā⟨29⟩na⟨ḥ⟩
sakalanr̥patimaṇḍalābhinanditaśāsan¿ā?⟨a⟩⟨ḥ⟩ paramam(ā)heśvaraḥ
śrīdharasenas ta¿t?⟨s⟩yānujas tatpād(ā)nudhyātaḥ
saccaritātiśayita⟨30⟩sakalapūrvvanarapatir atidussādhānām api
prasādhayitā viṣayāṇāṁ mūrttimān (i)va puruṣakāraḥ
parivr̥{r}ddhaguṇānurāga⟨31⟩(n)irbbharacittavr̥ttibhir mmanur iva svayam
abhyupapannaḥ prakr̥tibhir adhigatakalākalāpaḥ kāntimān nir(vr̥)tihetur
akalaṅkaḥ ⟨32⟩ kumudanāthaḥ
prājyapratāpasthagitadigantarālapradhvansitadhvāntarāśis satatoditas
savitā prakr̥tibhyaḫ paraṁ pratyayam a⟨33⟩⟨r⟩tthavantam
atibahutithaprayojanānubandham ¿a?⟨ā⟩gamaparipūrṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩ vidadhānaḥ
¿ṣ?⟨s⟩andhivigrahasamāsaniścayanipuṇaḥ sthān¿a?⟨e⟩ nu⟨34⟩r¿u?⟨ū⟩pam
ādeśaṁ dadad guṇavr̥ddhividhānajanitasaṁskāras s¿a?⟨ā⟩dhūnāṁ
rājyasālāturīyatantrayor ubhayor ap¿a?⟨i⟩ niṣṇātaḥ ⟨35⟩ prakr̥ṣṭavikramo
pi karuṇāmr̥duhr̥dayaḥ śrutavān apy agarvvitaḥ kānto pi praśamī
sthirasauhr̥dayyo pi nirasitā do⟨36⟩ṣa(va)tām
udayasamayasamupajanitajanatānurāgaparipihitabhuvanasamartthitaprathitabālādityadvi⟨37⟩t(ī)yanāmā
paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdhruvasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva yathāsambadhyamānakān
sam¿a?⟨ā⟩jñāp(a)yaty

astu va⟨38⟩s saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpy¿a?⟨ā⟩yanāya{ḥ}
⟨U⟩dumbaragahvara(v)inirggatāgastikāgrāhārānivāsiUc¿c?⟨y⟩a⟨39⟩mānacāturvvidyasāmānyapārāśarasagotravājasaneyasabrahmacāribrāhmaṇakumārasvāmiputrabrāhmaṇa⟨40⟩A(gni)svāmine
tathā
jambusaravinirggatāyānakāgrāhāranivāsiUc¿c?⟨y⟩amānacāturvvidyasāmānyakauśikasa⟨41⟩gotravājasan(e)yasabrah(m)acāribrāhmaṇamaheśvaraputrabrāhmaṇasaṁgaravaye
mālavake Uc¿c?⟨y⟩amānabhu⟨42⟩ktau navagrāmakagrāmapūrvvasīmni
bhakt(ī)śataṁ yasyāghāṭanāni pūrvvataḥ varāhoṭakagrāmakaṅkaṭaḥ
da(k)ṣiṇato⟨43⟩nadī Aparataḥ la⟨k⟩ṣmaṇapaṭṭikā Uttarataḥ
pulindānakagrāmakaṅkaṭaḥ Evam etac caturāghāṭanaviśuddhaṁ
bhaktīśataṁ⟨44⟩sodraṅga⟨ṁ⟩ soparikaraṁ sabhūtavātapratyāyaṁ
sadhānyahira{r}ṇy¿e?⟨ā⟩deya⟨ṁ⟩ sadaśaparādhaṁ sotpadyamānaviṣṭika⟨ṁ⟩
sarvvarāja⟨45⟩kīyānām ahastaprakṣ¿a?⟨e⟩paṇīyaṁ
pūrvvaprattadevabrahmadeyabr¿a?⟨ā⟩hmaṇaviṅ(ś)atirahitaṁ
bhūmicchidrany¿a?⟨ā⟩yen¿a?⟨ā⟩candr¿a?⟨ā⟩rkārṇṇavakṣi⟨46⟩tisaritparvvatasamak¿a?⟨ā⟩līnaṁ
putrap¿o?⟨au⟩trānvayabhogya⟨ṁ⟩ Udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisr̥ṣṭaḥ

yato nayo{ca}r ucitayā ⟨47⟩ brahmadeyasthityā ¿g?⟨bh⟩uñjatoḥ kr̥ṣatoḥ
ka¿ph?⟨rṣ⟩ayatoḥ pradiśator vvā na kaiścid vy¿a?⟨ā⟩sedhe varttitavyam
āgāmibhadranr̥pa⟨48⟩tibhir a¿y?⟨p⟩y asmadvaṅśajair any¿e?⟨ai⟩r vvā
Anity¿a?⟨ā⟩ny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ m¿a?⟨ā⟩nuṣya⟨ṁ⟩ s¿a?⟨ā⟩m¿a?⟨ā⟩nyañ ca
bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir aya⟨49⟩m asmadd¿a?⟨ā⟩yo numantavyaḥ
parip¿a?⟨ā⟩layitavyaś cety

u⟨k⟩tañ ca ∥

1. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudh¿a?⟨ā⟩ bhukt¿a?⟨ā⟩ rājabhis sagar¿a?⟨ā⟩dibhiḥ
yasya yasya yad¿a?⟨ā⟩ bhūm¿a?⟨i⟩s tasya ⟨50⟩ tasya tad¿a?⟨ā⟩ phala⟨M⟩

2. Indravajrā

yānīha d¿a?⟨ā⟩ridr⟨y⟩abhay¿a?⟨ā⟩n nare{r}¿ṇ?⟨n⟩dr¿a?⟨ai⟩⟨r⟩ ddhanāni
dharm(m)¿a?⟨ā⟩yatan(ī)kr̥t¿a?⟨ā⟩ni
nirbhuktam¿a?⟨ā⟩lyapratim¿a?⟨ā⟩ni t(ā)ni ko nāma ¿ś?⟨s⟩ādhuḫ
pu⟨na⟩na⟨51⟩r ā¿y?⟨d⟩adīta ∥

3. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭiva(r)ṣasahasr¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇ¿a?⟨i⟩ svargge tiṣ¿ṭ?⟨ṭh⟩ati bh¿u?⟨ū⟩midaḥ
Ācche(t)t¿a?⟨ā⟩ c¿a?⟨ā⟩numa¿t?⟨n⟩t¿a?⟨ā⟩ ca t¿a?⟨ā⟩ny ¿a?⟨e⟩va narake
va(s)e(d) iti ∥

dūtako tra rājaputraśrīkharagraha(ḥ) ⟨52⟩ likhitam idaṁ
sandhivigrah¿a?⟨ā⟩dhi¿g?⟨k⟩r̥tadivirapativatrabhaṭṭ¿a?⟨i⟩putradivirapatiskandabhaṭena
∥ sa⟨ṁ⟩ 300 20 bhadrapada ba 5 svahasto mama †∥

## Bibliography

First edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch with estampages and
translation of the grant portion in the introduction (Hultzsch
1905–1906, № 1). Re-edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the
basis of the published estampages and, for the second plate, a
photograph of the original.

### Primary

[EJTH1905-1906] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1905–1906. “Two grants
of Dhruvasena II.” EI 8, pp. 188–199. Item 1.