# Nogawa plates of Dhruvasena II, [Valabhī] year 321, Caitra ba. 3 Annette Schmiedchen Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00072 Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy) File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00072.xml Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-09-29 16:50 (d29f86e) ## Summary Grant of land (100 bhaktī) in favour of two Yajurvedins. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ (꩜) svasti vijayaskandhāvārād va(nd)itapallīvāsakāt prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasampannamaṇḍalābhoga⟨2⟩saṁsaktaprahāraśatalabdhapratāpāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhr̥taśreṇī⟨3⟩balāvāptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāheśvaraśrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarājavaṅśān mātāpitr̥caraṇā(ra)vindapraṇati⟨4⟩pravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti kha(ḍ)gadvit(ī)yabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭ(ā)sph(o)ṭanapra(kā)śita⟨5⟩satvanikaṣaḥ tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisaṅhatiḥ saka(la)sm¿ri?⟨r̥⟩tipraṇī⟨6⟩tamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhr̥dayarañjanānvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyagāmbh(ī)ryyabuddhisampa(d)bhi⟨ḥ⟩ smaraśa⟨7⟩śāṅkā{d}drirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tr̥ṇavadap(ā)stāśeṣasva(k)āryya⟨8⟩phala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇayihr̥dayaḫ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābho(ga)pra(m)odaḥ ⟨9⟩ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisr̥tajāhnavī(ja)l¿o?⟨au⟩ghaprakṣāli(tā)śeṣa⟨10⟩(ka)lmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasampad rūpalo(bh)ād ivāśritaḥ sarabhasam ābhigāmikair gguṇai⟨ḥ⟩ saha(ja)⟨11⟩śaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣ(ṭ)ānām anupālayitā dharmmadā(yānā)⟨12⟩m apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānā⟨ṁ⟩ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṅhatārātipa(k)ṣala(kṣmī)⟨13⟩paribhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasa(ṁ)pr¿a?⟨ā⟩ptavi(ma)lapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdha(ra)senas tasya sutas tatpā(dā)nu⟨14⟩dhy(ā)taḥ sakalajagadānandanātya⟨d⟩bhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍalaḥ sa(mara)śatavijayaśobhāsa⟨15⟩nā(th)amaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭho(d)ūḍhagu(ru)manoratha(ma)hābhāraḥ sarvvavi(dyā)parā¿v?⟨p⟩aravibhāgādhiga⟨16⟩mavimalamatir api sarvva(tas) subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapā(da)nīyapari(toṣaḥ) samagralokāgādhagāmbhī⟨17⟩ryyahr̥day(o) pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasva(bhā)vaḥ khilībhūtakr̥tayuganr̥patipatha(v)iś(o)dha⟨18⟩nādhigatodagra(kī)rttir ddharmmānuparodhojjvalatarīkr̥tārtthasukhasampadupasevānirūḍhadharmm(ādi)tyadvitī(ya)nā(mā) para⟨19⟩mamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlād(i)tyas tasyānujas tatpādānudhyātaḥ svayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇā{ṁ}tyādaravat(ā) sama(bhi)la⟨20⟩ṣaṇīyām api rājalakṣmī⟨ṁ⟩ skandhāsaktāṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas tadājñāsamp¿a?⟨ā⟩danaikarasata(yai)vodvahan ¿m?⟨kh⟩edasukharatibhyā⟨21⟩m anāyāsitasatvasaṁpattiḥ prabhāvasampadvaśīkr̥tanr̥patiśataśiroratnacchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho pi parāvajñābhi⟨22⟩mānarasānā¿tha?⟨li⟩ṅgi(ta)manovr̥ttiḥ praṇatim ekā⟨ṁ⟩ parityajya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arāt(i)bhir anāsāditapra(ti)kri(yo)⟨23⟩pāyaḥ kr̥ta{ṁ}nikhilabhuvanāmodavimalaguṇasaṅhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagati(r) nnīcajanādhi⟨24⟩ro(h)ibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair a(nā)mr̥ṣṭ(ā)tyunnatahr̥dayaḥ prakhyātapauruṣāstrakauśalātiśayagaṇatithavi(p)akṣa(kṣi)tip¿ā?⟨a⟩ti⟨25⟩lakṣm(ī)svayaṁgrahaprakāśitaprav¿i?⟨ī⟩rapuruṣaprathamas¿e?⟨a⟩ṁ⟨kh⟩yādhigamaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīkharagrahas tasya tanayas tatpādā⟨26⟩nudhyātaḥ sakalavidyādhigamavihitanikhilavidvajjanamanaḥparitoṣātiśayaḥ satv(a)sampadā tyāgaudā(ryye)ṇa ca ⟨27⟩ vigatānusandhānāśamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅgaḥ samyagupalakṣitā¿ṇa?⟨ne⟩(ka)śā(stra)⟨28⟩(ka)lā¿th?⟨l⟩okacaritagahvaravibhāgo pi paramabhadraprakr̥tir akr̥trimapraśraya(vinaya)⟨Page 2r⟩⟨29⟩śobhāvibhūṣaṇaḥ samaraśatajayapatākāharaṇapratya¡l!odagrabāhudaṇḍavidhvansita⟨30⟩nikhilapratipakṣadarppodayaḥ svadhanuḥprabhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimāna⟨ḥ⟩ sakalanr̥patima⟨31⟩ṇḍalābhinanditaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasena⟨ḥ⟩ tasyānujas tatpādānudhy¿a?⟨ā⟩ta⟨ḥ⟩ saccaritātiśayitasa⟨32⟩kalapūrvvanarapatir atidussādhānām api prasādhayitā viṣayāṇāṁ mūrttimān iva puruṣakāraḥ parivr̥ddhagu⟨33⟩ṇānurāganirbbharacittavr̥ttibh(i)r mmanur iva svayam abhyupapannaḥ prakr̥tibhir adhigatakalākalāpaḥ kāntimā⟨34⟩n nirvr̥tihetur akalaṅkaẖ kumudanāthaḥ prājyapratāpasthagitadigantarālapradhvansitadhvāntarāśiḥ satato⟨35⟩ditas savitā prakr̥tibhyaḫ paraṁ pratyayam artthavantam atibahutithaprayojanānubandham āgamaparipūrṇṇa(ṁ) ⟨36⟩ vidadhānaḥ sandhivigrahasamāsaniścayanipuṇaḥ sthāne nur(ū)pam ādeśa(ṁ) dadad guṇavr̥ddhividhānajanitasaṁ⟨37⟩skāras sādhūnāṁ rājyasālātur¿i?⟨ī⟩yatantrayor ubhayor api niṣṇātaḥ prakr̥ṣṭavikramo pi karuṇāmr̥duhr̥da⟨38⟩yaḥ (ś)rutavān apy agarvvitaḥ kānto pi praśamī sthirasauhr̥dayyo pi nirasitā doṣavatām uda{r}yasamayasamupa⟨39⟩janitajanatānurāgaparipihitabhuvanasamartth¿a?⟨i⟩taprathitabālādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrī⟨40⟩dh(r)uvasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva yathāsambadhyamānakān samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḥ ⟨41⟩ puṇyāpyāyanāya Udumbaragahvaravinirggatāy¿a?⟨ā⟩nakāgrāhāranivāsidaśapuratraividyasāmānyapārāśarasa⟨42⟩gotramādhyandinavājasaneyasabrahmacāribrāhmaṇabudhasvāmiputrabrāhmaṇadattasvāmi tathāgastikāgrahāranivāsi⟨43⟩Uc¿c?⟨y⟩amāna cāturvvidyas(ā)mānyapārāśarasagotravājasaneyasabr¿ā?⟨a⟩hmacāribrāhmaṇabudhasvām¿a?⟨i⟩putrabrāhmaṇakumārasvāmibhyā⟨ṁ⟩ṁ ⟨44⟩ mālavake Uc¿c?⟨y⟩amānaviṣaye candraputrakagrāme dakṣiṇasīmni bhaktīśatapramāṇakṣetraṁ yasyāgh¿a?⟨ā⟩ṭanāni pūrvvataḥ dhammaṇa(ha)⟨45⟩ḍḍikāgrāmakaṅkataḥ dakṣiṇat(o) devakulapāṭakagrāmakaṅkaṭaḥ Aparataḥ vīrataramaṇḍal¿i?⟨ī⟩mahattarakṣetramaryyādā uttarapaści⟨46⟩makoṇe nirggaṇḍītaḍākikā Uttarataḥ vīrataramaṇḍalī Evam etac caturāghāṭanaviśuddhaṁ bhaktīśatapramāṇakṣetraṁ ¿ś?⟨s⟩o⟨47⟩draṅgaṁ soparikaraṁ sabhūtavātapratyāyaṁ sadhānyahiraṇyādeyaṁ sa¿p?⟨d⟩aś¿a?⟨ā⟩parādha⟨ṁ⟩ sotpadyamānaviṣṭikaṁ sarvvarājakīyānām aha⟨48⟩staprakṣepaṇīya⟨ṁ⟩ pūrvvaprattadevabrahmadeyabrāhmaṇaviṅśatirahitaṁ bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvva⟨49⟩tasamakāl¿ā?⟨ī⟩naṁ putrapautrānvayabhogyaṁ Udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisr̥ṣṭa⟨ḥ⟩ yato nayor ucitayā brahmadeyasthityā bhuñjat¿a?⟨o⟩⟨ḥ⟩⟨50⟩kr̥ṣat¿a?⟨o⟩ḥ karṣayat¿a?⟨o⟩ḥ pradiśator vvā na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranr̥patibhir apy asmadvaṅśajair anyair vvā Anityāny ai(ś)varyyā(ṇ)y a⟨51⟩sthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyañ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś cety uktañ ca ∥ 1. Anuṣṭubh bahubhir vvasudhā bhu⟨52⟩ktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ 2. Indravajrā yānīha dāridryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanīkr̥tāni ni⟨r⟩rbhuktamālyaprati⟨53⟩māni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta ∥ 3. Anuṣṭubh ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasr¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇi sva(r)gge tiṣṭhati bhūmida⟨ḥ⟩ Ācche⟨t⟩tā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vased iti | dūtako tra rāja⟨54⟩putraśrīkharagraha⟨ḥ⟩ likhitam idaṁ sandhivigrahādhikr̥tadivirapati(va)trabhaṭṭiputradivirapatiskandabhaṭena ∥ saṁ 300 20 1 caitra ba 3 svahasto mama †∥ ## Bibliography First edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch with estampages and translation of the grant portion in the introduction (Hultzsch 1902–1903). Again edited by Hultzsch; no estampages (Hultzsch 1905–1906, № 2). 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 [EJTH1902-1903] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1902–1903. “Ratlam plates of Dhruvasena II. [Gupta-]Saṁvat 321.” ARASI 1902-1903, pp. 232–238. [EJTH1905-1906] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1905–1906. “Two grants of Dhruvasena II.” EI 8, pp. 188–199. Item 2.