Valabhipur plates of Dharasena IV, [Valabhī] year 326, Āṣāḍha śu. 10

Editor: Annette Schmiedchen.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00074.

Summary: Grant of land (several plots with a total of 120 pādāvarta, including a cistern) in favour of two Sāmavedins who were probably bothers.

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Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy).

Version: (f455aac), last modified (e09149d).

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bhū(micch)idranyāyenācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaṁ putrapautrānvayabhogyaṁ Udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisṛṣṭa(ḥ) ⟨54⟩ (ya)to (s)yocitayā (b)brahmad(e)yasthityā bhuñjataḥ kṛṣataḥ karṣayataḥ pradiśato vā na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranṛpatibhir apy asmadvaṅśajair anyair vvā ⟨55⟩ Anityāny aiśva(r)yy(ā)ṇy asthira(ṁ) m(ān)uṣya(ṁ) sāmānyañ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś cety uktañ ca ||

I. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rāja⟨56⟩bhi⟨ḥ⟩ sagarādibhiḥ

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yasya yasya yad¿a?⟨ā⟩ bhūmis (t)asya tasya tadā ¿p?⟨ph⟩ala⟨ṁ⟩ ||

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II. Indravajrā

yānīha dāridr⟨y⟩abhay¿a?⟨ā⟩n narendrair ddhanāni dharmm(ā)y¿ā?⟨a⟩tanīkṛtāni

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ni(r)bhuktamālyapratimāni tāni ko nāma s(ā)⟨57⟩dhuḥ punar ¿a?⟨ā⟩dadīta ||

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III. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasr(āṇi) svargge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ

ab

Ācchettā cānumant¿a?⟨ā⟩ ca tāny eva narake vased iti ||

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dūtako tra rājaputradhruvasenaḥ likhitam idaṁ ⟨58⟩ sa{ṁ}ndhivigrahādhik¿re?⟨ṛ⟩tadivirapativatrabha(ṭṭi)putradivirapatiskandabhaṭena || saṁ 300 20 6 Āṣāḍha śu 10 svahasto mama ~ |||

Apparatus

Translation by Annette Schmiedchen

Commentary

Bibliography

Primary

[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.