# Piṣpalaṣedhikā grant of Dharasena IV, unknown date (fragmentary)

Annette Schmiedchen

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00078

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00078.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-09-29 16:58
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## Summary

Grant of the village of Piṣpalaṣedhikā in favour of a Tārā shrine.

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## Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ [6 lost lines]⟨7⟩[…] (śaraṇāgatābha)yapradānaparatayā
tr̥ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryya(phala)⟨ḥ⟩
[6+]⟨8⟩(pradānānanditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇayihr̥dayaḥ) pādacārīva
sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāhe(śvara)⟨ḥ⟩ [6+]⟨9⟩(sya sutas
tatpādanakhamayūkhasantāna)vi(sr̥)tajā(hna)vījalau(gha)prakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ
praṇayiśatasahasropajī(vya)[5+]⟨10⟩(palobhād ivāśritas) sarabhasam
ābhigāmikair gguṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ
prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭānā[6+]⟨11⟩[1+](nupālayitā) dharmmadāyānām
apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor
ekādhivāsasya saṅhatā[5+]⟨12⟩(kṣmīparibhoga)dakṣavikramo
vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas
tasya sutas tatpādānudhyātaḥ
sakala[4+]⟨13⟩(ndanātya)dbhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍalaḥ
samaraśatavijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapī(ṭhodū)[2+]⟨14⟩[3+]rathamahābhāraḥ
sarvvavidyāparā¿v?⟨p⟩aravibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api (sa)rvvatas
subhāṣitalavenāpi (sukho)papādanīyapari(toṣaḥ)
[1+]⟨15⟩[4+]gādhagāmbhīryyahr̥dayo pi
sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ
khilībhūtakr̥tayuganr̥patipathaviśodhanādhi(gato)⟨16⟩[4+]
(dharmmānuparodhojjva)latarīkr̥tārtthasukhasampadupasevā(nirū)ḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā
pa(ramamāheśvaraḥ) śrīśīlādityas tasyānuja⟨17⟩[3+](nuddhyātaḥ svayam
u)pendraguruṇeva guruṇātyādaravatā samabhilaṣaṇīyām api rājalakṣmīṁ
skandhāsaktāṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas tadā⟨18⟩[8+](tayaivod)vahan
khedasukharatibhyām anāyāsitasatvasampatti(ḥ)
prabhāvasampadvaśīkr̥tanr̥patiśataśiroratna(cchā)yopa⟨19⟩[8+](rāvajñā)bhimānarasānāli[ṅgita]manovr̥tti(ḥ)
praṇatim ekāṁ parityajyaprakhyā(tapauru)ṣābhimānair apy arātibhir
an(ā)⟨20⟩[11+]nikhilabhuvanā[9+]ti(ḥ)
prasabhavi(ghaṭitasakalakalivila)sitagatir
nnīcajanādhiro(hi)⟨21⟩[…]lakṣmīsvayaṁgrahaprakāśita⟨22⟩[…]
(sa)kalavidyādhiga(mavi)⟨23⟩[…]śamāhitārātipa[3+]⟨24⟩[…](kr̥)trimapraśraya(vi)[3+]⟨25⟩[…]dayaḥ
svadha[3+]⟨26⟩[2 lost lines]⟨Page 2r⟩⟨28⟩[2 lost lines]⟨30⟩[…](paḥ)
kāntimān ni(r)vr̥[…]⟨31⟩[…](dhvā)ntarā(śi)s satatoditas savitā
prakr̥tibhya(ḥ) pa(raṁ)[…]⟨32⟩[…](rṇ)ṇ(aṁ) vi(da)dhānaḥ
sandhivigrahasamāsaniścayanipuṇa(ḥ sthāne nu)[…]⟨33⟩[…](skā)ras sādhūnāṁ
rājyasālāturīyatantrayor ubhayor api niṣṇātaḥ
prakr̥ṣṭavikra[…]⟨34⟩[…]kānto pi praśamī sthirasauhr̥dayyo pi nirasitā
doṣ¿ā?⟨a⟩vatām
udayasa[…]⟨35⟩[…]nasamartthanaprathitabālādityadvitīyanāmā
paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdhruvasenas tasya suta(s
ta)[…]⟨36⟩[…]kaṣaṇajanitakiṇalāñchanalalāṭacandraśakala(ḥ śi)śubhāva Eva
śravaṇanihita(maukti)kālaṅkāra(vibhramā)[ma]⟨37⟩[laśrutavi]śeṣaḥ
pradānasalilakṣālitāgrahastāravindaḥ kanyāyā (I)va mr̥dukaragrahaṇād
amandī(kr̥tāna)ndavidhir vvasundha⟨38⟩[rāyāḥ kā]rmuke dhanurvveda Iva
sambhāvitāśeṣalakṣakalāpaḥ
praṇatasāmantamaṇḍalottamāṅgadhr̥ta(cūḍā)ratnāyamā⟨39⟩[naśāsa]naḥ
paramamāheśvaraḫ
paramabhaṭṭārakamahārājādhirājaparameśvaracakravarttiśrīdharasena(ḥ
ku)śa(lī) sarvvān eva samā⟨40⟩[jñā]payaty

astu vas sa(ṁ)viditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya
kāṇasīhānakagrāme
divirapati(śrī)skandabhaṭakā(r)i(t)a(śrī)⟨41⟩[tā]rāpurapratiṣṭhitatārādevīpādebhya(ḥ
pū)jāsnapanagandhapuṣpadhūpadīpatailādyarttha(ṁ) devakulasya ca
khaṇḍasphuṭitaprati⟨42⟩(saṁ)skara(ṇāya p)ādamūlaprajīvanāya ca tathā
valabhyabhyantaraḍuḍḍāvihārāryyabhikṣusaṅghani(rū)pitatatp(r)aditapratijāgari(śrī)tārāpura⟨43⟩(n)ivāsi(vārikāṇāṁ)
cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānabhaiṣajyādyārtha(ṁ) surāṣṭreṣu
hastavaprā(hāre
pālenana)[3+]yapi(ṣ)pala(ṣe)dhik(ā)grāma⟨44⟩pratyarddha(ṁ devītā)rāpura
Eva ta(ṭā)kaṁ karppaṭikavaideśy(ād)īnāṁ satropayogārtthaṁ
piṣpalaṣedhikāgrāmadvi(tī)yapratyarddh(aṁ) Eva(m) [etaD]⟨45⟩grāmaḥ
sodraṅgaḥ s(o)parikaraḥ [sabhūtavā]tapratyāyaḥ (sa)dhānyahiraṇyādeyaḥ
(sadaśāparādhaḥ) sotpadyamānaviṣṭikaḥ sa[rvvarāja]⟨46⟩(kīyānām
ahasta)prakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvaprattadevabrahma(de)ya(rahitaḥ)
bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrā⟨r⟩kārṇṇavakṣiti[sarit]parvvata[sa]⟨47⟩[ma](kālīnaḥ)
Udakātisarggeṇa (dharmmadāyo)[…]

[…]
valabhyabhyantaraḍuḍḍāvihārāryyabhikṣusaṅghanirūpitatatpradita(pratijāgari)[śrītārā]⟨48⟩[pura]ni(vā)si(vā)rikā(ṇāṁ)
[…] na (kai)ści(d) vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranr̥patibhi[…]⟨49⟩[…]
(a)nityāny (aiśvaryyā)ṇy[…]dāna(pha)lam avagacchadbhir ay¿ā?⟨a⟩m
a(smaddāyo nu)[…]

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1. Anuṣṭubh

[bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibh](i)⟨ḥ⟩ ⁓
yasya yasya yadā bhūmi(ḥ) tasya tasya tadā phala[M]

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2. Indravajrā

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[8+]ni tāni ko nāma [sādhuḥ] (punar ādadīta)

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## Bibliography

First edited by P. R. Srinivasan with photographs; no translation
(Srinivasan 1969–1970, № A). Re-edited and encoded by Annette
Schmiedchen on the basis of digital photographs and ASI photographs of
the original.

### Primary

[PRS] Srinivasan, P. R. 1969–1970. “Two fragmentary charters of Maitraka
Dharasena IV.” EI 38, pp. 219–224. Item A.