# Peḍhapadra grant of Dhruvasena III, [Valabhī] year 333, Bhādrapada ba. 10 Annette Schmiedchen Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00080 Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy) File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00080.xml Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-10-01 13:34 (0339524) ## Summary Grant of the village of Peḍhapadra in favour of a Yajurvedin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ ꩜ svasti vijayaskandhāvārāT (khe)ṭakavāsakāT prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasaṁpannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktaprahāra⟨2⟩śatalabdhapratāpāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhr̥taśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāheśvara{ḥ}⟨3⟩śrībhaṭārkkād avyavacch(i)nnarājavaṅśān mātāpit¿ri?⟨r̥⟩caraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣa{ṁ}kalmaṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva sa⟨4⟩madaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣaḥ tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśm¿ī?⟨i⟩saṁhatiḥ sakalasmr̥tipra⟨5⟩ṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhr̥dayaraṁjanānvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśagurudha⟨6⟩neśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tr̥ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇa⟨7⟩yihr̥dayaḥ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasaṁtāna(vi)⟨8⟩sr̥tajāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasaṁpad rūpalobh¿o?⟨ā⟩d ivāśritaḥ sarabhasam ābhigām¿a?⟨i⟩kai⟨9⟩r gguṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apāk¿ā?⟨a⟩rttā prajo⟨10⟩paghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṁhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavi⟨11⟩malapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍa⟨12⟩laḥ samaraśatavijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarā⟨ṁ⟩sapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābhāraḥ sarvvavidyāpar¿a?⟨ā⟩paravibhāgādhigama⟨13⟩vimalamatir api sarvvataḥ subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣaḥ samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahr̥dayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyakta⟨14⟩paramakaly¿o?⟨ā⟩ṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtakr̥tayuganr̥patipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrtt(i)ḥ dharmmānuparodho⟨j⟩jvalatarīkr̥tārtthasukhasaṁpad¿ū?⟨u⟩pasevāni⟨15⟩rūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyan¿a?⟨ā⟩mā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityas tasyānujas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ svayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇātyādaravatā samabhilaṣa⟨16⟩ṇīyām api rājalakṣmīṁ skandhāsaktāṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas tadājñāsaṁpādanaikarasatayaivodvahaN khedasukharatibhyām anāyāsitasatvasaṁpattiḥ prabhāva⟨17⟩saṁpadvaśīkr̥tanr̥patiśataśiroratnacchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho pi parāvajñābhimānarasānāliṅgitamanovr̥ttiḥ praṇatim ekāṁ parityajya prakhyātapauruṣā⟨18⟩bhimānair apy arātibhir anāsāditapratikriyopāyaḥ kr̥tanikhilabhuvanāmodavimala¿ś?⟨g⟩uṇasaṁhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatir nnī⟨19⟩cajanādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair an¿a?⟨ā⟩mr̥ṣṭātyunnatahr̥dayaḥ prakhyātapauruṣāstrakauśal¿a?⟨ā⟩tiśayagaṇatithavipakṣakṣitipat(i)lakṣmīsvayaṁgrāhapra⟨20⟩kāśitapravīrapuruṣaprathamasaṁkhyādhi(ga)ma⟨ḥ⟩ paramamāheśva¿k?⟨r⟩aḥ śrīkharagrahaḥ tasya (ta)nayas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ sakalavidyādhigamavihitanikhila⟨21⟩vidvajjanamanaḫparitoṣātiśayaḥ satvasaṁpadā tyāgaudāryyeṇa ca vigatānusandhānāśamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅgaḥ samyagupalakṣi⟨22⟩tānekaśāstrakalālokacaritagahvaravibhāgo pi paramabhadraprakr̥tir akr̥trimapraśrayavinayaśobhāvibhūṣaṇaḥ samaraśatajayapatākāha⟨23⟩raṇapratya¡l!odagrabāhudaṇḍavidhvansitanikhilapratipakṣadarppodayaḥ svadhanuḥprabhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimāna⟨ḥ⟩ sakalanr̥patimaṇḍalābhinaṁdita⟨24⟩śāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenaḥ tasyānujas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ saccaritātiśayitasakalapūrvvanarapatir atidussādhānām a(pi) ⟨25⟩ prasādhayitā viṣayāṇāṁ mūrttimān iv¿r̥?⟨a⟩ puruṣakāraḥ parivr̥ddhaguṇānurāganirbbharacittavr̥ttibhir m¿r?⟨m⟩anur iva svayam abhyupapannaḥ pra⟨26⟩kr̥tibhir adhigatakalākalāpaḥ kāṁtimā⟨n⟩ nirvr̥tihetur akalaṅkaḥ kumudanāthaḥ prājyapratāpasthagitadigaṁtarālapradhvaṁsita⟨Page 2r⟩⟨27⟩dhvāntarāśiḥ satatoditaḥ savitā prakr̥tibhyaḥ paraṁ pratyayam artthavantam atibahutithaprayojanānubandham āgamaparipūrṇṇaṁ ⟨28⟩ ¿p?⟨v⟩idadhānas sandhivigrahasamāsaniścayanipuṇaḥ sthān¿a?⟨e⟩ nurūpam ādeśaṁ dadad guṇavr̥ddhividhānajani(ta)saṁskāraḥ sādhūnāṁ rājyasā⟨29⟩lātur(ī)yatantrayor ubhayor api niṣṇātaḥ prakr̥ṣṭavikramo pi karuṇāmr̥duhr̥dayaḥ śrutavān apy agarvvitaḥ kānto pi praśamī sthira⟨30⟩sauhr̥dayyo pi nirasitā doṣavatām udayasamayasamupajanitajanatānurāgaparipihitabhuvanasamartthitaprathitabālādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāhe⟨31⟩śvaraḥ śrīdhruvasenas tasya sutas tatpādakamalapraṇāmadharaṇikaṣaṇajanitakiṇalāñchanalalāṭacandraśakalaḥ śiśubhāva Eva śravaṇanihitamauktik¿a?⟨ā⟩laṅkāravibhramāmalaśruta⟨32⟩viśeṣaḥ prad¿a?⟨ā⟩nasalilakṣālitāgrahastāravinda⟨ḥ⟩ kanyāyā Iva mr̥dukaragrahaṇād amandīkr̥tānandavidhir vvasundharāyāḥ kārmmuke dhanurvveda Iva sa⟨ṁ⟩bhāvitāśeṣalakṣya⟨33⟩kalāpaḥ praṇatasāmantamaṇḍalottamāṅgadhr̥tacūḍāratnāyamānaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḫ paramabhaṭṭārakamahārājādhirājaparameśvaracakravarttiśrīdharasenas ta⟨34⟩¿p?⟨t⟩pitāmahabhrātr̥śrīśīlādityasya śārṅgapāṇer i¿ma?⟨vā⟩ṅgajanmano bhaktibandhurāvayavakalpitapraṇater atidhavalayā dūraṁ tatpādāravindapravr̥ttayā nakhamaṇi⟨35⟩rucā mandākinyeva nityam amalitottamāṅgadeśasyāgastyasy¿a?⟨ai⟩va rājarṣer dd¿o?⟨ā⟩kṣiṇyam ātanvānasya prabaladhavalimnā yaśasāṁ valayena maṇḍitakakubhā nabhasi ⟨36⟩ yāminīpater vviḍamb¿a?⟨i⟩tākhaṇḍapariveṣamaṇḍalasya payodaśyāmaśikharacūcukarucirasahyavindhyastanayugāyāḥ kṣiteḫ patyuḥ śrīḍerabhaṭasyāṅgajaḥ kṣitipa⟨37⟩saṁhater anurāgiṇyāḥ śuciyaśoṅśukabhr̥taḥ svayaṁvaramālām iva rājyaśriyam arppayantyāẖ kr̥taparigrahaḥ śauryyam apratihatavyāpāram ānamitapra⟨38⟩caṇḍaripumaṇḍala(ṁ) maṇḍalāgram ivāvalambamānaḥ śaradi prasabham ākr̥ṣṭaśilīmukhabāṇāsanāpāditaprasādhanānāṁ parabhuvāṁ vidhivad ācaritakaragraha⟨39⟩ṇaḥ pūrvvam eva vividhavarṇṇo⟨j⟩jvalena śrutātiśayenodbhāsitaśravaṇaḥ punaḫ punar ukteneva ratnālaṅkāreṇālaṅkr̥taśrotraḥ parisphuratkaṭakavikaṭakīṭapakṣa⟨40⟩ratnakiraṇam avicchinnapradānasalilanivahāvasekavilasannavaśaivalāṅkuram ivāgrapāṇim udvahaN dhr̥taviśālaratnavalayajaladhivelātaṭāyamānabhu⟨41⟩japariṣvaktaviśvaṁbharaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdhruvasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanā⟨42⟩ya padumādhiṣṭhānavinirggatakaṇḍūlakavāstavyatattraividyasāmānyavasiṣṭhasagotramaitrāyāṇikasabrahmacāribrāhmaṇanandidevapu⟨43⟩trabrāhmaṇabhadrāya surāṣṭreṣu (dakyāĀmrareṇu)sthalyāṁ peḍhapadragrāmaḥ sodraṅgaḥ soparikaraḥ sabhūtavātapratyāyaḥ sadhānya⟨44⟩hiraṇyādeyaḥ sadaśāparādhaḥ sotpadyamānaviṣṭikaḥ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvaprattadevabrahmadeyarahitaḥ ⟨45⟩ bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaḥ putrapautrānvayaparibhogya Udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisr̥ṣṭaḥ ⟨46⟩ yato syocitayā brahmadeyā¿ś?⟨g⟩rāhārasthityā bhuṁjataḥ kr̥ṣataḥ karṣayataḥ pratidiśato vā na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranr̥⟨47⟩patibhir apy asmadvaṅśajair anyair vvā Anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānya(ñ ca) bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripā⟨48⟩layitavya{ḥ}ś cety uktañ ca ∥ 1. Anuṣṭubh bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ ∥ 2. Indravajrā yānīha dāridryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni {d}dharmmāyata⟨49⟩nīkr̥tāni nirbbhuktamālyapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta | 3. Anuṣṭubh ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi svargge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vase⟨T⟩ ∥ dūtako tra pramātr̥śrīnāgaḥ ⟨50⟩ likhitam idaṁ sandhivigrahādhikr̥tadivirapatiśrīskandabhaṭaputradivirapatiśrīmadanahileneti | saṁ 300 30 3 bhādrapada ba 10 svahasto mama ∥† ## Bibliography First edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of photographs of the original.