Valabhipur plate of Dhruvasena III, date unknown (only plate 2; fragmentary)

Author of digital edition: D. B. Diskalkar.

Contributor: Annette Schmiedchen (ansc).

Summary: Grant of the village of Rākṣasaka in favour of a Buddhist monastery.

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Script (other) (script_other)].

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00082.

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00082.xml.

Version: 2026-08-13 16:36 (a9180bb), last modified 2026-07-17 15:35 (58fc487).

Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩
⟨1⟩ [5 lost lines]-
⟨6⟩ [**](sāmanta)maṇḍalo(ttamāṅgadhṛta)cūḍā(maṇī)yamānaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ (paramabhaṭṭārakamahārājādhirājaparameśvaracakravarttiśrīdhara)-
⟨7⟩ (sena)s tatpitāmahabhrātṛśrīśīlādityasya śārṅgapāṇer ivāṅgajanmano bhaktibandhurāvayavakalpitapraṇater atidha(valayā dūraṁ tatpādāravindapravṛ)-
⟨8⟩ (tta)yā nakhamaṇirucā mandākinyeva nityam amalitottamāṅgadeśasyāgastyasy¿e?va rājarṣer ddākṣiṇyam ātanvānasya prabaladhavalimnā (yaśasāṁ vala)-
⟨9⟩ yena maṇḍitakakubhā nabhasi yāminīpater vvi(raci)tākhaṇḍapariveṣamaṇḍalasya payodaśyāmaśikharacūcukarucirasahyavindhyastanayugāyāḥ
⟨10⟩ kṣiteḫ patyuḥ śrīḍerabhaṭasyāṅgajaḥ kṣitipasaṁhater anurāgiṇyāḥ śuciyaśoṅśukabhṛtaḥ svayaṁvaramālām iva rājyaśriyam ar(ppayantyāḥ)
⟨11⟩ kṛtaparigrahaḥ śauryyam apratihatavyāpāram ānamitapracaṁḍaripumaṇḍalaṁ maṇḍalāgram ivāvalambamānaḥ śaradi prasabham ākṛṣṭaśilī(mukhabāṇā)-
⟨12⟩ (sanāpādita)prasādhanānāṁ parabhuvāṁ vidhivad ācaritakaragrahaṇaḥ pūrvvam eva vividhavarṇṇojjvalena śrutātiśayenodbhāsitaśravaṇaḥ punaḥ
⟨13⟩ (punar ukteneva ratnā)laṅkāreṇālaṅkṛtaśrotra⟨ḥ⟩ parisphuratkaṭakavikaṭakīṭapakṣaratnakiraṇam avicchinnapradānasalilanivahāvaseka[vilasannava]-
⟨14⟩ (śaivalā)ṅkuram ivāgrapāṇim udvaha(n) dhṛtaviśālaratnavalayajaladhivelātaṭāyamānabhujapariṣvaktaviśvambharaḥ paramamāheśvara⟨ḥ⟩ śrī(dhruvasenaḥ)
⟨15⟩ [kuśalī] sarvvān eva samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya śrīvalabhīsvatalaniviṣṭaḍuḍḍā[…]
⟨16⟩ (bhikṣusaṁ)ghāya cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānabhaiṣajyārthaṁ bhagavato buddhabhaṭṭārakasya pūjāsnapanagandhapuṣpadhūpadīpatailādya(rtham)-
⟨17⟩ (pratisaṁskā)rāya bhikṣu(saṁghasya ca) pādamūlaprajīvanāya (vanauṭakāntara)kāśah(ra)dāntarggatarākṣasakagrāmas sodraṅgas sopari(karaḥ)-
⟨18⟩ […]ṇyādeyaḥ sadaśāparādhaḥ sotpadyamānaviṣṭ¿ī?kaḥ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvaprattadevabrahma[…]-
⟨19⟩ […]saritparvvatasamakālīnaḥ Avyavacchinnabhogyaḥ Udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisṛṣṭaḥ yato sya ḍuḍḍāvihāre[…]-
⟨20⟩ […]bhuṁjataḥ kṛṣataḥ karṣayataḥ karṣāpayato vā na kaiścid vyā(s)edhe (varttitavya)m āgāmibhadranṛpatibhiḥ A[…]-
⟨21⟩ [4 lost lines]

⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1⟩ [5 lost lines]⟨6⟩[2+](sāmanta)maṇḍalo(ttamāṅgadhṛta)cūḍā(maṇī)yamānaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ (paramabhaṭṭārakamahārājādhirājaparameśvaracakravarttiśrīdhara)⟨7⟩(sena)s tatpitāmahabhrātṛśrīśīlādityasya śārṅgapāṇer ivāṅgajanmano bhaktibandhurāvayavakalpitapraṇater atidha(valayā dūraṁ tatpādāravindapravṛ)⟨8⟩(tta)yā nakhamaṇirucā mandākinyeva nityam amalitottamāṅgadeśasyāgastyasy⟨ai⟩va rājarṣer ddākṣiṇyam ātanvānasya prabaladhavalimnā (yaśasāṁ vala)⟨9⟩yena maṇḍitakakubhā nabhasi yāminīpater vvi(raci)tākhaṇḍapariveṣamaṇḍalasya payodaśyāmaśikharacūcukarucirasahyavindhyastanayugāyāḥ ⟨10⟩ kṣiteḫ patyuḥ śrīḍerabhaṭasyāṅgajaḥ kṣitipasaṁhater anurāgiṇyāḥ śuciyaśoṅśukabhṛtaḥ svayaṁvaramālām iva rājyaśriyam ar(ppayantyāḥ) ⟨11⟩ kṛtaparigrahaḥ śauryyam apratihatavyāpāram ānamitapracaṁḍaripumaṇḍalaṁ maṇḍalāgram ivāvalambamānaḥ śaradi prasabham ākṛṣṭaśilī(mukhabāṇā)⟨12⟩(sanāpādita)prasādhanānāṁ parabhuvāṁ vidhivad ācaritakaragrahaṇaḥ pūrvvam eva vividhavarṇṇojjvalena śrutātiśayenodbhāsitaśravaṇaḥ punaḥ ⟨13⟩ (punar ukteneva ratnā)laṅkāreṇālaṅkṛtaśrotra⟨ḥ⟩ parisphuratkaṭakavikaṭakīṭapakṣaratnakiraṇam avicchinnapradānasalilanivahāvaseka[vilasannava]⟨14⟩(śaivalā)ṅkuram ivāgrapāṇim udvaha(n) dhṛtaviśālaratnavalayajaladhivelātaṭāyamānabhujapariṣvaktaviśvambharaḥ paramamāheśvara⟨ḥ⟩ śrī(dhruvasenaḥ) ⟨15⟩ [kuśalī] sarvvān eva samājñāpayaty

astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya śrīvalabhīsvatalaniviṣṭaḍuḍḍā[…] ⟨16⟩ (bhikṣusaṁ)ghāya cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānabhaiṣajyārthaṁ bhagavato buddhabhaṭṭārakasya pūjāsnapanagandhapuṣpadhūpadīpatailādya(rtham)⟨17⟩(pratisaṁskā)rāya bhikṣu(saṁghasya ca) pādamūlaprajīvanāya (vanauṭakāntara)kāśah(ra)dāntarggatarākṣasakagrāmas sodraṅgas sopari(karaḥ)⟨18⟩[…]ṇyādeyaḥ sadaśāparādhaḥ sotpadyamānaviṣṭ⟨i⟩kaḥ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvaprattadevabrahma[…]⟨19⟩[…]saritparvvatasamakālīnaḥ Avyavacchinnabhogyaḥ Udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisṛṣṭaḥ

yato sya ḍuḍḍāvihāre[…]⟨20⟩[…]bhuṁjataḥ kṛṣataḥ karṣayataḥ karṣāpayato vā na kaiścid vyā(s)edhe (varttitavya)m āgāmibhadranṛpatibhiḥ A[…]⟨21⟩[4 lost lines]

⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1⟩ [5 lost lines]⟨6⟩[2+](sāmanta)maṇḍalo(ttamāṅgadhṛta)cūḍā(maṇī)yamānaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ (paramabhaṭṭārakamahārājādhirājaparameśvaracakravarttiśrīdhara)⟨7⟩(sena)s tatpitāmahabhrātṛśrīśīlādityasya śārṅgapāṇer ivāṅgajanmano bhaktibandhurāvayavakalpitapraṇater atidha(valayā dūraṁ tatpādāravindapravṛ)⟨8⟩(tta)yā nakhamaṇirucā mandākinyeva nityam amalitottamāṅgadeśasyāgastyasy¿e?⟨ai⟩va rājarṣer ddākṣiṇyam ātanvānasya prabaladhavalimnā (yaśasāṁ vala)⟨9⟩yena maṇḍitakakubhā nabhasi yāminīpater vvi(raci)tākhaṇḍapariveṣamaṇḍalasya payodaśyāmaśikharacūcukarucirasahyavindhyastanayugāyāḥ ⟨10⟩ kṣiteḫ patyuḥ śrīḍerabhaṭasyāṅgajaḥ kṣitipasaṁhater anurāgiṇyāḥ śuciyaśoṅśukabhṛtaḥ svayaṁvaramālām iva rājyaśriyam ar(ppayantyāḥ) ⟨11⟩ kṛtaparigrahaḥ śauryyam apratihatavyāpāram ānamitapracaṁḍaripumaṇḍalaṁ maṇḍalāgram ivāvalambamānaḥ śaradi prasabham ākṛṣṭaśilī(mukhabāṇā)⟨12⟩(sanāpādita)prasādhanānāṁ parabhuvāṁ vidhivad ācaritakaragrahaṇaḥ pūrvvam eva vividhavarṇṇojjvalena śrutātiśayenodbhāsitaśravaṇaḥ punaḥ ⟨13⟩ (punar ukteneva ratnā)laṅkāreṇālaṅkṛtaśrotra⟨ḥ⟩ parisphuratkaṭakavikaṭakīṭapakṣaratnakiraṇam avicchinnapradānasalilanivahāvaseka[vilasannava]⟨14⟩(śaivalā)ṅkuram ivāgrapāṇim udvaha(n) dhṛtaviśālaratnavalayajaladhivelātaṭāyamānabhujapariṣvaktaviśvambharaḥ paramamāheśvara⟨ḥ⟩ śrī(dhruvasenaḥ) ⟨15⟩ [kuśalī] sarvvān eva samājñāpayaty

astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya śrīvalabhīsvatalaniviṣṭaḍuḍḍā[…] ⟨16⟩ (bhikṣusaṁ)ghāya cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānabhaiṣajyārthaṁ bhagavato buddhabhaṭṭārakasya pūjāsnapanagandhapuṣpadhūpadīpatailādya(rtham)⟨17⟩(pratisaṁskā)rāya bhikṣu(saṁghasya ca) pādamūlaprajīvanāya (vanauṭakāntara)kāśah(ra)dāntarggatarākṣasakagrāmas sodraṅgas sopari(karaḥ)⟨18⟩[…]ṇyādeyaḥ sadaśāparādhaḥ sotpadyamānaviṣṭ¿ī?⟨i⟩kaḥ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvaprattadevabrahma[…]⟨19⟩[…]saritparvvatasamakālīnaḥ Avyavacchinnabhogyaḥ Udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisṛṣṭaḥ

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.

Display Options Word Wrap Line Numbers Comments Processing Instructions

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erc-dharma/project-documentation/master/schema/latest/DHARMA_Schema.rng" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?>

<?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erc-dharma/project-documentation/master/schema/latest/DHARMA_SQF.sch" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron"?>

<?xml-model href="https://epidoc.stoa.org/schema/latest/tei-epidoc.rng" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?>

<?xml-model href="https://epidoc.stoa.org/schema/latest/tei-epidoc.rng" schematypens="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron"?>

<title>Valabhipur plate of Dhruvasena III, date unknown (only plate 2; fragmentary)</title>

<resp key="contributor">EpiDoc Encoding</resp>

<forename>Annette</forename>

<surname>Schmiedchen</surname>

</persName>

</respStmt>

<resp key="creator">intellectual authorship of edition</resp>

<surname>Diskalkar</surname>

</persName>

</respStmt>

</titleStmt>

<authority><ref target="https://dharmalekha.info">DHARMA</ref></authority>

<pubPlace>Berlin</pubPlace>

<idno type="filename">DHARMA_INSMaitraka00082.xml</idno>

</publicationStmt>

<repository>DHARMAbase</repository>

<idno/>

</msIdentifier>

<summary>Grant of the village of Rākṣasaka in favour of a Buddhist monastery.</summary>

</msContents>

<p>

</p>

</handDesc>

</physDesc>

</msDesc>

</sourceDesc>

</fileDesc>

<p>Encoded in TEI/EpiDoc according to the <ref target="https://hal.science/halshs-02888186">DHARMA Encoding Guide for Documentary Editions, version 2</ref></p>

</encodingDesc>

<change who="part:ansc" when="2024-08-01" status="draft">Initial encoding of the file></change>

</revisionDesc>

</teiHeader>

<body>

<p>

<lb n="6" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="2"/><unclear>sāmanta</unclear>maṇḍalo<unclear>ttamāṅgadhṛta</unclear>cūḍā<unclear>maṇī</unclear>yamānaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ <unclear>paramabhaṭṭārakamahārājādhirājaparameśvaracakravarttiśrīdhara</unclear>

<lb n="7" break="no"/><unclear>sena</unclear>s tatpitāmahabhrātṛśrīśīlādityasya śārṅgapāṇer ivāṅgajanmano bhaktibandhurāvayavakalpitapraṇater atidha<unclear>valayā dūraṁ tatpādāravindapravṛ</unclear>

<lb n="8" break="no"/><unclear>tta</unclear>yā nakhamaṇirucā mandākinyeva nityam amalitottamāṅgadeśasyāgastyasy<choice><sic>e</sic><corr>ai</corr></choice>va rājarṣer ddākṣiṇyam ātanvānasya prabaladhavalimnā <unclear>yaśasāṁ vala</unclear>

<lb n="9" break="no"/>yena maṇḍitakakubhā nabhasi yāminīpater vvi<unclear>raci</unclear>tākhaṇḍapariveṣamaṇḍalasya payodaśyāmaśikharacūcukarucirasahyavindhyastanayugāyāḥ

<lb n="10"/>kṣiteḫ patyuḥ śrīḍerabhaṭasyāṅgajaḥ kṣitipasaṁhater anurāgiṇyāḥ śuciyaśoṅśukabhṛtaḥ svayaṁvaramālām iva rājyaśriyam ar<unclear>ppayantyāḥ</unclear>

<lb n="11"/>kṛtaparigrahaḥ śauryyam apratihatavyāpāram ānamitapracaṁḍaripumaṇḍalaṁ maṇḍalāgram ivāvalambamānaḥ śaradi prasabham ākṛṣṭaśilī<unclear>mukhabāṇā</unclear>

<lb n="12" break="no"/><unclear>sanāpādita</unclear>prasādhanānāṁ parabhuvāṁ vidhivad ācaritakaragrahaṇaḥ pūrvvam eva vividhavarṇṇojjvalena śrutātiśayenodbhāsitaśravaṇaḥ punaḥ

<lb n="13"/><unclear>punar ukteneva ratnā</unclear>laṅkāreṇālaṅkṛtaśrotra<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> parisphuratkaṭakavikaṭakīṭapakṣaratnakiraṇam avicchinnapradānasalilanivahāvaseka<supplied reason="undefined">vilasannava</supplied>

<lb n="14" break="no"/><unclear>śaivalā</unclear>ṅkuram ivāgrapāṇim udvaha<unclear>n</unclear> dhṛtaviśālaratnavalayajaladhivelātaṭāyamānabhujapariṣvaktaviśvambharaḥ paramamāheśvara<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> śrī<unclear>dhruvasenaḥ</unclear>

<lb n="15"/><supplied reason="undefined">kuśalī</supplied> sarvvān eva samājñāpayaty</p> <p>astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya śrīvalabhīsvatalaniviṣṭaḍuḍḍā<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>

<lb n="16"/><unclear>bhikṣusaṁ</unclear>ghāya cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānabhaiṣajyārthaṁ bhagavato buddhabhaṭṭārakasya pūjāsnapanagandhapuṣpadhūpadīpatailādya<unclear>rtham</unclear>

<lb n="17" break="no"/><unclear>pratisaṁskā</unclear>rāya bhikṣu<unclear>saṁghasya ca</unclear> pādamūlaprajīvanāya <unclear>vanauṭakāntara</unclear>kāśah<unclear>ra</unclear>dāntarggatarākṣasakagrāmas sodraṅgas sopari<unclear>karaḥ</unclear>

<lb n="18" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>ṇyādeyaḥ sadaśāparādhaḥ sotpadyamānaviṣṭ<choice><sic>ī</sic><corr>i</corr></choice>kaḥ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvaprattadevabrahma<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>

<lb n="19" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>saritparvvatasamakālīnaḥ Avyavacchinnabhogyaḥ Udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisṛṣṭaḥ</p> <p>yato sya ḍuḍḍāvihāre<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>

<lb n="20" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>bhuṁjataḥ kṛṣataḥ karṣayataḥ karṣāpayato vā na kaiścid vyā<unclear>s</unclear>edhe <unclear>varttitavya</unclear>m āgāmibhadranṛpatibhiḥ A<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>

</p>

</div>

<listApp>

</app>

</listApp>

</div>

</div>

</div>

</listBibl>

<bibl/>

</listBibl>

</div>

</body>

</text>

</TEI>