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

Annette Schmiedchen

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00082

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00082.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-09-29 17:04
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## Summary

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

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## Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1⟩ [5 lost
lines]⟨6⟩[2+](sāmanta)maṇḍalo(ttamāṅgadhr̥ta)cūḍā(maṇī)yamānaśāsanaḥ
paramamāheśvaraḥ
(paramabhaṭṭārakamahārājādhirājaparameśvaracakravarttiśrīdhara)⟨7⟩(sena)s
tatpitāmahabhrātr̥śrīśīlādityasya śārṅgapāṇer ivāṅgajanmano
bhaktibandhurāvayavakalpitapraṇater atidha(valayā dūraṁ
tatpādāravindapravr̥)⟨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
śuciyaśoṅśukabhr̥taḥ svayaṁvaramālām iva rājyaśriyam ar(ppayantyāḥ) ⟨11⟩
kr̥taparigrahaḥ śauryyam apratihatavyāpāram ānamitapracaṁḍaripumaṇḍalaṁ
maṇḍalāgram ivāvalambamānaḥ śaradi prasabham
ākr̥ṣṭaśilī(mukhabāṇā)⟨12⟩(sanāpādita)prasādhanānāṁ parabhuvāṁ vidhivad
ācaritakaragrahaṇaḥ pūrvvam eva vividhavarṇṇojjvalena
śrutātiśayenodbhāsitaśravaṇaḥ punaḥ ⟨13⟩ (punar ukteneva
ratnā)laṅkāreṇālaṅkr̥taśrotra⟨ḥ⟩
parisphuratkaṭakavikaṭakīṭapakṣaratnakiraṇam
avicchinnapradānasalilanivahāvaseka[vilasannava]⟨14⟩(śaivalā)ṅkuram
ivāgrapāṇim udvaha(n)
dhr̥taviśālaratnavalayajaladhivelātaṭāyamānabhujapariṣvaktaviśvambharaḥ
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 nisr̥ṣṭaḥ

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

## Bibliography

Preserved fragmentary second plate first edited by D. B. Diskalkar;
neither estampage nor translation (Diskalkar 1925, № 9). Encoded by
Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of Diskalkar’s edition.

### Primary

[DBD] Diskalkar, D. B. 1925. “Some unpublished copper-plates of the
rulers of Valabhī.” JBBRAS 1, pp. 16–63. Item 9.