Valabhipur Plates of Śīlāditya III, [Valabhī] year 348, Mārgaśira ba. 3

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen (ansc).

Summary: Grant of land (257 pādāvarta, including two cisterns) in favour of a Sāmavedin.

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Script (unspecified) (script_unspecified)].

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy).

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⟨1⟩ ꩜ svasti vijayaskandhāvārā⟨T⟩ khoṭāṭavāsakāt prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇā(ṁ) maitrakāṇām atulabalasaṁpannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktapra(hā)raśatalabdhapratā{tā}pāt pratāpopanatadāna-

⟨2⟩ (m)ānārjjav(o)pārjj(i)tānurāgād anuraktamaulabhr̥taśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśriya⟨ḥ⟩ parama(māhe)śvaraśrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarā(ja)vaṅśā(t mā)tāpitr̥caraṇāravindapraṇatipravidh(au)tāś(e)-

⟨3⟩ ṣa(kal)maṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvitīyabāhu(r eva) samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanapra(kā)śitasa(tva)nikaṣas tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāra(t)naprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakhara(śmi)saṁ(ha)ti⟨ḥ⟩ sa-

⟨4⟩ kala(sm)r̥tipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhr̥dayarañjanānvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśaguru(dhane)śān ati-

⟨5⟩ śayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tr̥ṇavadapāst(ā)śeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇa(yi)hr̥daya(ḥ) pādacārīva sakalabhu-

⟨6⟩ vanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ param(a)māheśvara⟨ḥ⟩ śr(ī)guhasenas tasya sutas tat(pā)danakhamayūkhasantānavisr̥(tajāhna)vījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣa⟨ḥ⟩ (p)raṇayiśatasahasro-

⟨7⟩ pajīvyamāna{ḥ}⟨saṁ⟩pa(d rū)palobhād ivāśritaḥ sarabhasam ābhigāmikair guṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭānām anupāla-

⟨8⟩ yitā dharmmadāyānām apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānā(ṁ) darśayitā śrīsara(sva)tyor ek(ā)dhivāsasya sa(ṁha)tārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhoga(dakṣa)vikramo vikramo-

⟨9⟩ pasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatp¿a?d¿a?nuddhyātaḥ sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayastha(gi)ta(sa)magra-

⟨10⟩ (diṅ)maṇḍalaḥ samaraśatavijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyu(ti)bhāsuratar(āṁ){s}sapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābhāraḥ sarvvavidyāparāparavibhāgādhigamavimala-

⟨11⟩ matir api sarvvata⟨ḥ⟩ subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣaḥ samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahr̥dayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhā-

⟨12⟩ va⟨ḥ⟩ kh¿ī?lībhūtakr̥tayuganr̥patipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrttiḥ dh{dh}armmānuparodho⟨j⟩jvalatarīkr̥tārtthasukhasaṁpadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā para-

⟨13⟩ mamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityas tasyānujas tatpādā(nu)ddhy¿a?taḥ svaya¿g? upendraguruṇeva gur(u)ṇātyādaravatā sam(a)bhilaṣaṇīyām api r¿a?jalakṣmī⟨ṁ⟩ skandhāsaktā⟨ṁ⟩ para⟨ma⟩bhadra Iva dhu-

⟨14⟩ ryya(s ta)dājñāsaṁp¿a?danaikarasata(yai)vodvaha¿ṁ? (kheda)sukharatibhyām anāyāsitasatvasa⟨ṁ⟩pa⟨t⟩tiḥ prabhāvasa⟨ṁ⟩padvaśīkr̥tanr̥patiśataśi(r)oratnacchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho pi pa-

⟨15⟩ rāvajñābhimānarasānāliṅgitamanovr̥⟨t⟩tiḥ praṇatim (e)k(āṁ) parityajya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arātibhir anāsāditapratikri(yo)pāya⟨ḥ⟩ kr̥tanikhilabhuvanāmodavimalaguṇasaṁhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatiḥ nīcajanādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair anāmr̥ṣṭātyunnatahr̥dayaḥ prakhyā-

⟨16⟩ vimalaguṇasaṁhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagati(ḥ) nīcajanādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair anā(m)r̥ṣṭātyunnatahr̥dayaḥ prakhyātapauruṣāstrakauśalā-

⟨17⟩ tiśa(ya)gaṇatithavipakṣakṣitipatilakṣmīsvayaṁgr(ā)haprakāśitaprav(ī)rapuruṣa{ḥ}prathamasaṁkhyādhigama⟨ḥ⟩ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīkharagrahas tasya tanayas tatpādānu(d)dhyāta⟨ḥ⟩

⟨18⟩ sakalavidyādhigamavihitanikhilavidva⟨j⟩janamana⟨ḥ⟩paritoṣātiśa(ya)⟨ḥ⟩ satvasaṁpad¿a? tyāgaudā(r)yy(e)ṇa ca vi(g)atānusa(ndhā)nā¿s?amāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅga⟨ḥ⟩

⟨19⟩ samyagupalakṣitānekaśāstrakalālokacaritagahvaravibhāgo pi paramabhadrapra(kr̥)tir akr̥trimapraśrayavinayaśobhāvibhūṣaṇaḥ samaraśatajayapatākāha-

⟨20⟩ raṇapratya¡l!odagrabāhudaṇḍavidhvansitanikhilaprat(i)pakṣada(r)ppodaya⟨ḥ⟩ svadhanu⟨ḥ⟩prabhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimāna⟨ḥ⟩ sakala¿bhuvana?maṇḍal(ā)bhinanditaśāsa⟨naḥ⟩

⟨21⟩ paramam¿a?heśvaraḥ śrīdharas¿a?nas tasyānujas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ saccaritātiśayitasakalapūrvvanarapatir atidussādhānām api prasādhayitā viṣayā-

⟨22⟩ ṇā⟨ṁ⟩ mū(r)ttimān iva pu(ru)ṣakāraḥ parivr̥ddhaguṇānurāganirbbharacittavr̥⟨t⟩ttibhir mmanur iva svayam abhyupapannaḥ prakr̥tibhir adhigatakalākalāpaẖ kāntimān {timā} ni-

⟨23⟩ ⟨r⟩v¿ri?tihetur akalaṅkaẖ kumudanātha⟨ḥ⟩ prājyapr¿ā?tāpasthagitadigantarālapra(dh)¿r̥?nsitadhvāntarāśiḥ satatoditaḥ savi⟨tā⟩{ḥ} prakr̥tibhyaḥ paraṁ pratyayam artthavantam atibahuti{dha}-

⟨24⟩ thaprayojanānubandham āgamaparipūrṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩ vidadhānaḥ sandhivigrahasam(ā)saniścayanipuṇaḥ sthān(e) nurūpam ādeśa¿n?n dadad guṇavr̥ddhividhānajanita-

⟨25⟩ saṁsk¿a?raḥ sādhūnāṁ rājyaśālāturīya{n}tantrayor ubhayor api niṣṇātaḥ prakr̥ṣṭavikramo pi karuṇ(ā)mr̥duhr̥dayaḥ śrutavān apy agarvvitaẖ kānto pi praśamī

⟨26⟩ sthirasauhr̥dayyo pi nirasitā doṣavatām udayasamayasamupajanitajanatānurāgaparipihitabhuvanasamartth(i)tapr¿ā?thitabālādityadvitīyanā-

⟨27⟩ mā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdhruvasenas tasya sutas tatpādakamalapraṇāmadharaṇikaṣaṇajanitakiṇalāñchanalalāṭacandraśakalaḥ śiśubh¿a?va Eva śra-

⟨28⟩ vaṇanihitamauktikālaṅkāravibhramāmalaśrutaviś¿a?ṣa⟨ḥ⟩ pradānasalilakṣālitāgrah¿ā?st¿a?ravinda(ẖ ka)nyāy¿a? Iva mr̥dukaragrahaṇād ama-

⟨29⟩ {ma}ndīkr̥tānandavidhir vvasu(ndha)rāyāẖ kā⟨r⟩muke dhanu⟨r⟩veda Iva saṁbhāvitāśeṣalakṣyakalāpaḥ praṇatas(ā)mantamaṇḍalottamāṅgadhr̥tacūḍāratnāyamāna-

⟨30⟩ (śā)sanaḥ paramamāh(e)śvaraḥ paramabhaṭṭārakamahārājādhirājaparameśvaracakravarttiśrīdharasenas tatpitāmahabhrātr̥śrīśīlādityasya ¿s?śā-

⟨31⟩ rṅgapāṇ(e)r i(vāṅgaja)nmano bhaktibandhurāvayava{yava}kalpitapraṇater atidhavalayā dūraṁ tatpādāravindapravr̥ttayā nakhamaṇirucā mandākinye-

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⟨32⟩ va nityam amalito(ttamā)ṅgadeśasy¿a?gastyasy¿a?va rājarṣer ddākṣiṇyam ¿a?tanvānasya prabaladhavalimnā yaśasāṁ valayena maṇḍ(i)takak(u)bhā nabhasi yāminīpat(e)⟨r⟩ vviḍambi-

⟨33⟩ t(ā)khaṇḍapariveṣamaṇḍalasya pay(o)da(ś)y(ā)ma¿(ta)ma?c¿u?cukar(u)c(i)ira(sa)hyavindhyastanayu(gā)y(ā)ḥ kṣite⟨ḥ⟩ (pat)yuḥ śrīḍerabhaṭasy(ā)ṅgajaḥ kṣitipasaṁhater anur(ā)gi()ṇy¿a?⟨ḥ⟩-

⟨34⟩ (śuciyaśoṅśukabhr̥taḥ svayaṁvaramālām iva rājya)śriyam a(r)ppayanty¿a?ẖ kr̥taparigraha⟨ḥ⟩ ś¿o?ryyam apratihatavy(āpāram ā)namitapracaṇḍaripumaṇḍalaṁ maṇḍalāgram ivāvalambamānaḥ

⟨35⟩ śaradi pra(sabham ākr̥ṣṭaśilīmukhabā)ṇāsanāpāditaprasādhan¿a?nāṁ parabhuvā(ṁ) vidhivad ācaritakaragrahaṇaḥ (pūrvvam eva vividhavarṇṇojjvalena) śrutātiśayenodbhā(sita)-

⟨36⟩ śra(v)aṇaḥ punaḫ punar (u)kt(e)n(e)va ratnālaṅkāreṇālaṅkr̥taśrotra⟨ḥ⟩ parisphura¿kt?a⟨ṭa⟩kavikaṭakīṭapakṣaratna(kiraṇam a)[vicchinna](pradāna)salilanivahāvasekavilasannavaśaiva-

⟨37⟩ (lāṅku)ram ivāgrapāṇim udvaha(N) dhr̥taviśālaratnavalayajaladhiv¿i?lātaṭāyamānabhujapariṣvakta(viśvaṁbharaḥ) [parama](māheśvaraḥ śrīdhruva)senas tasyāgrajo paramahīpatis¿y?a-

⟨38⟩ (rśa)doṣanāśanadhiy(e)va lakṣmy(ā) svaya¿d i?tis¿y?aṣṭa(ce)ṣṭam (ā)śliṣṭ(ā)ṅgayaṣṭir atirucira(taracarita)[garimaparikalitasakalanarapati](r atipra)kr̥ṣṭānurāgarasarabhasa(v)aśīkr̥tapra-

⟨39⟩ ṇatasamastas(ā)mantacakrac(ū)ḍāmaṇimayūkhakhacitacaraṇa¿r?amalayugala⟨ḥ⟩ (proddāmodāradorddaṇḍadalitadviṣadvarggadarppaḥ prasarppatpa)[ṭī]yaḫpratāpaploṣit¿a?ś¿a?ṣaśatr(u)-

⟨40⟩ (vaṅśaḥ) praṇayi(pa)kṣa[ni](kṣi)[pta](la)kṣmīkaḥ (preita)ga¿pa?(t)kṣi(pta)suda(r)śanacakraḥ parihr̥ta(bālakrīḍo nadhaẖkr̥tadvijātir ekavikramaprasādhita)dharitr(ī)talo (na)ṅgīkr̥tajalaśa-

⟨41⟩ yy(o) p(ū)rvvapuruṣottamaḥ sākṣād dharmma Iva samyagvyavasth(āp)i¿k?avarṇ(ṇ)āśram¿a?c(āraḥ pūrvvair apy ūrvvīpatibhis tr̥ṣṇālavalubdhair yyāny apahr̥)tāni devabrahmadeyāni te¿p?ā-

⟨42⟩ m apy atisaralamanaḫprasaram utsaṅkalanānum(o)danābhyāṁ parimudita(tribhuvanābhinanditocchritotkr̥ṣṭadhavaladharmmadhvajaprakā)śitanijavaṅś¿a? devadvijagu¿kat? pra-

⟨43⟩ ti (yathārha)m anavara(ta)prava(rttita)mah¿a?⟨d⟩draṅgādidānavya¿y?an¿a?nupa(jātasantoṣopāttodārakīrttipaṁkti)paraṁparādantu¿d?itanikhiladikcakravālaḥ spaṣṭa-

⟨44⟩ (m eva ya)th¿a?rtha⟨ṁ⟩ dharmm¿a?dity¿a?para(nā)mā paramam(ā)heśvaraḥ (śrīkharagrahas tasyāgrajanmanaẖ kumudaṣaṇḍaśrīvikāsinyā kalāvataś candrikayeva) kīrttyā dhavali¿n?tasakaladiṅmaṇḍa-

⟨45⟩ lasya (kh)aṇḍ¿a?tāgur(u)v(ile)pana(piṇḍa)śy¿a?[mala](vindhyaśailavipulapayodharābhogāyāḥ kṣoṇyāḥ patyuḥ śrīśīlādityasya sūnu)r nnavapr¿a?leyakiraṇa I¿d?a pratidina(saṁ)-

⟨46⟩ vard(dh)amānakalācakrav¿a?la(ḥ kesa)r(ī)ndraśiśur iva rājalakṣmīm a(calavanasthalīm ivālamkurvāṇaḥ śikhaṇḍiketana Iva rucima)rucima⟨c⟩(cūḍā)maṇḍanaḥ pracaṇḍaśaktiprabh¿a?vaś ca

⟨47⟩ (śaradā)gama Iva pratāpav(ā)n ullasatpadmaḥ (saṁyuge vidalayann ambhodharān iva paragajān udaya Eva tapanabālātapa Iva saṁgrāme mu)ṣṇann abhimukhānām āyū(ṅṣ)i

⟨48⟩ (dvi)ṣat¿a?ṁ param(āhe)śvaraḥ śrīśīlādityaḥ kuśalī sarvvān (eva samājñāpayaty) (astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāya)nāya Ānandapuravinirgga(ta)-

⟨49⟩ śrīvalabhīvāstavya(tattrai)vidyasāmānya(gārgya)sagotra(chandogasabrahmacāri)brāhmaṇa(śrīdharadattaputra)brāhmaṇaya(j)ñadattaprakāśadvināmayaj(ñā)ya

⟨50⟩ surāṣṭreṣu kalākṣyeṭake paś(u)vaṭikāgrām(e Aparasīmni) [ku]ṭumbi[***]prakr̥ṣṭa(bhū)pādāvarttaśataparimāṇaṁ kṣetraṁ yasyāghāṭanāni

⟨51⟩ (p)¿u?rvvataḥ dāsakasatkakṣetraṁ ⁓ dakṣiṇataḥ devakulap(ā)ṭaka(grāmasīmā) Aparataḥ devakula(pā)ṭakagrāma(sīmeva) Uttarataḥ brāhmaṇa(so)ṭṭa(ka)satkakṣ(e)traṁ

⟨52⟩ tathā Aparasīmny (e)va tretarikā paṁcaviṅśatibhūpādāvarttaparisarā vāp(ī) yasy¿a?ḥ pūrvvataḥ (brā)hmaṇagopadinnasatkakṣetraṁ dakṣiṇataḥ bahu-Ārāṇaka-

⟨53⟩ grāmas(ī)mā Aparataḥ brāhmaṇasarasvat(ī)satkakṣetraṁ Uttarataḥ brāhmaṇabābha(satkakṣetraṁ tathā hastavaprāhāre) sādhisā(va)sadhigrāme Aparasīmni daṭabhā--

⟨54⟩ llarikābidhānā dvātriṅśa⟨d⟩ bhūpā¿pad?arttaparisarā vāpī yasy¿a?ḥ pūrvvataḥ brāhma(ṇa)mātr̥śarmmakṣetra(ṁ ⁓ dakṣiṇataḥ Ī)śvarakṣetraṁ ⁓ Aparataḥ santāputragrāmasī-

⟨55⟩ masandhiḥ Uttarataḥ (kuṭu)mbisamaśvarakṣetra⟨ṁ⟩ ⁓ tathāparadakṣiṇa(sīmni bhū)pā(dāvartta)śataparim(ā)ṇaṁ (ṇa)[*](prakr̥ṣṭakṣetraṁ) yasya pūrvvataḥ vivītaṁ ⁓ dakṣiṇataḥ Umbaka-

⟨56⟩ kṣetra¿ḥ? Aparataḥ khe(ṭa)kapadrakagrāmas(īma)sandhiḥ Uttarataḥ (gāgraśvarakṣetraṁ) Evam idam ¿a?gh(ā)ṭanaviśuddha(ṁ vāpīdvayasa)manvita(ṁ) kṣetradvayaṁ so{d}draṅgaṁ sopari-

⟨57⟩ karaṁ sabh(ū)tav¿a?tapraty¿a?yaṁ sadh¿a?(n)yahiraṇy¿a?deyaṁ sadaśāparādhaṁ (sotpa)dyam¿a?naviṣṭikaṁ (sarvvarājakīyānā)¿p i?hastaprakṣ(e)paṇ(īyaṁ) p¿u?rvvaprattadevabrahmadeyara¿d?dita(ṁ) bh(ū)micchi-

⟨58⟩ (dranyā)yenā(ca)ndr¿a?⟨r⟩kk¿a?rṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamak¿a?l(ī)na⟨ṁ⟩ put(rapau)trānvayabhogyam udak(ā)tisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo ni(sr̥)ṣṭa⟨ṁ⟩ yato syocitayā br¿ā?hmad(e)yasthity¿a? bhuṁjataḥ kr̥-

⟨59⟩ (ṣataẖ) karṣayataḥ (pra)diśato vā na k(ai)ścid vy¿a?s¿a?dh¿a? va(r)ttitavyam āgāmi(bhadranr̥patibhir) apy asmadva(ṅśa)¿da?r any¿a?r vv¿a? Anityāny (ai)śvaryy(ā)ṇy asthira⟨ṁ⟩ mānuṣya⟨ṁ⟩ (sā)mānya⟨ṁ⟩ ca bhūmidānapha(la)m a-

⟨60⟩ (va)gac(chadbh)ir a(ya)m a(sma)ddāy(o numantav)ya⟨ḥ⟩ parip¿a?layitavya⟨ḥ⟩ ¿ra?ty ¿a?ktañ ca ∥ bahubhi(r) vvasudhā (bhuktā rājabhi)⟨ḥ⟩ (sagarādi)bhi⟨ḥ⟩ yasya yasya yad¿a? bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phala⟨ṁ⟩ ∥ yān(ī)ha dāri(drya)-

⟨61⟩ (bhayān narendrai)r dhan(ā)ni dharmmāyatanīkr̥tāni nirbbhuktamālyapratim(ā)ni tāni (ko nā)ma sā¿g?uḫ punar ¿a?dad¿i?ta ∥ ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasr(āṇi svargge)-

⟨62⟩ (tiṣṭhati) bhūmidaḥ Ācch¿ā?ttā cānumant¿a? ca tā(ny e)va narake (va)s(eT) dūtako tra rājaputradhruva(se)naḥ

⟨62⟩ [li]khitam idaṁ san(dhi)¿dhi?gra(hā)dhikr̥tadivirapatiśrīskandabhaṭa(putradivirapa)tiśrīmadanahilen(eti) saṁ 300 40 8 mārggaśira ba 3 svahast(o) mama †∥

Bibliography

Grant portion first edited by G. V. Acharya; neither estampages nor translation (Acharya 1925, № 5). Fully edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of photographs of the original.

Primary

[GVA] Acharya, Girjashankar Vallabhaji. 1925. “Notes on some unpublished Valabhī copper plates belonging to the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society and lent to the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India.” JBBRAS 1, pp. 65–75. [URL]. Item 5.