# Samgamner Copper-Plate inscription of the Yadava Bhillama II, the śaka
year 922 (=AD 1000)

Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Author of digital edition: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Contributor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Identifier: DHARMA_INSVaria90005

Repository: Varia Epigraphy (varia-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSVaria90005.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-09-29 11:15 (2438289), last modified 2026-09-29 11:15
(2438289)

## Summary

The previous identifier of this file was INSEI2_15. This set records the
grant of lands by the king Bhillama II (Yādava dynasty) to twenty-one
Brahmins. Gift made at the occasion of a solar eclipse at the holy
bathing-place of the confluence of the Aruṇa (and Godāvarī) at Nāsik.

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## Edition

⟨Page 1v⟩

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⟨17⟩ ⟨18⟩ ⟨19⟩ ⟨20⟩ ⟨21⟩ ⟨22⟩ ⟨23⟩ ⟨24⟩ ⟨25⟩ ⟨26⟩ ⟨27⟩ ⟨28⟩ ⟨Page 2r⟩
⟨29⟩ ⟨30⟩ ⟨31⟩ ⟨32⟩ ⟨33⟩ ⟨34⟩ ⟨35⟩ ⟨36⟩ ⟨37⟩ ⟨38⟩ ⟨39⟩ ⟨40⟩ ⟨41⟩ ⟨42⟩
⟨43⟩ ⟨44⟩ ⟨45⟩ ⟨46⟩ ⟨47⟩ ⟨48⟩ ⟨49⟩ ⟨50⟩ ⟨51⟩ ⟨52⟩ ⟨53⟩ ⟨54⟩ ⟨55⟩

Anuṣṭubh

na tathā saphalā vidyā
⟨56⟩ na tathā saphalaṁ dhanam
yathā tu munayaḥ prāhur
dānam ekaṁ kalau yuge

Indravajrā

Agner apatyaṁ ⟨57⟩ prathamaṁ suvarṇaṁ
bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ
lo⟨ka⟩trayas tena bhavet dattaṁ
yaḥ ⟨58⟩ kāñcanaṁ gāṁ ca mahīṁ ca dadyāt

Anuṣṭubh

Āsphoṭayanti pitaraḥ
pravalganti pitāma⟨59⟩hāḥ
bhūmido ’smat-kule jātaḥ
sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati

Anuṣṭubh

bhūmi-dānaṁ su-pātreṣu
su⟨60⟩-tīrtheṣu su-parvasu
Agādhāpāra-saṁsāra-
-sāgarottāraṇaṁ bhaveT

Anuṣṭubh

dhavalānyātapa⟨61⟩trāṇi
dantinaś ca bhadoddhatāḥ
bhūmi-dānasya puṣpāṇi
phalaṁ svargaḥ purandara

⟨62⟩

⟨63⟩ ⟨64⟩ ⟨65⟩ ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨66⟩ ⟨67⟩ ⟨68⟩ ⟨69⟩ ⟨70⟩ ⟨71⟩ ⟨72⟩ ⟨73⟩ ⟨74⟩
⟨75⟩ ⟨76⟩ ⟨77⟩ ⟨78⟩ ⟨79⟩ ⟨80⟩ ⟨81⟩ ⟨82⟩ ⟨83⟩ ⟨84⟩ ⟨85⟩ ⟨86⟩ ⟨87⟩ ⟨88⟩
Uktaṁ ca munibhiḥ

⟨89⟩

Indravajrā

yānīha dattāni purā narendrair
dānāni dharmmārtha-yaśas-karāṇi
⟨90⟩ nirmālya-vānta-pratimāni tāni
ko nāma sādhuḥ punar āda⟨91⟩dīta

Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vasudhā bhuktā
rājabhiḥ sagarādi⟨92⟩bhiḥ
yasya yasya yadā bhūmis
tasya tasya tadā phalam

⟨93⟩ ⟨94⟩ ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨95⟩ ⟨96⟩ ⟨97⟩ ⟨98⟩ ⟨99⟩ ⟨100⟩ ⟨101⟩ ⟨102⟩ ⟨103⟩
⟨104⟩ ⟨105⟩ ⟨106⟩ ⟨107⟩ ⟨108⟩ ⟨109⟩ ⟨110⟩ ⟨111⟩ ⟨112⟩ ⟨113⟩ ⟨114⟩ ⟨115⟩
⟨116⟩ ⟨117⟩

## Bibliography

### Primary

[K] Kielhorn, Lorenz Franz. 1894. “Samgamner copper-plate inscription of
the Yadava Bhillama II, the Śaka year 922.” Epigraphia Indica 2, pp.
212–221.