Hansot Plates of the Chahamana Bhartrivaddha, Samvat 813 (probably 756 A.D.)

Editor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEI12_23.

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: BESTOW - Amandine Wattelier-Bricout's Post-doc project (BESTOW).

Version: (e32d651), last modified (e32d651).

Edition

⟨Page 1⟩

⟨1⟩ ⟨2⟩ ⟨3⟩ ⟨4⟩ ⟨5⟩ ⟨6⟩ ⟨7⟩ ⟨8⟩ ⟨9⟩ ⟨10⟩ ⟨11⟩ ⟨12⟩ ⟨13⟩ ⟨14⟩ ⟨15⟩ ⟨16⟩ ⟨17⟩ ⟨18⟩ ⟨19⟩ ⟨20⟩ ⟨Page 2⟩ ⟨21⟩ ⟨22⟩ ⟨23⟩ ⟨24⟩ ⟨25⟩ ity uktaṁ ca bhagavatā vyāsena

I. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā bhu(ktā)

a

⟨26⟩(jabhiḥ) sagarādibhiḥ

b

yasya yasya yadā bhūmis

c

tasya tasya tadā phalaM||

d
II. Indravajrā

yānīha dattāni purā narendrai ⟨27⟩ (r)

a

(ddā)nāni dharmmārtha-yaśas-karāṇi

b

nirmmālya-vānta-pratimāni tāni

c

ko nāma s¿o?⟨ā⟩dhuḥ punar ādadīta||

d
Anuṣṭubh

vi⟨28⟩(ndhyāṭavīṣv a)-toyāsu

a

śuṣka-koṭara-vāsinaḥ

b

kr̥ṣṇāhayo hi jāyante

c

¿gu?⟨bhū⟩mi-dāya⟨ṁ⟩ haranti ye||

d
Anuṣṭubh

(sva-da) ⟨29⟩ (ttāṁ) para-dattāṁ vā

a

yo hareta vasundharām||

b

t¿ai?⟨e⟩na jātā janetā ca

c

narake (pā)titā dhruvam||

d
Śālinī

sarvvā⟨30⟩n etā¡ṁ!⟨n⟩ bhāvinaḥ pārtthivendrā⟨n⟩

a

bhūyo bhūyo yācate bhartṛIvaḍḍhaḥ

b

sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharmma-setu⟨31⟩r nr̥pāṇāṁ

c

sve sve kāle pālanīyo bhavadbhi⟨ḥ⟩||

d
Anuṣṭubh

saṣṭir vvarṣa–sahasrāṇi

a

svargge modati bhūmi ⟨32⟩ daḥ

b

Ācchettā cānumantā ca

c

tāny eva narake vaseT||

d

likhitaṃ Etan mayā vālabhya-bha(ṭṭa-kakke)⟨33⟩(ṇa) bhaṭṭa-vatsuva-sūnunā Ūnākṣaram adhiākṣaraṁ vā sarvvam atra pramāṇam iti yad (upa)⟨34⟩ri likhita(ṁ) śrīman-nāgāvaloka-prava⟨r⟩ddhamāna-vijaya-rājye śrī-bhṛgu-kacchāvasthit¿e?⟨a⟩-bha⟨35⟩ṭṭa-llalluva-dūtakaḥ|| yatrāṅkato ’pi suviśuddha-saṁvatsara-śatāṣṭake trayoda⟨36⟩(śā)dhike 800 10 3

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Commentary

Broach district, Bombay. Two plates: 20 lines on the first one, 16 on the second. Alphabet closely related to that in use in the Valabhi inscriptions. Grant belongs to a hitherto unknown branch of the Chāhamānas, who must have resided in Broach.

Bibliography

Primary

[K] Konow, Sten. 1913–1914. “Hansot Plates of the Chahamana Bhartrivaddha, Samvat 813.” EI 12, pp. 197–204.