Bhavnagar plates of Dhruvasena I, [Valabhī] year 207, Kārttika śu. 7

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen (ansc).

Summary: Probably confirmation of a grant of land (100 pādāvarta and one well) in favour of an Atharvavedin from Hastakavapra.

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

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00008.

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00008.xml.

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⟨1⟩ svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabala-
⟨2⟩ sapatnamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktasaṁprahāraśatalabdhapratāpaḥ pratāpopanatadā-
⟨3⟩ namānārjjavopārjjitānurāgānuraktam¡o!labhr̥tamitraśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśrīḥ pa-
⟨4⟩ ramamā{mā}heśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatibhaṭakkaḥ tasya sutas tatpādarajoruṇanatapa-
⟨5⟩ vitrīkr̥taśirāḥ śirovanataśatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhāvicchuritapādanakhapaṅktidīdhi-
⟨6⟩ tiḥ dīnānāthajanopajīvyamāna¿di?bhavaḥ paramamāheśvaras senāpatidhara-
⟨7⟩ senas tasyānujas tatpādābhipraśastavimalam¿ā?limaṇir mmanvādipraṇītavidhivi-
⟨8⟩ dhānadharmmā dharmmarāja Iva vihitavinayavyavasthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍalābhoga-
⟨9⟩ svāminā paramasvāminā svayam upahitarājyābhiṣekamahāviśrāṇanāvapūtarā-
⟨10⟩ jaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaro mahārājadroṇasiṁhaḥ siṁha Iva tasyānujas svabhujabalagha-
⟨11⟩ ṭānīkānām anekavijayī śaraṇaiṣiṇāṁ śaraṇam avaboddhā śāstrārttha¿ā?tvānāṁ kalpatarur i-
⟨12⟩ va suhr̥tpra¿t?ayināṁ ya¿l?ābhilaṣitaphalopabhogada⟨ḥ⟩ paramabhāgavataḥ paramabhaṭṭā-
⟨13⟩ rakapādānudhyāto mahārājadhruvasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva svān āyuktaka-

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⟨14⟩ viniyuktakadr¿a?⟨ṁ⟩gikamahattaracāṭabhaṭadhruvasthānādhikara¿n?adaṇḍapāśikād(ī)n anyā⟨ṁ⟩ś ca ya-
⟨15⟩ thāsambadhyamānakān anudarśayaty astu vas sa⟨ṁ⟩viditaṁ yathā mayā hastakavaprāhar¿a?ṇyaṁ kukkuṭagrā-
⟨16⟩ me yotilapratyayasītāpādāvarttaśa¿d?aṁ kūpaś ca hastakavapravāstavyabr¿a?hmaṇasacitiśa⟨r⟩mmaṇ¿a?
⟨17⟩ droṇ¿a?yanasagotrāyātharvvaṇasabrahmacāriṇ¿a? mātāpitroḥ puṇyāpyā⟨yanā⟩yā(t)manaś caih¿e?kāmuṣmi-
⟨18⟩ kayathābhilaṣitaphalāvāptinimittam ācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaṁ putra-
⟨19⟩ p¡o!trānvayabhojyaṁ brahmadeyam anujñātaṁ yato syocitayā brahmadeyasthityā bhuṁjataḥ pra-
⟨20⟩ diśataḥ karṣāpayataḥ kr̥ṣato vā na kaiścit svalpāpy ābādhā kāryyāsmadvaṁśajair āgāminr̥pa-
⟨21⟩ tibhiś cānityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ cāvekṣya sāmānyaṁ ca bh(ū)midānaphalam avagacchadbhi⟨R⟩
⟨22⟩ Iyam asmadanumatir anumant¿ā?vyā yaś cācchindyād ācchidyamānaṁ vānumodet sa pa(ṁ)cabhir mmahāp¿a?-
⟨23⟩ takais sopapātakais saṁyuktas syād ¿i?pi cātra vyāsagītaḥ ¿l?loko bhavati ṣaṣṭiṁ var¿y?yasahasrā-
⟨24⟩ ṇi s(v)argge modati bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vased iti
⟨25⟩ svahasto mama mahārājadhruvasenasya dūtakaḥ pratīhāramammakaḥ likhitaṁ kikkakena ⁓
⟨26⟩ saṁ 200 7 kārttika śu 7

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⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabala⟨2⟩sapatnamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktasaṁprahāraśatalabdhapratāpaḥ pratāpopanatadā⟨3⟩namānārjjavopārjjitānurāgānuraktam¡o!labhr̥tamitraśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśrīḥ pa⟨4⟩ramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatibhaṭakkaḥ tasya sutas tatpādarajoruṇanatapa⟨5⟩vitrīkr̥taśirāḥ śirovanataśatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhāvicchuritapādanakhapaṅktidīdhi⟨6⟩tiḥ dīnānāthajanopajīvyamāna⟨vi⟩bhavaḥ paramamāheśvaras senāpatidhara⟨7⟩senas tasyānujas tatpādābhipraśastavimalam⟨au⟩limaṇir mmanvādipraṇītavidhivi⟨8⟩dhānadharmmā dharmmarāja Iva vihitavinayavyavasthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍalābhoga⟨9⟩svāminā paramasvāminā svayam upahitarājyābhiṣekamahāviśrāṇanāvapūtarā⟨10⟩jaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaro mahārājadroṇasiṁhaḥ siṁha Iva tasyānujas svabhujabalagha⟨11⟩ṭānīkānām anekavijayī śaraṇaiṣiṇāṁ śaraṇam avaboddhā śāstrārttha⟨a⟩tvānāṁ kalpatarur i⟨12⟩va suhr̥tpra⟨ṇ⟩ayināṁ ya⟨th⟩ābhilaṣitaphalopabhogada⟨ḥ⟩ paramabhāgavataḥ paramabhaṭṭā⟨13⟩rakapādānudhyāto mahārājadhruvasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva svān āyuktaka⟨Page 2r⟩⟨14⟩viniyuktakadr⟨ā⟩⟨ṁ⟩gikamahattaracāṭabhaṭadhruvasthānādhikara⟨ṇ⟩adaṇḍapāśikād(ī)n anyā⟨ṁ⟩ś ca ya⟨15⟩thāsambadhyamānakān anudarśayaty

astu vas sa⟨ṁ⟩viditaṁ yathā mayā hastakavaprāhar⟨ā⟩ṇyaṁ kukkuṭagrā⟨16⟩me yotilapratyayasītāpādāvarttaśa⟨t⟩aṁ kūpaś ca hastakavapravāstavyabr⟨ā⟩hmaṇasacitiśa⟨r⟩mmaṇ⟨e⟩ ⟨17⟩ droṇ⟨ā⟩yanasagotrāyātharvvaṇasabrahmacāriṇ⟨e⟩ mātāpitroḥ puṇyāpyā⟨yanā⟩yā(t)manaś caih⟨i⟩kāmuṣmi⟨18⟩kayathābhilaṣitaphalāvāptinimittam ācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaṁ putra⟨19⟩p¡o!trānvayabhojyaṁ brahmadeyam

anujñātaṁ yato syocitayā brahmadeyasthityā bhuṁjataḥ pra⟨20⟩diśataḥ karṣāpayataḥ kr̥ṣato vā na kaiścit svalpāpy ābādhā kāryyāsmadvaṁśajair āgāminr̥pa⟨21⟩tibhiś cānityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ cāvekṣya sāmānyaṁ ca bh(ū)midānaphalam avagacchadbhi⟨R⟩ ⟨22⟩ Iyam asmadanumatir anumant⟨ā⟩vyā yaś cācchindyād ācchidyamānaṁ vānumodet sa pa(ṁ)cabhir mmahāp⟨ā⟩⟨23⟩takais sopapātakais saṁyuktas syād

⟨a⟩pi cātra vyāsagītaḥ ⟨ś⟩loko bhavati

1. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭiṁ var⟨ṣ⟩yasahasrā⟨24⟩ṇi s(v)argge modati bhūmidaḥ

Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vased

iti ⟨25⟩ svahasto mama mahārājadhruvasenasya dūtakaḥ pratīhāramammakaḥ likhitaṁ kikkakena ⁓ ⟨26⟩ saṁ 200 7 kārttika śu 7

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⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabala⟨2⟩sapatnamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktasaṁprahāraśatalabdhapratāpaḥ pratāpopanatadā⟨3⟩namānārjjavopārjjitānurāgānuraktam¡o!labhr̥tamitraśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśrīḥ pa⟨4⟩ramamā{mā}heśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatibhaṭakkaḥ tasya sutas tatpādarajoruṇanatapa⟨5⟩vitrīkr̥taśirāḥ śirovanataśatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhāvicchuritapādanakhapaṅktidīdhi⟨6⟩tiḥ dīnānāthajanopajīvyamāna¿di?⟨vi⟩bhavaḥ paramamāheśvaras senāpatidhara⟨7⟩senas tasyānujas tatpādābhipraśastavimalam¿ā?⟨au⟩limaṇir mmanvādipraṇītavidhivi⟨8⟩dhānadharmmā dharmmarāja Iva vihitavinayavyavasthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍalābhoga⟨9⟩svāminā paramasvāminā svayam upahitarājyābhiṣekamahāviśrāṇanāvapūtarā⟨10⟩jaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaro mahārājadroṇasiṁhaḥ siṁha Iva tasyānujas svabhujabalagha⟨11⟩ṭānīkānām anekavijayī śaraṇaiṣiṇāṁ śaraṇam avaboddhā śāstrārttha¿ā?⟨a⟩tvānāṁ kalpatarur i⟨12⟩va suhr̥tpra¿t?⟨ṇ⟩ayināṁ ya¿l?⟨th⟩ābhilaṣitaphalopabhogada⟨ḥ⟩ paramabhāgavataḥ paramabhaṭṭā⟨13⟩rakapādānudhyāto mahārājadhruvasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva svān āyuktaka⟨Page 2r⟩⟨14⟩viniyuktakadr¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨ṁ⟩gikamahattaracāṭabhaṭadhruvasthānādhikara¿n?⟨ṇ⟩adaṇḍapāśikād(ī)n anyā⟨ṁ⟩ś ca ya⟨15⟩thāsambadhyamānakān anudarśayaty

astu vas sa⟨ṁ⟩viditaṁ yathā mayā hastakavaprāhar¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇyaṁ kukkuṭagrā⟨16⟩me yotilapratyayasītāpādāvarttaśa¿d?⟨t⟩aṁ kūpaś ca hastakavapravāstavyabr¿a?⟨ā⟩hmaṇasacitiśa⟨r⟩mmaṇ¿a?⟨e⟩ ⟨17⟩ droṇ¿a?⟨ā⟩yanasagotrāyātharvvaṇasabrahmacāriṇ¿a?⟨e⟩ mātāpitroḥ puṇyāpyā⟨yanā⟩yā(t)manaś caih¿e?⟨i⟩kāmuṣmi⟨18⟩kayathābhilaṣitaphalāvāptinimittam ācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaṁ putra⟨19⟩p¡o!trānvayabhojyaṁ brahmadeyam

anujñātaṁ yato syocitayā brahmadeyasthityā bhuṁjataḥ pra⟨20⟩diśataḥ karṣāpayataḥ kr̥ṣato vā na kaiścit svalpāpy ābādhā kāryyāsmadvaṁśajair āgāminr̥pa⟨21⟩tibhiś cānityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ cāvekṣya sāmānyaṁ ca bh(ū)midānaphalam avagacchadbhi⟨R⟩ ⟨22⟩ Iyam asmadanumatir anumant¿ā?⟨ā⟩vyā yaś cācchindyād ācchidyamānaṁ vānumodet sa pa(ṁ)cabhir mmahāp¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨23⟩takais sopapātakais saṁyuktas syād

¿i?⟨a⟩pi cātra vyāsagītaḥ ¿l?⟨ś⟩loko bhavati

1. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭiṁ var¿y?⟨ṣ⟩yasahasrā⟨24⟩ṇi s(v)argge modati bhūmidaḥ

Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vased

iti ⟨25⟩ svahasto mama mahārājadhruvasenasya dūtakaḥ pratīhāramammakaḥ likhitaṁ kikkakena ⁓ ⟨26⟩ saṁ 200 7 kārttika śu 7

Bibliography

First edited by Johann Georg Bühler with estampages; no translation (Bühler 1876, № A). Re-edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of the published estampages.

Primary

[JGB] Bühler, Johann Georg. 1876. “Grants from Valabhî [III-V].” IA 5, pp. 204–212. Item A.

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