British Library plates (Vaṭaprajyaka grant) of Dhruvasena I, [Valabhī] year 217, Āśvayuja [ba.] [1]3

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⟨1⟩ svasti vijaya(skandhāvārāt) [*******](vāsakāt prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atu)labalasapatna(maṇḍalā)-

⟨2⟩ (bhogasaṁsaktasaṁprahāraśatalabdhapratāpaḥ pratāpopa)natadāna(mānā)rjjavopā(rjjitānurāgo) nuraktam¡o!labhr̥ta-

⟨3⟩ (mitra)śr(e)ṇ(ī)balāvāptar(ā)jyaśr(īḥ paramamāhe)śvaraś śrīsenāpatibhaṭakkaḥ tasya sutas (taccaraṇarajoruṇāvanata)-

⟨4⟩ (pavitrīkr̥taśirāś śirovanataśatrucūḍāmaṇi)prabhāvicchuritapādanakhapa(ṅk)tidīdhiti(ḥ) dīnānāthajanopa-

⟨5⟩ (jīvyamānavibhavaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenā)patidhara(se)naḥ tasyānujas ta(tpā)dābhipraṇāmapraśasta-

⟨6⟩ (vimalam)¡(o)!(limaṇir) mmanvādip¿y?a(ṇī)tavidhividhānadharmmā dharmmarāja (I)va vihitavinayavya(va)sthāpa(ddha)-

⟨7⟩ (tir akhilabhuvana)maṇḍalābhogaikasvāminā paramasvāminā (svayam u)pahitarājyā(bhiṣeka)mahā-

⟨8⟩ (viśrāṇa)nā(vapūtarā)jaśrīḥ (paramamāheśvara)ś śrīmahārājadro(ṇasiṁha)s siṁha Iva tasyānujas sva(bhu)-

⟨9⟩ (jabalaparākkrame)ṇa paragajaghaṭānīkā(nām eka)vijayī śaraṇ(ai)ṣiṇāṁ śaraṇam avaboddhā

⟨10⟩ (śāstrārtthatatvā)nāṁ kalpata(rur iva) suhr̥tpraṇayināṁ yathābhilaṣitakāmaphalopabhogadaḥ

⟨11⟩ (paramabhaṭṭārakapādānuddhyāto mahāpratīhāramahā)daṇḍanāyakamahākā(rttākr̥tikamahā)sāmanta-

⟨12⟩ (mahārājaśrīdhruvasenaḥ kuśalī sarvvān eva svān āyu)ktaviniyuktakakadrāṅgikamahattaracāṭabha-

⟨13⟩ (ṭādīn anyāṁ)ś ca (yathāsaṁbadhyamānakān samājñāpaya)ty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā [***]-

⟨14⟩ [*](maṇa)s(th)alas(nnikr̥)ṣṭa(va)ṭap(r)a(j)y(akagrā)maḥ soparika¿k?as sa[**]dānavātabh(ū)[***]-

⟨15⟩ (yaḥ) sahānyaiś ca kīrtti(t)ā(k)īr(tt)i(t)ā[*](n)aiḥ bh(ū)mic(ch)i[*](ny)āyena

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⟨16⟩ [*******](yanāyātmanaś caihikāmuṣmikayathābhilaṣitaphalāvāpti)[****]-

⟨17⟩ [*******](sari)tparvvatasamakālīnaḥ (valabhītalasvabhāgineyīduḍḍākārita)[***]-

⟨18⟩ [*******]cāryyabha(da)ntabuddhadā(sa)kāritavihārakuṭ(y)āṁ pratiṣ¿ṭ?āpitabhagava(tāṁ samya)[**]-

⟨19⟩ [**] (buddhānā)M gandhadhūpapuṣpadīpatailopayogi vihārasya ca (khaṇḍasphuṭitapatita)-

⟨20⟩ [*](śīr)ṇṇapratisaṁskāraṇārtthaṁ caturddiśābhyāgatobhaya(vihāra)prati(vāsi)bhikṣusaṅghasya

⟨21⟩ [*] [*]ṇḍapātaśayanāsanag(l)lānapra(tya)yabhaiṣajyapariṣkāropayo(gā)rtthaṁ ca pra-

⟨22⟩ [**](ditaḥ) (yato) bhikṣusaṅghādhi(kr̥)tānāṁ bhuñja(tāṁ kr̥)ṣa(tāṁ) pradi(śatāṁ) na kaiścit svalpāpy ā-

⟨23⟩ [**](k)āryyāsmadvaṅśa(jair) āgāminr̥patibhiś cānityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthira(ṁ) mānuṣya(ṁ) sāmānya(ṁ) ca

⟨24⟩ [*]midānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś ca yaś cācchi-

⟨25⟩ [*](d) ācchidyamā(naṁ) vānu(mo)deta sa pa(ṁcabhir) mmahāpātakaiḥ sopapātakais saṁyuktas syād ¿i?i(p)]i

⟨26⟩ [***]sagīt¡o! (ślok)¡o! (bhavataḥ) (ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa)sahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmida(ḥ) Ācche(ttā)

⟨27⟩ [****] ca tā¿ṇ?y eva narake vase(t) bahubhir vvasudhā bhu(ktā) rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ (yasya)

⟨28⟩ [******]ḥ tasya tasya tadā phalam iti †∥ svahasto mama mahāpratī(hāra)mahā(daṇḍa)-

⟨29⟩ [******](rttā)kr̥tikamahāsāmantamahārājaśrīdhruvasenasya †∥ dūtako rājasthānīya(bhaṭṭiḥ)

⟨30⟩ [***] ki(kka)ken(eti) saṁ 200 10 7 (Āśva)yuja (ba) (10) 3 †∥

Bibliography

First edited by Theodor Bloch; neither estampages nor translation (Bloch 1895). Re-edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of photographs of the original.

Primary

[ThB] Bloch, Theodor. 1895. “An unpublished Valabhī copper-plate inscription of king Dhruvasena I.” JRAS 27 (2), pp. 379–384.