Katapur plates of Dharasena II, [Valabhī] year 252, Vaiśākha ba. 15 (?)

Editor: Annette Schmiedchen.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00028.

Summary: Grant of land (60 pādāvarta) in favour of two Sāmavedins.

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy).

Version: (f455aac), last modified (552eb3d).

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⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti vijayaskandhāvārā(T) bhadrapa(tta)nakavāsākā(T) prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasapatnamaṇḍa(lābh)ogasaṁ(sa)⟨2⟩ktasaṁprahāraśatalabdhapratāpaḥ pratāp(o)panatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāg(o) nuraktamaulabhṛtamitra{mitra}śreṇībalāvāptarājyaśrī⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨3⟩ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatibhaṭ(ā)rkkaḥ tasya sutaḥ tatpādaraj(o)ruṇ(ā)vanatakṛtaśirā⟨ḥ⟩ śirovanataśatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhāvicchurita(pāda)⟨4⟩nakhapa(ṁ)ktidīdhitir ddīnānāthakṛpaṇajano⟨pa⟩jīvyamānavibhavaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatidharasenaḥ tasyānujaḥ tatpādābhipra(ṇā)ma⟨5⟩praśastataravima(la)maulimaṇir mmanvādipraṇ(ī)tavidhividhānadharmmā dharmmar(ā)ja Iva vihitavinayavyavasthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍa(lā)bhogai⟨6⟩kasvāminā paramasvāminā svayam upahitarājyābhiṣeko mahāviśr(ā)ṇanāvapūtarājaśrī(ḥ) param¿ā?⟨a⟩māhe⟨śva⟩ro mahārājaśrīdroṇasi(ṁ)ha(ḥ) si(ṁ)ha ⟨7⟩ Iva tasyānujaḥ svabhujabalaparākrameṇa paragajaghaṭānīkānām ekavijayī śaraṇaiṣiṇāṁ śaraṇam avaboddhā śāstrārtthatatvānāṁ kalpata⟨8⟩rur iva suhṛtpraṇayināṁ yathābhilaṣitakāmaphalopabhogadaḥ paramabhāgavato mahārājaśrīdhruvasenaḥ tasyānujaḥ ta⟨c⟩caraṇ(ā)ravindapraṇatipravi⟨9⟩dh(au)tāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ suviśuddhasvacaritodakakakṣ(ā)lit¿ā?⟨a⟩sakalakal¿a?⟨i⟩kalaṁkaḥ prasabhanirjjitārātipakṣaprathitamahimā paramādityabhakta⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨10⟩ śrīmahārāja{d}dharapaṭṭaḥ tasyātmajaḥ tatpādasaparyyāvāptapuṇyodayaḥ śaiśavāt prabhṛti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭā⟨11⟩sphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣaḥ tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktasavyapādanakharaśmisaṁhatiḥ sakalasmṛtipraṇī(ta)⟨12⟩mārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhṛdayaraṁjanād anvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ ⟨13⟩ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhit¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩daśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā {|} tṛṇavadapāstāśeṣa{ḥ}svakāryya⟨14⟩phala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsu⟨hṛt⟩hṛdayaḥ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīmahārāja ⟨15⟩ guhasenaḥ tasya sutaḥ tatpādanakhamayūkhasaṁtānani⟨r⟩vṛttajāhnavījalaughavikṣālitāśeṣakalma¿p?⟨ṣ⟩aḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyabh¡au!gasaṁpa⟨D⟩ ⟨16⟩ rūpalo(bhā)d ivāś¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩taḥ sarasam ābhigāmikai(r) gguṇai⟨ḥ⟩ sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanu(r)ddharaḥ ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨17⟩ prathamanarapat(i)samat(i)sṛṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmyadā(yā)nām apākartt(ā) praj(o)paghātakāriṇā⟨18⟩m upaplavānāṁ dar(śa)yitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya sa(ṁ)hatārātipakṣalakṣmīparikṣobhadakṣavikrama(ḥ) ⟨19⟩ kramopasa(ṁ)prāptavimalapā(r)tthi⟨va⟩śrī⟨ḥ⟩ paramamāheśvara(ḥ) śrīmahārājadharasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān evāyuktak¿i?⟨a⟩viniyuktaka⟨20⟩drāṅgikamahattaracāṭabha⟨ṭa⟩dhruvādhikaraṇikadaṇḍapāśikarājasth¿a?⟨ā⟩nīyakumārāmātyādīn anyā(ṁ)ś ca yathāsaṁbadhyamānakā(N) ⟨21⟩ sam(ā)j(ñā)payaty astu va⟨ḥ⟩ saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitro(ḥ) puṇyāpyāyanāyā(t)manaś caihikāmuṣmikayathābhilaṣ(i)taphalāvāpta(ye) ⟨22⟩ vahapalikasthalyāṁ ḍāmaripāṭakagrāme pūrvvasīmni kṣ(e)trapādāvarttā⟨ḥ⟩ ṣaṣṭi⟨ḥ⟩ sodraṅgā⟨ḥ⟩ soparikarā⟨ḥ⟩ savātabhūta⟨23⟩dhānyahiraṇyādeyā⟨ḥ⟩ s(otpa)dyamānaviṣṭ¿ī?⟨i⟩⟨ḥ⟩ samastarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepa(nī)yā bhūmicchi(dranyāye)na cha(ndoga)⟨24⟩(sa)brahmacā(r)ikaśyapasagotrabrāhmaṇaviśākhabappābhyāṁ{ḥ} balicaruv(aiś)vadevāgnihotrātithipañcamahāyā(jñi)kānā(ṁ kriyāṇāṁ) ⟨25⟩ samutsarppaṇārttham ācandrārkkārṇṇavasaritkṣitisthitisamakālīnaṁ putrapautrānvayabhogy(ā) udakasargg(eṇa) brahma(deyā) ⟨26⟩ nisṛṣṭā yato syocitayā brahmad(e)yasthityā bhuṁja(to)ḥ kṛṣat¿a?⟨o⟩ḥ karṣ(āp)ayat(o)r vvā na kaiści(t prati)ṣedhe varttitavya⟨27⟩m ā(gā)mibhadranṛpatibhiś cāsmadva(ṁ)śajair anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy as(th)iraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmidānapha(la)m avagacch¿i?⟨a⟩dbhi(ḥ) ⟨28⟩ Ayam a()sma⟨d⟩d(ā)yo numan(t)avya⟨ḥ⟩ paripālayi(ta)vyaś ca yaś cainam ācchiṁdyād ācchidyamāna(ṁ) vānumodeta sa (pañcabhi)r mahāpātakaiḥ sopapāta⟨29⟩kai⟨ḥ⟩ saṁyukta⟨ḥ⟩ s(yād ityuk)ta(ṁ) ca bhagavatā vedavyāsena vyāsena ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi svargg(e) tiṣṭha(ti bhū)m(i)da(ḥ) Ācchettā cānuman(t)ā ca ⟨30⟩ tāny eva narake vase(T) v(i)ndhyāṭavīṣv (atoyāsu) śuṣkakoṭ(a)ravāsina(ḥ) kṛṣṇāhayo hi jāyante (bhū)midāya⟨ṁ⟩ haran⟨t⟩i ¿ra?⟨ye⟩ (~) pūrvvadattāṁ (dvijā)⟨31⟩tibhyo yatnād rakṣa (yu)dhiṣṭhira mahī⟨ṁ⟩ mah(ī)matāṁ śreṣ(ṭh)a dānāc chreyo nupālanaṁ bahubhir (vva)sudhā bhuktā rājabhiḥ sagarādibhi(ḥ) yasya (yasya) ⟨32⟩ yadā bhūmi(ḥ) tasya tasya tadā phala(ṁ ||) yānīha dāridrabhayān narendrair (dha)nāni dharmmāyatanīkṛtāni nirmmālyavāntapra(timāni) ⟨33⟩ (tā)ni ko nāma sādh(u)ḥ p(u)nar ādadīta iti || likhi(taṁ sandh)ivigrahādhi(kṛta)skandabhaṭena || saṁ 200 50 2 vaiśākha ba 10 5 ⟨34⟩ sva(ha)sto mama mahārājaśrī{ḥ}dharase(na)sya (||) cibbira⟨ḥ⟩

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Translation by Annette Schmiedchen

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Bibliography

Primary

[S2014] Schmiedchen, Annette. 2014. Herrschergenealogie und religiöses Patronat: die Inschriftenkultur der Rāṣṭrakūṭas, Śilāhāras und Yādavas (8. bis 13. Jahrhundert). Gonda Indological Studies 17. Leiden: Brill.