Mali[y]a plates of Dharasena II, [Valabhī] year 252, Vaiśākha ba. 15

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⟨1⟩ ꩜ svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasapatnamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktasaṁprahāraśatalabdhapratāpaḥ

⟨2⟩ pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgānuraktamaulabhr̥tamitraśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpati-

⟨3⟩ bhaṭārkkaḥ tasya sutas tatpādarajoruṇāvanatapavitrīkr̥taśirāḥ śirovanataśatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhāvicchuritapādanakhapaṅktidīdhitir ddī-

⟨4⟩ nānāthakr̥paṇajanopajīvyamānavibhavaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatidharasenas tasyānujas tatpādapraṇāmapraśastataravimala-

⟨5⟩ maṇir mmanvādipraṇītavidhividhānadharmmā dharmmarāja Iva vihitavinayavyavasthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogaikasvāminā paramasvāminā

⟨6⟩ svayam upahitarājyābhiṣekaḥ mahāviśrāṇanāvapūtarājyaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaro mahārājadroṇasiṁhaḥ si⟨ṁ⟩ha Iva tasyānujaḥ svabhuja-

⟨7⟩ balaparākrameṇa paragajaghaṭānīkānām ekavijayī śaraṇaiṣiṇāṁ śaraṇam ava¿v?o¿b?dhā śāstrārthatatvānāṁ kalpatarur iva suhr̥tpra-

⟨8⟩ ṇayināṁ yathābhilaṣitakāmaphalopabhogadaḥ paramabhāgavataḥ śrīmahārājadhruvasenas tasyānujas taccaraṇāravindapraṇatipra-

⟨9⟩ vidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ suviśuddha¿vy?acaritodakakṣālitasakalakalikalaṅkaḥ prasabhanirjjitārātipakṣaprathitamahimā

⟨10⟩ paramādityabhaktaḥ śrīmahārājadharapaṭṭas tasyātmajas tatpādasaparyyāvāptapuṇyodaya⟨ḥ⟩ śaiśavāt pra¿v?r̥ti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur e-

⟨11⟩ va samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣaḥ tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktasa¿kh?apā-

⟨12⟩ danakharaśmisaṁhati⟨ḥ⟩ sakalasmr̥tipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhr̥dayarañjanād anvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyya-

⟨13⟩ (g)āmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkā{r}drirājodadhitridaśagurudhane⟨śā⟩n atiśayān¿ā? bhayapradānaparatayā tr̥ṇava-

⟨14⟩ dapāst¿a?śeṣasvakāryyaphalaḥ pāda{ṁ}cārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamā(h)eśvaraḥ śrīmahārā-

⟨15⟩ jaguhasenaḥ tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasaṁtānanirvr̥ttajāhnavījal¡o!ghavikṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśata-

⟨16⟩ sahasropajīvyabhogasaṁpaT rūpalobhād ivāś¿r̥?tas sarasam ābhigāmikair guṇai⟨ḥ⟩ sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismā-

⟨17⟩ pitākhiladhanurddharaḥ pra(th)amanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmyadāyānām apākarttā

⟨18⟩ prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṁhatārāti-

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⟨19⟩ pakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramaḥ kramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ mahārāja-

⟨20⟩ śrīdharasenaḥ kuśalī sarvvān evāyuktakaviniyuktakadrāṅgikamahattaracāṭabhaṭadhruvādhikaraṇikadāṇḍapāśika-

⟨21⟩ rājasthānīyakumārāmātyādīn anyāṁś ca ca yathābhisaṁbaddhyamānakāN samājñāpayaty astu vaḥ saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātā-

⟨22⟩ pitroḥ puṇyāpyāyanāyātmanaś caihikāmuṣmikayathābhilaṣitaphalāvāptaye antaratrāyāṁ śivakapadrake vīrasena-

⟨23⟩ dantikapratyayapādāvarttaśata(ṁ) etasmād aparataḥ pādāvarttāḫ pañcadaśa tathā Aparasīmni skambhasenapratyaya(pādāvarttaśataṁ viṁśādhikaṁ)

⟨24⟩ pūrvvasīmni pādāvarttā daśa ḍombhigrāme pūrvvasīmni varddhakipratyayapādāvarttā navati⟨ḥ⟩ vajragrāme parasīmni grāmaśikharapādāvarttaśataṁ

⟨25⟩ (ś)ī(g)idinnamahattarapratyayā Aṣṭāviṅśatipādāvarttaparisarā vāpī | bhumbhusapadrake kuṭum¿v?iboṭakapratyay¿ā?pādāvarttaśataṁ

⟨26⟩ vāpī ca | Etat sodraṅgaṁ soparikaraṁ savātabhūtadhānyahiraṇyādeyaṁ sotpadyamānaviṣṭ¿ī?kaṁ samastarājakīyānām a-

⟨27⟩ (h)astaprakṣepaṇīyaṁ bhūmicchidranyāyena unnatanivāsivājasaney¿ī?kaṇvavatsasagotrabrāhmaṇarudrabhūtaye balicaruvaiśva-

⟨28⟩ devāgnihotrātithipaṁcamahāyājñikānāṁ kriyāṇāṁ samutsarppaṇārttham ācandrārkkārṇṇavasaritkṣitisthitisamakālīnaṁ putrapau-

⟨29⟩ trānvayabhogyaṁ udakasarggeṇa nisr̥ṣṭaṁ yato syocitayā brahmadeyasthityā bhuṁjataḥ kr̥ṣata(ḥ) karṣayataḥ pradiśato vā

⟨30⟩ na kaiścit pratiṣedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranr̥patibhiś cāsmadvaṁśajair anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmi-

⟨31⟩ dānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś ca yaś cainam ācchiṁdyād ācchidyamānaṁ vānu-

⟨32⟩ modeta sa paṁcabhir mmahāpātakai¿∥? sopapātakai¿∥? sa⟨ṁ⟩yuktas syād ity uktaṁ ca bhagavatā vedavyāsena vyāsena ∥

⟨33⟩ ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi svargge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca | tāny eva narake vaseT ∥ pūrvvadattāṁ

⟨34⟩ dvijātibhyo yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira ∥ mahī⟨ṁ⟩ mahimatāṁ śreṣṭha ∥ dānāc chreyo nupālanam ∥ bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā

⟨35⟩ rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ ∥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmiḥ tasya tasya tadā phalam iti ⹀ likhitaṁ sandhivigrahikaskandabhaṭena ∥

⟨36⟩ svahasto mama mahārājaśrīdharasenasya ∥ dū cirbbira⟨ḥ⟩ ∥ saṁ 200 50 2 vaiśākha ba 10 5

Bibliography

First edited by John Faithfull Fleet; neither estampages nor translation (Fleet 1884). Again edited by Fleet, this time with estampages and translation (Fleet 1888). Re-edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of estampages and photographs of the original.

Primary

[JFF1884] Fleet, John Faithfull. 1884. “Sanskrit and Old Canarese inscriptions, no. CXLV.” IA 13, pp. 160–162.

[JFF1888] Fleet, John Faithfull. 1888. “Maliya copper-plate inscription of the Maharaja Dharasena II: the year 252.” In: Inscriptions of the early Gupta kings and their successors. First Edition. Vol. 3. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum. Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing, pp. 164–171.