Bantia plates of Dharasena II, [Valabhī] year 25[7], Vaiśākha ba. 15

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen (ansc).

Summary: Apparently confirmation of a grant of a village in favour of a Yajurvedin.

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

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00037.

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⟨1⟩ ꩜ svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitr(ā)ṇ(āṁ) maitrak(ā)ṇ(ā)m atulabalasapatnama(ṇ)ḍa(l)ābhogasaṁsaktasaṁprahāraśatalabdhapratāpaḥ pratāpopana(tadānamānā)-
⟨2⟩ rjjavopārjjitānurāgo nuraktamaulabhr̥tamitraśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatibhaṭārkkas tasya su⟨taḥ⟩ tatp(ā)darajoruṇāvanatapavi(tr)ī(kr̥ta)-
⟨3⟩ (śirāḥ) śirovanataśatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhāvicchuritapādanakhapaṅktid(ī)dhitir ddīnānāthakr̥paṇajanopajīvyamānavibhavaḥ śrīsenāpatidharasena(s tasyānujaḥ)
⟨4⟩ (tatpādābhi)praṇāmapraśastatara(vimalamaulimaṇir mma)nvādipraṇītavidhividhānadharmmā dharmmarāja Iva vihitavinayavya¿p?asthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogaika-
⟨5⟩ [***] paramasvāminā svayam upahitarājyābhiṣeko mahāviśrāṇanāvapūtarājaśrīḥ paramamāheśva(ro) mahārājadroṇasiṁhaḥ siṁha Iva tasyānu(jaḥ)
⟨6⟩ [**](jabala)parākrameṇa paragaja(ghaṭānīkānām eka)vijayī śaraṇaiṣi(ṇāṁ śaraṇ)am avaboddhā śāstrārtthatattvānāṁ kalpatarur iva suhr̥tpraṇay(ināṁ) [*](th)ābhilaṣita-
⟨7⟩ (kāma)phalopabhogadaḥ paramabhāgavata(ḥ) śrīmahārājadhruvasenas tasyānujas taccaraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣa(kalmaṣa)ḥ suviśuddhasvacaritodaka-
⟨8⟩ (pra)kṣālitasakalakalikalaṅkaḥ (prasabhanirjjitārā)tipakṣaprathitamahimā paramādityabhaktaḥ śrīmahārājadharapa(ṭṭas ta)syā(tma)jas (ta)tpādasaparyyāvā[**]ṇyodaya(ḥ)
⟨9⟩ śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvitīya(bāhur eva) samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣa⟨ḥ⟩ tatpra(bhāvapraṇatārā)ticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktasavyapād(a)nakharaśmi(saṁha)tiḥ
⟨10⟩ sakalasmr̥ti(praṇīta)mārggasamya(kpa)ri(pā)lanaprajāhr̥dayarañjanā(d a)nvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisa(ṁpa)dbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśaguru-
⟨11⟩ dhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tr̥ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphalaḥ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇayihr̥daya⟨ḥ⟩ (pādacā)rīva sa(kala)bhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvara(ḥ)
⟨12⟩ śrīmahārājaguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānanirvr̥ttajāhnavījalaughavikṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayi(śata)⟨saha⟩sropajīvyabhogasaṁpad rūpa(lobhād ivā)-
⟨13⟩ (śritas) sarasam ābhigāmikair gguṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśe(ṣa)vismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapati(samati)sr̥ṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apā-
⟨14⟩ karttā prajopaghātakāri(ṇām) upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṁhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparikṣo(bha)da(kṣa)v(i)kramaḥ kra(mopa)saṁprāptavima(la)-
⟨15⟩ pārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīmahārājadha⟨ra⟩senaẖ kuśal(ī) sarvvān evāyu(kta)kaviniyuktakadrāṅgikamahattaracāṭabhaṭādīn anyā(ṁ)ś ca yathāsamba-
⟨16⟩ ddhyamānakā¿ṁ? dhruvādhikara(ṇika)dāṇḍapāśikacoroddhara(ṇika)rājasthanīya[*******]dī(N) samājñāpayaty astu va⟨ḥ⟩ s(aṁ)viditaṁ yathā [**]-
⟨17⟩ [****] puṇyāpyāyanāyātmanaś caihikāmuṣmikayathābhilabhilaṣitaphalāvāptaye su(rāṣṭreṣu)

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⟨18⟩ (kauṇḍinyapura)Uttarapaṭṭe bhaṭṭakap(u)tragrā(maḥ) sodraṅgaḥ soparikaraḥ (savātabhūtadhānyahiraṇyā)deyaḥ
⟨19⟩ sotpadyamānaviṣṭikaḥ sa(masta)rājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ (bhūmicchidranyāyena) [***]
⟨20⟩ (maitrāya)ṇikasa(brahmacāri)śāṇḍilyasagotra(brāhmaṇadevadattāya balicaruvaiśvadevāgniho)trātithipaṁcamahāyā(jñikā)-
⟨21⟩ (nāṁ kriyāṇāṁ samutsarppaṇārttham) ācandrārkkārṇṇavasari⟨t⟩kṣitisthiti(samakā)līnaḥ putra(pautrānvayabhojyaḥ pūrvva)-
⟨22⟩ (bhujyamānavr̥tyeha) sūryoparāge Udakasarggeṇa brahmadeyo nisr̥ṣṭaḥ yato syocitayā brahma(de)yasthityā (bhuṁjataḥ kr̥ṣataḥ)
⟨23⟩ karṣayataḥ pradiśato vā na kaiścit pratiṣedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranr̥patitibhiś cāsmadva(ṁ)śajair anityā-
⟨24⟩ ny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bh(ū)midānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavya(ḥ)
⟨25⟩ (pari)pālayitavyaś ca yaś cai(nam ā)cchi(n)dyād ācchidyamānaṁ vānumodeta sa paṁcabhir mmahāpātakai(ḥ)
⟨26⟩ sopapātakaiḥ saṁyuktaḥ syād upāsaṁkaś ca paṁcabir ānantāryyaḥ [**]tanāryyaḥ saṁyuktas syā(T)
⟨27⟩ (I)ty uktaṁ ca bhagavatā vedavyāsena vyāsena ∥ ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi | svargge tiṣṭhati bh(ū)mida(ḥ |)
⟨28⟩ Ācche(ttā) cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT ∥ pūrvvadattāṁ dvijātibhyo yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira (|)
⟨29⟩ (mahīṁ mahimatāṁ) (|) śreṣṭha dānāc chreyo nupālana(M) ∥ yānīha dāridrabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanī-
⟨30⟩ kr̥tāni (|) nirmmālyavāntapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta ∥ bahubhir vvasudhā ⟨bhuktā⟩ rājabhis sagarā-
⟨31⟩ (dibhiḥ |) yasya yasya ya(dā bhūmiḥ) tasya tasya tadā phalam iti | likhitaṁ sandhivigrahādhikr̥taskandabhaṭena ∥
⟨32⟩ (svahasto mama mahārāja)śrīdharasenasya ∥ dū cirb(i)raḥ ∥ saṁ 200 50 7 vaiśākha ba 10 5

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⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ ꩜ svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitr(ā)ṇ(āṁ) maitrak(ā)ṇ(ā)m atulabalasapatnama(ṇ)ḍa(l)ābhogasaṁsaktasaṁprahāraśatalabdhapratāpaḥ pratāpopana(tadānamānā)⟨2⟩rjjavopārjjitānurāgo nuraktamaulabhr̥tamitraśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatibhaṭārkkas tasya su⟨taḥ⟩ tatp(ā)darajoruṇāvanatapavi(tr)ī(kr̥ta)⟨3⟩(śirāḥ) śirovanataśatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhāvicchuritapādanakhapaṅktid(ī)dhitir ddīnānāthakr̥paṇajanopajīvyamānavibhavaḥ śrīsenāpatidharasena(s tasyānujaḥ) ⟨4⟩ (tatpādābhi)praṇāmapraśastatara(vimalamaulimaṇir mma)nvādipraṇītavidhividhānadharmmā dharmmarāja Iva vihitavinayavya⟨v⟩asthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogaika⟨5⟩[3×] paramasvāminā svayam upahitarājyābhiṣeko mahāviśrāṇanāvapūtarājaśrīḥ paramamāheśva(ro) mahārājadroṇasiṁhaḥ siṁha Iva tasyānu(jaḥ) ⟨6⟩ [2×](jabala)parākrameṇa paragaja(ghaṭānīkānām eka)vijayī śaraṇaiṣi(ṇāṁ śaraṇ)am avaboddhā śāstrārtthatattvānāṁ kalpatarur iva suhr̥tpraṇay(ināṁ) [1×](th)ābhilaṣita⟨7⟩(kāma)phalopabhogadaḥ paramabhāgavata(ḥ) śrīmahārājadhruvasenas tasyānujas taccaraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣa(kalmaṣa)ḥ suviśuddhasvacaritodaka⟨8⟩(pra)kṣālitasakalakalikalaṅkaḥ (prasabhanirjjitārā)tipakṣaprathitamahimā paramādityabhaktaḥ śrīmahārājadharapa(ṭṭas ta)syā(tma)jas (ta)tpādasaparyyāvā[2×]ṇyodaya(ḥ) ⟨9⟩ śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvitīya(bāhur eva) samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣa⟨ḥ⟩ tatpra(bhāvapraṇatārā)ticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktasavyapād(a)nakharaśmi(saṁha)tiḥ ⟨10⟩ sakalasmr̥ti(praṇīta)mārggasamya(kpa)ri(pā)lanaprajāhr̥dayarañjanā(d a)nvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisa(ṁpa)dbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśaguru⟨11⟩dhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tr̥ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphalaḥ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇayihr̥daya⟨ḥ⟩ (pādacā)rīva sa(kala)bhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvara(ḥ) ⟨12⟩ śrīmahārājaguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānanirvr̥ttajāhnavījalaughavikṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayi(śata)⟨saha⟩sropajīvyabhogasaṁpad rūpa(lobhād ivā)⟨13⟩(śritas) sarasam ābhigāmikair gguṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśe(ṣa)vismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapati(samati)sr̥ṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apā⟨14⟩karttā prajopaghātakāri(ṇām) upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṁhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparikṣo(bha)da(kṣa)v(i)kramaḥ kra(mopa)saṁprāptavima(la)⟨15⟩pārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīmahārājadha⟨ra⟩senaẖ kuśal(ī) sarvvān evāyu(kta)kaviniyuktakadrāṅgikamahattaracāṭabhaṭādīn anyā(ṁ)ś ca yathāsamba⟨16⟩ddhyamānakā⟨n⟩ dhruvādhikara(ṇika)dāṇḍapāśikacoroddhara(ṇika)rājasthanīya[7×]dī(N) samājñāpayaty

astu va⟨ḥ⟩ s(aṁ)viditaṁ yathā [2×]⟨17⟩[4×] puṇyāpyāyanāyātmanaś caihikāmuṣmikayathābhilabhilaṣitaphalāvāptaye su(rāṣṭreṣu) ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨18⟩ (kauṇḍinyapura)Uttarapaṭṭe bhaṭṭakap(u)tragrā(maḥ) sodraṅgaḥ soparikaraḥ (savātabhūtadhānyahiraṇyā)deyaḥ ⟨19⟩ sotpadyamānaviṣṭikaḥ sa(masta)rājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ (bhūmicchidranyāyena) [3×] ⟨20⟩ (maitrāya)ṇikasa(brahmacāri)śāṇḍilyasagotra(brāhmaṇadevadattāya balicaruvaiśvadevāgniho)trātithipaṁcamahāyā(jñikā)⟨21⟩(nāṁ kriyāṇāṁ samutsarppaṇārttham) ācandrārkkārṇṇavasari⟨t⟩kṣitisthiti(samakā)līnaḥ putra(pautrānvayabhojyaḥ pūrvva)⟨22⟩(bhujyamānavr̥tyeha) sūryoparāge Udakasarggeṇa brahmadeyo nisr̥ṣṭaḥ

yato syocitayā brahma(de)yasthityā (bhuṁjataḥ kr̥ṣataḥ) ⟨23⟩ karṣayataḥ pradiśato vā na kaiścit pratiṣedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranr̥patitibhiś cāsmadva(ṁ)śajair anityā⟨24⟩ny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bh(ū)midānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavya(ḥ) ⟨25⟩ (pari)pālayitavyaś ca yaś cai(nam ā)cchi(n)dyād ācchidyamānaṁ vānumodeta sa paṁcabhir mmahāpātakai(ḥ) ⟨26⟩ sopapātakaiḥ saṁyuktaḥ syād upāsaṁkaś ca paṁcabir ānantāryyaḥ [2×]tanāryyaḥ saṁyuktas syā(T) ⟨27⟩ (I)ty

uktaṁ ca bhagavatā vedavyāsena vyāsena ∥

1. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi | svargge tiṣṭhati bh(ū)mida(ḥ |)

⟨28⟩ Ācche(ttā) cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT ∥

2. Anuṣṭubh

pūrvvadattāṁ dvijātibhyo yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira (|)

⟨29⟩ (mahīṁ mahimatāṁ) (|) śreṣṭha dānāc chreyo nupālana(M) ∥

3. Indravajrā

yānīha dāridrabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanī⟨30⟩kr̥tāni (|)

nirmmālyavāntapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta ∥

4. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā ⟨bhuktā⟩ rājabhis sagarā⟨31⟩(dibhiḥ |)

yasya yasya ya(dā bhūmiḥ) tasya tasya tadā phalam

iti | likhitaṁ sandhivigrahādhikr̥taskandabhaṭena ∥ ⟨32⟩ (svahasto mama mahārāja)śrīdharasenasya ∥ dū cirb(i)raḥ ∥ saṁ 200 50 7 vaiśākha ba 10 5

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⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ ꩜ svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitr(ā)ṇ(āṁ) maitrak(ā)ṇ(ā)m atulabalasapatnama(ṇ)ḍa(l)ābhogasaṁsaktasaṁprahāraśatalabdhapratāpaḥ pratāpopana(tadānamānā)⟨2⟩rjjavopārjjitānurāgo nuraktamaulabhr̥tamitraśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatibhaṭārkkas tasya su⟨taḥ⟩ tatp(ā)darajoruṇāvanatapavi(tr)ī(kr̥ta)⟨3⟩(śirāḥ) śirovanataśatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhāvicchuritapādanakhapaṅktid(ī)dhitir ddīnānāthakr̥paṇajanopajīvyamānavibhavaḥ śrīsenāpatidharasena(s tasyānujaḥ) ⟨4⟩ (tatpādābhi)praṇāmapraśastatara(vimalamaulimaṇir mma)nvādipraṇītavidhividhānadharmmā dharmmarāja Iva vihitavinayavya¿p?⟨v⟩asthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogaika⟨5⟩[3×] paramasvāminā svayam upahitarājyābhiṣeko mahāviśrāṇanāvapūtarājaśrīḥ paramamāheśva(ro) mahārājadroṇasiṁhaḥ siṁha Iva tasyānu(jaḥ) ⟨6⟩ [2×](jabala)parākrameṇa paragaja(ghaṭānīkānām eka)vijayī śaraṇaiṣi(ṇāṁ śaraṇ)am avaboddhā śāstrārtthatattvānāṁ kalpatarur iva suhr̥tpraṇay(ināṁ) [1×](th)ābhilaṣita⟨7⟩(kāma)phalopabhogadaḥ paramabhāgavata(ḥ) śrīmahārājadhruvasenas tasyānujas taccaraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣa(kalmaṣa)ḥ suviśuddhasvacaritodaka⟨8⟩(pra)kṣālitasakalakalikalaṅkaḥ (prasabhanirjjitārā)tipakṣaprathitamahimā paramādityabhaktaḥ śrīmahārājadharapa(ṭṭas ta)syā(tma)jas (ta)tpādasaparyyāvā[2×]ṇyodaya(ḥ) ⟨9⟩ śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvitīya(bāhur eva) samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣa⟨ḥ⟩ tatpra(bhāvapraṇatārā)ticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktasavyapād(a)nakharaśmi(saṁha)tiḥ ⟨10⟩ sakalasmr̥ti(praṇīta)mārggasamya(kpa)ri(pā)lanaprajāhr̥dayarañjanā(d a)nvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisa(ṁpa)dbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśaguru⟨11⟩dhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tr̥ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphalaḥ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇayihr̥daya⟨ḥ⟩ (pādacā)rīva sa(kala)bhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvara(ḥ) ⟨12⟩ śrīmahārājaguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānanirvr̥ttajāhnavījalaughavikṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayi(śata)⟨saha⟩sropajīvyabhogasaṁpad rūpa(lobhād ivā)⟨13⟩(śritas) sarasam ābhigāmikair gguṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśe(ṣa)vismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapati(samati)sr̥ṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apā⟨14⟩karttā prajopaghātakāri(ṇām) upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṁhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparikṣo(bha)da(kṣa)v(i)kramaḥ kra(mopa)saṁprāptavima(la)⟨15⟩pārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīmahārājadha⟨ra⟩senaẖ kuśal(ī) sarvvān evāyu(kta)kaviniyuktakadrāṅgikamahattaracāṭabhaṭādīn anyā(ṁ)ś ca yathāsamba⟨16⟩ddhyamānakā¿ṁ?⟨n⟩ dhruvādhikara(ṇika)dāṇḍapāśikacoroddhara(ṇika)rājasthanīya[7×]dī(N) samājñāpayaty

uktaṁ ca bhagavatā vedavyāsena vyāsena ∥

1. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi | svargge tiṣṭhati bh(ū)mida(ḥ |)

⟨28⟩ Ācche(ttā) cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT ∥

2. Anuṣṭubh

pūrvvadattāṁ dvijātibhyo yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira (|)

⟨29⟩ (mahīṁ mahimatāṁ) (|) śreṣṭha dānāc chreyo nupālana(M) ∥

3. Indravajrā

yānīha dāridrabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanī⟨30⟩kr̥tāni (|)

nirmmālyavāntapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta ∥

4. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā ⟨bhuktā⟩ rājabhis sagarā⟨31⟩(dibhiḥ |)

yasya yasya ya(dā bhūmiḥ) tasya tasya tadā phalam

iti | likhitaṁ sandhivigrahādhikr̥taskandabhaṭena ∥ ⟨32⟩ (svahasto mama mahārāja)śrīdharasenasya ∥ dū cirb(i)raḥ ∥ saṁ 200 50 7 vaiśākha ba 10 5

Bibliography

Grant portion first edited by D. B. Diskalkar; neither estampages nor translation (Diskalkar 1931–1932, № A). Fully edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of estampages.

Primary

[DBD] Diskalkar, D. B. 1931–1932. “Two unpublished Valabhi grants.” JBBRAS 21, pp. 179–184. Item A.

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<l n="ab">yānīha dāridrabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanī

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<l n="ab">bahubhir vvasudhā <supplied reason="omitted">bhuktā</supplied> rājabhis sagarā

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