Watson Museum plates (Thānaka grant) of Dharasena II, [Valabhī] year 2[70], Bhādrapada ba. [2?]

Editor: Annette Schmiedchen.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00041.

Summary: Grant of a village in favour of two Ṛgvedic brothers.

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy).

Version: (f455aac), last modified (fd1ee56).

Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ @svasti || vijayaskandhāvarād bhadra[2×]vāsakāT prasabhapraṇa[16×]⟨2⟩maṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktasaṁ(prahāraśata)[2×]pratāp(aḥ) pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāg(ā)nurakta⟨3⟩maulabhṛtamitraśreṇībalā[8×](mā)heśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatibhaṭ(ā)rkkaḥ tasya su[1×](ḥ) tatpādara(joruṇā)⟨4⟩vanatapavitrīkṛtaśirāḥ śirovanataśatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhāvicchuritapādanakhapaṅktidīdhiti(ḥ) dīnānāthakṛpa(ṇajano)pa⟨5⟩(jī)vyamānavibhavaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīsenāpatidharasenaḥ tatasyānujaḥ tatpādapraṇāmapraśastatara(vimala)⟨6⟩mau(li)maṇir mmanvā(dipraṇī)tavidhi(vidhāna)dharmmā (dharmmarāja Iva) vihitavinaya(vyava)sthāpa(ddha)tir akhilabhuvana(maṇḍa)⟨7⟩(lābhogai)kasvāminā paramasvā(minā) svaya(m u)m upahita(rā)jyābhiṣekaḥ mahā(vi)śrā(ṇanāva)pūtarā(jya)śrīḥ parama(māhe)⟨8⟩śvaro mahārājadro(ṇasiṁha)ḥ siṁ(ha) Iva tasyānuja(ḥ) svabhuja(bala)parākra(meṇa) paragajaghaṭānīkānām eka(vijayī) ⟨9⟩ (śa)raṇaiṣiṇāṁ śaraṇam avaboddhā śāstrārtthatattvānāṁ (kalpatarur iva suhṛtpraṇayināṁ) ya(thā)bhilaṣitakāmaphalopabhogadaḥ ⟨10⟩ (para)mabhāgavataḥ (mahārāja)śrīdhruvasena(ḥ) tasyānuja(s taccaraṇāravinda)praṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ suviśuddhasva⟨11⟩(carito)dakaprak(ṣālitāśeṣakalikalaṅkaḥ) prasabhanirjjitārātipakṣaprathitamahimā (paramāditya)bhaktaḥ śrīmahārāja⟨12⟩(dha)rapaṭṭaḥ tasyātmajaḥ tatpāda(saparyyāvā)pta(puṇyo)dayaḥ śaiśavāt prabhṛti (khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva) samadaparagajaghaṭāspho⟨13⟩[3×]kāśitasatvanikaṣaḥ tatpra(bhāva)praṇatārāticūḍāratna(prabhā)saṁsaktasavyapādanakharaśmisaṁhatiḥ sakalasmṛti⟨14⟩[4×]rggasamyakparipālana[9×]nvarttharājaśabdaḥ rūpakānti[…]⟨15⟩[…]⟨16⟩[…]⟨Page 2r⟩⟨17⟩[…]⟨18⟩[…]⟨19⟩[…] prathama[…]⟨20⟩[…] (darśayitā) śrīsarasvatyor ekā[…]⟨21⟩[…]vaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ mahārāja[10×]n evāyuktakaviniyuktakadrā⟨22⟩[5×]racāṭabhaṭadhruvādhikaraṇika(viṣaya)patirājasthānī[8×](prati)sārakadāṇḍapāśikac(o)ro⟨23⟩[4×]vartmapālahasty¿a?⟨ā⟩śvarohādīn anyāṁś ca yathāsaṁbadhya[9×]stu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā⟨24⟩mātāpitroḥ puṇyāpyāyanāyātmana(ś caihi)kāmuṣmika(yathābhi)laṣitaphalāvā(ptaye) [5×]vāsigāṅgānāyanasagotra⟨25⟩(bahvṛca)sabrahmacāribrāhmaṇabhadra(śarmma)putrābhyām amaraśa(rmmā)nūhaśarmmābhyāṁ grā[5×](vā)nakasthalīprāpīya(pa)⟨26⟩p(r)ima(t)tinadyāḥ [3×]le[2×]thānaka(grāma)s sodraṅgas soparikaras sabhūtavā(tapratyāyas sadhā)nyabhāgabhogas sahiraṇyādeya⟨27⟩s sotpadyamānaviṣṭ¿ī?⟨i⟩ka⟨ḥ⟩ sadaśāparādha⟨ḥ⟩ samastarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ bhūmicchidranyāyena balicaruvaiśvadevā(gn)i⟨28⟩hotrātithipaṁcamahā(yā)jñikānāṁ kri(yā)ṇāṁ samutsarppaṇārtha(m) ācandrārkārṇṇavasari(t)tkṣitisthitiparvvatasamakālīnaḥ putra(pau)⟨29⟩(trānva)yabhogyaḥ Udakātisarggeṇa brahmad(e)yo nis(ṛ)ṣṭaḥ yataḥ ābhyām ucitayā devabrahmadeya(sthi)tyā bhuṁjatāṁ (kṛ)ṣatāṁ (ka)rṣayatāṁ (pra)⟨30⟩(di)śatāṁ vā (na) kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranṛpatibhiś cāsmadvaṅśajair anyair vvānityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca ⟨31⟩ (bhū)midānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo (numa)ntavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś ca yaś cainam ācchindyād ācchidyamā(naṁ) vānumodeta {s}sa pa(ṁ)⟨32⟩(ca)cabhir mmahāpātakais sopapātakais saṁyuktas syād ity uktaṁ ca bhagavatā vedavyāsena vyāsena || ṣaṣṭiṁ (varṣasahasrāṇi svargge) modati bhūmidaḥ ⟨33⟩ (Ā)cchettā (cānu)mantā (ca tā)ny eva narake vaseT bahubhi(r vvasudhā) bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmiḥ (tasya ta)sya tadā phala(m iti) ⟨34⟩ svahast¿a?⟨o⟩ mama śrīdharasenasya [7×] likhitaṁ saṁdhivigrahādhikṛtadivirapatiskandabhaṭena saṁ 200 70 bhādrapada (va 2) ⟨35⟩ caitra ba 5

Apparatus

Translation by Annette Schmiedchen

Commentary

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.