Palitana-Valabhipur plates of Śīlāditya I, [Valabhī] year [286], [Vaiśākha ba. 6]

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen (ansc).

Summary: Grant of land in favour of a Buddhist monastery.

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

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00043.

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00043.xml.

Version: (b7a8ff3), last modified (9a66730).

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⟨1⟩ ꩜ svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasaṁpannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktaprahā-

⟨2⟩ raśatalabdhapratāpāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhr̥taśreṇībalā-

⟨3⟩ vāptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāhe{ṁ}śvaraśrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarā{ṁ}javaṁśān mātāpitr̥caraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalma-

⟨4⟩ ṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣas tatp⟨r⟩abhā-

⟨5⟩ vapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisaṁghatis sakalasmr̥tipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālana-

⟨6⟩ prajāhr̥dayaraṁjanānvarttharājaśabdaḥ rūpakāntisthairyyadhairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājo-

⟨7⟩ dadhit¿r̥?daśaguru¿g?aneśān atiśayānaś śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā t¿ri?ṇav¿e?dapāstāśeṣasvakāryya-

⟨8⟩ phala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇayihr̥dayaḥ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābho-

⟨9⟩ gapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ mahārājaśrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasaṁtānavisr̥tajāhnavījalau-

⟨10⟩ ghaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasaṁpad rūpalobhād ivāśritas sarabhasam ābhi-

⟨11⟩ g(ā)mikair guṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhilabaladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭānā-

⟨12⟩ m anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekā-

⟨13⟩ dhivāsasya saṁghatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāhe-

⟨14⟩ śvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagradiṅma-

⟨15⟩ ṇḍalas samaraśatavijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābhāraḥ

⟨16⟩ sarvvavidyāparāvaravibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvatas subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyapari-

⟨17⟩ toṣa⟨ḥ⟩ samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahr̥dayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhū-

⟨18⟩ takr̥tayuganr̥patipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrttir ddharmmānuparodho⟨j⟩jvalatarīkr̥tārttha-

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⟨19⟩ sukhasaṁpadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityad(v)itīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīś¿i?lā[…]-

⟨20⟩ […]yuktakaviniyuktaka[…]mah()attar(a)[…]dīn anyā[…]-

⟨21⟩ […]samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitr̥(puṇyā)pyāyanāya[…]-

⟨22⟩ k(ā)ritavihāranivāsicaturdigabhyāgatāryabhikṣusaṁghasya c(ī)varapiṇḍapātaśayanāsana[********]-

⟨23⟩ pariṣkārārthaṁ buddhānā⟨ṁ⟩{ś} ca bhagavatāṁ gandhadhūpapuṣpamālyadīpatailādyupayogārthaṁ vihārasya ca khaṇḍasphuṭitapratisaṁ-

⟨24⟩ skarāya (pālatīrolahme) (rakṣaraputra)grāme nadyuttarataṭe […]-

⟨25⟩ kṣetraṁ tathodrapadrakagrāme[…]kṣetraṁ sod(ra)ṅgaṁ

⟨26⟩ soparikaraṁ …-

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⟨33⟩ dūtaka(ḥ a)tra bhaṭṭādityayaśāḥ likhitaṁ saṁdhivigra[…]-

⟨34⟩ […] saṁ 200 80 6 vaiśākha ba 6 ∥

⟨35⟩ svahasto mama

Bibliography

First plate first edited by Sten Konow with estampage and translation (Konow 1911–1912, № 5). Second plate partly edited by R. G. Bhandarkar with partial translation, no estampage (Bhandarkar 1872, № 2). First plate re-edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of an estampage and a photograph of the original; second plate partly encoded on the basis of Bhandarkar’s partial edition.

Primary

[RGB] Bhandarkar, Ramakrishna Gopal. 1872. “On two copperplates from Valabhi.” IA 1, pp. 45–46. Item 2.

[SK] Konow, Sten. 1911–1912. “Five Valabhi plates.” EI 11, pp. 104–118. Item 5.