Virdi plates of Kharagraha I, [Valabhī] year 297, Vaiśākha śu. 12

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen (ansc).

Contributor: Annette Schmiedchen (ansc).

Summary: Grant of land (38 pādāvarta and a cistern surrounded by 12 pādāvarta) in favour of a Yajurvedin.

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

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00056.

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00056.xml.

Version: (6e81f0d), last modified (6e81f0d).

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⟨1⟩ (꩜) svasti vijayaskandhāvārād ujjayanīvāsakāt prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasaṁpannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktaprahāraśa-

⟨2⟩ (ta)labdhapratāpāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktam(au)labhr̥taśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāhe-

⟨3⟩ śvaraśrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarājavaṅśān mātāpitr̥caraṇāravindapraṇa{ṁ}tipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvitīyabā-

⟨4⟩ hur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣas tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisaṁhatiḥ

⟨5⟩ sakalasmr̥tipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhr̥dayarañjanānvarttharājaśabdaḥ rūpakāntisthairyyadhairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁ-

⟨6⟩ padbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaś śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tr̥ṇavadapāstāśe{k}ṣasvakā-

⟨7⟩ ryya{ḥ}phala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇayihr̥dayaḥ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramo-

⟨8⟩ daḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisr̥tajāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalma-

⟨9⟩ ṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasampad rūpalobhād ivāśritaḥ sarabhasam ābhigāmikair gguṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣā-

⟨10⟩ viśeṣavismāpitākhilabaladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apākarttā

⟨11⟩ praj(o)paghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ{n} darś¿i?yitā śrīsarasv¿ā?tyor e¿r?ādhi¿bh?āsasya saṁhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikra(mo)

⟨12⟩ vikramopasaṁprāptavimalaprārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalajagadānandanātya(d)bhu-

⟨13⟩ taguṇasamudaya{ḥ}sthagitasamagradigmaṇḍalaḥ samaraśatavijayaśobh¿o?sanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodū(ḍha)-

⟨14⟩ gurumanorathamahābhāras sarvvavidyāparā¿p?aravibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvatas subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanī-

⟨15⟩ yaparitoṣaḥ samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahr̥dayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakaly¿a?ṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtakr̥tayuga-

⟨16⟩ nr̥patipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrttir ddharmmānuparodho⟨j⟩jvalatarīkr̥tārtthasukhasampadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitī-

⟨17⟩ yanāmā paramamāheśvara(ḥ) śrīśīlā(d)ityas t{r}asyānujas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ svayam upendraguruṇeva guru(ṇā)-

⟨18⟩ tyā(da)ravatā samabhilaṣaṇīyā(m a)pi rājalakṣmī(ṁ) skandhāsakt(ā)ṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas ta(d)ājñāsam(pā)danaika-

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⟨19⟩ (rasata)yaivodvahan khedasukharatibhyām anāyāsitasatvasampattiḥ prabhāva(sampadvaśīkr̥tanr̥pa)ti(śataśiroratnacch)āyopagūḍhapāda-

⟨20⟩ pīṭho pi parāvajñābhim¿a?narasānāliṅgitamanovr̥ttiḥ praṇatim ekā(ṁ) pa(ri)tyajya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arātibhi-

⟨21⟩ r anāsāditapratik¿r̥?yopāyaḥ kr̥tanikhilabhuvanāmodavima(la)guṇasaṁhati⟨ḥ⟩ pra(sa)bhavi(ghaṭi)tasaka(la)kalivilasitagatir nnīcaja-

⟨22⟩ nādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair anāmr̥ṣṭātyunnatahr̥dayaḥ pra(kh)yātapauruṣ(ā)strakauśalagaṇatithavipakṣakṣiti(patila)kṣmīsvaya(ṁ)grahaprakāśitapravīra-

⟨23⟩ (pu)ruṣaprathamasaṁkhyādhi(ga)maḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīkharagrahaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva yathāsambadhyam¿a?nakān samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁvi(di)taṁ yathā

⟨24⟩ mayā (mātā)pitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya ciñcānakavāstavya(bhāg)urisagotramaitrāyaṇīyasabrahmacāribhadraputrabrāhmaṇabhavāya maṇḍal¿i?draṅge ciñcā(na)kagrā-

⟨25⟩ me pūrvvasīmni svayaṁprakr̥ṣṭadvādaśapādāvarttapramāṇā vāpī yatrāgh¿a?ṭ¿ā?nāny asyāḥ bhogādityāc ciñcānakagrāmaṁ vrajati yaḫ panthā⟨s⟩ ¿A?smāt pūrvvata⟨ḥ⟩

⟨26⟩ (l)ūṣātaḥ dakṣiṇataḥ gañchakakṣetrād apar{at}ottarataś ¿y?a tathāṣṭatriṅśatpādāvarttapramāṇaṁ gañchakakṣetram asyāghāṭanāni bhaṭṭisatka-

⟨27⟩ kṣetrāt pūrvvata(ḥ) maḍḍhakakṣetrād uttarata(ḥ) rāhuvānakakṣetrād aparataḥ lūṣāto dakṣiṇataḥ Evam etat sarvvaṁ caturāghāṭanaviśuddhaṁ sodraṅgaṁ so-

⟨28⟩ parikaraṁ savātabhūtapratyāyaṁ sadhānyahiraṇyādeyaṁ sadaśāparādhaṁ sotpadyamānaviṣṭikaṁ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaṁ pūrvvapra-

⟨29⟩ (tta)brahma(deyavarjjaṁ) bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrārkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaṁ putrapautrānvayabhogya(m u)dakātisarggeṇa (dha)-

⟨30⟩ rmmadā(yo) nisr̥ṣṭaḥ yato syocitayā brahmadeyasthityā bhuñjataḥ kr̥ṣataḥ karṣayataḥ pradiśato vā na kaiścid vyāsedh(e) varttitavyam (ā)-

⟨31⟩ gāmibhadranr̥patibhir apy asmadvaṅśajair anyair vvā anityāny aiśvaryy(ā)ṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ s(ā)mānyañ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asma-

⟨32⟩ (ddāyo) numantavya(ḫ) paripālayitavyaś cety uktañ ca bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis ta(s)ya

⟨33⟩ tasya tadā phalaM ∥ yānīha dāridryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanīkr̥tāni nirbbhuktamālyap(r)atimāni tāni ko (nāma)

⟨34⟩ sādhuḫ punar ādadīta ∥ ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi svargge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vased iti

⟨35⟩ dūtakaś cātra śrīdharasenaḥ likhitaṁ sandhivigrahādhikr̥tadivira(pa)tivattrabhaṭṭinā ∥ saṁ 200 90 7 vaiśākha śu 10 2

⟨36⟩ svahasto mama ∥

Bibliography

First edited by A. S. Gadre with estampages and translation (Gadre 1935). Re-edited by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of photographs of the original and of estampages.

Primary

[PTSAIOC] Gadre, A. S. 1935. “The Virdi copperplates of Saṁ. 297: The first known grant of Kharagraha I.” In: Proceedings and transactions of the seventh All-India Oriental Conference, Baroda, December 1933. Baroda: Oriental Institute, pp. 659–676.