Bhavnagar plates of Dharasena III, [Valabhī] year 304, Māgha śu. [7]

Editor: Annette Schmiedchen.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00058.

Summary: Grant of land (188 pādāvarta, including a cistern, and one plot of land of unknown size) in favour of an Atharvavedin.

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy).

Version: (f455aac), last modified (552eb3d).

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⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ (svasti vijayaskandhāvārād kheṭaka)pradvāravāsakāt prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasaṁpannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktaprahāra⟨2⟩(śata)labdhapratāpāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhṛtaśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśriyaḫ paramamāheśvara⟨3⟩(śrībhaṭārk)kād avyavacchinnarājavaṅśān mātāpitṛcaraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhṛti khaḍgadvitīyabāhu(r e)⟨4⟩(va sa)madaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣaḥ ta(t)prabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisaṁhatis sakalasmṛtipra⟨5⟩(ṇī)tamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhṛdayaraṁja(n)ānvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyadhairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhi(tri)⟨6⟩(da)śagurudhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tṛṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryya{ḥ}phala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhṛ⟨7⟩tpraṇayihṛdayaḥ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāh(e)śvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkha(saṁ)⟨na⟩vi(sṛta)⟨8⟩jāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasaṁpad r(ū)palobhād ivāśritaḥ sarabhasam ābhigāmikair gguṇais sa⟨9⟩(ha)jaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisṛṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyā{dā}nām apākarttā prajopaghā⟨10⟩(ta)kāri(ṇā)m upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṁhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavima⟨11⟩(la)prārtthivaśrī(ḥ) paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagita⟨12⟩(sa)magradiṅmaṇḍalaḥ samaraśatavijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābhāraḥ sa⟨13⟩(rvva)vidyāparāparavibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvataḥ subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣaḥ samagralokāgādhagāmbhī⟨14⟩(ryya)hṛdayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaẖ khilībhūtakṛtayuganṛpatipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrttiḥ dharmmānu⟨15⟩(pa)rodho⟨j⟩jvalatarīkṛtārtthasukhasaṁpadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityas tasyānujas tatp¿a?⟨ā⟩dānu⟨16⟩(ddhyā)taḥ svayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇātyādaravatā samabhilaṣa(ṇī)yām api rājalakṣmīṁ skandh¿a?⟨ā⟩saktāṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas tadājñā⟨17⟩(saṁ)p¿a?⟨ā⟩danaikarasatayaivodvahan khedasukharatibhyām anāyāsitasatvasampattiḥ prabhāvasaṁpadvaśīkṛtanṛpatiśataśiro(ra)tnacchāyo(pa)⟨18⟩(gū)ḍhapādapīṭho pi parāvajñābhimānarasānāliṅgitaman(o)vṛttiḥ praṇatim ekā(ṁ) parityajya prakhyātapauru(ṣā)bhimānair apy arātibhi⟨19⟩(r a)nāsāditapratik¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩yopāyaḥ kṛtanikhilabhuvanāmodavimalaguṇasaṁhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatir nnīca⟨20⟩(ja)nādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair anāmṛṣṭātyunnatahṛdayaḥ prakhyātapauruṣāstrakauśalagaṇatithavipakṣakṣitipatilakṣmīs(va)⟨21⟩(yaṁ)grahaprakāśitapravīrapuruṣa{ḥ}prathamasaṁkhyādhigamaḫ paramamāheśva(raḥ) śrīkharagrahas tasya ta(n)ayas tatpādānuddhyā(taḥ) sakalavidyādhi⟨22⟩(ga)mavihitanikhilavidvajjanamanaḥparitoṣātiśayas satvasa(ṁ)padā tyāgau(dā)ryeṇa ca vigatānusandhān¿a?⟨ā⟩śamāhitārātipakṣama⟨23⟩(no)rathākṣabhaṅgaḥ samyagupalakṣitānekaśāstrakalālokacaritagahvaravibhāgo pi paramabhadraprakṛtir akṛ(tri)⟨24⟩mapraśrayav(i)nayaśobhāvibhūṣaṇaḥ samaraśa(tajayapa)tākā(hara)ṇapratya¡l!odagrabāhudaṇḍa(vidhva)nsi(ta)⟨Page 2r⟩⟨25⟩(ni)khilapratipakṣadarppodayaḥ svadhanuḥprabhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimānaḥ sakalanṛpatimaṇḍalābhinanditaśāsanaḥ pa(ra)⟨26⟩mamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva yathāsaṁbadhyamānakān samājñāpayaty astu vo viditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitr(oḥ) ⟨27⟩ puṇyāpyāyanāya hastavapravāstavyātreyasagotrātharvvaṇasabrahmacāriṇe brāhmaṇaviṣṇuyaśaḥputrabrāhmaṇamitrayaśase (<dashPlain>) su⟨28⟩(rā)ṣṭr¿ā?⟨a⟩viṣaye hastavaprāhāre (<dashPlain>) Amākārakūpagrāme pūrvvottarasīmni gomiyakakuṭumbikṛṣṭakolikākṣetrapādāvarttaśataṁ yasyāghāṭanā(ni) ⟨29⟩ (da)kṣiṇena grāmagosarapathaḥ Aparataś cūṭikāgrāmasīmāsandhiḥ pūrvvataḥ pāṣāṇasthalikāmastaka⟨ṁ⟩ Uttareṇa cārabhaṭakacaṁdravakakuṭumbikṣetraṁ ⟨30⟩ pālaśikaṁ tathā Ariṣṭijjikāsthalīpratyāsannarohiḍakamālād uttarataḥ karīrakasatkakṣetraṁ ~ tathā kālāpakapathake ḍabhakagrāme (<dashPlain>) ⟨31⟩ (U)ttarāparasīmāyāṁ kappa⟨r⟩ddiyakakuṭumbikṛṣṭasītā (<dashPlain>) Avakṛṣikṣetrād aparataḥ khuḍḍakakṣetrād uttarataḥ naṇṇuvakakṣetrāt pūrvvata(ḥ) bhaḍāsaka ⟨32⟩ s(ī)māsasandher ddakṣiṇataḥ tathātraiva grāme pūrvvadakṣiṇasīmni kuṭumbikaparddiyakāgrakakṛṣṭā aṣṭādaśapādāvarttaparisarā vāpī (<dashPlain>) khajjūrivāpī⟨33⟩praccīhāyā Aparataḥ śossakakṣetravahād uttarataḥ (khe)lapāṭyāḥ pūrvvataḥ ḍabhakāṅge purāṇakagāmimārggād dakṣiṇataḥ tathā sī(rāvā)ṭākā(ka)⟨34⟩sthalyāṁ hastihradakagrāme dakṣiṇasīmni nāgilakuṭumbikṣetrolbaṇapādāvarttā⟨ḥ⟩ saptatiḥ grāmīṇanirmmitaśaṅkarikāryyā(parataḥ) ⟨35⟩ baccabbayakṣetrād uttarataḥ sovīrakasīmāsandheḥ pūrvvataḥ siridrahavāpīpraccīhāmaryyādāyā dakṣiṇataḥ evam etad sodra(ṅgaṁ) ⟨36⟩ soparikara(ṁ) savātabhūtapratyāyaṁ sadhānyahiraṇyādeyaṁ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaṁ bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrā(rkkārṇṇava)⟨37⟩kṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaṁ putrapautrānvayabhogyam udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisṛṣṭa(ṁ) yato syocitayā brahmadeyā(grahārasthityā) ⟨38⟩ (bhuṁ)jataḥ kṛṣata(ḥ) karṣayataḥ pradiśato vā na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranṛpatibhir apy asmadvaṁśajair apy anyair vvānityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthi⟨39⟩raṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś cety uktaṁ ca bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā ⟨40⟩ rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ || yānīha dāridryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanīkṛtāni nirbbhukta⟨41⟩(mā)lyaprati(māni) tāni ko nāma sādhuḥ punar ādadīta || ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi svargge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva ⟨42⟩ (na)rake vaseT || dūtako tra rājaputrasāmantaśīlādityaḥ || likhitaṁ cedaṁ sandhivigrahādhikṛtadivirapativattrabhaṭṭinā || saṁ 300 4 ⟨43⟩ māgha śu (7) svahasto mama ||

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Translation by Annette Schmiedchen

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Bibliography

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[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.