Kasandra plates of Dharasena III, [Valabhī] year 305, Śrāvaṇa śu. 15

Editor: Annette Schmiedchen.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00059.

Summary: Grant of a village in favour of a Ṛgvedin.

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy).

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

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⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti vijayaskandhāvārāt kheṭakavāsakāt prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasampannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsakta⟨2⟩prahāraśatalabdhapratāpāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhṛtaśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśriya⟨3⟩ḫ paramamāheśvaraśrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarā(javaṅśān mā)tāpitṛcaraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣa⟨4⟩ś śaiśavāt prabhṛti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣas tatprabhāva⟨praṇatārāti⟩⟨5⟩cūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisaṅhatis sakalasmṛtipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhṛdayarañjanā⟨6⟩nvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyadhairyya(gāmbhīr)yyabuddhisaṁpadbhi⟨ḥ⟩ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśa⟨7⟩yānaś śaraṇāgatābhayapradānapara(tayā) t¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānā⟨8⟩nanditavidvatsuhṛtpraṇayihṛdayaḥ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḫ paramamāheśvara⟨9⟩ś śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisṛtajāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ ⟨10⟩ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasampad rūpalobhād ivāśritas sarabhasam ābhigāmikair gguṇais sahajaśaktiśi⟨11⟩kṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḫ prathamanarapatisamatisṛṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadā⟨12⟩yānām apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya⟨13⟩sa(ṅhatā)rātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḫ paramamā⟨14⟩heśvaraśrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagita⟨15⟩samagradiṅmaṇḍalas samaraśatavijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahā⟨16⟩(bhā)ras sarvvavidyāparāparavibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvatas subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣaḥ ⟨17⟩ samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahṛdayo pi sucaritātiśaya{ḥ}suvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtakṛtayuganṛpa⟨18⟩tipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrttir dharmmānuparodho⟨j⟩jvalatarīkṛtārtthasukhasampadupasevā⟨Page 2r⟩⟨19⟩nirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvara⟨ḥ⟩ śrīśīlādityas tasyānujas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ ⟨20⟩ svayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇātyādaravatā samabhilaṣaṇīyām api rājalakṣmī(ṁ) s(kandhā)saktāṁ paramabhadra Iva ⟨21⟩ dhuryyas tadājñāsampādanaikarasatayaivodvahan khedasukharatibhyā{ṁ}m anāyāsitasatva(sampa)ttiḥ (prabhāvas)ampadvaśīkṛtanṛpa⟨22⟩tiśataśiroratnacchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho pi parāvajñābhimānarasānā(liṅgita)ma(no)vṛttiḥ praṇatim ekāṁ pari⟨23⟩tyajya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arātibhir anāsāditapratik¿ṛ?⟨ri⟩yopāyaḥ kṛtani(khi)labhuvanāmo(da)vi(ma)laguṇasaṅhati(ḥ) ⟨24⟩ prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatir nnīcajanādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddo(ṣ)air a(nā)mṛṣṭ(ā)tyunnatahṛdayaḥ pra⟨25⟩khyātapauruṣāstrakauśalātiśayagaṇat¿ī?⟨i⟩tha¿ś?⟨v⟩ipakṣakṣitipatilakṣmīsvayaṁgrahaprakāśitapravīrapuruṣaprathamasaṁkhyādhi⟨26⟩gamaḫ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīkharagrahas tasya tanayas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalavidyādhigamavihitani(khi)lavidva(jja)namana⟨27⟩ḫparitoṣātiśayas satvasaṁpadā tyāgaudāryy(e)ṇa ca vigatānusandhān¿a?⟨ā⟩śamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabha(ṅga)s samya⟨28⟩gupalakṣitānekaśāstra(k)alālokacaritagahvaravibhāgo pi paramabhadraprakṛtir akṛtrimapraśrayavinayaśobhāvibhūṣa⟨29⟩ṇas samaraśatajayapatākāharaṇapratya¡l!odagrabā(hu)daṇḍavidhvansitanikhilapratipa(kṣa)darppodayaḥ svadha(nuḫ)prabhāvapari⟨30⟩bhūtāstrakauśalābhimāna⟨ḥ⟩ sakalanṛpatimaṇḍal(ā)bhinanditaśāsanaḫ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva {yathā} ⟨31⟩ yathāsambadhyamānakān samājñāpayaty astu va(s saṁvi)ditaṁ (yathā) mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇy¿a?⟨ā⟩py¿a?⟨ā⟩yanāyāna(nda)puravāstavya⟨32⟩gāṅgānāyanasagotrabahvṛcasabrahmacāribrāhmaṇabrahma(mi)traputradivākaramitrāya kāśahradaviṣaye Adroṭakagrāma⟨33⟩s sodraṅgas soparikaras sabhūtavā(ta)pratyāyas sadhānyahiraṇyādeyas sadaśāparādhas so(t)padyamānaviṣṭikas sarvvarājakīyānā⟨34⟩m ahastapra(kṣepa)ṇīyo bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrār(k)kārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaḫ putra(pau)trānvayabhogyaḥ Uda⟨35⟩kātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisṛṣṭo yato syocitayā brahmadeyāgrahārasthityā bhu¿kṣ?⟨ñj⟩ataḥ kṛṣataẖ ka(r)ṣayataḫ pradiśa(to) vā na kai⟨36⟩ścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranṛpatibhir apy asmadvaṅśa(jai)r apy anyai(r vvā)nityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyañ ca bhūmidānaphala⟨37⟩m avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḫ pari(pālayita)vyaś cety ukta(ñ ca) bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā ⟨38⟩ (bhūmis) tasya tasya tadā pha(laṁ) yānīha dāridrya(bha)yān narend(rair dha)nāni dharmmāyatanīkṛtāni nirbhuktamālyapratimāni tāni ko nā(ma) sādhuḫ pu⟨39⟩(nar āda)dīta (<dashPlain>) ṣaṣṭiṁ (varṣa)sahasrāṇi svargge ti(ṣṭha)ti bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT dūtako rājapu(trasā)mantaśīlā⟨40⟩[2×] likhitaṁ sāndhivigrahikaherambakaputrarogghabhaṭeneti saṁ 300 5 śrāvaṇa śu 10 5 svahasto mama ||

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Translation by Annette Schmiedchen

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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.