Valabhipur plates of Dhruvasena II, [Valabhī] year 319, Jyeṣṭha śu 7

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen (ansc).

Contributor: Annette Schmiedchen (ansc).

Summary: Grant of a village in favour of a Buddhist monastery (nunnery).

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

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00068.

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

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⟨1⟩ [꩜ sva](sti) vijayaskandhāvārāT (pre)pāgabhad(y)akavāsakāT prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasaṁpannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsakta(pra)hāra-

⟨2⟩ śatalabdhapratāpāt pra(tā)popana(ta)dānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhr̥taśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśr(i)ya(ḥ) paramamāhe-

⟨3⟩ śvara{ḥ}śrī(bha)ṭārkkād (avyava)cchinnarājavaṅśān mātāpitr̥(cara)ṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣa(ḥ) śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvitīya(bāhu)r eva

⟨4⟩ sama(da)paragajaghaṭāsph(o)ṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣas tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmi(saṅhatis sakalasmr̥)tipra(ṇī)-

⟨5⟩ tamārggasamya(k)paripālanaprajāhr̥dayarañjanānvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisampadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhi(trida)śagu-

⟨6⟩ rudhaneśān (atiśayā)naḥ śaraṇāgatābha(ya)pradānaparata(yā) tr̥ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhi(kārtthapradānānanditavidva)tsuhr̥-

⟨7⟩ tpraṇayihr̥dayaḫ pā(da)cārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya su(tas tatpādanakhamayūkhasa)ntāna-

⟨8⟩ visr̥tajāhnavījalaughapra(kṣā)litāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasampad rūpalobhād ivā(śritas sarabha)sam ā(bhi)gāmikai-

⟨9⟩ r gguṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭānām anupālayitā (dharmmadāyānām apākarttā) prajopa-

⟨10⟩ ghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṅhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhoga(da)kṣa(vi)kramo vikramopasaṁprāp(t)a-

⟨11⟩ vimalapār(t)thivaśrīḫ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamuda-

⟨12⟩ yasthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍalas samaraśatavijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahā-

⟨13⟩ bhāras sarvvavidyāparāparavibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvataḥ subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopa(pā)danīyaparitoṣaḥ samagralo-

⟨14⟩ kāgādhag¿o?mbhīryyahr̥dayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtakr̥tayuganr̥patipathaviśodhanādhigatodagra-

⟨15⟩ kīrttir dharmmānuparodhojjvalatarīkr̥tārtthasukhasampadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśva(raḥ) śrīśīlādityas tasyānu-

⟨16⟩ jas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ svayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇātyādaravatā samabhilaṣaṇīyām api rājalakṣmī(ṁ) skandhāsaktāṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryya-

⟨17⟩ s tadājñāsampādanaikarasatayaivodvahan khedasukharat(i)bhyām anāyāsitasatvasampattiḥ prabhāvasampadvaśīkr̥tanr̥patiśataśiroratna-

⟨18⟩ cchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho pi parāvajñābhimānarasānāliṅgitamanovr̥ttiḥ praṇatim ekāṁ parityajya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arāti-

⟨19⟩ bhir anupasāditapratikri(yo)pā(ya)ḥ kr̥tanikhilabhuvanāmodavimalaguṇasaṅhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatir nnīca-

⟨20⟩ janādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair an(ā)mr̥ṣṭātyunnatahr̥dayaḥ prakhy(ā)tapauruṣāstrakauśalātiśayagaṇatithavipakṣakṣitipatilakṣmīsvayaṁgra-

⟨21⟩ haprakāśitapravīrapuruṣaprathamasa(ṁ)khy(ā)dhigamaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīkharagrahas tasya tanayas tatpādānuddhyātas sa-

⟨22⟩ kalavidyādhigamavihitanikhilavidvajjanamanaḥpari(t)oṣātiśaya⟨ḥ⟩ satvasampadā tyāgaudāryyeṇa ca vigatānusandhānā-

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⟨23⟩ śamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅgas samyagupalakṣitānekaśāstrakalālokacaritag(a)hvaravibhāgo pi para(ma)-

⟨24⟩ bhadraprakr̥tir akr̥trimapraśrayavinayaśobhāvibhūṣaṇas samaraśatajayapatākāharaṇapratya¡l!odagrab(ā)hu-

⟨25⟩ daṇḍavidhvansitanikhilapratipakṣadarppodayaḥ svadhanuḫprabhāvapa¿dh?ibhūtāstrakauśalābhimāna⟨ḥ⟩ sakalanr̥patima(ṇ)ḍalābhinanditaśāsana(ḥ)

⟨26⟩ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasyānujas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ{s} saccaritātiśayitasakalapūrvvanarapatir atidussādhānām api prasādhayitā

⟨27⟩ (v)iṣayāṇā⟨ṁ⟩ mūrttimān iva pu(ru)ṣakāraḥ parivr̥ddhagu(ṇ)ānurāganirbbharacittavr̥ttibhir mmanur iva sva(ya)m abhyupapannaḥ prakr̥tibhir adhigatakalā-

⟨28⟩ (kal)āpaẖ kāntimān nirvr̥tihetur akalaṅkaḥ kumudanāthaḥ prājyapratāpasthagitadigantarālapradhvans(i)tadh(v)āntarāśiḥ satatoditas savitā

⟨29⟩ prakr̥tibhyaḫ para⟨ṁ⟩ pratyayam artthavantam atibahutithaprayojanānubandham āgamaparipūrṇṇaṁ vidadhānaḥ sandhivigrahasamāsaniścaya-

⟨30⟩ nipuṇaḥ sthāne nurūpam ādeśa⟨ṁ⟩ dadad guṇavr̥ddhividhānajanitasaṁs(k)āraḥ sādhūnāṁ rājyasālāturīyatantrayor ubhayor api (niṣṇātaḥ)

⟨31⟩ prakr̥ṣṭavikramo pi karuṇāmr̥duhr̥dayaḥ śrutavān apy agarvvitaẖ kānto pi pr¿ā?śamī sthirasauhr̥dayyo pi nirasitā doṣavatām udayasama-

⟨32⟩ yasamupajanitajanatānurāgaparipihitabhuvanasamartthitaprathitabālādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdhruva(se)naẖ kuśa(lī)

⟨33⟩ sarv¿y?ān eva yathāsambaddhyamānakān samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā m(ā)tāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya valabhyabhyā(sa)nn(i)viṣṭayakṣaśūravihāra-

⟨34⟩ ma¿nd?alas¿a?ma¿t?takakkukamātr̥kulaputrikāpū(r)ṇṇabhaṭṭākāritavihāranivāsinānādigabhyāgatāryyabhikṣuṇīsaṅghāya cīvarapiṇḍapātaśa-

⟨35⟩ (ya)nāsanaglānabhaiṣajyādyārttha⟨ṁ⟩ buddhānāñ ca bhagavatāṁ gandhapuṣpadhūpadīpatailanimittāya vihārasya ca khaṇḍasphuṭitapratisaṁska-

⟨36⟩ raṇāya ca surāṣṭreṣu rohāṇakapathake nāgadinnānakagrāmaḥ sodraṅgaḥ soparikaraḥ sabhūtavātapratyāyaḥ sadhā-

⟨37⟩ nyahiraṇyādeyaḥ sadaśāparādhaḥ sotpadyamānaviṣṭ¿ī?kaḥ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvadattadeva(bra)-

⟨38⟩ hmadeyarahitaḥ bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaḥ Udakātisarggeṇa (dh)armmadāyo nisr̥ṣṭaḥ

⟨39⟩ yato syocitayā devāgrāhārasthityā bhuṁjataḥ kr̥ṣataḥ karṣayataḥ pradiśato vā na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranr̥pati-

⟨40⟩ bhir apy asmadvaṅśajair anyai(r) vv(ā) Anityāny aiśvaryyāṇi Asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numa-

⟨41⟩ (nta)vyaḫ paripālayitavyaś cety ukta(ṁ) ca bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya (ta)dā phalaM

⟨42⟩ (yānī)ha dāridryabha(yā)n narendrair ddha(nā)ni dharmmāyatanīkr̥tāni nirbhuktamālyapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādad(ī)ta ṣa(ṣṭi)varṣasa-

⟨43⟩ (ha)s(r)āṇi svargge tiṣṭhati bhū(mi)daḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT | dūtako tra sā{ṁ}mantaśīlādityaḥ likhitam (i)daṁ

⟨44⟩ (saṁdhivigra)hādhikr̥tadivirapativatrabhaṭṭiputradivirapatiska(ndabha)ṭena saṁ 300 10 9 jyeṣṭha śu 7 svahasto mama †∥

Bibliography

First edited by A. S. Gadre with estampages; no translation (Gadre 1934, № 5). Re-edited by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of estampages.

Primary

[ASG] Gadre, A. S. 1934. “Five Vala copper-plate grants.” JUB 3, pp. 74–91. Item 5.