Nogawa plates of Dhruvasena II, [Valabhī] year 321, Caitra ba. 3

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen (ansc).

Summary: Grant of land (100 bhaktī) in favour of two Yajurvedins.

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

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00072.

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00072.xml.

Version: (b7a8ff3), last modified (d29f86e).

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⟨1⟩ (꩜) svasti vijayaskandhāvārād va(nd)itapallīvāsakāt prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasampannamaṇḍalābhoga-

⟨2⟩ saṁsaktaprahāraśatalabdhapratāpāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhr̥taśreṇī-

⟨3⟩ balāvāptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāheśvaraśrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarājavaṅśān mātāpitr̥caraṇā(ra)vindapraṇati-

⟨4⟩ pravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti kha(ḍ)gadvit(ī)yabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭ(ā)sph(o)ṭanapra(kā)śita-

⟨5⟩ satvanikaṣaḥ tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisaṅhatiḥ saka(la)sm¿ri?tipraṇī-

⟨6⟩ tamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhr̥dayarañjanānvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyagāmbh(ī)ryyabuddhisampa(d)bhi⟨ḥ⟩ smaraśa-

⟨7⟩ śāṅkā{d}drirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tr̥ṇavadap(ā)stāśeṣasva(k)āryya-

⟨8⟩ phala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇayihr̥dayaḫ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābho(ga)pra(m)odaḥ

⟨9⟩ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisr̥tajāhnavī(ja)l¿o?ghaprakṣāli(tā)śeṣa-

⟨10⟩ (ka)lmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasampad rūpalo(bh)ād ivāśritaḥ sarabhasam ābhigāmikair gguṇai⟨ḥ⟩ saha(ja)-

⟨11⟩ śaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣ(ṭ)ānām anupālayitā dharmmadā(yānā)-

⟨12⟩ m apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānā⟨ṁ⟩ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṅhatārātipa(k)ṣala(kṣmī)-

⟨13⟩ paribhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasa(ṁ)pr¿a?ptavi(ma)lapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdha(ra)senas tasya sutas tatpā(dā)nu-

⟨14⟩ dhy(ā)taḥ sakalajagadānandanātya⟨d⟩bhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍalaḥ sa(mara)śatavijayaśobhāsa-

⟨15⟩ nā(th)amaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭho(d)ūḍhagu(ru)manoratha(ma)hābhāraḥ sarvvavi(dyā)parā¿v?aravibhāgādhiga-

⟨16⟩ mavimalamatir api sarvva(tas) subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapā(da)nīyapari(toṣaḥ) samagralokāgādhagāmbhī-

⟨17⟩ ryyahr̥day(o) pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasva(bhā)vaḥ khilībhūtakr̥tayuganr̥patipatha(v)iś(o)dha-

⟨18⟩ nādhigatodagra(kī)rttir ddharmmānuparodhojjvalatarīkr̥tārtthasukhasampadupasevānirūḍhadharmm(ādi)tyadvitī(ya)nā(mā) para-

⟨19⟩ mamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlād(i)tyas tasyānujas tatpādānudhyātaḥ svayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇā{ṁ}tyādaravat(ā) sama(bhi)la-

⟨20⟩ ṣaṇīyām api rājalakṣmī⟨ṁ⟩ skandhāsaktāṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas tadājñāsamp¿a?danaikarasata(yai)vodvahan ¿m?edasukharatibhyā-

⟨21⟩ m anāyāsitasatvasaṁpattiḥ prabhāvasampadvaśīkr̥tanr̥patiśataśiroratnacchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho pi parāvajñābhi-

⟨22⟩ mānarasānā¿tha?ṅgi(ta)manovr̥ttiḥ praṇatim ekā⟨ṁ⟩ parityajya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arāt(i)bhir anāsāditapra(ti)kri(yo)-

⟨23⟩ pāyaḥ kr̥ta{ṁ}nikhilabhuvanāmodavimalaguṇasaṅhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagati(r) nnīcajanādhi-

⟨24⟩ ro(h)ibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair a(nā)mr̥ṣṭ(ā)tyunnatahr̥dayaḥ prakhyātapauruṣāstrakauśalātiśayagaṇatithavi(p)akṣa(kṣi)tip¿ā?ti-

⟨25⟩ lakṣm(ī)svayaṁgrahaprakāśitaprav¿i?rapuruṣaprathamas¿e?ṁ⟨kh⟩yādhigamaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīkharagrahas tasya tanayas tatpādā-

⟨26⟩ nudhyātaḥ sakalavidyādhigamavihitanikhilavidvajjanamanaḥparitoṣātiśayaḥ satv(a)sampadā tyāgaudā(ryye)ṇa ca

⟨27⟩ vigatānusandhānāśamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅgaḥ samyagupalakṣitā¿ṇa?(ka)śā(stra)-

⟨28⟩ (ka)lā¿th?okacaritagahvaravibhāgo pi paramabhadraprakr̥tir akr̥trimapraśraya(vinaya)-

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⟨29⟩ śobhāvibhūṣaṇaḥ samaraśatajayapatākāharaṇapratya¡l!odagrabāhudaṇḍavidhvansita-

⟨30⟩ nikhilapratipakṣadarppodayaḥ svadhanuḥprabhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimāna⟨ḥ⟩ sakalanr̥patima-

⟨31⟩ ṇḍalābhinanditaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasena⟨ḥ⟩ tasyānujas tatpādānudhy¿a?ta⟨ḥ⟩ saccaritātiśayitasa-

⟨32⟩ kalapūrvvanarapatir atidussādhānām api prasādhayitā viṣayāṇāṁ mūrttimān iva puruṣakāraḥ parivr̥ddhagu-

⟨33⟩ ṇānurāganirbbharacittavr̥ttibh(i)r mmanur iva svayam abhyupapannaḥ prakr̥tibhir adhigatakalākalāpaḥ kāntimā-

⟨34⟩ n nirvr̥tihetur akalaṅkaẖ kumudanāthaḥ prājyapratāpasthagitadigantarālapradhvansitadhvāntarāśiḥ satato-

⟨35⟩ ditas savitā prakr̥tibhyaḫ paraṁ pratyayam artthavantam atibahutithaprayojanānubandham āgamaparipūrṇṇa(ṁ)

⟨36⟩ vidadhānaḥ sandhivigrahasamāsaniścayanipuṇaḥ sthāne nur(ū)pam ādeśa(ṁ) dadad guṇavr̥ddhividhānajanitasaṁ-

⟨37⟩ skāras sādhūnāṁ rājyasālātur¿i?yatantrayor ubhayor api niṣṇātaḥ prakr̥ṣṭavikramo pi karuṇāmr̥duhr̥da-

⟨38⟩ yaḥ (ś)rutavān apy agarvvitaḥ kānto pi praśamī sthirasauhr̥dayyo pi nirasitā doṣavatām uda{r}yasamayasamupa-

⟨39⟩ janitajanatānurāgaparipihitabhuvanasamartth¿a?taprathitabālādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrī-

⟨40⟩ dh(r)uvasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva yathāsambadhyamānakān samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḥ

⟨41⟩ puṇyāpyāyanāya Udumbaragahvaravinirggatāy¿a?nakāgrāhāranivāsidaśapuratraividyasāmānyapārāśarasa-

⟨42⟩ gotramādhyandinavājasaneyasabrahmacāribrāhmaṇabudhasvāmiputrabrāhmaṇadattasvāmi tathāgastikāgrahāranivāsi-

⟨43⟩ Uc¿c?amāna cāturvvidyas(ā)mānyapārāśarasagotravājasaneyasabr¿ā?hmacāribrāhmaṇabudhasvām¿a?putrabrāhmaṇakumārasvāmibhyā⟨ṁ⟩ṁ

⟨44⟩ mālavake Uc¿c?amānaviṣaye candraputrakagrāme dakṣiṇasīmni bhaktīśatapramāṇakṣetraṁ yasyāgh¿a?ṭanāni pūrvvataḥ dhammaṇa(ha)-

⟨45⟩ ḍḍikāgrāmakaṅkataḥ dakṣiṇat(o) devakulapāṭakagrāmakaṅkaṭaḥ Aparataḥ vīrataramaṇḍal¿i?mahattarakṣetramaryyādā uttarapaści-

⟨46⟩ makoṇe nirggaṇḍītaḍākikā Uttarataḥ vīrataramaṇḍalī Evam etac caturāghāṭanaviśuddhaṁ bhaktīśatapramāṇakṣetraṁ ¿ś?o-

⟨47⟩ draṅgaṁ soparikaraṁ sabhūtavātapratyāyaṁ sadhānyahiraṇyādeyaṁ sa¿p?aś¿a?parādha⟨ṁ⟩ sotpadyamānaviṣṭikaṁ sarvvarājakīyānām aha-

⟨48⟩ staprakṣepaṇīya⟨ṁ⟩ pūrvvaprattadevabrahmadeyabrāhmaṇaviṅśatirahitaṁ bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvva-

⟨49⟩ tasamakāl¿ā?naṁ putrapautrānvayabhogyaṁ Udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisr̥ṣṭa⟨ḥ⟩ yato nayor ucitayā brahmadeyasthityā bhuñjat¿a?⟨ḥ⟩-

⟨50⟩ kr̥ṣat¿a?ḥ karṣayat¿a?ḥ pradiśator vvā na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranr̥patibhir apy asmadvaṅśajair anyair vvā Anityāny ai(ś)varyyā(ṇ)y a-

⟨51⟩ sthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyañ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś cety uktañ ca ∥ bahubhir vvasudhā bhu-

⟨52⟩ ktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ yānīha dāridryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanīkr̥tāni ni⟨r⟩rbhuktamālyaprati-

⟨53⟩ māni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta ∥ ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasr¿a?ṇi sva(r)gge tiṣṭhati bhūmida⟨ḥ⟩ Ācche⟨t⟩tā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vased iti | dūtako tra rāja-

⟨54⟩ putraśrīkharagraha⟨ḥ⟩ likhitam idaṁ sandhivigrahādhikr̥tadivirapati(va)trabhaṭṭiputradivirapatiskandabhaṭena ∥ saṁ 300 20 1 caitra ba 3 svahasto mama †∥

Bibliography

First edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch with estampages and translation of the grant portion in the introduction (Hultzsch 1902–1903). Again edited by Hultzsch; no estampages (Hultzsch 1905–1906, № 2). Re-edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of the published estampages and, for the second plate, a photograph of the original.

Primary

[EJTH1902-1903] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1902–1903. “Ratlam plates of Dhruvasena II. [Gupta-]Saṁvat 321.” ARASI 1902-1903, pp. 232–238.

[EJTH1905-1906] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1905–1906. “Two grants of Dhruvasena II.” EI 8, pp. 188–199. Item 2.