Malila plates of Dhruvasena II, [Valabhī] year 323, Āṣāḍha śu. 5

Editor: Annette Schmiedchen.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00072.

Summary: Grant of land (150 pādāvarta) in favour of a Yajurvedin.

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy).

Version: (f455aac), last modified (d8c8d64).

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tasy¿o?⟨ā⟩nujas tatpādānudhyātas (s)vayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇātyādaravatā samabhila¿m?⟨ṣ⟩aṇīyām api rājalakṣm(ī)⟨ṁ⟩ skandhā⟨17⟩saktāṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas tadājñāsampādanaikarasatayaivodvaha(n) khedasukharatibhyām anāyāsitasatvasaṁpatti⟨ḥ⟩ prabhāvasampadva⟨18⟩śīkṛtanṛpatiśataśiroratnacchāyopag¿u?⟨ū⟩ḍhapādapīṭho pi parāvajñābhimānarasānāliṅgitamanovṛttiḥ praṇatim ekā⟨ṁ⟩ par¿a?⟨i⟩tya⟨19⟩jya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arātibhir anāsāditapratikriyopāyaḥ kṛtanikhilabhuvanāmodavipulaguṇasaṅhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabha⟨20⟩(v)ighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatir nnīcajanādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair anāmṛṣṭātyunnatahṛdayaḥ prakhyāt¿i?⟨a⟩pauruṣāstrakauśalāti⟨21⟩śayagaṇatithavipakṣakṣitipatilakṣmīsvayaṁgrahaprakāśitapravīrapuruṣaprathamasaṁkhyādhigamaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīkharagrahas tasya ⟨22⟩ tanayas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalavid{dh}yādhigamavi(hi)tanikhilavidvajjanamanaḫparitoṣātiśaya⟨ḥ⟩ satvasampadā tyāgaudāryyeṇa ca viga⟨23⟩tānusandhānāśamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅgaḥ 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Translation by Annette Schmiedchen

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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.