Yodhāvaka grant of Dharasena IV, [Valabhī] year 326, Māgha ba. 5 (only plate 2)

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen (ansc).

Contributor: Annette Schmiedchen (ansc).

Summary: Grant of the village Yodhāvaka in favour of a Mahāyāna monastery.

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

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00074.

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00074.xml.

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

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⟨1⟩ kalapūrvvanarapatir atidussādhān(ā)[m a](pi) sādhayitā viṣayāṇāṁ mūrtimān (iva) pu(ru)ṣakāra(ḥ) parivr̥ddhaguṇānurā(ga)-

⟨2⟩ nir¿bh?bhara{c}cittavr̥ttibhir mma(nu)r iva sva(yam abhyu)papannaḥ prakr̥tibhir adhigatakalākalāpa(ḥ) kāntimān nirvr̥tihetur akala⟨ṅ⟩ka(ḥ)

⟨3⟩ kumudanāthaḥ prājyapratāpasthagitad(i)[gantarā]lapradhvansitadhvāntarāśiḥ satatoditas sa(vitā) prakr̥tibhyaḫ paraṁ pratyayam artthava(nta)m a(ti)-

⟨4⟩ bahutithaprayojanānubandham āgamaparipūr(ṇ)ṇa(ṁ) vidadhānas sandhivigrahasamāsaniścaya(n)ipuṇaḥ sthāne nurūpam ādeśaṁ dada(d guṇavr̥)-

⟨5⟩ ddhivi(dh)ānajanitasaṁskāraḥ sādhūnāṁ rājyaśālāturīyatantrayor ubhayor api niṣṇātaḥ prakr̥ṣṭavikramo pi karuṇāmr̥duhr̥dayaḥ śrutavā(n a)-

⟨6⟩ py a(ga)rvvitaḥ kānto ¿ṣ?i praśamī sthirasauhr̥dayyo pi nirasitā do¿s?avatām udaya¿pr?amayasamupajanitajan⟨at⟩ānurāgaparipihitabhu[vanasa]-

⟨7⟩ martthita{ḥ}prathitabālādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdhruvasenas tasya sutas tatpādakamalapraṇāmadharaṇi[kaṣaṇajanita]-

⟨8⟩ kiṇalāṁ(cha)nalalāṭacandraśakalaḥ śiśubhāva Eva śravaṇanihitamauktikālaṅkāravibhramāmalaśrutaviśe¿s?aḥ pradāna[salilakṣāli]-

⟨9⟩ tāgrahastāravindaḥ kanyāyā Iva mr̥dukaragrahaṇād amandīkr̥tānandavidhir vvasundharāyāḥ kā¿jñā?ke dhanurvv(e)da Iva sa⟨ṁ⟩bhāvi(tā)[śeṣalakṣyaka]-

⟨10⟩ (lā)paḥ praṇatasāmantamaṇḍalottamā(ṅ)gadhr̥ta¿p?ūḍāratnāyamānaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḫ paramabhaṭṭārakamahārāj{ñ}ādhir(ā)[japarameśvara]-

⟨11⟩ cakravarttiśrīAjjakapādānudhyātaḥ śrīdharasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva yathāsaṁ(b)adhyamānakān samanudarśayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ ya[thā]

⟨12⟩ mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya surāṣṭreṣu h¿e?stavaprāhāre yodhāvakagrāme divirapatiskandabhaṭakāritamahāyānikavihāra(ca)tu[rdi]-

⟨13⟩ śābhyāgatamahāyānikāryyabhikṣusaṁghāya yodhāvakagrāmasyaiva catur¿bh?bhāgatraya(ṁ) cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapra[tyaya]-

⟨14⟩ bhaiṣajyādyupayo(g)ārttha⟨ṁ⟩ buddhānāṁ ca bhagavatāṁ pūj{ñ}āsnapanagandhadhūpapu¿p?padīpatailādyartthaṁ vihārasya ca khaṇḍasphuṭi[taprati]-

⟨15⟩ saṁskār(ā)ya pādamūlajī(v)anāya cātrai(v)a divirapatiskandabhaṭakhānitataṭākabhūyaẖkhānanotk¿i?raṇasphuṭitaprati[saṁskārā]-

⟨16⟩ ya yodhāvakagrāmasyaiva caturthabhāgaḥ Evam eṣa grāmo vihārasya taṭāk¿ā?sya ca sodra¿g?ga⟨ḥ⟩ soparikaras sabhūtavāta[pratyāyaḥ]

⟨17⟩ (sa)dhānyahiraṇyādeyas sadaśāparādhas sotpadyamānaviṣṭikas sar(vv)arājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvapra(t)ta[deva]-

⟨18⟩ (bra)hmadeyarahitaḥ bhūmicchidranyāyenāca{r}ndrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīn¿ā? ⟨U⟩dakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo ni[sr̥ṣṭo] [ya]-

⟨19⟩ to syocitayā devāgrāhārasthityā mahāyānikāryyabhikṣusaṁghasya bhu(ṁ)jataẖ kr̥ṣataẖ karṣayataḫ pradiśato vā na kaiścid vyāsedhe vartti[vyam ā]-

⟨20⟩ (gāmi)bhadranr̥patibhir apy asmadvaṅśajair anyair vvā Anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmidānaphalam avaga(cchadbhi)[r aya]-

⟨21⟩ (m a)smaddāyo numantavya⟨ḥ⟩ paripālayitavyaś cety uktaṁ ca ∥ bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ ya[sya]

⟨22⟩ yasya yadā bhūmiḥ tasya tasya tadā phala(M) ∥ yān(ī)ha dāridr(y)abhayān na(re)ndrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanīkr̥tāni ni[rbhukta]-

⟨23⟩ mālyapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta ∥ ṣaṣṭi(ṁ) varṣasahasrāṇi svargge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ Ācche[ttā cā]-

⟨24⟩ numantā (c)a tāny eva narake vaseT ∥ dūtako tra rājaputradhruvasena(ḥ) ∥ likhitam idaṁ [sandhi]-

⟨25⟩ vigrahādhikr̥tadivirapativatrabhaṭṭiputraskandabhaṭena ∥ saṁ 300 20 6 māgha ba 5 svahasto mama

Bibliography

Preserved second plate first edited by Annette Schmiedchen with photograph and English translation (Schmiedchen 2021, pp. 127–134).

Primary

[AS2021] Schmiedchen, Annette. 2021. “Buddhist endowments by Śaiva kings under the Maitrakas of Valabhī in western India (5th–8th cent.) and the Yodhāvaka grant of Dharasena IV, [Valabhī] Year 326.” Endowment Studies 5 (1-2), pp. 107–134. DOI: 10.1163/24685968-05010002. [URL]. Pages 127–134.