Kapadvanj plates of Dhruvasena III, [Valabhī] year 334, Māgha śu. 9

Editor: Annette Schmiedchen.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00080.

Summary: Grant of the village of Paṭṭapadraka in favour of a Yajurvedin.

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy).

Version: (f455aac), last modified (1fe0dcd).

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praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasaṁpad rūpalobhād ivāśri⟨8⟩taḥ sarabhasam ābhigāmikair gguṇais sahajaśaktiś¿ī?⟨i⟩kṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisṛṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apā⟨9⟩karttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṁhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapā⟨10⟩rtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍalaḥ samaraśatavijayaśo⟨11⟩bhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarāṁsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābhāraḥ sarvvavidyāparāparavibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvataḥ subhāṣitala⟨12⟩venāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣaḥ samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahṛdayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtakṛtayuganṛpati⟨13⟩pathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrttiḥ dharmmānuparodho⟨j⟩jvalatarīkṛtārtthasukhasaṁpadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityaḥ ⟨14⟩ tasyānujas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ svayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇātyādaravatā samabhilaṣaṇīyām api rājalakṣmīṁ skandhāsaktāṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas tadājñā⟨15⟩saṁpādanaikarasatayaivodvahaN khedasukh¿e?⟨a⟩ratibhyām anāyāsitasatvasaṁpattiḥ prabhāvasampadvaśīkṛtanṛpatiśataśiroratnacchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho pi ⟨16⟩ parāvajñābh¿a?⟨i⟩mānarasānāliṅgitamanovṛttiḥ praṇatim ekāṁ parityajya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arātibhir anāsāditapratikriyopāyaḥ kṛta⟨17⟩nikhilabhuvanāmodavimalaguṇasaṅhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatir nnīcajanādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair an¿a?⟨ā⟩mṛṣṭātyunnatahṛdayaḥ pra⟨18⟩khyātapauruṣāstrakauśalātiśayagaṇatithavipakṣakṣitipatilakṣmīsvayaṁgrāhaprakāśitapravīrapuruṣaprathamasaṁkhyādhigamaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīkharagra⟨19⟩(ha)s tasya tanayas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ sakalavidyādhigamavihitanikhilavidvajjanamanaḫparitoṣātiśayaḥ satvasa⟨ṁ⟩padā tyāgaudāryyeṇa ca vigatānusa⟨20⟩ndhānāśamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅgaḥ samyagupalakṣitānekaśāstrakalālo¿r?⟨k⟩acaritagahvaravibhāgo pi paramabhadraprakṛtir 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praśam¿a?⟨ī⟩ sthirasauhṛdayyo pi nirasitā doṣavatām udayasamayasamupajanitajanānurāgaparipihita⟨29⟩bhuvanasamartthitaprathitabālādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdhruvasenas tasya sutas tatpādakamalapraṇāmadharaṇika⟨30⟩ṣaṇajanitakiṇalāñchanalalāṭacandraśakalaḥ śiśubhāva Eva śravaṇanihitamauktikālaṅkāravibhramāmalaśrutaviśeṣaḥ pradānasalilakṣā⟨31⟩litāgrahastāravindaḥ kanyāyā Iva mṛdukaragrahaṇād amandīkṛtānandavidhir vvasundharāyāḥ kārmmuke dhanurvveda Iva sambhāvitāśeṣalakṣya⟨32⟩kalāpaḥ praṇatasāmantamaṇḍalottamāṅgadhṛtacūḍāratn(ā)yamānaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḫ paramabhaṭṭārakamahārājādhirājaparameśvaraca⟨33⟩kravarttiśrīdharasenas tatpitāmahabhrātṛśrīśīlādityasya śārṅgapāṇer ivāṅgajanmano bhaktibandhurāvayavakalpitapraṇater atidhavalayā dūraṁ tatpā⟨34⟩dāravindapravṛttayā nakhamaṇirucā mandākinyeva nityam amalitottamāṅgadeśasyāgas(t)yasyaiva rāja⟨r⟩ṣer ddākṣiṇyam ātanvānasya prabaladhavalimnā ya⟨35⟩śasā⟨ṁ⟩ valayena maṇḍitakakubhā nabhasi yāminīpater vviḍambitākhaṇḍapar(i)veṣamaṇḍalasya payodaśyāmaśikharacūcukarucirasahyavindhyastanayu⟨36⟩gāyāḥ kṣiteḫ patyuḥ śrīḍerabhaṭasyāṅgajaḥ kṣitipasaṁhater anurāgiṇyāḥ śuciyaśoṅśukabhṛtaḥ svayaṁvaramālām iva rājyaśriyam arpp(a)yantyāẖ k¿a?⟨ṛ⟩⟨37⟩taparigrahaḥ śauryyam apratihatavyāpāram ānamitapracaṇḍaripumaṇḍala⟨ṁ⟩ maṇḍalāgram ivāvalambamānaḥ śaradi prasabham ākṛṣṭaśil¿a?⟨ī⟩⟨38⟩mukhabāṇāsanāpāditaprasādhanānāṁ parabhuvāṁ vidhivad ācaritakaragrahaṇaḥ pūrvvam eva vividhavarṇṇo⟨j⟩jvalena śrutātiśayenodbhāsitaśra⟨39⟩vaṇaḥ pu¿ṇ?⟨n⟩aḥ punar ukteneva ratnālaṅkāreṇālaṅkṛtaśrotraḥ parisphuratkaṭakavikaṭakīṭapakṣaratnakiraṇam avicchinnapradānasalilani⟨40⟩vahāvasekavilasannavaśaivalāṅkuram ivāgrapāṇim udvahaN dhṛtaviśālaratnavalayajaladhivelātaṭāyamānabhujapariṣvaktaviśva⟨41⟩mbharaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdhruvasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya ⟨42⟩ mahicha(ka)vinirggatamahichakavāstavyaitaccāturvvidyasāmānyakauśikasagotravājasaneyasabrahmacāribr¿a?⟨ā⟩hmaṇabappaputrabhaṭṭibhaṭāya ⟨43⟩ śivabhāgapuraviṣaye dakṣiṇapaṭṭe paṭṭapadrakagrāmaḥ sodraṅgaḥ soparikaraḥ sabhūtavātapratyāyaḥ sadhānyahiraṇyādeyas sada⟨44⟩śāparādhas sotpadyamānaviṣṭikas sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvaprattadevabrahmadeyarahitaḥ bhūmicchidranyāyenā⟨45⟩candrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaḥ putrapautrānvayabhogya Udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisṛṣṭaḥ yato syocitayā brahma⟨46⟩deyāgrāhārasthityā bhuṁjataḥ kṛṣataḥ karṣayataḥ pratidiśato vā na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranṛpatibhir apy asmadvaṅśa⟨47⟩jair anyair vvā Anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyañ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḫ paripālayitavyaś cety ¿a?⟨u⟩(kta)⟨48⟩ñ ca ||

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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.