Valabhipur plate of Dhruvasena III, date unknown (only plate 2; fragmentary)

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen (ansc).

Contributor: D. B. Diskalkar.

Summary: Grant of the village of Rākṣasaka in favour of a Buddhist monastery.

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

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00082.

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⟨6⟩ [**](sāmanta)maṇḍalo(ttamāṅgadhr̥ta)cūḍā(maṇī)yamānaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ (paramabhaṭṭārakamahārājādhirājaparameśvaracakravarttiśrīdhara)-
⟨7⟩ (sena)s tatpitāmahabhrātr̥śrīśīlādityasya śārṅgapāṇer ivāṅgajanmano bhaktibandhurāvayavakalpitapraṇater atidha(valayā dūraṁ tatpādāravindapravr̥)-
⟨8⟩ (tta)yā nakhamaṇirucā mandākinyeva nityam amalitottamāṅgadeśasyāgastyasy¿e?va rājarṣer ddākṣiṇyam ātanvānasya prabaladhavalimnā (yaśasāṁ vala)-
⟨9⟩ yena maṇḍitakakubhā nabhasi yāminīpater vvi(raci)tākhaṇḍapariveṣamaṇḍalasya payodaśyāmaśikharacūcukarucirasahyavindhyastanayugāyāḥ
⟨10⟩ kṣiteḫ patyuḥ śrīḍerabhaṭasyāṅgajaḥ kṣitipasaṁhater anurāgiṇyāḥ śuciyaśoṅśukabhr̥taḥ svayaṁvaramālām iva rājyaśriyam ar(ppayantyāḥ)
⟨11⟩ kr̥taparigrahaḥ śauryyam apratihatavyāpāram ānamitapracaṁḍaripumaṇḍalaṁ maṇḍalāgram ivāvalambamānaḥ śaradi prasabham ākr̥ṣṭaśilī(mukhabāṇā)-
⟨12⟩ (sanāpādita)prasādhanānāṁ parabhuvāṁ vidhivad ācaritakaragrahaṇaḥ pūrvvam eva vividhavarṇṇojjvalena śrutātiśayenodbhāsitaśravaṇaḥ punaḥ
⟨13⟩ (punar ukteneva ratnā)laṅkāreṇālaṅkr̥taśrotra⟨ḥ⟩ parisphuratkaṭakavikaṭakīṭapakṣaratnakiraṇam avicchinnapradānasalilanivahāvaseka[vilasannava]-
⟨14⟩ (śaivalā)ṅkuram ivāgrapāṇim udvaha(n) dhr̥taviśālaratnavalayajaladhivelātaṭāyamānabhujapariṣvaktaviśvambharaḥ paramamāheśvara⟨ḥ⟩ śrī(dhruvasenaḥ)
⟨15⟩ [kuśalī] sarvvān eva samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya śrīvalabhīsvatalaniviṣṭaḍuḍḍā[…]
⟨16⟩ (bhikṣusaṁ)ghāya cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānabhaiṣajyārthaṁ bhagavato buddhabhaṭṭārakasya pūjāsnapanagandhapuṣpadhūpadīpatailādya(rtham)-
⟨17⟩ (pratisaṁskā)rāya bhikṣu(saṁghasya ca) pādamūlaprajīvanāya (vanauṭakāntara)kāśah(ra)dāntarggatarākṣasakagrāmas sodraṅgas sopari(karaḥ)-
⟨18⟩ […]ṇyādeyaḥ sadaśāparādhaḥ sotpadyamānaviṣṭ¿ī?kaḥ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvaprattadevabrahma[…]-
⟨19⟩ […]saritparvvatasamakālīnaḥ Avyavacchinnabhogyaḥ Udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisr̥ṣṭaḥ yato sya ḍuḍḍāvihāre[…]-
⟨20⟩ […]bhuṁjataḥ kr̥ṣataḥ karṣayataḥ karṣāpayato vā na kaiścid vyā(s)edhe (varttitavya)m āgāmibhadranr̥patibhiḥ A[…]-
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⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1⟩ [5 lost lines]⟨6⟩[2+](sāmanta)maṇḍalo(ttamāṅgadhr̥ta)cūḍā(maṇī)yamānaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ (paramabhaṭṭārakamahārājādhirājaparameśvaracakravarttiśrīdhara)⟨7⟩(sena)s tatpitāmahabhrātr̥śrīśīlādityasya śārṅgapāṇer ivāṅgajanmano bhaktibandhurāvayavakalpitapraṇater atidha(valayā dūraṁ tatpādāravindapravr̥)⟨8⟩(tta)yā nakhamaṇirucā mandākinyeva nityam amalitottamāṅgadeśasyāgastyasy⟨ai⟩va rājarṣer ddākṣiṇyam ātanvānasya prabaladhavalimnā (yaśasāṁ vala)⟨9⟩yena maṇḍitakakubhā nabhasi yāminīpater vvi(raci)tākhaṇḍapariveṣamaṇḍalasya payodaśyāmaśikharacūcukarucirasahyavindhyastanayugāyāḥ ⟨10⟩ kṣiteḫ patyuḥ śrīḍerabhaṭasyāṅgajaḥ kṣitipasaṁhater anurāgiṇyāḥ śuciyaśoṅśukabhr̥taḥ svayaṁvaramālām iva rājyaśriyam ar(ppayantyāḥ) ⟨11⟩ kr̥taparigrahaḥ śauryyam apratihatavyāpāram ānamitapracaṁḍaripumaṇḍalaṁ maṇḍalāgram ivāvalambamānaḥ śaradi prasabham ākr̥ṣṭaśilī(mukhabāṇā)⟨12⟩(sanāpādita)prasādhanānāṁ parabhuvāṁ vidhivad ācaritakaragrahaṇaḥ pūrvvam eva vividhavarṇṇojjvalena śrutātiśayenodbhāsitaśravaṇaḥ punaḥ ⟨13⟩ (punar ukteneva ratnā)laṅkāreṇālaṅkr̥taśrotra⟨ḥ⟩ parisphuratkaṭakavikaṭakīṭapakṣaratnakiraṇam avicchinnapradānasalilanivahāvaseka[vilasannava]⟨14⟩(śaivalā)ṅkuram ivāgrapāṇim udvaha(n) dhr̥taviśālaratnavalayajaladhivelātaṭāyamānabhujapariṣvaktaviśvambharaḥ paramamāheśvara⟨ḥ⟩ śrī(dhruvasenaḥ) ⟨15⟩ [kuśalī] sarvvān eva samājñāpayaty

astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya śrīvalabhīsvatalaniviṣṭaḍuḍḍā[…] ⟨16⟩ (bhikṣusaṁ)ghāya cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānabhaiṣajyārthaṁ bhagavato buddhabhaṭṭārakasya pūjāsnapanagandhapuṣpadhūpadīpatailādya(rtham)⟨17⟩(pratisaṁskā)rāya bhikṣu(saṁghasya ca) pādamūlaprajīvanāya (vanauṭakāntara)kāśah(ra)dāntarggatarākṣasakagrāmas sodraṅgas sopari(karaḥ)⟨18⟩[…]ṇyādeyaḥ sadaśāparādhaḥ sotpadyamānaviṣṭ⟨i⟩kaḥ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvaprattadevabrahma[…]⟨19⟩[…]saritparvvatasamakālīnaḥ Avyavacchinnabhogyaḥ Udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisr̥ṣṭaḥ

yato sya ḍuḍḍāvihāre[…]⟨20⟩[…]bhuṁjataḥ kr̥ṣataḥ karṣayataḥ karṣāpayato vā na kaiścid vyā(s)edhe (varttitavya)m āgāmibhadranr̥patibhiḥ A[…]⟨21⟩[4 lost lines]

⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1⟩ [5 lost lines]⟨6⟩[2+](sāmanta)maṇḍalo(ttamāṅgadhr̥ta)cūḍā(maṇī)yamānaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ (paramabhaṭṭārakamahārājādhirājaparameśvaracakravarttiśrīdhara)⟨7⟩(sena)s tatpitāmahabhrātr̥śrīśīlādityasya śārṅgapāṇer ivāṅgajanmano bhaktibandhurāvayavakalpitapraṇater atidha(valayā dūraṁ tatpādāravindapravr̥)⟨8⟩(tta)yā nakhamaṇirucā mandākinyeva nityam amalitottamāṅgadeśasyāgastyasy¿e?⟨ai⟩va rājarṣer ddākṣiṇyam ātanvānasya prabaladhavalimnā (yaśasāṁ vala)⟨9⟩yena maṇḍitakakubhā nabhasi yāminīpater vvi(raci)tākhaṇḍapariveṣamaṇḍalasya payodaśyāmaśikharacūcukarucirasahyavindhyastanayugāyāḥ ⟨10⟩ kṣiteḫ patyuḥ śrīḍerabhaṭasyāṅgajaḥ kṣitipasaṁhater anurāgiṇyāḥ śuciyaśoṅśukabhr̥taḥ svayaṁvaramālām iva rājyaśriyam ar(ppayantyāḥ) ⟨11⟩ kr̥taparigrahaḥ śauryyam apratihatavyāpāram ānamitapracaṁḍaripumaṇḍalaṁ maṇḍalāgram ivāvalambamānaḥ śaradi prasabham ākr̥ṣṭaśilī(mukhabāṇā)⟨12⟩(sanāpādita)prasādhanānāṁ parabhuvāṁ vidhivad ācaritakaragrahaṇaḥ pūrvvam eva vividhavarṇṇojjvalena śrutātiśayenodbhāsitaśravaṇaḥ punaḥ ⟨13⟩ (punar ukteneva ratnā)laṅkāreṇālaṅkr̥taśrotra⟨ḥ⟩ parisphuratkaṭakavikaṭakīṭapakṣaratnakiraṇam avicchinnapradānasalilanivahāvaseka[vilasannava]⟨14⟩(śaivalā)ṅkuram ivāgrapāṇim udvaha(n) dhr̥taviśālaratnavalayajaladhivelātaṭāyamānabhujapariṣvaktaviśvambharaḥ paramamāheśvara⟨ḥ⟩ śrī(dhruvasenaḥ) ⟨15⟩ [kuśalī] sarvvān eva samājñāpayaty

astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya śrīvalabhīsvatalaniviṣṭaḍuḍḍā[…] ⟨16⟩ (bhikṣusaṁ)ghāya cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānabhaiṣajyārthaṁ bhagavato buddhabhaṭṭārakasya pūjāsnapanagandhapuṣpadhūpadīpatailādya(rtham)⟨17⟩(pratisaṁskā)rāya bhikṣu(saṁghasya ca) pādamūlaprajīvanāya (vanauṭakāntara)kāśah(ra)dāntarggatarākṣasakagrāmas sodraṅgas sopari(karaḥ)⟨18⟩[…]ṇyādeyaḥ sadaśāparādhaḥ sotpadyamānaviṣṭ¿ī?⟨i⟩kaḥ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvaprattadevabrahma[…]⟨19⟩[…]saritparvvatasamakālīnaḥ Avyavacchinnabhogyaḥ Udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisr̥ṣṭaḥ

Bibliography

Preserved fragmentary second plate first edited by D. B. Diskalkar; neither estampage nor translation (Diskalkar 1925, № 9). Encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of Diskalkar’s edition.

Primary

[DBD] Diskalkar, D. B. 1925. “Some unpublished copper-plates of the rulers of Valabhī.” JBBRAS 1, pp. 16–63. Item 9.

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