Valabhipur Plates of Śīlāditya III, [Valabhī] year 348, Mārgaśira ba. 3

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen (ansc).

Contributor: Annette Schmiedchen (ansc).

Summary: Grant of land (257 pādāvarta, including two cisterns) in favour of a Sāmavedin.

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Script (other) (script_other)].

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00087.

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Version: (11d665c), last modified (1846b6a).

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⟨1⟩ ꩜ svasti vijayaskandhāvārā⟨T⟩ khoṭāṭavāsakāt prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇā(ṁ) maitrakāṇām atulabalasaṁpannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktapra(hā)raśatalabdhapratā{tā}pāt pratāpopanatadāna-

⟨2⟩ (m)ānārjjav(o)pārjj(i)tānurāgād anuraktamaulabhṛtaśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśriya⟨ḥ⟩ parama(māhe)śvaraśrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarā(ja)vaṅśā(t mā)tāpitṛcaraṇāravindapraṇatipravidh(au)tāś(e)-

⟨3⟩ ṣa(kal)maṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhṛti khaḍgadvitīyabāhu(r eva) samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanapra(kā)śitasa(tva)nikaṣas tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāra(t)naprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakhara(śmi)saṁ(ha)ti⟨ḥ⟩ sa-

⟨4⟩ kala(sm)ṛtipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhṛdayarañjanānvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśaguru(dhane)śān ati-

⟨5⟩ śayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tṛṇavadapāst(ā)śeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhṛtpraṇa(yi)hṛdaya(ḥ) pādacārīva sakalabhu-

⟨6⟩ vanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ param(a)māheśvara⟨ḥ⟩ śr(ī)guhasenas tasya sutas tat(pā)danakhamayūkhasantānavisṛ(tajāhna)vījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣa⟨ḥ⟩ (p)raṇayiśatasahasro-

⟨7⟩ pajīvyamāna{ḥ}⟨saṁ⟩pa(d rū)palobhād ivāśritaḥ sarabhasam ābhigāmikair guṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisṛṣṭānām anupāla-

⟨8⟩ yitā dharmmadāyānām apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānā(ṁ) darśayitā śrīsara(sva)tyor ek(ā)dhivāsasya sa(ṁha)tārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhoga(dakṣa)vikramo vikramo-

⟨9⟩ pasaṁprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatp¿a?d¿a?nuddhyātaḥ sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayastha(gi)ta(sa)magra-

⟨10⟩ (diṅ)maṇḍalaḥ samaraśatavijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyu(ti)bhāsuratar(āṁ){s}sapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābhāraḥ sarvvavidyāparāparavibhāgādhigamavimala-

⟨11⟩ matir api sarvvata⟨ḥ⟩ subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣaḥ samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahṛdayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhā-

⟨12⟩ va⟨ḥ⟩ kh¿ī?lībhūtakṛtayuganṛpatipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrttiḥ dh{dh}armmānuparodho⟨j⟩jvalatarīkṛtārtthasukhasaṁpadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā para-

⟨13⟩ mamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityas tasyānujas tatpādā(nu)ddhy¿a?taḥ svaya¿g? upendraguruṇeva gur(u)ṇātyādaravatā sam(a)bhilaṣaṇīyām api r¿a?jalakṣmī⟨ṁ⟩ skandhāsaktā⟨ṁ⟩ para⟨ma⟩bhadra Iva dhu-

⟨14⟩ ryya(s ta)dājñāsaṁp¿a?danaikarasata(yai)vodvaha¿ṁ? (kheda)sukharatibhyām anāyāsitasatvasa⟨ṁ⟩pa⟨t⟩tiḥ prabhāvasa⟨ṁ⟩padvaśīkṛtanṛpatiśataśi(r)oratnacchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho pi pa-

⟨15⟩ rāvajñābhimānarasānāliṅgitamanovṛ⟨t⟩tiḥ praṇatim (e)k(āṁ) parityajya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arātibhir anāsāditapratikri(yo)pāya⟨ḥ⟩ kṛtanikhilabhuvanāmodavimalaguṇasaṁhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatiḥ nīcajanādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair anāmṛṣṭātyunnatahṛdayaḥ prakhyā-

⟨16⟩ vimalaguṇasaṁhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagati(ḥ) nīcajanādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair anā(m)ṛṣṭātyunnatahṛdayaḥ prakhyātapauruṣāstrakauśalā-

⟨17⟩ tiśa(ya)gaṇatithavipakṣakṣitipatilakṣmīsvayaṁgr(ā)haprakāśitaprav(ī)rapuruṣa{ḥ}prathamasaṁkhyādhigama⟨ḥ⟩ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīkharagrahas tasya tanayas tatpādānu(d)dhyāta⟨ḥ⟩

⟨18⟩ sakalavidyādhigamavihitanikhilavidva⟨j⟩janamana⟨ḥ⟩paritoṣātiśa(ya)⟨ḥ⟩ satvasaṁpad¿a? tyāgaudā(r)yy(e)ṇa ca vi(g)atānusa(ndhā)nā¿s?amāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅga⟨ḥ⟩

⟨19⟩ samyagupalakṣitānekaśāstrakalālokacaritagahvaravibhāgo pi paramabhadrapra(kṛ)tir akṛtrimapraśrayavinayaśobhāvibhūṣaṇaḥ samaraśatajayapatākāha-

⟨20⟩ raṇapratya¡l!odagrabāhudaṇḍavidhvansitanikhilaprat(i)pakṣada(r)ppodaya⟨ḥ⟩ svadhanu⟨ḥ⟩prabhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimāna⟨ḥ⟩ sakala¿bhuvana?maṇḍal(ā)bhinanditaśāsa⟨naḥ⟩

⟨21⟩ paramam¿a?heśvaraḥ śrīdharas¿a?nas tasyānujas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ saccaritātiśayitasakalapūrvvanarapatir atidussādhānām api prasādhayitā viṣayā-

⟨22⟩ ṇā⟨ṁ⟩ mū(r)ttimān iva pu(ru)ṣakāraḥ parivṛddhaguṇānurāganirbbharacittavṛ⟨t⟩ttibhir mmanur iva svayam abhyupapannaḥ prakṛtibhir adhigatakalākalāpaẖ kāntimān {timā} ni-

⟨23⟩ ⟨r⟩v¿ri?tihetur akalaṅkaẖ kumudanātha⟨ḥ⟩ prājyapr¿ā?tāpasthagitadigantarālapra(dh)¿ṛ?nsitadhvāntarāśiḥ satatoditaḥ savi⟨tā⟩{ḥ} prakṛtibhyaḥ paraṁ pratyayam artthavantam atibahuti{dha}-

⟨24⟩ thaprayojanānubandham āgamaparipūrṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩ vidadhānaḥ sandhivigrahasam(ā)saniścayanipuṇaḥ sthān(e) nurūpam ādeśa¿n?n dadad guṇavṛddhividhānajanita-

⟨25⟩ saṁsk¿a?raḥ sādhūnāṁ rājyaśālāturīya{n}tantrayor ubhayor api niṣṇātaḥ prakṛṣṭavikramo pi karuṇ(ā)mṛduhṛdayaḥ śrutavān apy agarvvitaẖ kānto pi praśamī

⟨26⟩ sthirasauhṛdayyo pi nirasitā doṣavatām udayasamayasamupajanitajanatānurāgaparipihitabhuvanasamartth(i)tapr¿ā?thitabālādityadvitīyanā-

⟨27⟩ mā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdhruvasenas tasya sutas tatpādakamalapraṇāmadharaṇikaṣaṇajanitakiṇalāñchanalalāṭacandraśakalaḥ śiśubh¿a?va Eva śra-

⟨28⟩ vaṇanihitamauktikālaṅkāravibhramāmalaśrutaviś¿a?ṣa⟨ḥ⟩ pradānasalilakṣālitāgrah¿ā?st¿a?ravinda(ẖ ka)nyāy¿a? Iva mṛdukaragrahaṇād ama-

⟨29⟩ {ma}ndīkṛtānandavidhir vvasu(ndha)rāyāẖ kā⟨r⟩muke dhanu⟨r⟩veda Iva saṁbhāvitāśeṣalakṣyakalāpaḥ praṇatas(ā)mantamaṇḍalottamāṅgadhṛtacūḍāratnāyamāna-

⟨30⟩ (śā)sanaḥ paramamāh(e)śvaraḥ paramabhaṭṭārakamahārājādhirājaparameśvaracakravarttiśrīdharasenas tatpitāmahabhrātṛśrīśīlādityasya ¿s?śā-

⟨31⟩ rṅgapāṇ(e)r i(vāṅgaja)nmano bhaktibandhurāvayava{yava}kalpitapraṇater atidhavalayā dūraṁ tatpādāravindapravṛttayā nakhamaṇirucā mandākinye-

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⟨32⟩ va nityam amalito(ttamā)ṅgadeśasy¿a?gastyasy¿a?va rājarṣer ddākṣiṇyam ¿a?tanvānasya prabaladhavalimnā yaśasāṁ valayena maṇḍ(i)takak(u)bhā nabhasi yāminīpat(e)⟨r⟩ vviḍambi-

⟨33⟩ t(ā)khaṇḍapariveṣamaṇḍalasya pay(o)da(ś)y(ā)ma¿(ta)ma?c¿u?cukar(u)c(i)ira(sa)hyavindhyastanayu(gā)y(ā)ḥ kṣite⟨ḥ⟩ (pat)yuḥ śrīḍerabhaṭasy(ā)ṅgajaḥ kṣitipasaṁhater anur(ā)gi()ṇy¿a?⟨ḥ⟩-

⟨34⟩ (śuciyaśoṅśukabhṛtaḥ svayaṁvaramālām iva rājya)śriyam a(r)ppayanty¿a?ẖ kṛtaparigraha⟨ḥ⟩ ś¿o?ryyam apratihatavy(āpāram ā)namitapracaṇḍaripumaṇḍalaṁ maṇḍalāgram ivāvalambamānaḥ

⟨35⟩ śaradi pra(sabham ākṛṣṭaśilīmukhabā)ṇāsanāpāditaprasādhan¿a?nāṁ parabhuvā(ṁ) vidhivad ācaritakaragrahaṇaḥ (pūrvvam eva vividhavarṇṇojjvalena) śrutātiśayenodbhā(sita)-

⟨36⟩ śra(v)aṇaḥ punaḫ punar (u)kt(e)n(e)va ratnālaṅkāreṇālaṅkṛtaśrotra⟨ḥ⟩ parisphura¿kt?a⟨ṭa⟩kavikaṭakīṭapakṣaratna(kiraṇam a)[vicchinna](pradāna)salilanivahāvasekavilasannavaśaiva-

⟨37⟩ (lāṅku)ram ivāgrapāṇim udvaha(N) dhṛtaviśālaratnavalayajaladhiv¿i?lātaṭāyamānabhujapariṣvakta(viśvaṁbharaḥ) [parama](māheśvaraḥ śrīdhruva)senas tasyāgrajo paramahīpatis¿y?a-

⟨38⟩ (rśa)doṣanāśanadhiy(e)va lakṣmy(ā) svaya¿d i?tis¿y?aṣṭa(ce)ṣṭam (ā)śliṣṭ(ā)ṅgayaṣṭir atirucira(taracarita)[garimaparikalitasakalanarapati](r atipra)kṛṣṭānurāgarasarabhasa(v)aśīkṛtapra-

⟨39⟩ ṇatasamastas(ā)mantacakrac(ū)ḍāmaṇimayūkhakhacitacaraṇa¿r?amalayugala⟨ḥ⟩ (proddāmodāradorddaṇḍadalitadviṣadvarggadarppaḥ prasarppatpa)[ṭī]yaḫpratāpaploṣit¿a?ś¿a?ṣaśatr(u)-

⟨40⟩ (vaṅśaḥ) praṇayi(pa)kṣa[ni](kṣi)[pta](la)kṣmīkaḥ (preita)ga¿pa?(t)kṣi(pta)suda(r)śanacakraḥ parihṛta(bālakrīḍo nadhaẖkṛtadvijātir ekavikramaprasādhita)dharitr(ī)talo (na)ṅgīkṛtajalaśa-

⟨41⟩ yy(o) p(ū)rvvapuruṣottamaḥ sākṣād dharmma Iva samyagvyavasth(āp)i¿k?avarṇ(ṇ)āśram¿a?c(āraḥ pūrvvair apy ūrvvīpatibhis tṛṣṇālavalubdhair yyāny apahṛ)tāni devabrahmadeyāni te¿p?ā-

⟨42⟩ m apy atisaralamanaḫprasaram utsaṅkalanānum(o)danābhyāṁ parimudita(tribhuvanābhinanditocchritotkṛṣṭadhavaladharmmadhvajaprakā)śitanijavaṅś¿a? devadvijagu¿kat? pra-

⟨43⟩ ti (yathārha)m anavara(ta)prava(rttita)mah¿a?⟨d⟩draṅgādidānavya¿y?an¿a?nupa(jātasantoṣopāttodārakīrttipaṁkti)paraṁparādantu¿d?itanikhiladikcakravālaḥ spaṣṭa-

⟨44⟩ (m eva ya)th¿a?rtha⟨ṁ⟩ dharmm¿a?dity¿a?para(nā)mā paramam(ā)heśvaraḥ (śrīkharagrahas tasyāgrajanmanaẖ kumudaṣaṇḍaśrīvikāsinyā kalāvataś candrikayeva) kīrttyā dhavali¿n?tasakaladiṅmaṇḍa-

⟨45⟩ lasya (kh)aṇḍ¿a?tāgur(u)v(ile)pana(piṇḍa)śy¿a?[mala](vindhyaśailavipulapayodharābhogāyāḥ kṣoṇyāḥ patyuḥ śrīśīlādityasya sūnu)r nnavapr¿a?leyakiraṇa I¿d?a pratidina(saṁ)-

⟨46⟩ vard(dh)amānakalācakrav¿a?la(ḥ kesa)r(ī)ndraśiśur iva rājalakṣmīm a(calavanasthalīm ivālamkurvāṇaḥ śikhaṇḍiketana Iva rucima)rucima⟨c⟩(cūḍā)maṇḍanaḥ pracaṇḍaśaktiprabh¿a?vaś ca

⟨47⟩ (śaradā)gama Iva pratāpav(ā)n ullasatpadmaḥ (saṁyuge vidalayann ambhodharān iva paragajān udaya Eva tapanabālātapa Iva saṁgrāme mu)ṣṇann abhimukhānām āyū(ṅṣ)i

⟨48⟩ (dvi)ṣat¿a?ṁ param(āhe)śvaraḥ śrīśīlādityaḥ kuśalī sarvvān (eva samājñāpayaty) (astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāya)nāya Ānandapuravinirgga(ta)-

⟨49⟩ śrīvalabhīvāstavya(tattrai)vidyasāmānya(gārgya)sagotra(chandogasabrahmacāri)brāhmaṇa(śrīdharadattaputra)brāhmaṇaya(j)ñadattaprakāśadvināmayaj(ñā)ya

⟨50⟩ surāṣṭreṣu kalākṣyeṭake paś(u)vaṭikāgrām(e Aparasīmni) [ku]ṭumbi[***]prakṛṣṭa(bhū)pādāvarttaśataparimāṇaṁ kṣetraṁ yasyāghāṭanāni

⟨51⟩ (p)¿u?rvvataḥ dāsakasatkakṣetraṁ ⁓ dakṣiṇataḥ devakulap(ā)ṭaka(grāmasīmā) Aparataḥ devakula(pā)ṭakagrāma(sīmeva) Uttarataḥ brāhmaṇa(so)ṭṭa(ka)satkakṣ(e)traṁ

⟨52⟩ tathā Aparasīmny (e)va tretarikā paṁcaviṅśatibhūpādāvarttaparisarā vāp(ī) yasy¿a?ḥ pūrvvataḥ (brā)hmaṇagopadinnasatkakṣetraṁ dakṣiṇataḥ bahu-Ārāṇaka-

⟨53⟩ grāmas(ī)mā Aparataḥ brāhmaṇasarasvat(ī)satkakṣetraṁ Uttarataḥ brāhmaṇabābha(satkakṣetraṁ tathā hastavaprāhāre) sādhisā(va)sadhigrāme Aparasīmni daṭabhā--

⟨54⟩ llarikābidhānā dvātriṅśa⟨d⟩ bhūpā¿pad?arttaparisarā vāpī yasy¿a?ḥ pūrvvataḥ brāhma(ṇa)mātṛśarmmakṣetra(ṁ ⁓ dakṣiṇataḥ Ī)śvarakṣetraṁ ⁓ Aparataḥ santāputragrāmasī-

⟨55⟩ masandhiḥ Uttarataḥ (kuṭu)mbisamaśvarakṣetra⟨ṁ⟩ ⁓ tathāparadakṣiṇa(sīmni bhū)pā(dāvartta)śataparim(ā)ṇaṁ (ṇa)[*](prakṛṣṭakṣetraṁ) yasya pūrvvataḥ vivītaṁ ⁓ dakṣiṇataḥ Umbaka-

⟨56⟩ kṣetra¿ḥ? Aparataḥ khe(ṭa)kapadrakagrāmas(īma)sandhiḥ Uttarataḥ (gāgraśvarakṣetraṁ) Evam idam ¿a?gh(ā)ṭanaviśuddha(ṁ vāpīdvayasa)manvita(ṁ) kṣetradvayaṁ so{d}draṅgaṁ sopari-

⟨57⟩ karaṁ sabh(ū)tav¿a?tapraty¿a?yaṁ sadh¿a?(n)yahiraṇy¿a?deyaṁ sadaśāparādhaṁ (sotpa)dyam¿a?naviṣṭikaṁ (sarvvarājakīyānā)¿p i?hastaprakṣ(e)paṇ(īyaṁ) p¿u?rvvaprattadevabrahmadeyara¿d?dita(ṁ) bh(ū)micchi-

⟨58⟩ (dranyā)yenā(ca)ndr¿a?⟨r⟩kk¿a?rṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamak¿a?l(ī)na⟨ṁ⟩ put(rapau)trānvayabhogyam udak(ā)tisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo ni(sṛ)ṣṭa⟨ṁ⟩ yato syocitayā br¿ā?hmad(e)yasthity¿a? bhuṁjataḥ kṛ-

⟨59⟩ (ṣataẖ) karṣayataḥ (pra)diśato vā na k(ai)ścid vy¿a?s¿a?dh¿a? va(r)ttitavyam āgāmi(bhadranṛpatibhir) apy asmadva(ṅśa)¿da?r any¿a?r vv¿a? Anityāny (ai)śvaryy(ā)ṇy asthira⟨ṁ⟩ mānuṣya⟨ṁ⟩ (sā)mānya⟨ṁ⟩ ca bhūmidānapha(la)m a-

⟨60⟩ (va)gac(chadbh)ir a(ya)m a(sma)ddāy(o numantav)ya⟨ḥ⟩ parip¿a?layitavya⟨ḥ⟩ ¿ra?ty ¿a?ktañ ca ∥ bahubhi(r) vvasudhā (bhuktā rājabhi)⟨ḥ⟩ (sagarādi)bhi⟨ḥ⟩ yasya yasya yad¿a? bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phala⟨ṁ⟩ ∥ yān(ī)ha dāri(drya)-

⟨61⟩ (bhayān narendrai)r dhan(ā)ni dharmmāyatanīkṛtāni nirbbhuktamālyapratim(ā)ni tāni (ko nā)ma sā¿g?uḫ punar ¿a?dad¿i?ta ∥ ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasr(āṇi svargge)-

⟨62⟩ (tiṣṭhati) bhūmidaḥ Ācch¿ā?ttā cānumant¿a? ca tā(ny e)va narake (va)s(eT) dūtako tra rājaputradhruva(se)naḥ

⟨62⟩ [li]khitam idaṁ san(dhi)¿dhi?gra(hā)dhikṛtadivirapatiśrīskandabhaṭa(putradivirapa)tiśrīmadanahilen(eti) saṁ 300 40 8 mārggaśira ba 3 svahast(o) mama †∥

Bibliography

Grant portion first edited by G. V. Acharya; neither estampages nor translation (Acharya 1925, № 5). Fully edited by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of photographs of the original.

Primary

[GVA] Acharya, Girjashankar Vallabhaji. 1925. “Notes on some unpublished Valabhī copper plates belonging to the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society and lent to the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India.” JBBRAS 1, pp. 65–75. [URL]. Item 5.