गुप्त अभिलेख संग्रह (जे. एफ. फ्लीट - गुप्त सम्राटों एवं परवर्ती नरेशों के ऐतिहासिक पाषाण व ताम्रलेख)

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 38, PLATE XXIV. 165
what may be called the Saurâshṭra or Kâṭhiâwâḍ alphabet of the sixth century A.D. They
include, in line 36, forms of the numerical symbols for 2, 5, 10, 50, and 200.—The lan-
guage is Sanskrit; and, except for the benedictive and imprecatory verses in lines 33 to 35,
the inscription is in prose throughout.—In respect of orthography, the only points that
call for notice are (1) the use of the upadhmânîya, once, in pâdâvarttâḥ=pañchadaśa,
line 23; and (2) the use of the guttural nasal, instead of the anusvâra, before ś, once, in
ashṭâviṅśati, line 25.
The inscription is one of the Mahârâja Dharasêna II., of the family of the
Kings of Valabhî; and the charter recorded in it is issued from the city of Valabhî,
the modern Walâ,¹ the chief town of the Walâ State in the Gôhilwâḍ Prânt or Division
of Kâṭhiâwâḍ. Its date, in numerical symbols, is the year two hundred and fifty-two
(A.D. 571-72); and the fifteenth lunar day of the dark fortnight of the month Vaiśâkha
(April-May). It is a non-sectarian inscription; the object of it being simply to record the
grant, by the Mahârâja Dharasêna II., to a Brâhmaṇ, for the maintenance of the five
great sacrificial rites, of some lands at the villages of Antaratrâ, Ḍombhigrâma,
and Vajragrâma.
TEXT.²
First Plate.
1 Ôm Svasti Valabhitaḥ prasabha-praṇat-âmitrâṇâṁ Maitrakâṇâm=atula-
bala-sa[ṁ*]panna-maṇḍalâbhôga-saṁsakta-saṁprahâra-śata-labdha-pratâpaḥ
2 pratâp-ôpanata-dâna-mân-ârjjav-ôpârjjit-ânurâg-ânurakta-maulabhṛita-mitra-śrêṇî-bal-
âvâpta-râjya-śrîḥ paramamâhêśvaraḥ śrî-sênâpati-
3 Bhaṭârkkaḥ [॥*] Tasya sutas=tat-pâda-rajô-ruṇ-âvanata-pavitrîkṛita-śirâḥ śirô-
vanata-śatru-chûḍâmaṇi-prabhâ-vichchhurita-pâda-nakha-paṅkti-dîdhîtir=ddî-
4 n-ânâtha-kṛipaṇa-jan-ôpajîvyamâna-vibhavaḥ paramamâhêśvaraḥ śrî-sênâpati-
Dharasênas=Tasy=ânujas=tat-pâda-praṇâma-praśastatara-vimala-
5 maṇir³=Mmanv-âdi-praṇîta-vidhi-vidhâna-dharmmâ Dharmmarâja iva vihita-
vinaya-vyavasthâ-paddhatir=akhila-bhuvana-maṇḍal-âbhôg-aika-svâminâ
parama-svâminâ
6 svayam=upahita-râjy-âbhishêkaḥ mahâ-viśrâṇan-âvapûta-râjya-śrîḥ parama-
mâhêśvarô mahârâja-Drôṇasiṁhaḥ siṁha iva [॥] Tasy=ânujaḥ sva-bhuja-
7 bala-parâkramêṇa para-gaja-ghaṭ-ânîkânâm=êka-vijayî śaraṇ-aishiṇâṁ
śaraṇam=avavôbdhâ⁴ śâstr-ârtha-tatvânâṁ kalpatarur=iva suhṛit-pra-
8 ṇayinâṁ yathâbhilashita-kâma-phal-ôpabhôga-daḥ paramabhâgavataḥ śrî-
mahârâja-Dhruvasênas=Tasy=ânujas=tach-charaṇâravinda-praṇati-pra-
9 vidhaut-âśêsha-kalmashaḥ suviśuddha-bhya(sva)-charit-ôdaka-prakshâlita-sakala-
Kali-kalaṅkaḥ prasabha-nirjjit-ârâti-paksha-prathita-mahima
10 paramâdityabhaktaḥ śrî-mahârâja-Dharapaṭṭas=Tasy=âtmajas=tat-pâda-saparyy-
âvâpta-puṇy-ôdaya[ḥ] śaiśavât=prabhṛiti khaḍga-dvitîya-bâhur=ê-
¹The 'Vala, Wala, Waleth, and Wulleh,' of maps, &c.; eighteen miles west by north from
Bhâwnagar. Lat. 21° 52′ N.; Long. 71° 57′ E.
²From the original plates.
³The Jhar grant of the same Mahârâja (Ind. Ant. Vol. XV. p. 187 f.), drawn up from the same
standard draft, gives here the fuller and better reading of praśastatara-vimala-mauli-maṇir.
⁴Read svabôddhâ.