Dedication of a Khasarpaṇa Lokeśvara image, Mahendrapāla, year 2
Editors: Rajat Sanyal, Arlo Griffiths.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSBengalDed00104.
Hand description:
Standard Pāla-period Siddhamātr̥kā.
Language: Sanskrit.
Repository: Bengal Dedication Inscriptions (tfb-bengalded-epigraphy).
Version: (63d64fe), last modified (4149c88).
Edition
⟨1⟩ ⟨Zone 1⟩@ saṁm(v)aT 2 (śrī-mahendrap?)āla-⟨⟨deva⟩⟩-pravarddha⟨Zone 2⟩mā(na)-vijaya-rā⟨2⟩⟨Zone 1⟩(jye) [8×]r eva ⟨Zone 2⟩hu(sa) [4×]je-śr(ī)- ⟨3⟩ ⟨Zone 1⟩[ca. 2×] ta ⟨Zone 2⟩de [4×] de(va)⟨4⟩⟨Zone 1⟩[ca. 2×]dhyā⟨Zone 2⟩ya[ca. 3×] ⟨5⟩ ⟨Zone 1⟩[1×] Anu⟨Zone 2⟩ttara [3×] ⟨6⟩ ⟨Zone 1⟩[1×]kana⟨Zone 2⟩[2×]
Translation
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Bibliography
First edited by G. Bhattacharya (1986), whose article was subsequently included in the same scholar’s collected writings (2000). This digital edition (2025) by Rajat Sanyal from published documentation, with assistance from Arlo Griffiths.
Primary
[B] Bhattacharya, Gourishwar. 1986. “Two inscribed Buddhist images from the Museum of Indian Art, Berlin.” In: Deyadharma: studies in memory of Dr. D.C. Sircar. Edited by Gouriswar Bhattacharya. Sri Garib Dass Oriental Series 33. Delhi: Sri Satguru, pp. 29–45. Pages 32–38.
Secondary
Bhattacharya, Gouriswar and Enamul Haque. 2000. Essays on Buddhist, Hindu, Jain iconography & epigraphy. Studies in Bengal Art 1. Dhaka: The International Centre for Study of Bengal Art. Pages 61–73, 529–532.
Sanyal, Rajat. 2009. “Dedicatory inscriptions of the time of Mahendrapāla: a fresh appraisal.” In: Prajñādhara: Essays on Asian art history, epigraphy and culture in honour of Gouriswar Bhattacharya. Edited by Gerd J. R. Mevissen and Arundhati Banerji. New Delhi: Kaveri Books, pp. 302–318. Pages 304–305, item 1.
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