# Dedication of a stone Khasarpaṇa Lokeśvara image, Mahendrapāla, year 2

Rajat Sanyal and Arlo Griffiths

Authors of digital edition: Rajat Sanyal, Arlo Griffiths

Identifier: DHARMA_INSBengalDed00109

Repository: Bengal Dedication Inscriptions (tfb-bengalded-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSBengalDed00109.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Siddhamātr̥kā]

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## Palaeographic description

Standard Pāla-period Siddhamātr̥kā.

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## 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 & 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 & Arundhati Banerji. New Delhi: Kaveri
Books, pp. 302–318. Pages 304–305, item 1.