# Dedication of a stone pillar, Mahendrapāla, year 5

Rajat Sanyal and Arlo Griffiths

Authors of digital edition: Rajat Sanyal, Arlo Griffiths

Identifier: DHARMA_INSBengalDed00112

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

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSBengalDed00112.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Siddhamātr̥kā]

Commit: 2026-09-09 14:21 (a19b8e5), last modified 2026-09-09 14:21
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## Palaeographic description

Pāla-period Siddhamātr̥kā with some modern traits. The anusvāra is
realized in its modern Bengali form; the avagraha is explicitly noted.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ꩜ samvat· 5 śrāvaṇa-dine 7 ⟨2⟩ śrī{|}-mahendrapāladeva-rājye ⟨3⟩
bhi¿(ch)?⟨kṣ⟩u-sujayagarbheṇa vuddha⟨4⟩-bhaṭṭārakāya pradatta⟨ḥ⟩
sta⟨5⟩mbho ’yaṁ satvārthahetoḥ |

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ bhi¿(ch)?⟨kṣ⟩u-sujayagarbheṇa ⬦ bhi¿cch?⟨kṣ⟩u-Ajayagarbheṇa S • The
second akṣara of the word intended as bhikṣu (or perhaps bhikkhu) is
very hard to recognize as the cchu that Dikshit read.

## Translation

During the reign of Śrī Mahendrapāladeva, year 5, on the seventh day of
(the month of) Śrāvaṇa, the monk (named) Sujayagarbha offered this
pillar to the Lord Buddha for the welfare of ⟨all⟩ beings.

## Bibliography

First edited by K. N. Dikshit (1938). This digital edition (2025) by
Rajat Sanyal from published documentation, with assistance from Arlo
Griffiths.

### Primary

[S] Dikshit, Kashinath. 1938. Excavations at Paharpur, Bengal. Memoirs
of the Archaeological Survey of India 55. Delhi: Manager of
publications. [URL]. Pages 74–75, plate LXV (a).

### Secondary

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. Page 306, item 4.