# Hà Trung stele (C. 260), between 898 and 909 CE

Arlo Griffiths

Author of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIC00260

Repository: Campā (tfc-campa-epigraphy)

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSCIC00260.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Cam]

Commit: 2026-09-19 07:34 (e13d61a), last modified 2026-09-16 06:32
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## Palaeographic description

Script of the Indrapura period, with several archaizing traits.

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## Edition

⟨A1⟩ [Oṁ namaś] ś[iv]ā[ya]

1. Śārdūlavikrīdịta

⟨2⟩ yasyātyantatama-śriyām adhipater urvvy-uttamāṁ vy-uttamāṁ _
śreyo-’ṅghri-dvaya-vārjj(a)[ge raja] ⟨3⟩ si dhī-bhāsā surās sāsurāḥ _
kr̥tvā bhaktim uru-prabhāṁ tri-bhuvanottejasvinīṁ jasvinīṁ _
dedīp(y) ⎼ ⏑ ⏑ ⎼ ⏑ ⎼ ⟨4⟩ tra mahatā śuddhy-ātmanādhyātmanā |||

II. [vasantatilakā] tāny udbhave tri-bhuvanāni yato bhavanti _
saṁhāra-kāla ⏑ ⏑ ⎼ ⏑ ⏑ ⎼ ⏑ ⎼ ⎼ ⟨5⟩ bhūyas sthitau bhuvana-janma-nidhiṁ
samastaṁ _ yo ’jasram ūrjjita-guṇaḥ kurute ghr̥ṇābhiḥ ||| III.
[sragdharā] (ś)rīmantaṁ su ⏑ ⎼ ⎼ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⟨6⟩ -nidhanaṁm
varmma-hī-maṅgalāḍhya _ dhyā(ya)ntīty ātma-buddhyā sa-kr̥ti-muni-gaṇā
brahma-devādy-ajā[tāḥ _] ⎼ ⎼ ⟨7⟩ votkr̥ṣṭi-tejasvinam ajam asama(ṁ) yaṁ
hy an-ādy-anta-maddhya _ sa śrī-bhadreśvaro ’yañ jayati su-tarasā
sampa(de) ⎼ ⏑ ⎼ ⎼ [|||] ⟨8⟩ tasyaiva
sakala-jagad-udaya-sthiti-bhaṅga-kāraṇasyākāraṇasyānādi-maddhyāntasya
kṣapita¬-bha-d{4/5} ⟨9⟩ sya
janita-satatāvanata-jana-hita-sukha-sampatti-pravicaya-lakṣmī-nidhānasya
sakala-¬bhu-vana-{4/5} ⟨10⟩
-kr̥ta-joṣṭr̥-tapodhana-sura-daitya-mahoragendra-¬hiraṇya¬garbhbhopendra-¬para¬ma¬-bhadrasya
bhagava(to) {3/4} ⟨11⟩ ntākhila-bhuvana-(tala)-bhadrāspadasya
śrī-bhadreśvara-¬deva¬-deva¬syātitigma-tejaso mahā(ś)reya{4/5} ⟨12⟩
nta-vr̥ddh(a)tayā
sakala-loka-diṅ-maṇḍalot¬kr̥ṣṭy-ati-śaya-¬kr̥tsna-¬pura-cūḍāmaṇi-bhūtā
(ś)rī-campāma[ra-pura] ⟨13⟩ ndara-purīvāti(ś)obhate ⊙ IV. [sragdharā]
śrī-saty-utkr̥ṣṭa-vaṅśāmvara-tala-vilasat-pūrṇṇa-(ś)ītāṅśuvac-chrī [_] ⎼
⎼ ⎼ ⎼ ⟨14⟩ vatīrṇṇā sura-pati-jananīvābhavad yāpi tasyām· _ nāmnā
śrī-svarggadevīti su-jana-hita-sad-(bha)[kt]i ⎼ ⎼ ⏑ ⎼ ⎼ ⟨15⟩
prakhyātābhūn nr̥-lokā ⟨v⟩ r̥ta-caraṇa-yugāmbhoja-reṇūḥ pr̥thivyām· ||| V.
[upajāti de triṣṭubh] sa-visphurat-kuṇḍaC(i) ⎼ ⏑ ⎼ ⏓ ⟨16⟩ ś śikhādhvare
prajvaliteva dhāmnām· _ svoghena kīrtti-sthiti-bhājanena sā jājvalitīha
⏑ ⎼ ⏑ ⎼ ⏓ [|||] VI. [sragdharā] ⟨17⟩ tasyā(ś) śrī-bhūrbhuvassvaḥpatir
iva nr̥patiḥ prājya-tejo ’(t)i-tejo _ yas sūnu(ś ś)uddha-va[ṅś](o)
[’bhavad a] ⟨18⟩ khila-nr̥pair ānatāṅgo ’natāṅgoḥ _ vistīrṇṇaujobhir
ugraiḥ pralayita-nikh(il)[ātmātimā] ⟨19⟩ no ’timānoḥ _ pātra(ṁ)
sat-kānti-lakṣmyās sa dhiya Iva mahībhuṅ-nidhe(ś ś)rī-nidhe[ś ś]rī[ḥ
|||] ⟨20⟩ sutha ca || VII. [śārdūlavikrīḍita] śrī-pūrvvāmaravāsinīti
ka(tha)yāty-utkr̥ṣṭa-bhūrjjasvinī pūrvva-prājña-tapasvi ⎼ ⏑ ⏑ ⟨21⟩
Cu(v/dh)ān roṣāvr̥(tā)tmājñayā (ś)rī-mātreti ca yasya vi(ś)ruta-mateḥ
(ś)rī-svarggadevy[ā] ⏑ ⎼ ⟨22⟩ yā devīha suvr̥ddha-bhūmi-nagare bhaktyā
prati(ṣ)ṭhāpitā ⊙ VIII. [anuṣṭubh] (ś)reyo ’mara-sthites sampa ⏓ ⏓ ⏓
⟨23⟩ (A)mara-vāsinī śa(ś)vaj jayati sā devy o_jaserāyās tale satī |||
IX. [anuṣṭubh] Ājñā-l(e)ṅ· ⏓ ⏓ ⏓ ⏓ ⟨24⟩ rccāhvaya(ś) cā(v)arajo vateḥ
śrī-puṣkareśvaran tasyā_s sodaras so ’py ati(ṣ)ṭhipa[t]· [|||]

## Translation

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## Bibliography

First edited by Arlo Griffiths in .... based on the EFEO estampage n.
..., and on a photgtammetry made by Adeline Levivier in 2024.