# SII 4.136: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 136. (A.R. No. 38 of 1888). IN A ROCK-CUT CAVE AT
MAMANDUR

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv04p0i0136

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII04/DHARMA_INSSIIv04p0i0136.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Grantha]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ Avinita kasamṛddha [6+] vṛttamasya vija [8+] gandharvvaśāstramakhila
[2+] khila mukhodbhū(ta) [1+] ⟨2⟩ [9+] prājāpatya [4+]
nā(dbh)āvanāgama(naḥ) [3+] paṇḍuṁgandhā(nā) [2+] mpāñcāla nirmmita [1+]
⟨3⟩ khya [6+] nā [5+] ttā [8+] (ṣiketuna) [2+] ma(no)bhirāma [1+] maṁ
[4+] vālmikivarṇṇi(ta)⟨4⟩bharatānāya(ka) [7+] sabhā [7+] va(tsā)pahāra
[4+] pūṇāṁ(vajra)sāya(kaḥ) ⟨5⟩ [1+] ma(kṛta) [7+] ndhatacera [10+]
(mudā)rārtthamurvvaśī sarvvaśobhanā⟨6⟩[8+] varīñcanāṭakaM ∥
vyāsakalpasya [9+] magavadajjuka [4+]
syammattavilāsādipadamprahasanottamaṁ [1+] ⟨7⟩ [10+] (rṇṇa)mprabhṛta
[5+] samuttejita [8+] tuṣṭaya [5+]
ja(yasya)patyaśśatṛmallasya(bhūbhu)jaḥ ⟨8⟩ [7+]
ya(dbhra)marīvāptasammadāḥ ∥ yākavīnāmprakāśa [8+] vatta [10+]
(mpa)ttissamabuddhirivasthitā ⟨9⟩ [7+] gurusvaravarṇṇayā purā tasyāṁ
kavigi(ra jāsyā)rtthavatā(M) [4+] (Āpuṣṇu) śśiṣyatvameyuṣa(ḥ) ⟨10⟩ [6+]
prajñā(pa)tisamanvitāM ∥ prā [3+] ṇota [10+] (jyā)yayāsvaya [1+] ⟨11⟩
[6+] (kalpā)tpravivarjyavṛttidakṣiṇacitrākhya [11+] yitvā yadhāvidhi
⟨12⟩ [3+] ścavividhaiḥ kṛtvāvarṇṇacaturttha [1+] ∥
Aprāptapūrvvannirvveṣṭuvā(dya)śravaṇa [10+] kṛtavatīva [3+] ⟨13⟩
(śrī)kaṇṭha śrutiguṇāvasādhāra(ṇa)sampa(dā ⁓∥) dṛṣṭvevotkarṣaṇena [4+]
yinī [4+] kṣe(va) [4+] ⟨14⟩ [1+] yatovisavādaṁ lakṣmyā(manotsu)katayā ∥
yasyāśśīlaviśe(ṣa) [10+] yāyata [3+] yādattamanna [3+] ⟨15⟩ ke [1+]
kāntiyathārtthena candrale(kheva) yāgatā gātrandhaha [3+] ta [9+]
śāstre(ṣu)(ni)tyāvihitabudha [3+] ⟨16⟩ yeṣuparāṁ prīti [1+] pan=ta [3+]
(syavapuṣaḥ) ∥ [2+] (ni)tyavi(nī)tena satyasaṁ [9+]
syabhaktyāvarjjitamauḷinā [1+] ⟨17⟩ (sa)hasra [2+]
saṁpūrṇameghaśyāmasyagarji [11+] kṣi [10+] pata [1+] vat=tayā [∥]

## Commentary

The inscription is very badly damaged.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 4.136 by Krishna Sastri 1923 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1923. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume
IV: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada
countries and Ceylon. South Indian Inscriptions 4. Madras: Government
Press. Page 12, item 136.