# Mehrauli Iron Pillar Inscription of Candra

Dániel Balogh

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

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Language: Sanskrit [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)]

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## Edition

1. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨1⟩ yasyodvarttayataḥ pratīpam urasā śattrūn sametyāgatān
vaṅgeṣv āhava-varttino bhilikhitā khaḍgena kīrttir bhuje
⟨2⟩ tīrtvā sapta mukhāni yena samare sindhor jjitā vāhlikā
yasyādyāpy adhivāsyate jalanidhir vvīryy-ānilair ddakṣiṇaḥ

2. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨3⟩ khinnasyeva visr̥jya gāṁ narapater ggām āśritasyetarāṁ
mūrtyā karmma-jitāvaniṁ gatavataḥ kīrtyā sthitasya kṣitau
⟨4⟩ śāntasyeva mahā-vane hutabhujo yasya pratāpo mahān
nādyāpy utsr̥jati praṇāśita-ripor yyatnasya śeṣaḥ kṣiti(M)

3. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨5⟩ prāptena sva-bhujārjjitañ ca sucirañ caikādhirājyaṁ kṣitau
candrāhvena samagra-candra-sadr̥śīṁ vaktra-śriyaṁ bibhratā
⟨6⟩ tenāyaṁ praṇidhāya bhūmipatinā dhāvena viṣṇ¿o?⟨au⟩ matiṁ
prā¿n?⟨ṁ⟩śur vviṣṇupade girau bhagavato viṣṇor dhvajaḥ sthāpitaḥ

## Bibliography

First noticed (with eye copy) in Prinsep 1834. Revised in Prinsep 1838,
pp. 629–631. Further revised in Bhau Daji 1875. Critically edited in
Fleet 1888. Discussed in Shastri 1913, Rana 1970, Vajpeyi 1972. Identity
of Candra discussed in Goyal 1993, pp. 84–91.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant
Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00015). Encoding
updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

### Secondary

Fleet, John Faithfull. 1888. Inscriptions of the early Gupta kings and
their successors. First edition. Vol. 3. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum.
Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing. Item 32.

Bhandarkar, Devadatta Ramakrishna, Bahadur Chand Chhabra & Govind
Swamirao Gai. 1981. Inscriptions of the early Gupta kings. Corpus
inscriptionum indicarum 3, revised edition. New Delhi: Archaeological
survey of India. Item 12.

Bhandarkar, Devadatta Ramakrishna. 1927–1936. A list of the inscriptions
of northern India in Brahmi and its derivative scripts, from about 200
A. C.: Appendix to Epigraphia Indica and record of the Archaeological
Survey of India, volumes XIX to XXIII. Calcutta: Archaeological Survey
of India. [URL]. Item 1543.

Sircar, Dines Chandra. 1965. Select inscriptions bearing on Indian
history and civilization. Volume I: from the sixth century B.C. to the
sixth century A.D. 2nd edition revised and enlarged. Calcutta:
University of Calcutta. Book III, item 14.

Agrawala, Prithvi Kumar. 1983. Imperial Gupta Epigraphs
(गुप्ताधिराजलेखमण्डल). Ancient Indian Epigraphical Sources (प्रत्नाभिलेखसंहिता)
10, pt. 1 / 2. Varanasi: Books Asia, Distributed by Prithvi Prakashan.
Item 15.

Goyal, Śrīrām. 1993. गुप्तकालीन अभिलेख/Guptakālīna Abhilekha (Inscriptions
of the Gupta Age). Jodhpur: Kusumanjali Prakashan. Items 77-91.