# Tumain Stone Inscription of Harideva and Brothers

Dániel Balogh

Alternative title: Tumain Inscription of Kumāragupta, year 116; Tumain
Inscription of Ghatotkacagupta

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00024

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00024.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-09-16 10:40 (3083d2d), last modified 2026-09-16 09:24
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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [ca. 25+]

1. Mālinī

[jayati?] [⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑–⏓]
[⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑–⏓]
[⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑–] (ri)r yyasya loka-ttrayānte|
caraṇa-kamalam a(n)tyaṁ vandy¿e?⟨a⟩te siddhasa¿ṅ?haiḥ

2. Sragdharā

rājā śrī-candraguptas tad-anu jayati yo medinīṁ sāgarāntāM|
⟨2⟩ [––––⏑––⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑––⏑––⏑–⏓]
[––––⏑––⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑––⏑––⏑–⏓]
[––––⏑––⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑––⏑––⏑–⏓]

3. Upajāti

śrī-candraguptasya mahendra-kalpaḥ
kumāraguptas-tanayas-sama(gr)āM|
rarakṣa sādhvīm iva dharmma-patnīM|
vīryyāgra-hastair upaguhya bhūmiM|

⟨3⟩ [ca. 44×]

4. Vasantatilakā

[––⏑–⏑⏑⏑–⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[––⏑–⏑⏑⏑–⏑⏑] (gā)gga-gauraḥ
kṣity-ambare guṇa-samūha-ma(y)ūkha-jālo_
nāmnoditas sa tu ghaṭotkacagupta-candraḥ

5. Upajāti

sa pūrvvajānāṁ sthira-sa¿tv?a-kīrttir
bhujārjjitāṁ kīrttim abhiprapadya||
⟨4⟩ [⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]

[ca. 44+]

6. Upajāti

[guptānvayā?]nāṁ vasudheśvarāṇāM|
samāśate ṣoḍaśavarṣayukte|
kumāragupte nr̥patau p¿ri?⟨r̥⟩thivyāM|
virāj¿ā?⟨a⟩māne śaradīva sūryye||

7. Upajāti

vaṭodake sādhu-janādhi(vā)[se]
⟨5⟩ [⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]

8. Upajāti

[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–] taś
śrīdeva Ity-ūrjjita-nāmadheyaḥ

9. Upajāti

tad-agrajo bhūd dharideva-saṁjñas
tato nujo yas tu sa dhanyadevaḥ
tato varo yaś ca sa bhadradevas
tataẖ kanīyān api saṅ¿h?⟨gh⟩adeva(ḥ)

10. Upajāti

⟨6⟩ [⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑–] [.](ā)[.](ana)-sakta-cittāḥ
samāna-(vr̥tt)ākr̥(t)i-(bhāva-dhīr?)āḥ
kr̥(t)ālayās t(u)mbavane babhūvuḥ||

11. Upajāti

akārayaṁs te giri-ś¿ri?⟨r̥⟩ṅga-tuṅgaṁ
śaśi-[prabhaṁ] deva-(n)i[keta?] ⟨7⟩ [naṁ?] [1×]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]

[…]

## Bibliography

First noticed in Garde 1920. Edited in Garde 1941–1942. Summarised in
Trivedi & Trivedi 2001, pp. 12–13 (No. 2).

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant
Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00024). Encoding
updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

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