Damodarpur Charter 2 (GE 128) of Kumāragupta I

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh (daba).

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified) (brāhmī_southern_unspecified)].

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⟨1⟩ sa[ṁ] 100 20 8 vaiśākha di 10 3 para(ma-daiva)ta-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-(śrī-)[kumā]-
⟨2⟩ ragupte pr̥thivī-patau (tat-pāda)-parigr̥hītasya pu(ṇḍra)vardhana-bhuktāv upa(rika-ci)rātadatta(sya)
⟨3⟩ bhogenā(nuva)ha(mānaka)-koṭiva(rṣa)-viṣaye tan-niyuktaka-ku(mā)rāmātya-ve(tra)-
⟨4⟩ varmmaṇi Adhiṣṭhānā(dhika)ra(ṇañ ca) nagara-(śre)ṣṭhi-dhr̥tipāla-sārthavā(ha)-¿(v)?(andhumi)tra-pra(tha)-
⟨5⟩ ma-kulika-dhr̥timitra-prathama-kāyastha-(śaṁva)pāla-puro(ge) sa¿m?vyava(hara)ti [yataḥ] sa[…]
⟨6⟩ vijñāpitaṁ A(rha)tha mama pa(ñca)-mahāyajña-pravarttanāyānuvr̥ttāpradākṣaya-nī[vī-dharmma-?]
⟨7⟩ maryyādayā dātum iti Etad-vijñāpyam upalabhya pustapā(la)-risidatta-jayana(ndi-vi)[bhudattānām ava]-
⟨8⟩ dhāraṇayā dīyatām ity u(tpa)nne Etasmād ya(thā)nuvr̥tta-traidīnāri(kya-ku)lyavāpe(na)

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⟨9⟩ (dva)yam upa(saṁgr̥)hya (Airā)vatāg(u/o)-rājye paści¿ṇ?a-diśi paṇca-dro(ṇā)
⟨10⟩ Aragha(ṭṭa)-pānakaiś ca ¿sahiteti? dattāḥ⟨.⟩ tad uttara-kālaṁ sa¿m?vyavahāribhiḥ (dharmmam avekṣyā)nu(ma)-
⟨11⟩ ntavyāḥ⟨.⟩ Api ca bhūmi-dāna-¿samvaddhām? imau ślokau bhavataḥ pūrvva-dattāṁ dvijāti(bhyo)
⟨12⟩ yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira mahīṁ mahī¿v?atāṁ śreṣṭha dānāc chreyo nupālanaṁ vahubhir vvasudhā dattā dī(ya)te ca
⟨13⟩ punaḥ punaḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalam iti

Bibliography

First noticed and edited in Basak 1919–1920, pp. 132–134. Date corrected in Dikshit 1923–1924. Discussed in Basak 1925.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00028). Encoding updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

Secondary

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 24.

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 1272.

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 19.

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 28.

Goyal, Śrīrām. 1993. गुप्तकालीन अभिलेख/Guptakālīna Abhilekha (Inscriptions of the Gupta Age). Jodhpur: Kusumanjali Prakashan. Items 179-182.

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<l n="d">dānāc chreyo nupālanaṁ</l>

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<l n="a">vahubhir vvasudhā dattā</l>

<l n="b">dī<unclear>ya</unclear>te ca <lb n="13"/>punaḥ punaḥ</l>

<l n="c">yasya yasya yadā bhūmis</l>

<l n="d">tasya tasya tadā phalam</l>

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