Nalanda Seal Legend 2 of Kumāragupta II

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh (daba).

Contributor: Dániel Balogh (daba).

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Southern Brāhmī (other) (brāhmī_southern_other)].

Repository: Siddham (siddham).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00054.

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⟨1⟩ sa[r]vva-r[ā]jocch[e]ttuḫ pr̥thivyām apratirathasya mahārāja-śrī-gupta-prapauttrasya ma(h)ār(ā)ja-śrī-gha(ṭ)otka(ca-p)au(ttrasya mahā)-
⟨2⟩ rājādhirāja-ś(r)ī-candragupta-puttrasya licchavi-dauhittrasya mahādevyāṁ kumāradevyām utpannasya mahārājādhirāja-
⟨3⟩ -(śrī-sa)mudraguptasya puttras tat-parigr̥hīto mahādevyā¿n? dattadevyām utpannas s(va)yaṁ cāpratirathaḫ parama-(bh)āga-
⟨4⟩ (vato ma)hārājādhir(ā)ja-śrī-candrag(u)ptas tasya puttras (ta)t-p(ā)d(ā)nudh(y)āto mahādevyāṁ dhruvadevyām utpanno mah(ā)rā-
⟨5⟩ jādhirāja-śrī-kumāraguptas ta(s)ya puttras tat-pādānuddhyāto mahādevyām anantadevyām utpanno mahā-
⟨6⟩ r(ā)jādhirāja-śrī-puruguptas tasya puttras tat-pādānuddhyāt(o) mahā-devyāṁ śrī-candradevyām utpann(o) mahā-
⟨7⟩ rājādhirāja-śrī-narasiṁhagup(ta)s tasya puttras tat-pādānuddhyāto mahādevyāṁ śrī-(m)ittrade-
⟨8⟩ (vyā)m u(tpanna)ḫ parama-bhāgavato mahārājādhirāja-śrī-kumāraguptaḥ

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Bhandarkar says the two halves of this broken seal are extant, but his plate only shows one half (or shows another specimen, as he also reports "several" specimens in total, of which two are complete). I show unclear and restored readings as Bhandarkar shows in his edition. No other editors treat specimen 2 separately.

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Note also that Bhandarkar prints mahāra (for mahārā) at the end of line 5 and does not show where the unclear portion ends in line 7 - corrected the former and guessed the latter.

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