# Mandsaur Inscription of Dattabhaṭa

Dániel Balogh

Alternative title: Mandasor Stone Inscription of the Time of Prabhakara,
Mandasor Inscription of Malava Samvat 524

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00064

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00064.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ siddhaM

1. Vasantatilakā

ye(n)edam udbhava-nirodha-paraṁparāyāṁ
magnaṁ jagad vividha-duẖkha-nirantarāyāM
tittrāsunā tripadi¿r?⟨k⟩o niradeśi dharmmas
tasmai namo ⟨’⟩stu sugatā(ya gatāya) śāntiM

2. Upajāti

⟨2⟩ guptānvaya-vyomani candrakalpaḥ
śrī-candragupta-prathitābhidhānaḥ
Asīn nr̥po loka-vilocanānāṁ
navoditaś candra Ivāpaharttā

3. Upajāti

bhuvaḥ patī(nāṁ bhu)vi (bhū)patitvam
ācchidya ⟨3⟩ dhī-vikkrama-sādhanena
nādyāpi mokṣaṁ samupaiti yena
sva-vaṁśya-pāśair avapāśitā bhūḥ

4. Upajāti

govindavat khyāta-guṇa-prabhāvo
govindaguptorjji⟨ta⟩-nā(ma-dhe)yaM
vasundhareśa⟨4⟩s tanayaṁ prajajñe
sa dity-adit(y)os tanayais sarūpaM

5. Upajāti

yasmin nr̥pair astam-ita-pratāpaiś
śirobhir āliṅgita-pāda-padme|
vicāra-dolā(ṁ) vibudhādhipo ⟨’⟩pi
śaṅkā-parītaḥ ⟨5⟩ samupāruroha

6. Upajāti

sen(ā)patis tasya babhūva nāmnā
vāyv-ādinā rakṣita-paścimena
yasyāri-se(nā)s samupetya senāṁ
na kasyacil locana-mārggam īyuḥ

7. Upajāti

śaucānu⟨6⟩rāga-vya{ṁ}vasāya-medhā-
dākṣya-kṣamādiṅ guṇa-rāśim ekaḥ
yaśaś ca yaś candra-marīci-gauraṁ
dadhāra dhārādhara-dhīra-ghoṣaḥ

8. Upajāti

Udīcya-bhūbhr̥t-kula-candrikāyāṁ
sa rā(ja)putryā(ṁ) ⟨7⟩ janayāṁ babhūva(|)
nāmnātmajaṁ dattabhaṭaṁ guṇānāṁ
kīrtteś ca yo ⟨’⟩bhūn nilayaḥ pi(te)va(|)

9. Upajāti

dāne dhaneśaṁ dhiyi vāci ceśaṁ
ratau smaraṁ saṁyati pāśa-pāṇiM
yam artthi⟨8⟩-vidvat-pramadāri-varggās
sambhāvayāṁ cakkrur anekadhaikaM

10. Upajāti

guptānvayāri-druma-dhūmaketuḥ
prabhākaro bhūmipatir yyam enaM
sveṣām balānāṁ baladeva-vīryyaṁ
guṇā⟨9⟩nurāgād adhipaṁ cakāra|

11. Upajāti

cikīrṣuṇā pratyupakāra-leśaṁ
tenaiṣa pitroḥ śubha-yoga-siddhyai|
stūpa-prapārāma-varair upetaḥ
kūpo ⟨’⟩rṇṇavāgādha-jalo (n)yakhāni|

12. Upajāti

yasmi⟨10⟩n suhr̥t-saṅgama-śītalañ ca
mano munīnām iva nirmmalaṁ ca|
vaco gurūṇām iva cāmbu patthyaṁ
pepīyamānaḥ sukham eti lokaḥ|

13. Upajāti

śaran-niśā-nātha-karāmalāyā
⟨11⟩ vikkhyāpake mālava-va¿ṅ?śa-kīrtteḥ|
śarad-gaṇe pañcaśate vyatīte
tri-ghātitāṣṭābhyadhike kkrameṇa|

14. Upajāti

bhr̥ṅgāṅga-bhārālasa-bāla-padme
kāle prapanne ramaṇīya-sāle|
⟨12⟩ gatāsu deśāntarita-priyāsu
priyāsu kāma-jvalanāhutitvaM

15. Upajāti

nātyuṣṇa-śītānila-kampiteṣu
pravr̥tta-mattānyabhr̥ta-sva¿t?⟨n⟩eṣu|
priyādharoṣṭhāruṇa-pallaveṣu
⟨13⟩ navāṁ va(ha)tsūpavaneṣu kānti(M)

16. Upajāti

yo dhātu-mātre hata-dhātu-doṣaḥ
sarvva-kriyā-siddhim uvāca tasya|
kundendu-śubhro ⟨’⟩bbhra-vighr̥ṣṭa-yaṣṭir
ayaṁ kr̥to dhātu-dharaḥ sa-kūpaḥ|

17. Pr̥thvī

⟨14⟩ Aneka-sarid-aṅganāṅga-paribhoga-nityotsavo
mahārṇṇava Ivāmbu¿t?⟨n⟩o nicaya Eṣa mā bhū⟨t⟩ kṣayī|
surāsura-naroragendra-mahito ⟨’⟩py ayaṁ dhātu-dhr̥k
paraitu sama⟨15⟩-kālatām amara-bhūdharārkkendubhiḥ|

18. Anuṣṭubh

stūpa-kūpa-prapārāmā
ye caite parikīrttitāḥ
loko¿n?⟨t⟩tara-vihārasya
sīmni te ⟨’⟩bhyantarīkr̥tā⟨ḥ⟩||

ravilasya kr̥tiḥ|

## Bibliography

First reported by M. B. Garde in ARASI 1922–23, p. 187, edited (with
plate) in Garde [1956] 1947–1948. Discussed in Bose [1942] 1937–1938,
pp. 328–330, Agrawal 1946, Agrawal 1970 and Mirashi 1980.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant
Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00064). Encoding
updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

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