# Paharpur Charter of the Time of Budhagupta

Dániel Balogh

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00065

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

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Language: Sanskrit [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-09-16 10:40 (3083d2d), last modified 2026-09-16 09:24
(c200993)

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## Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti⟨.⟩ puṇḍra(varddha)nād āyuktak(ā/aḥ)
āryya-nagara-śreśṭhi-purogañ cādhiṣṭhānādhikaraṇam
dakṣiṇāṁśaka-vītheya-nāgiraṭṭa⟨2⟩-māṇḍalika-palāśāṭṭa-pārśvika-vaṭa-gohālī-jambudeva-prāveśya-pr̥ṣṭhima-pottaka-goṣāṭapuñjaka-mūla-nāgiraṭṭa-prāveśya-
⟨3⟩ nitva-gohālīṣu brāhmaṇottarān mahattarādi-kuṭumbinaḥ kuśalam
anuvarṇṇyānubodhayanti⟨.⟩vijñāpayaty asmān brāhmaṇa-nātha⟨4⟩śarmmā
Etad-bhāryyā rāmī ca⟨.⟩ yuṣmākam ihādhiṣṭhānādhikaraṇe
dvi-dīnārikkya-kulya-vāpena
śaśvat-kālopabhogyākṣaya-nīvī-samudaya-vāhyā⟨5⟩pratikara-khila-kṣetra-vāstu-vikkrayo
nuvr̥ttas tad arhathānenaiva kkrameṇāvayos sakāśād dīnāra-trayam
upasaṅgr̥hyāvayo⟨ḥ⟩ sva-puṇy-āpyā⟨6⟩yanāya vaṭa-gohālyām avāsyāṅ
kāśika-pañca-stūpa-nikāyika-nigrantha-śramaṇācāryya-guhanandi-śiṣya-praśiṣyādhiṣṭhita-vihāre
⟨7⟩ bhagavatām arhatāṁ gandha-dhūpa-sumano-dīpādy-artha¿n?
tala-vāṭaka-nimittañ ca A eva vaṭa-gohālīto vāstu-droṇa-vāpam
adhyarddhañ ja⟨8⟩mbudeva-prāveśya-pr̥ṣṭhima-pottak¿e?⟨ā⟩t kṣetraṁ
droṇa-vāpa-catuṣṭayaṁ goṣāṭapuñjād droṇa-vāpa-catuṣṭayam
mūla-nāgiraṭṭa⟨9⟩-prāveśyā-nitva-gohālītaḥ Arddha-trika-droṇa-vāpān ity
evam adhyarddhaṁ kṣetra-⟦droṇa⟧⟨⟨kulya⟩⟩-vāpam akṣaya-nīvyā dātum iti

tatra yataḥ prathama- ⟨10⟩
pustapāla-divākaranandi-pustapāla-dhr̥tiviṣṇu-virocana-rāmadāsa-haridāsa-śaśinandi-suprabha-manudattānām
avadhāraṇa⟨11⟩yāvadhr̥tam asty asmad-adhiṣṭhānādhikaraṇe
dvi-dīnārikkya-kulya-vāpena
śaśvat-kālopabhogyākṣaya-nīvī-samudaya-vāhyāpratikara- ⟨12⟩
[khila]-kṣetra-vāstu-vikkrayo nuvr̥ttas tad yad yuṣmā¿m?
brāhmaṇa-nātha-śarmmā Etad-bhāryyā rāmī ca
palāśāṭṭa-pārśvika-vaṭa-gohālī-(sthaya?) ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨13⟩
[kāśi]ka-pañca-stūpa-kula-nikāyika-Ācāryya-nigrantha-guhanandi-śiṣya-praśiṣyādhiṣṭhita-sad-vihāre
Ar¿a?hatāṁ gandha-(dhūp)ādy-upayogāya ⟨14⟩ [tala-v]āṭaka-nimittañ ca
tatraiva vaṭa-gohālyāṁ vāstu-droṇa-vāpam adhyarddhaṁ kṣetrañ
jambudeva-prāveśya-pr̥ṣṭhima-pottake droṇa-vāpa-catuṣṭayaṁ ⟨15⟩
goṣāṭapuñjād droṇa-vāpa-catuṣṭayaṁ
mūla-nāgiraṭṭa-prāveśya-nitva-gohālīto droṇa-vāpa-dvayam
āḍhavāpa-dvay-ādhikam ity evam a⟨16⟩dhyarddhaṁ kṣetra-kulya-vāpam
prārtthayate tra na kaścid virodhaḥ guṇas tu yat
parama-bhaṭṭāraka-pādānām artthopacayo dharmma-ṣaḍ-bhāg-āpyāya⟨17⟩nañ ca
bhavati tad evaṅ kriyatām⟨.⟩ ity anenāvadhāraṇā-kkrameṇāsmād
brāhmaṇa-nātha-śarmmata Etad-bhāryyā-rāmiyāś ca dīnāra-tra⟨18⟩yam
āyīkr̥tyaitābhyāṁ
vijñāpitaka-kramopayogāyopari-nirddiṣṭa-grāma-gohālikeṣu
tala-vāṭaka-vāstunā saha kṣetraṁ ⟨19⟩ kulya-vāpa Adhyarddho
⟨’⟩kṣaya-nīvī-dharmmeṇa dattaḥ⟨.⟩ ku 1 dro 4

tad yuṣmābhiḥ sva-karmmaṇāvirodhi-sthāne ṣaṭka-naḍair-apa⟨20⟩viñcchya
dātavyo ⟨’⟩kṣaya-nīvī-dharmmeṇa ca śaśvad ācandrārkka-tāraka-kālam
anu-pālayitavya Iti

sa¿M? 100 50 9 ⟨21⟩ māgha di 7

Uktañ ca bhagavatā vyāsena

1. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā
yo hareta vasundharāM
⟨22⟩ sa viṣṭhāyāṁ k¿ri?mir bhūtvā
pitr̥bhis saha pacyate

2. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi
svargge vasati bhūmidaḥ
⟨23⟩ Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca
tāny eva narake vaseT

3. Anuṣṭubh

rājabhir vvahubhir dattā
dīyate ca punaḥ punaḥ
yasya yasya ⟨24⟩ yadā ¿bhūmi?
tasya tasya tadā phalaM

4. Anuṣṭubh

pūrvva-dattāṁ dvijātibhyo
yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira
mahīm mahimatāṁ śreṣṭha
⟨25⟩ dānāc chreyo nupālanaṁ

5. Anuṣṭubh

vindhyāṭavīṣv anambhasṣu
śuṣka-koṭara-vāsina⟨ḥ⟩
¿kr̥ṣnāhino? hi jāyante
deva-dāyaṁ haranti ye

## Bibliography

First reported and edited (with plate) in Dikshit [1933] 1929–1930.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant
Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00065). Encoding
updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

### Secondary

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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 42.

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 50.

Goyal, Śrīrām. 1993. गुप्तकालीन अभिलेख/Guptakālīna Abhilekha (Inscriptions
of the Gupta Age). Jodhpur: Kusumanjali Prakashan. Items 277-281.