# Mathura Pedestal Inscription of the Time of Budhagupta

Dániel Balogh

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00066

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00066.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ s(i)ddha(M)

1. Āryā

(y)(o?) v(īkṣ?)y(a) [ca. 7+] [ba](n)dhana-niruddha(M)
m(o)kṣ(ā)ya (ma)tiṁ cakkre daśa-bala-baline namas tasmai||

2. Āryā

⟨2⟩ kārayati (yaḥ) [pratikr̥tiṁ trilo?](ka)-nāthasya jagati buddhasya(|)
sa bhavati sukh(ī) manuṣyo loke nayanābhirāmaś ca||

3. Āryā

⟨3⟩ kr̥tsnāṁ praśāsati mahīṁ vudhagupt[e] rājani prathita-va¿ṅ?śe|
varṣa-śata Ekaṣaṣ¿ṭh?⟨ṭ⟩e bhādravade ṣoḍaśe divase|__

4. Āryā

⟨4⟩ pratimā-catuṣṭayam idaṁ dharm¿a?⟨ā⟩rthaṁ śaṅ(kh)ikena rāṣṭreṇa(|)
bhaktyā jinasya k(ā)ritam adhun(ā) gaṅgabala-putreṇa||

5. Āryā

⟨5⟩ Atra kr̥t(au) yat puṇyaṁ nai⟨ḥ⟩śreyasam akṣayaṁ hi tat sarvvaM
mātā-pitroś ca syā⟨⟨t⟩⟩ sarvveṣ¿a?⟨āṁ⟩ c¿e?⟨ai⟩va sa¿tv?ā(nā)ṁ||

## Bibliography

First reported in IAR 1982-83, p. 155 with photograph (plate 96 on page
173). Edited (with plate) in Thaplyal & Srivastava 1982; also edited in
Agrawala 1983. Agrawala does not refer to Thaplyal & Srivastava’s
edition, which may have been published after Agrawala finished his
manuscript. Also reported in Ramesh 1985, p. 10.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant
Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00066). Encoding
updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

### Secondary

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 51.