Gunaighar Charter of Vainyagupta

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh (daba).

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

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⟨1⟩ mahārāja-śrī-vai(nyaguptaḥ)

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⟨1⟩ svasti⟨.⟩ mahā-nau-hasty-aśva-jayaskandhāvārāt krīpurād bhagavan-mahādeva-pādānuddhyāto mahārāja-śrī-vainyaguptaḥ

⟨2⟩ kuśalī [********] sva-pādopajīvinaś ca kuśalam āśaṁsya samājñāpayati viditaṁ bhavatām astu yathā

⟨3⟩ mayā mātā-pittror ātmanaśca pu(ṇyā)bhivr̥(ddha)ye smat-pāda-dāsa-mahārāja-rudradatta-vijñāpyād anenaiva māhāyānika-śākya-bhikṣv-ā-

⟨4⟩ cāryya-śāntidevam uddiśya (gopa?) [********] (digbhāge?) kāryyamāṇa-kāryyāvalokiteśvarāśrama-vihāre Anenai-

⟨5⟩ vācāryyeṇa pratipādita(ka?)-māhāyānika-vaivarttika-bhikṣu- saṁgh(ā)nām parigrahe bhagavato buddhasya satataṁ tri¿ṣ?-kālaṁ

⟨6⟩ gandha-puṣpa-dīpa-dhūpādi-pra[varttanāya ta?]sya bhikṣu-saṁghasya ca cīvara-piṇḍa-pāta-śayanāsana-glāna-pratyaya-bhaiṣajyādi-

⟨7⟩ -paribhogāya vihāre (ca) khaṇḍa-phuṭṭa-pratisaṁskāra-karaṇāya Uttara-māṇḍalika-kānteḍadaka-grāme sarvato bho-

⟨8⟩ genāgrahāratvenaikādaśa-khila-pāṭakāḥ pañcabhiḥ khaṇḍais tāmra-paṭṭenātisr̥ṣṭāḥ Api ca khalu śruti-smr̥tī-

⟨9⟩ [ti]hā[sa]-vihitāṁ puṇya-bhūmidāna-śrutim aihikāmuttrika-phala-viṣeṣe smr̥to bhāvataḥ samupagamya svatas tu pī-

⟨10⟩ ḍām apy ūrīkr̥tya pāttrebhyo bhūmiṁ [****] (dviṣa?)dbhir asmad-vacana-gauravāt sva-yaśo-dharmmāvāptaye caite

⟨11⟩ pāṭakā Asmi(n vi?)hāre śaśvat-kālam abhya[nupālayitavyāḥ?]⟨.⟩ Anupālanam prati ca bhagavatā parāśarātmajena veda-vyā-

⟨12⟩ sena vyāsena gītāḥ ślokā bhavanti ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa-sa(hasrā)ṇi svargge modati bhūmidaḥ Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca tā-

⟨13⟩ ny eva na[ra]ke vaseT sva-dattāṁ para-dattām vā yo hareta (vasu)ndharāṁ (sa) viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate

⟨14⟩ pūrva-dattāṁ dvijātibhyo yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira mahīṁ mahimatāṁ śreṣtha dānā¿t ś?reyo nupālanaṁ varttamānāṣṭāśīty-u-

⟨15⟩ ttara-śata-saṁvatsare pauṣa-māsasya caturvvi¿n?śatitama-divase dūtakena mahā-pratīhāra-mahā-pīlupati-pañcādhi-

⟨16⟩ karaṇoparika-pāṭy-uparika-(pura?)-purapāloparika-mahārāja-śrī-mahā-sāmanta-vijayasenenaitad ekādaśa-pāṭaka-dā-

⟨17⟩ nāyājñām anubhāvitāḥ kumārāmātya-revajjasvāmī bhāmaha-vatsa-bhogikāḥ⟨.⟩ likhitaṁ sandhi-vigrahā¿r?ikaraṇa-kāya-

⟨18⟩ stha-naradattena yattraika-kṣettrakhaṇḍe nava-droṇa-vāpādhika-sapta-pāṭaka-parimāṇe sīmā-liṅgāni⟨.⟩ pūrvveṇa guṇekā-

⟨19⟩ grahāra-grāma-sīmā viṣṇuvardhaki-kṣetra¿ś? ca⟨.⟩ dakṣiṇena (miduvilāla?)-kṣettraṁ rāja-vihāra-kṣetra¿ś? ca⟨.⟩ paścimena sūrīnāśīrampūrṇṇeka-

⟨20⟩ -kṣettraṁ⟨.⟩ Uttareṇa doṣī-bhoga-puṣkariṇ[ī] [***************] vampiyākāditya-vandhu-kṣetrāṇāñ ca sīmā

⟨21⟩ dvitīya-khaṇḍasyāṣṭāvi¿n?śati-droṇa-vāpa-parimāṇasya sīmā⟨.⟩ pūrvveṇa guṇikāgrahāra-grāma-sīmā⟨.⟩ dakṣiṇena pakka-

⟨22⟩ (vilāla?)-kṣettraṁ⟨.⟩ paścimena rāja-vihāra-kṣettraṁ⟨.⟩ Uttareṇa (vaidya?)-kṣettraṁ tr̥tīya-khaṇḍasya trayovi¿n?śati-droṇa-vāpa-

⟨23⟩ parimāṇasya sīmā⟨.⟩ pūrvveṇa [***************] kṣettraṁ⟨.⟩ dakṣiṇena (nakhaddārccarika?)-kṣettra-sīmā⟨.⟩ paścimena

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⟨24⟩ j(a/o/c)lārī-kṣettraṁ⟨.⟩ Uttareṇa nāgī-joḍāka-kṣettraṁ caturthasya triṁśad-droṇa-vāpa-parimāṇa-kṣettra-khaṇḍasya sīmā⟨.⟩ pūrvveṇa

⟨25⟩ buddhāka-kṣettra-sīmā⟨.⟩ dakṣiṇena kālāka-kṣettraM⟨.⟩ paścimena (sū)ryya-kṣettra-sīmā⟨.⟩ Uttareṇa mahīpāla-kṣettraṁ (pa)ṇcamasya

⟨26⟩ pādona-pāṭaka-dvaya-parimāṇa-kṣettra-khaṇḍasya sīmā⟨.⟩ pūrvveṇa khaṇḍa-vi(ḍu)ggurika-kṣettraṁ⟨.⟩ dakṣiṇena maṇibhaddra-

⟨27⟩ kṣettraṁ⟨.⟩ paścimena yajñarāta-kṣettra-sīmā⟨.⟩ Uttareṇa nādaḍadakagrāma-sīmeti vihāra-tala-bhūmer-api sīmā-liṅgāni⟨.⟩

⟨28⟩ pūrvveṇa cūḍāmaṇi-nagara-śrī-nau-yogayor mmaddhye jolā⟨.⟩ dakṣiṇena gaṇeśvara-vilāla-puṣkariṇyā nau-khāṭaḥ(|)

⟨29⟩ paścimena pradyumneśvara-deva-kula-kṣettra-prāntaḥ⟨.⟩ Uttareṇa praḍāmāra-nauyoga-khātaḥ Etad-vihāra-prāvesya-śūnya-pratikara-

⟨30⟩ -hajjika-khila-bhūmer api sīmā-liṅgāni⟨.⟩ pūrvveṇa pradyumneśvara-deva-kula-kṣettra-sīmā⟨.⟩ dakṣiṇena śākya-bhikṣv-ācāryya-jita-

⟨30⟩ sena-vaihārika-kṣettrāva(sā?)naḥ⟨.⟩ paścimena (ha?)cāta-gaṁga⟨.⟩ Uttareṇa daṇḍa-puṣkariṇī ceti| saṁ 100 80 8 poṣṣa di 20 4

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First reported and edited (with plate) in Bhattacharyya 1930. Corrections in Ghose 1930. Discussed in Tewari 1980.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00070). Encoding updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

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