# Gangdhar Inscription of Mayūrākṣaka

Dániel Balogh

Alternative title: Gangdhar Inscription of Visvavarman

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00076

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00076.xml

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

1. Vasantatilakā

⟨1⟩ [––⏑–⏑⏑⏑–⏑⏑–⏑] (ma)sya
viṣṇor bbhujas sura-pati-dvi(pa)-has[ta]-(dīrggha?)[ḥ||]
[––⏑–⏑⏑⏑–⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[––⏑] ⟨2⟩ [–⏑⏑⏑–⏑⏑–] (p?)r(ajānā?)[ṁ?]

2. Vasantatilakā

(p)ra(kkhy?)āta-vīryya-yaśa(sāṁ) kṣitipādhipānāṁ
vaṁśodbha(v)(e/o) [⏑] (ga)tivi [–⏑⏑–⏑–⏓][||]
[––⏑–⏑⏑⏑–⏑] ⟨3⟩ [⏑–⏑] kāntaś
śrīmān babhūva naravarmma-nr̥paḥ prakāśaḥ||

3. Vasantatilakā

yajñais surān muni-gaṇā[n n](i)[ya]m(ai)r udār[aiḥ]
[––⏑–⏑⏑⏑–⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
⟨4⟩ [māne]na bhr̥ttya-janam appratimena loke
yo ⟨’⟩toṣayat sucaritaiś ca jagat samaggra(ṁ)||

4. Vasantatilakā

hasty-aśva-sādha(na) [⏑–⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[––⏑–⏑⏑] ⟨5⟩ [⏑] khaḍga-marīc¿a?⟨i⟩ma(tsu)||
saṅgrāma-mūrddhasu mukhaṁ samudīkṣya yasya
nāśam prayānty ari-gaṇā bhaya-na(ṣṭa-c)(ittā?)[ḥ||]

5. Vasantatilakā

[––⏑–⏑⏑⏑–⏑] ⟨6⟩ [gu](ṇ)o mahātmā
buddhyā br̥haspati-samas sakalendu-vaktraḥ||
Aupamya-bhūta Iva rāma-bhagīrathā(bhyāṁ)
r(ā) [jā babhūva?][⏑] ⟨7⟩ [⏑–] [bhu]vi viśvavarmmā||

6. Vasantatilakā

dhairyyeṇa merum abhijāti-guṇena vaiṇyam
indu⟨ṁ⟩ prabhā-samuda(ye)na balena vi(ṣṇuṁ)[||]
⟨8⟩ [saṁva]rttakānalam asahyatamañ ca dīptyā
yo vikkrameṇa ca surādhipati(ṁ) vijigye||

7. Vasantatilakā

vyāvr̥tta-mārgga Iva bhā⟨9⟩[nur asa]hya-mūrttir
vyabbhrodayādhikataroj⟨j⟩vala-ghora-dīptiḥ||
yaś śakyate na ripubhir bbhaya-vihvalākṣair
u(dv)ī⟨10⟩[kṣituṁ kṣa]ṇam api ppragr̥hīta-śastra(ḥ||)

8. Vasantatilakā

(nirb)bhūṣaṇair avigatāsra-jal(ā)rdra-gaṇḍair
vvicchinna-maṇḍanata(yo)j⟨j⟩vala-naṣṭa ⟨11⟩ [śobhai]ḥ||
yassyāri-kāmini-mukhāmburuhair bbalasya
pūrvvaṁ pratāpa-cakitaiẖ kriyate praṇāmaḥ||

9. Vasantatilakā

ratnodgama-dyuti ⟨12⟩ [vira](ñji)ta-kūla-tālair
uttrasta-nakkra-makara-kṣata-ph(e)na-māl(ai)ḥ||
caṇḍāniloddhata-taraṅga-samasta-hastair
yyassyā⟨13⟩[rṇṇavai]r api balāni namaẖ-kriyante||

10. Vasantatilakā

bhūr uddh¿ri?ta-druma-vikampita-śaila-kīla
vittrasta-vidruta-mr̥ga-dvija-śū¿ṇ?⟨n⟩ya-gu⟨14⟩[lmā||]
yassyonnata-praviṣa(mī)k¿ri?ta-rājamārggā
s{s}ai¿ṇ?⟨n⟩ya-prayāṇa-samaye vinimajjatīva||

11. Vasantatilakā

prattyasta-mauli⟨15⟩-[ma](ṇi)-raśmi-nakha-prabhāndhair
abbhyudyatāñjalitayā śabalāgragaṇḍaiḥ||
vidyādharaiḥ priyatamā-bhuja-pāśa-(ba)⟨16⟩[ddhair]
[yya]syādarād divi yaś[āṁ]si namaẖ-kriyante||

12. Vasantatilakā

agre ⟨’⟩pi y(o) vayasi samparivarttamānaś
śāstrānusāra-pari⟨17⟩[varddhita-ś](u)ddha-buddhiḥ||
sad-dharmma-mārggam iva rā(ja)su (da)rśayiṣyan
rakṣā-vidhim bharatavaj jagataẖ karoti||

13. Vasantatilakā

tasmin pra⟨18⟩[śāsa](ti) mahī¿n? nr̥pati-pravīre
svarggaṁ yathā sura-pat(ā)v amita-prabhāve||
nābhūd adharmma-nirato vyasanānvi(to) ⟨19⟩ [vā]
[loke ka]dācana janas sukha-varjjito vā||

14. Vasantatilakā

yāteṣu catu(r?)(ṣu) k¿ri?teṣu śateṣu sau¿s?⟨m⟩y(e)
⟨’⟩ṣ¿(ṭh)?⟨ṭ⟩āśīta-sottarapadeṣv iha vatsa⟨20⟩[reṣu]||
śukle tra(yo)daśa-dine bhuvi kārttikasya
māsasya sarvva-jana-citta-sukhāvahasya||

15. Vasantatilakā

nīlotpala-pra⟨21⟩[sr̥ta-re]ṅv-aruṅ(āmbu)-kīrṇṇe
bandhūka-b¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇa-kusumoj⟨j⟩vala-kānanānte||
nidrā-vyapāya-samaye madhusūdanasya
kā⟨22⟩[le prabu]ddha-kumudāgara-śuddha-tāre||

16. Vasantatilakā

vāpī-taḍāga-sura-sadma-sabhod¿u?pāna-
-nānā-vidhopavana-saṅkrama-dīrghik[ā]⟨23⟩[bhiḥ||]
(tu?)ṣṭām ivābharaṇa-jātibhir aṅganāṁ svāṁ
yo garggarā-taṭa-pura(ṁ) sa(ka)lañ-cakāra||

17. Vasantatilakā

rājñas t¿ri?tīyam iva cakṣur udā⟨24⟩[ra-][drṣṭi?](r)
(dde)va-dvijāti-guru-b(ā)ndhava-sā(dhu)-bhaktaḥ||
¿g?⟨ś⟩(ā)str(ai)⟨ḥ⟩ (st)ute (c)a (v)inaya-vyavahāra-hīne
¿yo pakṣa-pāta-rahito? nida(dh)[ā?]⟨25⟩[ti kāryya?]M||

18. Vasantatilakā

sarvvasya jīvitam anityam asāravac ca
dol¿a?⟨ā⟩-cal(ā)m anuvicintya tathā vibhūtiM||
nyāyāga⟨26⟩[tena vi]bhavena parāñ ca bhakti(ṁ)
vikkhyāpayann upari cakkra-gadā-dhara(s)ya||

19. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

pīna-vyāyata-vr̥tta-lambi-subhujaẖ khaḍga-vraṇ(ai?)⟨27⟩[r aṅki?](t)aḥ||
karṇṇānta-pratisarppamā¿n?a-nayana-¿g?⟨ś⟩yāmo ⟨’⟩vadāta-cchaviḥ||
darppāviṣk¿ri?ta-(gh)ora-śattru-mathano du(ṣ)¿(ṭh)?⟨ṭ⟩(ā)(tm?)a⟨28⟩-[––]
(ba)lī||
bhaktyā cāsuhr̥dāñ ca b(ā)ndhava-samo dha(rmmā)rttha-kā(mo)dita(ḥ)||

20. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

prajñā-śauryya-kulodgato diśi ⟨29⟩ [diśi] prakkhyāta-vīryyo vaśī||
puttre viṣṇubhaṭe tathā haribhaṭe sambaddha-va¿ṅ?śa-kriyaḥ||
Eta⟨30⟩[t pāpa]-pathāvarodhi vipula⟨ṁ⟩ śrī-vallabh¿e?⟨ai⟩r ātmaj(ai)ḥ||
(v)iṣṇo⟨ḥ⟩ sthānam akārayad bhagava⟨31⟩[taś śrī]mān mayūrākṣakaḥ||

21. Vasantatilakā

kailāsa-tuṅga-śikhara-ppratimassya yasya
dr̥ṣṭvāk¿ri?ti⟨ṁ⟩ pra⟨32⟩[muditai]r vvadanāravind¿i?⟨ai⟩ḥ||
vidyādharāḥ ppriyata(mā)-sah¿ī?⟨i⟩tā(ḥ) suśobham
ādarś¿i?⟨a⟩-bimba⟨33⟩[m iva] yānty avalokayantaḥ||

22. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

ya¿n? dr̥ṣṭvā sura-sundarī-kara-tala-vyāghr̥ṣṭa-pr̥ṣṭha⟨ṁ⟩ kṣa(ṇā)T||
prattyā⟨34⟩[dhāva?](na?)-śaṅkino ratha-hayān āk¿ri?ṣya cañcat-saṭā(N)||
puṇyodarka-mati-prabhāva-munibhis saṁ⟨35⟩[stū](ya)māno ⟨’⟩mbare||
saṁra(bbh)yāñjali-kuṭ¿(p)?⟨m⟩alan nata-śirā bhītaḥ prayātty a¿ṅ?śumāN||

23. Mandākrāntā

mātr̥̄ṇāñ ca⟨36⟩[praṇ?](u)dita-ghanātyarttha-nihrādinīnāM||
tāntrodbhūta-prabala-pavanodvarttitāmbhonidhīnāM||
⟨37⟩ [––––⏑⏑](ga)tam idaṁ ḍākinī-saṁprakīrṇṇaM||
veśmātyuggraṁ nr̥pati-sacivo ⟨’⟩kāraya(t p)uṇya-he(t)oḥ||

24. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

pātāl(o)⟨38⟩[⏑⏑–⏑–⏑] ratibhir g(g)uptaṁ bhujaṅgo⟨tta⟩maiḥ||
śīta-s{s}vādu-viśuddha-bhūri-salilaṁ sopān¿i?⟨a⟩-māloj⟨j⟩valaM||
(pu?)[––] ⟨39⟩ [⏑⏑–⏑–⏑]gahanaṁ kṣīrodadhi-sparddhinaM||
kūpañ caitad akārayad guṇa-nidhi(ḥ śrī)mān ma(y)ūrākṣakaḥ||

25. Mandākrāntā

yāva(d bhānor bha?) ⟨40⟩ [vati?][⏑⏑–] (sā)garā ratnavanto
nānā-gulma-druma-vanavatī yāvad urvvī sa(śai)lā||
yāvac cendu-ggraha-gaṇa-citaṁ vyoma (sā?)⟨41⟩[–⏑–⏓]
[tā](va)t kīrttir bbhavatu vipulā śrī-mayūrākṣakasye{(d?)i}ti||

siddhir astu

## Bibliography

First edited in Fleet 1888. Correction proposed in Bhide 1921 and
partially refuted in Majumdar Sastri 1921. Summarised in Trivedi &
Trivedi 2001, p. 27 (No. 14). Some aspects discussed in Willis 2009, p.
32,178-180.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant
Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00076). Encoding
updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

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