# Sohawal Charter of Śarvanātha, year 191 Dániel Balogh Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00089 Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham) File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00089.xml Language: Sanskrit [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-09-16 10:40 (3083d2d), last modified 2026-09-16 09:24 (c200993) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ *svasty⟨.⟩ uccakalpā¿t? mahārājaughadevas tasya puttras tat-pādānuddhyāto mahādev(yāṁ) ⟨2⟩ kumāradevyām utpanno mahārāja-◯kumāradevas tasya puttras tat-pādā⟨3⟩nuddhyāto mahādevyāṁ jayasvāminyā◯m utpanno mahārāja-jayasvāmī tasya ⟨4⟩ puttras tat-pādānuddhyāto mahādevyāṁ rāmadevyām utpanno mahārāja-vyāghra(ḥ) ⟨5⟩ tasya puttras tat-pādānuddhyāto mahādevyām ajjhitadevyām utpanno mahārāja⟨6⟩-jayanāthas tasya puttras tat-pādānuddhyāto mahādevyā⟨ṁ⟩ muruṇḍadevyām utpa⟨7⟩nno mahārāja-śarvvanāthaḥ kuśalī vaiśyavāṭake brāhmaṇādīn kuṭumbi⟨8⟩nas sarvva-kārū¿n?ś ca samājñāpayati vidita⟨ṁ⟩ vo stu yathaiṣa grāmo ⟨9⟩ mayācandrārkka-samakālikaḥ sodraṅgaḥ soparikaraḥ A-cāṭa-bhaṭa⟨10⟩-prāveśyaḥ halikā-kara-sametaḥ c¿au?ra-daṇḍa-varjjitaḥ Uttarāpatheya-khāthānā⟨11⟩-puttra-viśākhadatta-śaktibhyāṁ Etat-puttra-prapauttra-tatputtrādy-anukrameṇa tāmra⟨12⟩-śāsanenāgrahāratvenāti¿sya?⟨sr̥⟩ṣṭaḥ⟨.⟩ Ābhyām api mayānumoditakaṁ yatho⟨13⟩(pa)ri-likhitaka-krameṇaiva sva-puṇyābhivr̥ddhaye sva-pratiṣṭhāpitaka-bhagavata⟨14⟩-svāmi-kārttikeya-svāmi-pādānāṁ khaṇḍa-phuṭṭa-pratisa⟨ṁ⟩skāra-karaṇāya ⟨15⟩ vali-caru-sattra-gandha-dhūpa-dīpa-taila-pravarttanāya cātisr̥ṣṭaḥ ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨16⟩ te yūyam eṣāṁ samucita-bhāga-bhoga-kara-hiraṇyādi-pratyāyo(pa)naya(ṁ) kari⟨17⟩ṣyathājñā-śravaṇa-vidheyāś ca bhaviṣyatha⟨.⟩◯ ye cāsmad-va¿n?śotpadyamānaka-rājāna(ḥ) ⟨18⟩ tair iya¿n? dattir na vilopyānumodanī◯yā yathā-kālañ ca pratipālanīyā⟨.⟩ ⟨19⟩ samucita-rājābhāvya-kara-pratyāyāś ca na grāhyāḥ⟨.⟩ yaḥ ¿ra?⟨i⟩mā¿n? datti¿n? lopayet saḫ pa⟨20⟩ñcabhir mahā-pātakair upapātakaiś ca saṁyuktas syād⟨.⟩ uktañ ca mahābhārate ⟨21⟩ bhagavatā veda-vyāsena vyāsena 1. Anuṣṭubh sva-dattām para-dattām bā yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhi⟨22⟩ra mahīm mahīmatāñ chreṣṭha dānāc chreyo nupālanaṁ 2. Anuṣṭubh prāye¿n?a hi narendrāṇāṁ vidya⟨23⟩te n¿a?⟨ā⟩śubhā gatiḥ pūyante te tu satataṁ prayacchanto vasundharāṁ 3. Anuṣṭubh bahubhi⟨24⟩r vasudhā bhuktā rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya ⟨25⟩ t¿ā?⟨a⟩dā phalaṁ 4. Anuṣṭubh ṣaṣ¿ṭh?iṁ varṣa-sahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmidaḥ Acchettā cānu⟨26⟩mantā ca tāny eva narake vaset 5. Anuṣṭubh sarvva-sasya-samr̥ddhā¿n? tu yo hareta vasundharāṁ ⟨27⟩ śva-viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūt(v)ā pitr̥bhis saha majjate likhitaṁ sambatsara⟨28⟩-śate Eka-navaty-uttare dvir-āṣāḍha-māsa-divase daśame bhogika-phālgu⟨29⟩dattāmātya-naptrā bhogika-varāhadinna-puttreṇa mahā-sāndhivigrahika⟨30⟩-manorathena⟨.⟩ ¿dūtakar?⟨dūtako⟩ mahāvalādhikr̥ta-kṣattriya-śivaguptaḥ⟨.⟩ ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨31⟩ halikā-kara-pratimocanābhilekhāyāne pi dūtakaḥ Uparika⟨32⟩-mātr̥śivaḥ Aghāṭāḥ yatra U◯ttarasyāṁ diśi garttā yāvat-sanmukha⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩ ⟨33⟩ pūrvveṇa karddamilā nadī⟨.⟩ dakṣiṇena garttā punaḥ punar āvarttakena yāvat-sanmukhaḥ⟨.⟩ ⟨34⟩ gavāyanagarttikā-grāma-samīpe kacchako madhya(me?) garttāyāḥ dakṣiṇāmukh(o) ⟨35⟩ daṇḍapālī-grāmasya⟨.⟩ paścimena yāvad aparā gartteti|| ## Bibliography First reported with abstract of contents in Ojha 1924, p. 2 (No. II). First edited in Halder 1927–28. Date discussed in Dikshit 1931–1932, pp. 125–126. Summarised in Trivedi & Trivedi 2001, pp. 49–50 (No. 3). Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00089). Encoding updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh. ### Secondary Bhandarkar, Devadatta Ramakrishna. 1927–1936. A list of the inscriptions of northern India in Brahmi and its derivative scripts, from about 200 A. C.: Appendix to Epigraphia Indica and record of the Archaeological Survey of India, volumes XIX to XXIII. Calcutta: Archaeological Survey of India. [URL]. Item 1196.