# Sondhni Incomplete Pillar Inscription of Yaśodharman

Dániel Balogh

Alternative title: Mandasor/Sondni/Sondani/Sondhani Pillar Inscription
of Yaśodharman

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00095

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00095.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. Sragdharā

⟨1⟩ vepante yasya
(bh)ī(ma-stanita-bha)[ya-sa](mudbh)[r](ā)nta-(d)ai(t)y[ā di](gan)[tāḥ]
[śr̥ṅgāghātaiḥ sumero](r v)[v](i)[ghaṭi][ta-dr̥ṣadaḥ kandarā yaḥ karoti|]
[Ukṣāṇaṁ taṁ dadhānaḥ kṣitidhara-tanayā-da](tta-pañc)āṅgulāṅkaṁ
drāghiṣṭhaḥ śūlapāṇeḥ kṣapayatu bhavatāṁ śattru-tejā¿ṅ?si ketuḥ||

2. Sragdharā

⟨2⟩ [āvirbhūtāvalepair avinaya-paṭubhir llaṅghitācāra-mārggair]
[mmohād aidaṁyugīnair apaśubha-ratibhiḥ pīḍyamānā narendraiḥ|]
[yasya kṣmā śārṅgapāṇer iva kaṭhina-dhanur-]jy[ā]-ki(ṇā)ṅka-prakoṣṭhaṁ
bāhuṁ lokopakāra-vrata-saphala-(pari)spanda-dhīraṁ prapannā||

3. Sragdharā

⟨3⟩ [nindyācāreṣu yo smin vinaya-muṣi yuge kalpanā-māttra-vr̥ttyā]
[rājasv anyeṣu pāṅsuṣv iva kusuma-balir nnābabhāse prayuktaḥ|]
[sa śreyo-dhāmni samrāḍ iti manu-bharatā](la)rkka-māndhātr̥-kalpe
kalyāṇe hemni bhāsvān maṇir iva sutarāṁ bhrājate yattra śa(bdaḥ||)

4. Sragdharā

⟨4⟩ [ye bhuktā gupta-nāthair nna sakala vasudhākkrānti-dr̥ṣṭa-pratāpair]
[nājñā hūṇādhipānāṁ kṣitipati-mukuṭāddhyāsinī yān praviṣṭā|]
[deśāṁs tān dhanva-śaila-druma-gahana-sarid-vī](ra-bā)hūpagūḍhān
vīryāvaskanna-rājñaḥ sva-gr̥ha-parisarāvajñayā yo bhunakti

5. Sragdharā

⟨5⟩ [ā lauhityopakaṇṭhāt tala-vana-gahanopatyakād ā mahendrād]
[ā gaṅgāśliṣṭa-sānos tuhina-śikhariṇaḫ paścimād ā payodheḥ|]
[sāmantair yasya bāhu-draviṇa-hr̥ta-madaiḥ] (p)ādayor ānamadbhiś
cūḍā-ratnā¿ṅ?śu-rāji-vyatikara-śabalā bhūmi-bhāgāḥ kriyante||

6. Sragdharā

⟨6⟩ [sthāṇor anyattra yena praṇati-kr̥paṇatāṁ prāpitāṁ nottamāṅgaṁ]
[yasyāśliṣṭo bhujābhyāṁ vahati himagirir durgga-śabdābhimānaM|]
[nīcais tenāpi yasya praṇati-bhuja-balāvarj](ja)na-kliṣṭa-mūrddhnā
cūḍā-puṣpopahārair mmihirakula-nr̥peṇārccitaṁ pāda-yugma(ṁ||)

7. Sragdharā

⟨7⟩ [dhā?][mevonmātum ūrddhvaṁ vigaṇayitum iva jyotiṣāṁ cakkravālaṁ]
[nirddeṣṭuṁ mārggam uccair ddiva Iva sukr̥topārjjitāyāḥ sva-kīrtteḥ|]
[tenākalpānta-kālāvadhir avanibhujā śrī-](ya)śodharmmaṇāyaṁ
stambhaḥ stambhābhirāma-sthira-bhuja-parigheṇocchritiṁ nāyito
⟨’⟩ttra(||)

8. Sragdharā

⟨8⟩ [ślāghye janmāsya va¿ṅ?śe caritam agha-haraṁ dr̥śyate kāntam asmin]
[dharmmasyāyaṁ niketaś calati niyamitaṁ nāmunā loka-vr̥ttaṁ|]
[Ity utkarṣaṁ guṇānāṁ likhitum iva yaśodha]rmmaṇaś candra-bimbe
rāgād utkṣipta Uccair bhuja Iva rucimān yaḥ pr̥thivyā vibhāti||

9. Anuṣṭubh

⟨9⟩ [Iti tuṣṭūṣayā tasya]
[nr̥pateḥ puṇya-karmmaṇaḥ|]
[vāsulenoparacitāḥ]
[ślokāḥ ka]kkasya sūnunā||

Utkīrṇṇā govindena||

## Bibliography

First reported and edited in Fleet 1886. Re-published in Fleet 1888.
Summarised in Trivedi & Trivedi 2001, p. 28 (No. 16). See also
references for INSSiddham00094; this secondary copy is generally not
discussed separately.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant
Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00095). Encoding
updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

### Secondary

Fleet, John Faithfull. 1888. Inscriptions of the early Gupta kings and
their successors. First edition. Vol. 3. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum.
Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing. Item 34.