# Sanjeli Charter of the Merchants

Dániel Balogh

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00103

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00103.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⟩ [svasti?]⟨.⟩ [saṁvat](sa)r[e] 3 śrāva śu di 2
parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-śrī{s}-toramāṇe pr̥thivīm anuśāsati
tat-prasādād viṣayapati⟨2⟩-[mahā](rā)ja-bhūtasya śivabhāga-¿m?⟨p⟩ure
bhujyamānake vadrapālyāḥ pūrvvasyā¿n? diśi Etad-rājamā(tu)⟨r⟩
vvīrāḍhyikā-kārita⟨3⟩(ka)-d[e]va-jayasvāmi-pādānāṁ
bali-caru-satra-dhūpa-gandha-puṣpa-dīpa-taila-khaṇḍa-sphuṭita-pra(ti)saṁskāraṇ¿ā?⟨o⟩payogya{ṁ}⟨4⟩m
ātmanaḥ puṇyābhivr̥ddhaye caturddiśābhyāgataka-vaideśya-vāṇijakāḥ
vastavyāḥ poṭṭalikā-putrāś ca lekhayanti ⟨5⟩ yatra
guḍa-lavana-karppāsa-bhāṇḍa-bharakeṣu
Ācandrārkkārṇṇava-kṣiti-sthiti-sama-kāl(ī)yaṁ daśa-viṁśopa⟨6⟩kīnakaḥ
bhāṇḍa-bharakaḥ Arddha-pādīnakaḥ lavaṇa-bharakaḥ setinakaḥ dhānya-bhallā
setīnikā dhānya-śakaṭa⟨7⟩m arddha-kauṭubikaṁ garddabha-bhāṇḍa-bharako
v¿ī?śopaka-divarddha-setakaḥ bhāṇḍa-p¿ā?⟨o⟩ṭṭalikā viṁśopakiniki
dhānya-bharakeṣu ⟨8⟩ dhānya-setikā Ato rddhaṁ garddabha-bharakeṣu
dāsī-guṇṭhaṁ pad¿ū?na-rūpīnakaṁ

etāṁ cākṣayaṇīṁ Upari-likhita-nyāyena ⟨9⟩ dīyamānāṁ yaḥ
vaṇi⟨g⟩-grāmābhyantaraḥ puṭṭalikā-putro vā kaścid apramāṇī-kariṣyati saḥ
pañcabhir mmahā-pātakaiḥ saṁ⟨10⟩yukto ¿bhaviṣyanti?⟨bhaviṣyati⟩

evaṁ cāsya pramāṇaṁ vāṇiyakāḥ sva-hastena lekhayanti⟨.⟩
dāgapura-vāstavya gomika (d/v)ematta⟨.⟩
māthura-saṁnihi⟨11⟩ta-māthurika-vāstavya senavarmmā⟨.⟩ kanyakuldāka
pitr̥yaśa cirāyuṣa⟨.⟩ Aujjenaka(ṁtphuśūe)bhaśśama⟨.⟩ varuṇodarī-vāstavya
poṭṭa⟨12⟩likā-putra droṇa soma bhakkala⟨.⟩ mahiṣahradaka bhannitya
dhruvabhakṣaṇa Agniśarmma pracakāsaka bhakkūra śūra goṇḍata⟨13⟩raka
rudradatta priya(ṇka)ra yaśaka bhāraṇabhaṭṭīśaśarmma kāloṭṭiyakabhaṭṭi
vāsta⟦vā⟧⟨⟨vya⟩⟩sa{ṁ}ṅgāḍhyaka yajña goggabhaṭṭiyaka ⟨14⟩ bhagavadvinīta
skāndavarmma bhāhasti harimata moha bha⊔dvija bhagguṇa rivāsula vāṇijaka
vāstavya datta gujjara bharo⟨15⟩putra bhaṭṭi-mahattara bhaṭṭi-rudra
maheśvara-svāmika maheśvara mallaka saṅgama karkkaṭa devaṭa

atraiva cākṣayaṇī-hetoḥ vāṇija⟨16⟩ka ṣaṣṭhi gr̥⊔ha-⊔vastu (c)eti|||

## Bibliography

First reported and edited in Mehta & Thakkar 1978. Also reported and
discussed in Ramesh 1985, pp. 11–12. Re-edited in Ramesh [1986]
1973–1974. Discussed in Mirashi 1980, Chakravarti 2008.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant
Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00103). Encoding
updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

### Secondary

Goyal, Śrīrām. 1993. गुप्तकालीन अभिलेख/Guptakālīna Abhilekha (Inscriptions
of the Gupta Age). Jodhpur: Kusumanjali Prakashan. Items 358-359.