# Sanjeli Charter of Bhūta

Dániel Balogh

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00104

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00104.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-09-16 10:40 (3083d2d), last modified 2026-09-16 09:24
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## Edition

⟨1⟩ (svasti)⟨.⟩ (va)drapālyāḥ parama-bhaṭṭāraka-pādānuddhyā(to)
mah(ā)rāja-bhūta◯ḥ kuśal(ī) śivabhāgapure sarvvān eva svān āyuktakān
s(ā)dh[i]karaṇ(ā)n v(iṣaya)-pati-kula⟨2⟩-putraka-cāṭ¿ā?⟨a⟩-bhaṭād(īṁ)⟨s⟩
tad-viṣayāntar-vvicāriṇaḥ samājñā¿b?⟨p⟩ayat(i)

vidi(ta)m astu vo yathā mayā tantīyakāmrilaka-grāmau
soparikara-sodraṅga-sa-bhūta-vāta-pratyāyau
parama-daiva⟨3⟩ta-pūjyārccanīyā¿n?⟨ṁ⟩ gurvv(ī)ṁ janitrīṁ
rājñī-v¿i?rāḍhyikāṁ mātaram uddiśya tayaiva
kāritaka-bhagavat-pādāyatanasya{ṁ}
bali-caru-gandha-dhūpa-mālya-dīpa-taila-cchādya-lepya-khaṇḍa-sphuṭita-prati⟨4⟩saṁskāraṇāya
⟦(k?)(u)(lapat?)i⟧⟨⟨parivr(ā)ja⟩⟩-bhojyāv
ācandrārkkārṇṇava-kṣiti-sthiti-samakālīnāv udakātisarggeṇāgrahārāv
atisr̥ṣṭāv⟨.⟩ e(va)ṁ Idānīṁ tat-prāpīyāvasatho¿b?⟨p⟩agatānāṁ ca
¿b?⟨p⟩arivrājakānāṁ deva⟨5⟩-śuśrūṣaka-dāsi-dāsānāṁ ca
bhakta-cailādya-praguṇānāṁ ca bhaiṣaja-patthya-bhojana-yogodvahanaṁ
karttavyam⟨.⟩ Asyaiva ca bhagavat-pādāyatanasyottara-pūrvvasyā¿n? diśi
Āṇukkikā-vāṭaka⟨6⟩-(g)r̥ha-maryyādayā
suvarṇṇa-kāra-kāritaka-taḍāga-phenākrānta-maryyādayā ca paścāt
pañca-vrīhi-piṭaka-vāpaka-kṣetraṁ sa-śaivaraṁ
bhaṭṭi-pratyaya-kūpa-kacchaś cānya{ṁ}c ca ⟨7⟩ vāṇijaka-ṣaṣṭhidattena ca
¿svadīya?-gr̥ha-¿vastuṁ? kula-sāmanta-samakṣaṁ dattam anyac
cāṭa-bhaṭa-gatyāgamikair
ddeva-kula-vāṭakāvāsa-maścaka-grahaṇa-veṇi-veśi-viṣṭyā⟨8⟩diṣu na kenacit
paribādhayitavyas⟨.⟩ tad yuṣmābhir ājñā-śravaṇa-vidheyair bhūtvā
U{ṁ}citayā deva-kula-bhuktyā bhuñjatāṁ pradiśatāṁ samāvāsayatāṁ
paripālayatāṁ⟨9⟩{ś} ca na kenacid vyāsedhaẖ kāryyas⟨.⟩
tan-nikr̥ṣṭonduraka-bhūtilārakṣika-kāritak(ā)ditya-deva-kula-¿dvayor
agrata?⟨dvayasyāgrataḥ⟩ bhagavat-pādāyatana-sāmīpye dakṣiṇa-dik-pradeśe
tat-pratiṣṭhā⟨10⟩pitaka-mātr̥-gr̥hasyā¿b?⟨p⟩y anukramācāra-dharmma-sthityā
yathārha-saṁvibhāga-¿śaktitar ggandha?⟨śaktito
gandha⟩-dhūpa-māly¿(o)?⟨au⟩pay⟨og⟩ikaḥ pratisaṁskārārtthaṁ ca yogo
¿vodhavyas?⟨boddhavyas⟩

tad etad asmat-prī⟨11⟩tyā dharmma-g¿o?⟨au⟩ravāc cānya-rājabhir apy
anumantavyam etāṁ ca dharmma-setu-maryyādāṁ ye
¿laṅghayiṣyantaḥ?⟨laṅghayiṣyanti⟩ t¿a?⟨e⟩
pañca-mahā-p¿a?⟨ā⟩taka-saṁyuktā bhaviṣyanti⟨.⟩ bhavati hy api

1. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā
⟨12⟩ rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ
yasya yasya yadā bhūmis
tasya tasya tadā phalaM||

kumārāmātya⟨ḥ⟩ kumāranāga⟨ḥ⟩ dūtaka⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩
¿mā?⟨Ā⟩rakṣika-bhūtila-samakṣañ ceti⟨.⟩ sa¿vv?atsare 6 jyeṣṭha śuddha 10

## Bibliography

First reported and edited in Mehta & Thakkar 1978. 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, № IN00104). 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 368-369.