# Faridpur Undated Charter of Dharmāditya Dániel Balogh Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00129 Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham) File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00129.xml Language: Sanskrit [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-09-16 10:40 (3083d2d), last modified 2026-09-16 09:24 (c200993) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ### Seal ⟨1⟩ [vāraka-maṇḍala-viṣayādhika]⟨2⟩[raṇasya] ### Plates ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasty⟨.⟩ Asyāṁ pr̥¿bh?⟨th⟩ivyām apratirathe nr̥ga-na¿gh?uṣa-yayāty-a⟨2⟩mbarīṣa-sama-dhr̥tau mahārājādhirāja-śrī-dharmmāditya-bhaṭṭāraka-rā⟨3⟩jy¿ai?⟨e⟩ tad-anumodanā-la¿d?dhāspado navyāvakāśikāyāṁ mahā-prati⟨4⟩hāroparika nāgadevasyāddhyāsana-kāle nenāpi vāraka-maṇḍala⟨5⟩-viṣayādhiniyuktaka-vyāpāra-k(ā)raṇḍaya-gopāla-svāmī⟨.⟩ ⟨6⟩ yato sya samv⟨y⟩avaharato vasud¿ā?⟨e⟩va-svāminā sādaram abhigamya ⟨7⟩ jyeṣ¿r?⟨ṭh⟩a-kāyastha-nayasena-pramukham adhikaraṇam mahatt¿ā?⟨a⟩ra⟨8⟩-somaghoṣa-purassarāś ca viṣayā¿ṇaṁ?⟨nāṁ⟩ mahattarā ¿vijñāptāḥ? ⟨9⟩ Iccheyam bhavatā¿n? prasādād yathārgheṇa ¿bhavaddhyor? eva kṣettr(ā/a)-khaṇḍalaka(ṁ)⟨10⟩(krī)tvā mātā-pittror ātmanaś ca puṇyābhivr̥ddhaye guṇavat-kāṇva-{d}vā⟨11⟩jisi¿i?neya-lauhittya-sagottrāya brāhmaṇ¿e? somasvāmiṇe prati⟨12⟩pratipāditu⟨ṁ⟩⟨.⟩ tad ¿arhatty assad-vijñāpa-vasā nyānam āṁsam vitakumvi? Etad ¿ā?⟨e⟩vā⟨13⟩bhyarth¿ā?⟨a⟩nam adhikr̥ttyāsty etat prā{r}k-kriyamāṇaka-maryyādā caturddīnārikkya⟨14⟩-kulya-vāpena kṣettrāṇi vikrīyantānīty asmād vasu⟨deva⟩-svāminaḥ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨15⟩ khila-(satvātprapyardha)-kulya-vāpasya (pravartta)-vāpādhikasya dīnāra⟨16⟩-dva{ṁ}yam ādāya yathārhañ ca ṣaṣṭharggaṇḍayavāptrayurasmāni ⟨17⟩ śātpalāni (śrī)mān-mahattara-thoḍa-samvaddha-kṣettra-khaṇḍalakātasanī ⟨18⟩ pustapāla-jaṁmabhūter avadhāraṇayāvadhr̥ttya (pūrtteddhunivadapratīta)⟨19⟩-dharmma-śīla-śivacandra-hastāṣṭaka-navaka-nalenāpaviñchya ⟨va⟩sude⟨20⟩va-brāhmaṇā vikkrītam a¿t?⟨n⟩enāpi kkrīta⟨ṁ⟩| sīmā-liṅgāni cāttra ⟨21⟩ pūrvvasyāṁ (so?)ga-tāmrapaṭṭa sīmā| ⟨dakṣiṇasyāṁ⟩ vr̥ddha-stha-paṭṭuki-parkkraṭī-vr̥kṣa sī⟨22⟩mā⟨.⟩ paścimasyāṁ gorathya-sakr̥t-parabhās tāṭaka-stha-dvaṇḍerasyāpi⟨23⟩nḍetiścya nau-daṇḍaka sīmā| Uttarasyāṁ gargga-svāmi-tāmrapaṭṭa sīmā ⟨24⟩ bhavanti cāttra dharmm¿ā?⟨a⟩-śāstra-ślokāni|| 1. Anuṣṭubh ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa-sahasrāṇi ⟨25⟩ svargge modati bhūmida⟨ḥ⟩ ākṣept¿a?⟨ā⟩ cānumantā ca t{y}āny eva ⟨26⟩ narake vaseT| 2. Anuṣṭubh sva-dattām para-dattām vā yo hareta vasu⟨27⟩ndharā⟨ṁ⟩ śva-(vi)ṣṭhāyā⟨ṁ⟩ kr̥mir bhūtvā pitr̥bhi⟨ḥ⟩ saha pacya(te|) ## Bibliography Briefly mentioned in Hoernle 1892, pp. 44–45. Edited in Pargiter 1910, pp. 199–202 (B). Discussed in Banerji 1914 and Basak 1925. Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00129). 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 1723. Sircar, Dines Chandra. 1965. Select inscriptions bearing on Indian history and civilization. Volume I: from the sixth century B.C. to the sixth century A.D. 2nd edition revised and enlarged. Calcutta: University of Calcutta. Book III, item 44.