Pune Charter of Prabhāvatīguptā
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Edition
Seal
⟨1⟩ vākāṭaka-lalāmasya
⟨2⟩ (kra)ma-prāpta-nr̥pa-śriya⟨ḥ⟩
⟨3⟩ (ja)nanyā yuvarājasya
⟨4⟩ śāsanaṁ ripu-śāsa(na)⟨ṁ⟩
Plates
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⟨01⟩ siddhaM⟨.⟩
⟨02⟩ d¿ri?ṣṭaM
⟨1⟩ jitam bhagavatā⟨.⟩ _ svasti nāndivarddhanād⟨.⟩ āsīd guptādi-rā(j)o (ma)h(ārāja)-
⟨2⟩ śrī-ghaṭotkacas tasya sat-putro mahārāja-śrī-candraguptas tasya sat-putro
⟨3⟩ nekāśvamedha-yājī licchavi-d¿o?hitr¿au? mahādevyāṁ kumāradevyām utpanno
⟨4⟩ mahārājādhirāja-śrī-samudraguptas tat-¿p?at-putras tat-pāda-parigr̥hītaḥ-
⟨5⟩ pr̥thivyām apratirathas sarva-rājo¿ch?ettā catur-udadhi-salilāsvādita
⟨6⟩ -yaśā ¿neka?-go-hiraṇya-koṭ¿ī?-sahasra-pradaḫ parama-bhāgavato mahārā-
⟨7⟩ jādhirāja-śrī-candraguptas-tasya duhitā dhāraṇa-sagotrā nāga-kula-sambhū-
⟨8⟩ tāyā⟨ṁ⟩ śrī-mahādevyā⟨ṁ⟩ kuberanāgāyām utpannobhaya-kulālaṅkāra-bhūtātyanta-bhagavadbhaktā
⟨9⟩ vākāṭakānāṁ mahārāja-śrī-rudra◯senasyāgra-mahiṣī yuvarāja-
⟨10⟩ śrī-divākarasena-jananī śrī-pra(bhā)◯vat¿i?guptā _ supratiṣṭhāhāre
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⟨11⟩ (vi)lavaṇakasya pūrvva-pārśve śīrṣa-grāma◯sya dakṣiṇa-pārśve kadāpiñjanasyāpara-pārśve-
⟨12⟩ sidivivarakasyottara-pārśve Uṅguṇa-grā◯me brāhmaṇādyān grāma-kuṭumbinaẖ kuśala-
⟨13⟩ m uktvā samājñāpayati viditam astu vo yathaiṣa grāmo smābhi⟨ḥ⟩ sva-puṇyāpyāyanā[rtthaṁ]-
⟨14⟩ kārttika-śukla-dvādaśyā⟨ṁ⟩ bhagava(t-pāda-mūle nivedya) bha(gava)d-bhaktācāryya-canālasvāmine pūrvva
⟨15⟩ -dattyā Udaka-pūrvvam atisr̥ṣṭo (yato bhav)¿(ā)?(dbhir ucita-maryyā)dayā sarvvājñāẖ karttavyā(ḥ)⟨.⟩ pūrvva-
⟨16⟩ rāj{j}ānumatā(ṁ)ś cātra cāturv¿i?dyāgrahāra-parīhārān vitarāmas⟨.⟩ tad yathā-bhaṭa-ch¿a?tra-prāveśyaḥ
⟨17⟩ A-cārāsana-carmmāṅgāra-¿kiṇva?-kreṇi-khanaka(ḥ) A-pā⟨ra⟩mpara⟨ḥ⟩ A-(khani?)-medhyaḥ A-puṣpa-kṣīra-sa(ndohaḥ)
⟨18⟩ sa-nidhis sopanidhis sa-k¿r̥?ptopak¿r̥?ptaḥ(|) ¿n?ad eṣa bhaviṣyad-rāj¿i?bhis saṁrakṣitavya(ḥ) parivarddha-
⟨19⟩ yitavyaś-ca⟨.⟩_ yaś cāsmac-chāsanam agaṇayamānas svalpām apy atrābādhā(ṁ) kuryyāt ¿kārayīta? vā
⟨20⟩ tasya brāhmaṇ¿(e)?r āveditasya sa-daṇḍa-nigrahaṁ kuryyāma⟨.⟩ vyāsa-g¿i?taś cātra śloko bhavati
⟨21⟩ sva-dattām para-dattā⟨ṁ⟩ vā yo hareta vasundharāṁ gavā⟨ṁ⟩-śata-sahasrasya hantur harati duṣkr̥taM
⟨22⟩ saṁvatsare ca trayodaśame likhitam ida⟨ṁ⟩ śāsanaM⟨.⟩ cakkradāsen-otkaṭṭitaM
Bibliography
First reported (with transcript of seal text) in Pathak 1912. Historical interest discussed in Smith 1914, p. 320, 325-326. Edited (with rubbing) in Pathak & Dikshit [1925] 1919–1920. Discussed in Shastri 1997, pp. 9–11.
Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00156). 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 1703.
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 60.
Goyal, Śrīrām. 1993. गुप्तकालीन अभिलेख/Guptakālīna Abhilekha (Inscriptions of the Gupta Age). Jodhpur: Kusumanjali Prakashan. Items 370-371.
Mirashi, Vasudev Vishnu. 1963. Inscriptions of the Vākāṭakas. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum 5. Ootacamund: Archaeological Survey of India. Item 2.
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<l n="d">hantur harati duṣkr̥taM</l>
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