# Pune Charter of Prabhāvatīguptā

Dániel Balogh

Alternative title: Poona Plates of Prabhāvatīguptā

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00156

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00156.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

### Seal

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ vākāṭaka-lalāmasya
⟨2⟩ (kra)ma-prāpta-nr̥pa-śriya⟨ḥ⟩
⟨3⟩ (ja)nanyā yuvarājasya
⟨4⟩ śāsanaṁ ripu-śāsa(na)⟨ṁ⟩

### Plates

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨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?⟨au⟩hitr¿au?⟨o⟩ mahādevyāṁ kumāradevyām utpanno ⟨4⟩
mahārājādhirāja-śrī-samudraguptas tat-¿p?⟨s⟩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 ⟨Page
2r⟩ ⟨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)?⟨a⟩(dbhir
ucita-maryyā)dayā sarvvājñāẖ karttavyā(ḥ)⟨.⟩ pūrvva- ⟨16⟩
rāj{j}ānumatā(ṁ)ś cātra cāturv¿i?⟨ai⟩dyāgrahāra-parīhārān vitarāmas⟨.⟩
tad yathā-bhaṭa-ch¿a?⟨ā⟩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?⟨l̥⟩ptopak¿r̥?⟨l̥⟩ptaḥ(|)

¿n?⟨t⟩ad eṣa bhaviṣyad-rāj¿i?⟨a⟩bhis saṁrakṣitavya(ḥ) parivarddha- ⟨19⟩
yitavyaś-ca⟨.⟩_ yaś cāsmac-chāsanam agaṇayamānas svalpām apy
atrābādhā(ṁ) kuryyāt ¿kārayīta?⟨kārayeta⟩ vā ⟨20⟩ tasya
brāhmaṇ¿(e)?⟨ai⟩r āveditasya sa-daṇḍa-nigrahaṁ kuryyāma⟨.⟩
vyāsa-g¿i?⟨ī⟩taś cātra śloko bhavati

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨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
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Sircar, Dines Chandra. 1965. Select inscriptions bearing on Indian
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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
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