# Jamb Charter of Pravarasena II Dániel Balogh Alternative title: Jamb Plates of Pravarasena II, Kothuraka Grant of Pravarasena II Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00157 Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham) File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00157.xml Language: Sanskrit [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-09-16 10:40 (3083d2d), last modified 2026-09-16 09:24 (c200993) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ d¿ri?ṣṭaM⟨.⟩ siddhaM⟨.⟩ svast¿a?⟨i⟩ nandivarddhanā⟨T⟩⟨.⟩ Agni-ṣṭomāptoryyāmokthya-ṣoḍaśy-atirātra- ⟨2⟩ vājapeya-br̥has¿y?⟨p⟩ati-sava-sādyaskra-catur-aśvamedha-yājinaḥ viṣṇuvr̥ddha- ⟨3⟩ sagotrasya ¿samrāṭ?⟨samrājo⟩ vākātakānām mahārāja-śrī-pravarasenasya sūno⟨ḥ⟩ sūno⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨4⟩ Atyanta◯-svāmi-mahā-bhairava-bhaktasya{||} ¿asaṁ?⟨aṁsa⟩-bhāra-sanniveśita-śiva-liṅgo⟨5⟩(dva)hana-śiva-suparituṣṭa-samutpādita-rāja-vaṁśānāM parākkramādhigata-bhāgī⟨6⟩ratthy-amala-jala-mūrddhābhiṣiktānāṁ daśāśvamedh-āvabhr̥tha-snātānā(ṁ) bhāraśivānāṁ ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨7⟩ mahārāja-śrī-bhavanāga-dauhitrasya gautam¿i?putrasya putrasya{|} vākāṭa⟨8⟩kānām mahārāja-śrī-rudrasenasya sūnoḥ Atyanta-māheśvarasya{||} ⟨9⟩ satyārjjava-kāruṇya-śauryya-vikkrama-naya-vinaya-māhātmya-dhīma¿tv?a- ⟨10⟩ pātra-ga◯ta-bha(k)titva-dharmma-vijayitva-mano-nairmmalyādi-guṇais samu⟨11⟩petasya{||} varṣaśatam-abhivarddhamāna-kośa-daṇḍa-sādhana-santāna- ⟨12⟩ putrapautriṇa(ḥ) yudhiṣṭhira-vr̥tter vvākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī-pr̥thivī⟨Page 2v⟩⟨13⟩se¿n?⟨ṇ⟩asya sūnor-bbhagavataś cakkrapāṇeḫ prasād¿ā?⟨o⟩pārjjita-śrī-samudayasya ⟨14⟩ mahārāja-śr¿i?⟨ ī⟩-rudrasenasya sūnoḥ mahārāj-ādhirāja-śrī-devagupta-⟨15⟩sutāy¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨ṁ⟩ ◯ prabhāvat¿ī?guptāy¿a?⟨ā⟩m utpannasya{||} śambhoḫ prasāda-dhr̥t¿i?⟨a⟩-kārtta⟨16⟩-yugasya{|}◯ vākāṭakānām paramamāheśvara-mahārā⟨ja⟩-śrī-pravarasena ⟨17⟩ sya vacanā⟨t⟩| supratiṣṭhāh¿a?⟨ā⟩re{|} umā-nadyā Apara-pārśve{|} ciṁcāpalyā ⟨18⟩ Uttare pārśve{|} bonthika-vāṭakasya{|} pūrvve pārśve{|} maṇḍuki-grāmasya ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨19⟩ dakṣiṇe pārśve{|} kothuraka-¿nn?āma-grāmaḥ kauṇḍinya-sagotra{|} taittirika-gaṇa-yāji⟨20⟩-kāluṭṭaka-brahmacāriṇe datt¿ā?⟨a⟩ḥ⟨.⟩ yato smat-santakāḥ sarvvāddhyakṣa-niyoga-niyuktā ⟨21⟩ Ājñā-saṁcāri-kulaputrādhikr̥tāḥ bhaṭṭāś chātrāś ca vi¿ṣ?⟨śr⟩uta-pūrvvayājñ⟨ay⟩ājñāpayi⟨22⟩tavyā vi◯ditam astu vaḥ yathehāsmābhir ātmano dharmmāyur-bbala-vijayaiśvaryya-vi⟨23⟩vr̥ddhaye (i)hāmutra-hitārttham ātmānugrahāya vaijayike dha⟨r⟩mma-sthāne Apūrvva-da⟨24⟩t⟨t⟩yā (u)daka-pūrvvam atisr̥ṣṭaḥ⟨.⟩ yathāsyopacitā⟨ṁ⟩ pūrvva-rājānumatāñ cāturvvaidya- ⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨25⟩ grāma-maryyādā¿n?⟨ṁ⟩ vitarāmas⟨.⟩ tad yathā A-kara-dāy¿i?⟨ī⟩ a-bhaṭa-cch¿a?⟨ā⟩tra-prāveśya⟨ḥ⟩ A-pā⟨26⟩rampara-go-bal¿a?⟨i⟩vardda⟨ḥ⟩ A-puṣpa-kṣīra-sandoha⟨ḥ⟩ A-¿v?⟨c⟩ārāsana-carmm-āṅgāra⟨ḥ⟩ A-la⟨27⟩vaṇa-klinna-klenī-khanakaḥ sarvva-v¿e?⟨i⟩ṣṭi-sa-parihāra-parihr̥taḥ sa-nidhiḥ ⟨28⟩ sopa◯nidhi⟨ḥ⟩ sak¿li?pt-opak¿li?pta Ācandrāditya-kāl¿i?⟨ī⟩yaḥ putrapautrānu⟨gā⟩⟨29⟩mikaḥ bhuñjat¿ā?⟨o⟩ na kenacid vyāghātayitavyaḥ sarvva-k¿r̥?⟨ri⟩yābhis-saṁrakṣitavya(ḥ) ⟨30⟩ parivarddhayitavyaś c¿ā?⟨a⟩⟨.⟩ yaś cāsmac-chāsanam agaṇayamānaḥ svalpām api paribādhāṁ ⟨Page 4r⟩ ⟨31⟩ kuryyāt ¿kārayita?⟨kārayeta⟩ vā tasya brāhmaṇair vveditasya sa-daṇḍa-nigrahaṁ kuryyāma|| ⟨32⟩ Asmiṁś ca dharmmādara-karaṇe Atītāneka-rāja-¿dattāṁ ?⟨datta-⟩sañcintana-paripālana⟨ṁ⟩ ⟨33⟩ kr̥ta-puṇyānukīrttana-parihārārtthaṁ na kīrtta(yā)maḥ⟨.⟩ vyāsa-g¿i?⟨ī⟩taś cātra ślokaḫ pramāṇī- ⟨34⟩ karttavya⟨ḥ⟩◯ 1. Anuṣṭubh sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā hared yo vai vasundharā⟨ṁ⟩ gavāṁ śata-sahasrasya ⟨35⟩ hantur harati duṣkr̥ta(ṁ)(||) saṁvatsare dvitīye ¿A?śvayuja-māsa-śukla-dvādaśyā⟨ṁ⟩| ⟨36⟩ cakkradeva⟨ḥ⟩ dūtakaḥ⟨.⟩ nāgavarmmaṇā likhita(M)||*|| ## Bibliography First reported and edited in Mirashi [1952] 1941–1942. Discussed in Shastri 1997, pp. 11–13. Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00157). Encoding updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh. ### Secondary Mirashi, Vasudev Vishnu. 1963. Inscriptions of the Vākāṭakas. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum 5. Ootacamund: Archaeological Survey of India. Item 3.