Belora Charter Fragment B3 of Pravarasena II

Alternative title: Belora Plates or Pravarasena II.

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh (daba).

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified) (brāhmī_southern_unspecified)].

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00161.

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Version: 2026-09-16 10:40 (3083d2d), last modified 2026-09-16 09:24 (c200993).

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⟨1⟩ Ucitā¿ś? cāsya pūrvva-rājānumatāṁ cāturvvaidya-grāma-maryyādā¿n? vitarāmas⟨.⟩ tad yathā A-kara-dāyi
⟨2⟩ A-bhaṭa-cch¿a?tra-prāveśya A-pārampara-go-balivarddaḥ A-puṣpa-kṣ¿i?ra-sandoha A-cārāsana-ca-
⟨3⟩ rmmāṅgāra A-lavaṇa-◯klinna-kleṇi-khanakaḥ sarvva-veṣṭi-parihāra-parihr̥taḥ sa-nidhiḥ sopa-
⟨4⟩ nidhiḥ sa-k¿li?ptopak¿li?pta ¿a?candrāditya-kālīya(ḥ) putra-pautrānugāmikaḥ bhuñjat¿ā?
⟨5⟩ na kenacid vyāghāta(ẖ ka)rttavyaḥ sarvva-k¿r̥?yābhis sa⟨ṁ⟩rakṣitavyaḫ parivarddhayitavyaś ca| yaś c¿a?smac-chā-
⟨6⟩ sanam agaṇayamānaḥ svalpām api paribādhā¿n? kuryyāt ¿kārayira? vā Asya brāhmaṇair vveditasya

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⟨7⟩ sa-daṇḍa-nigraha⟨ṁ⟩ kuryyāma|| asmi⟨ṁ⟩ś ca dharmmādara-karaṇe Atītāneka-rāja-¿dattāṁ ?sañcint{y}ana-paripā-
⟨8⟩ lana⟨ṁ⟩ kr̥ta-pu¿n?yānukīrttana-parihārārtthaṁ na kīrttayāmaḥ⟨.⟩ vyāsa-gītau cātra ślokau pramāṇī-
⟨9⟩ karttavyau| sva-dattām para-dattā⟨ṁ⟩ v{v}ā _ hared ¿vā? vai vasundharā⟨ṁ⟩_ gavā⟨ṁ⟩ śata-sahasrasya| hantur ha-
⟨10⟩ rati duṣkr̥ta⟨ṁ⟩| ◯ ¿ṣaṣṭhi? varṣa-sahasrāṇi _ svargge modati bhūmi-daḥ⟨ḥ⟩| Acchettā cā-
⟨11⟩ numantā ca _ tāny eva narake vaseT saṁvatsare ¿ekādaśame? 10 1 kārttika-śukla-pakṣa-
⟨12⟩ trayodaśyā⟨ṁ⟩ 10 3 sen¿a?patau citravarmmāṇinā likhita⟨M⟩|*

Bibliography

First reported and edited in Mirashi 1937–1938. Discussed in Shastri 1997, pp. 13–16.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00161). 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 5.

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I number the pages of these Belora plates as they would have stood in a three-plate document, though I restart line numbers in each.

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<lb n="5"/>na kenacid vyāghāta<unclear>ẖ ka</unclear>rttavyaḥ sarvva-k<choice><sic>r̥</sic><corr>ri</corr></choice>yābhis sa<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied>rakṣitavyaḫ parivarddhayitavyaś ca| yaś c<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>smac-chā<lb n="6" break="no"/>sanam agaṇayamānaḥ svalpām api paribādhā<choice><sic>n</sic><corr>ṅ</corr></choice> kuryyāt <choice><sic>kārayira</sic><corr>kārayeta</corr></choice> vā Asya brāhmaṇair vveditasya

<pb n="3v"/><lb n="7"/>sa-daṇḍa-nigraha<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> kuryyāma||<!--

In l1 Mirashi prints cāturrvaidya in CII5, but correctly with rvvai in E24.

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I do not supply endings in line 2. Mirashi carefully corrects everything to a neuter to agree with grāmadvayam, noting that the masculine forms used here were "blindly copied" from a standard text in which the donation was grāmaḥ. But on the one hand we cannot be sure at all that this plate went with a grāmadvaya donation, and on the other, we did have a masculine instead of neuter very close to grāmadvaya.

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Mirashi emends veṣṭi in l3 to viṣṭi.

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Much of this face is next to illegible in the rubbing. In l3, Mirashi corrects to kiṇva-kreṇi, but I only keep his reading of the original, which may, however, be incorrect.

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In l4 Mirashi prints a-klipto° in CII5 (emending to sa-kl̥pto°); his text is correctly sa-klipto in EI24 (so the emendation in CII5 is probably only for the l̥ and the neuter ending, and the a is a typo in the main text).

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The punctuation sign in l5 seems to be a short dash.

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The punctuation sign in l7 is a double short dash, much like a colon.

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<p>asmi<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied>ś ca dharmmādara-karaṇe Atītāneka-rāja-<choice><sic>dattāṁ </sic><corr>datta-</corr></choice>sañcint<surplus>y</surplus>ana-paripā<lb n="8" break="no"/>lana<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> kr̥ta-pu<choice><sic>n</sic><corr>ṇ</corr></choice>yānukīrttana-parihārārtthaṁ na kīrttayāmaḥ<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> vyāsa-gītau cātra ślokau pramāṇī-

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In l8 Mirashi prints the anusvāra of °ārtthaṁ as supplied (in both his editions). The anusvāra seems clear in the rubbing.

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<l n="a">sva-dattām para-dattā<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> v<surplus>v</surplus>ā <space/></l>

<l n="b">hared <choice><sic>vā</sic><corr>yo</corr></choice> vai vasundharā<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied><space/></l>

<l n="c">gavā<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> śata-sahasrasya|</l>

<l n="d">hantur ha<lb n="10" break="no"/>rati duṣkr̥ta<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied>| <space type="binding-hole"/></l><!--

L10. After duṣkr̥ta, Mirashi in EI prints a single daṇḍa and supplies another; in CII5 he prints a supplied double daṇḍa followed by an original double daṇḍa! There certainly is something after ta; it may be a very small halanta M or a punctuation sign. Given the tiny halanta T in the next verse, perhaps this is a trace of a similarly tiny M.

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<l n="a"><choice><sic>ṣaṣṭhi</sic><corr>ṣaṣṭiṁ</corr></choice> varṣa-sahasrāṇi <space/></l>

<l n="b">svargge modati bhūmi-daḥ<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied>|</l>

<l n="c">Acchettā cā<lb n="11" break="no"/>numantā ca <space/></l>

<l n="d">tāny eva narake vaseT</l><!--

The halanta T in l11 is a very small subscript form.

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<p>saṁvatsare <sic>ekādaśame</sic> <num value="11"><g type="numeral">10</g> 1</num> kārttika-śukla-pakṣa-

<lb n="12"/>trayodaśyā<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> <num value="13"><g type="numeral">10</g> 3</num> sen<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>patau citravarmmāṇinā likhita<supplied reason="omitted">M</supplied>|<g ref="sym:unclassified" type="symbol">*</g><!--

Senāpatau in l12 is probably meant for senāpatinā, though Mirashi does not say so.

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For citravarmmāṇinā, Mirashi suggests haplography for citravarmmamaṇinā.

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The final punctuation seems to be a horizontal dash, slightly longer than those in the text. Mirashi says that "There is an ornamental mark after this [daṇḍa] followed by two daṇḍas and a horizontal stroke." Only some traces are discernible in the rubbing; the mark may be a circle consisting of about 8 dots with another dot at the centre, possibly followed by some additional verticals and a horizontal.

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