# Tirodi Charter of Pravarasena II Dániel Balogh Alternative title: Tirodi Plates of Pravarasena II Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00168 Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham) File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00168.xml Language: Sanskrit [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-09-16 10:40 (3083d2d), last modified 2026-09-16 09:24 (c200993) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ### Seal 1. Anuṣṭubh ⟨1⟩ vākāṭaka-lalāmasya ⟨2⟩ kkrama-prāpta-n¿ri?⟨r̥⟩pa-śri⊔ya¿M?⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨3⟩ rājña⟨ḥ⟩ pravarasenasya| ⟨4⟩ śāsanaṁ ripu-śāsanaM ### Plates ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ d¿ri?⟨r̥⟩ṣṭaM⟨.⟩ narattaṅga-vāri-sthānā⟨t⟩(|) Agniṣṭomāptoryyāmokthya-ṣoḍaśy-a(ti)rātra-vājapeya-br̥haspati-sa⟨2⟩va-sādyaskra-catur-aśvamedha-yājinaḥ viṣṇuvr̥ddha-sagotrasya samrāṬ vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī- ⟨3⟩ pravarasenasya sūnoḥ ◯ sūnor atyanta-svāmi-mahā-bhairava-bhaktasya{|} Aṁsa-bhāra-sanniveśi⟨4⟩ta-śiva-liṅgodvahana-śiva-◯suparituṣṭa-samutpādita-rāja-vaṁśānāṁ parākramādhigata-bhāgī⟨5⟩ratthy-¿ā?⟨a⟩-mala-jala-mūrddh{n}ābhiṣiktānām ⟨daśāśvamedhāvabhr̥tha-snātānām⟩ bhāraśivānām mahārāja-śrī-bhavanāga-dauhitrasya gautamī- ⟨6⟩ putrasya putrasya ⊔ vākāṭakānām mahā⊔rā⊔ja-⊔śr¿i?⟨ī⟩-rudrasenasya ⊔ s¿u?⟨ū⟩noḥ ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨7⟩ Atyanta-māheśvarasya satyārj(j)ava-kāru¿n?⟨ṇ⟩ya-śauryya-vikrama-naya-vinaya-māhātmya-dh¿i?⟨ī⟩ma¿t?va ⟨8⟩ ⟨pātra-⟩gata-bha¿ntik(v)a?⟨ktitva⟩-dharmma-vijayitva-mano-nai⟨r⟩mmalyādi-guṇai⟨ḥ⟩ samuditasya varṣa-śatam abhivarddhamā⟨9⟩na-kośa-daṇḍa-sādhana-◯santāna-putra-pautriṇaḥ yudhiṣṭhira-vr̥tter vvākāṭakānām mahā⟨10⟩rāja-śrī-pr̥thiv¿is?⟨īṣ⟩e¿n?⟨ṇ⟩asya sūno⟨ḥ⟩ bhagavataś cakrapāṇeḫ prasādopārjjita-śrī-samudayasya ⟨11⟩ vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī-rudrasenasya sūnoḥ mahārājādhirāja-śrī-devagupta- ⟨12⟩ sutāyā{ṁ}m prabhāvat¿i?guptāyām u⊔tpannasya{|} vākāṭakā⊔nām mahā⟨Page 2v⟩⟨13⟩rāja-śr¿i?⟨ī⟩-pravarasenasya vacanā⟨T⟩| bennākaṭasya Apara-paṭṭe{||} Asmat-santakās sarvvāddhyakṣa-niyoga- ⟨14⟩ niyuktā Ājñā-saṁcāri-kulaputrādhikr̥tāḥ bhaṭā¿c?⟨ś⟩ chātrāś ca ¿vyuṣita?⟨viśruta⟩-pūrvva{ma}yājñ¿ā?⟨a⟩yājñāpayitavyāḥ ⟨15⟩ viditam astu vaḥ yathehāsmābhir ātmano dharmmāyur-bba¿lamai?⟨lai⟩śvaryya-vivr̥ddhaye Ihāmutra-hi⟨16⟩tārttha(ṁ) mātuẖ (p)uṇyopa◯cayārthaṁ _ jamalyā Apara-pārśve varddhamānakasya Uttara-pārśve ⟨17⟩ mr̥gasimasya pūrvva-⟦yā⟧⟨⟨pā⟩⟩rśve mallaka-pedhakasya dakṣiṇa-pārśve kośamba-khaṇḍaṁ nāma grāmaḥ ⟨18⟩ cāddhapura-vastavy¿a _ A?th¿e?⟨a⟩rvv(a)ṇa harkkari-sagotra-varuṇā⊔ryyāya trivedāya dattaḥ ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨19⟩ Apū⟨r⟩vva-dat⟨t⟩yā Udaka-pūrvvam atisr̥ṣṭaḥ⟨.⟩ Ucitāṁś cāsya pūrvva-rājānumatā⟨ṁ⟩ cāturvvaidya-grāma-ma⟨20⟩ryyādā-parihārān vitarāmaḥ⟨.⟩ {s}tad yathā A-kara-dāy¿i?{(|)} a-bhaṭa-cch¿a?⟨hā⟩tra-prāveśyaḥ A-pāraṁpara-go- ⟨21⟩ balivardda⟨ḥ⟩_ a-puṣpa-◯kṣ¿i?⟨ī⟩ra-sandohaḥ A-cārāsana-carmmāṅgāraḥ Alava¿n?⟨ṇ⟩a-kli¿ṇṇa?-kre⟨22⟩ṇi-khanakaḥ sarvva-vi◯ṣṭi-parihāra-parihr̥taḥ sa-nidhiḥ sopanidhi⟨ḥ⟩_ sak¿li?⟨l̥⟩pto⟨23⟩pak¿li?⟨l̥⟩ptaḥ Ācandrāditya-kālīyaḥ putra-pautrānugāmī bhuñjato na kenaci¿v?⟨d⟩ vyāghāta⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨24⟩ karttavyaḥ sarvvak¿r̥?⟨ri⟩yābhis saṁrakṣitavyaḫ parivarddhayitavyaś ca|| yaś cāsmac-chāsanam aga¿n?⟨ṇ⟩aya⟨25⟩mānas svalpām api paribādhā⟨ṁ⟩ {t}kuryyāt ¿kārayita?⟨kārayeta⟩ vā tasya brāhmaṇair v(v)editasya sadaṇḍaṁ nigra⟨26⟩haṁ kuryyāma|| asmi⟨ṁ⟩◯ś ca dharmmā{d}dhikaraṇe Atītāneka-rāja-datt¿āṁ?⟨a⟩ sañc¿ī?⟨i⟩ntana-pari⟨27⟩pālana⟨ṁ⟩ kr̥ta-puṇyānukīrttana-parihārārtthan na k¿a?⟨ī⟩rttayāmaḥ⟨.⟩ saṁkalpābhi{d}yoga-parā⟨28⟩kramopajitā¿v?⟨n⟩ varttam¿a?⟨ā⟩nān ājñāpayāmaḥ⟨.⟩ ¿eṣyatat?-kāla-prabhaviṣṇu-gauravā⟨Page 4r⟩⟨29⟩¿v?⟨d⟩ bhaviṣyān vijñāpayāmaḥ⟨.⟩ vyāsa-gītaś cātra ślokaḫ pramāṇī-karttavyaḥ 1. Anuṣṭubh sva-dattām para⟨30⟩-dattā⟨ṁ⟩ v{v}ā yo hareta vasundharā⟨ṁ⟩(||) gavā¿n? śata-sahasrasya| hantur harati duṣk¿ri?⟨r̥⟩taṁ| ⟨31⟩ s¿ā?⟨a⟩⟨ṁ⟩ v{v}atsare trayo◯¿vī?⟨viṁ⟩śe| māgha-bahula-pakṣe _ dvāda(ś)y(ā)[M](|) ājñā ⟨32⟩ s¿y?⟨v⟩ayaṁ⟨.⟩ rājyādhikr̥t¿a?⟨e⟩na camidāsena likhitam iti|| ## Bibliography First reported and edited in Mirashi 1933–1934, re-edited in Mirashi 1963. Discussed in Shastri 1997, pp. 27–29. Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00168). 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 11.