# Pattan Charter of Pravarasena II Dániel Balogh Alternative title: Pattan Plates of Pravarasena II Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00170 Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham) File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00170.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-l{l}al¿a?⟨ā⟩masya ⟨2⟩ kkrama-prāpta-nr̥pa-śriyaḥ ⟨3⟩ rājñaḫ pravarasenasya ⟨4⟩ śāsanaṁ ripu-śāsanaṁ ### Plates ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ dr̥ṣṭa(ṁ|) svasti pravarapurāT⟨.⟩ Agniṣṭomāptoryyāmokthya-ṣo⟨2⟩ḍaśy-atirātra-vājapeya-br̥haspati-sava-sādyaskra-catur-aśva⟨3⟩medha-yājinaḥ ◯ viṣṇuvr̥ddha-sagotrasya samrāṬ vākāṭakā⟨4⟩nām mahārāja-śrī-pravarasenasya s¿u?⟨ū⟩noḥ s¿u?⟨ū⟩nor atyant{y}a-svāmi-ma⟨5⟩hā-bhairava-bhaktasya A¿n?sa-bhāra-sanniveśita-śiva-liṅgodvahana-śi⟨6⟩va-suparituṣṭa-samutpādita-rāja-va¿ṅ?śānām parākramādhigata-bhā⟨Page 2r⟩⟨7⟩gīratthy-¿ā?⟨a⟩mala-jala-mūrddh{n}ābhiṣiktānā¿n? daśāśvamedhāvabhr̥tha-snātā⟨8⟩nām bhāraś¿ī?⟨i⟩vānām mahārāja-śrī-bhavanāga-(dau)hitrasya gautamī-pu⟨9⟩tra-putrasya vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī-rudrasenasya s¿u?⟨ū⟩nor a⟨10⟩tyant{y}a-māheśvara◯sya satyārjjava-kāru¿n?⟨ṇ⟩ya-śauryya-vikkrama-na⟨11⟩ya-vinaya-māhātmya-dhīma¿tv?a-{pātra-gata-bha(ktitva)-}pātra-gata-bha- ⟨12⟩ ktitva-dharmma-vijayitva-mano-nairmmalyādiguṇai⟨ḥ⟩ samupetasya ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨13⟩ varṣa-śatam abhivarddhamāna-kośa-daṇḍa-sādhana-santāna-putra-pau⟨14⟩t¿r̥?⟨ri⟩ṇaḥ yudhiṣṭhira-vr̥tter vvākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī-pr̥thiv¿is?e⟨15⟩nasya s¿u?⟨ū⟩nor bhaga◯vataś cakkrapāṇeḫ prasādopārjjita-śrī-samu⟨16⟩dayasya vākāṭa◯kānām mahārāja-śrī-r(u)drasenasya s¿u?⟨ū⟩no⟨17⟩⟨r⟩ mmahārājādhirāja-śrī-devagupta-sutāyā¿ḥ?⟨ṁ⟩ prabhāva(ti)guptā⟨18⟩yām utpannasya śambhoḫ prasāda-dhr̥t¿i?⟨a⟩-kārtta-yugasya vākāṭakānā⟨Page 3r⟩⟨19⟩m parama-māheśvara-mahārāja-śrī-pravarasenasya vacanā⟨t⟩|| ⟨20⟩ loha-¿ṇ?⟨n⟩agar¿ā?⟨a⟩-bhāge varadākheṭa-mārgge _ Aśva¿stha?-kheṭake ⟨21⟩ sa-brāhmaṇa-pu◯rogo grāmo vaktavyaḥ⟨.⟩_ atra grāme rā⟨22⟩ja¿kya?⟨kīya⟩-mānena{ḥ} bhūmer nnivarttana-śat⟦e⟧⟨⟨ā⟩⟩ni catvāri mahā-puruṣa-pā⟨23⟩da-mūla-satropayojyaṁ nārāyaṇa-rāja-vijñāpyena dattaM⟨.⟩ ⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨24⟩ yato smat-santakās sarvvāddhyakṣa-niyoga-niyuktāḥ Ājñā-sañcā⟨25⟩ri-kulaputrādhikr̥tā bhaṭāś (ch)ātrāś ca viśruta-pūrvv¿ā?⟨a⟩yājñ(a)yā⟨26⟩jñā(pa)yitavyāḥ⟨.⟩◯ viditam astu va⟨ḥ⟩ yathe¿ṣ?⟨h⟩āsmābhir ātma⟨27⟩no dharmmāyur-bbala-vi◯jayaiśvaryya-vivr̥ddhaye Ihāmutra-hitā⟨28⟩rttham ātmānugrahāya vaijayike dharmma-sthāne Apūrvva-dat⟨t⟩yā Udaka- ⟨29⟩ pūrvvam ⟦r̥⟧⟨⟨a⟩⟩tisr̥ṣṭaḥ⟨.⟩ Athāsyocitām pūrvva-rā(jā)nu(matāṁ) cātu⟨Page 4r⟩⟨30⟩rv¿y?⟨v⟩aidyāgr¿ā?⟨a⟩hāra-maryyādā¿n?⟨ṁ⟩ vitarāmaḥ⟨.⟩ _ tad yathā A-karadāyī A-bhaṭa- ⟨31⟩ cch¿a?⟨ā⟩tra-prāveśyaḥ A-pāraṁpara-go-balīvarddaḥ A-puṣpa-kṣīra-sandoha⟨ḥ⟩ A- ⟨32⟩ ¿p?⟨c⟩ārāsana-carmmāṅgā◯raḥ A-lavaṇa-⟨klinna-⟩kkreṇi-khanakaḥ sarvva-v¿e?⟨i⟩ṣṭi-parīhā⟨33⟩ra-parihr̥ta⟨ḥ⟩ sa-nidhiḥ sopanidhis sa-k¿li?⟨l̥⟩ptopak¿li?⟨l̥⟩ptaḥ Ācandrāditya-kā⟨34⟩līyaḥ putra-pautrānugāmī bhujyamān¿a?⟨o⟩ na kenacid vyāghātayitavyaḥ ⟨35⟩ sarvva-k¿r̥?⟨ri⟩yābhis sa⟨ṁ⟩rakṣitavyaḫ parivarddhayitavyaś ca⟨.⟩ ya(ś cā)smac-chāsanam a- ⟨Page 4v⟩ ⟨36⟩ gaṇayamāna⟨ḥ⟩ svalpām api paribādhāṁ kuryyāt ¿kārayīta?⟨kārayeta⟩ vā tasya brāhma⟨37⟩ṇair vv¿ai?⟨e⟩ditasya sa-daṇḍa-nigrahaṁ kuryyāma{ḥ}⟨.⟩_ asmi⟨ṁ⟩ś ca dharmmādara-ka⟨ra⟩ ⟨38⟩ ṇe Atītāneka-rāja-datt¿ā?⟨a⟩-sañcintana-paripālana⟨ṁ⟩ kr̥ta-pu¿n?⟨ṇ⟩yā⟨39⟩nukīrttana-parihā◯rārtthaṁ {n}na kīrttayāmaḥ⟨.⟩ _ vyāsa-gītau cātra ślokau ⟨40⟩ pramāṇī-karttavyau⟨.⟩_ 1. Anuṣṭubh sva-dattām para-dattāṁ v{v}ā yo hareta vasundharāM ⟨41⟩ gavāṁ śata-sahasrasya hantur harati duṣkr̥ta(M|) 2. Anuṣṭubh ⟨Page 5r⟩ ⟨42⟩ ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmi-da⟨ḥ⟩(|) ācchettā ⟨43⟩ cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vased iti|| s¿ā?⟨a⟩ṁv{v}atsare sapt¿ā?⟨a⟩vi¿ṅ?śe ⟨44⟩ kārttika-bahula-◯pakṣa-saptamyāM⟨.⟩ senāpati-kātyāyana- ⟨45⟩ santakena likhita⟨ṁ⟩ kālidāsena⟨.⟩ (kauṇḍa-rāja-santakena suva)rṇṇa- ⟨46⟩ kāra Īśvaradattena khātaṁ|| Asya śāsanasya kārā⟨47⟩vakau pitāmaha-nandau|| ## Bibliography First reported and edited in Mirashi 1935–1936, re-edited in Mirashi 1963. Discussed in Shastri 1997, pp. 31–32. Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00170). 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 13.