# Washim Charter of Vindhyasakti II

Dániel Balogh

Alternative title: Washim Plates of Vindhyasakti II, Basim Plates of
Vindhyasakti II, Vatsagulma Copper-plate Grant of Vindhyasakti

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00176

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00176.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

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dr̥ṣṭa(M)

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siddhaM

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ vatsagulmād
dharmma-mahārājasyāgniṣṭomāptoryyāma-vājapeya-jyoti⟨2⟩(ṣṭo)ma-br̥haspati-sava-sādyaskra-catur-aśvamedha-yājinas
samrāja⟨ḥ⟩ ¿vr̥?⟨3⟩¿ṣṇ(i)?◯vr̥ddha-sagotrasya _ hāritī-putrasya _
śrī-pravarasena-pautrasya ⟨4⟩ dharmma-mahārājasya _
śrī-sarvvasena-putrasya _ dharmma-mahārājasya ⟨5⟩ vākāṭakānā(M)
śr¿i?⟨ī⟩-vindhyaśakter vvacanāT

nāndīka(c)asa ⟦dā⟧⟨⟨u⟩⟩ttara-magge ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨6⟩
(bh/t)ākā-lakkhoppakābbhāse _ Ākāsapaddesu Amha-santakā
sāvvāyoga-ni⟨7⟩yuttā _ Āṇatti-bhaḍā sesā ya sāñcaranta-¿ra?⟨ku⟩la-puttā
bhāṇitavvā⟨.⟩ Āmhehiṁ ⟨8⟩ dāṇi ◯ Āpuṇo vijaya-vejayike _
Āyu-bala-vaddhaṇike svasti- ⟨9⟩ śānti-vācane _ Ihāmuttike _
dh¿ā?mma-tthāṇe Etthaṅ-gāme _ Ādhivvaṇika-cara⟨10⟩ṇassa _ Āddhaka{|}
bhālandāyaṇa-sagottesi{(|)} (jivu)jjesi kāpiñjala- ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨11⟩
sagottesi(ṁ){|} ruddajjesi{|} śrāviṣṭhāyaṇa-sagottesi{|} bhāṭṭidevajjesi
⟨12⟩ kosi(ka)-sagottesi{|} deAjjesi{|} kosika-sagottesi{|} veṇhujjesi{|}
⟨13⟩ kos¿ī?⟨⟩ka-◯sagottesi{|} vidhijjesi{|} paippalādi-sagottesi _
pitu⟨14⟩¿j?esi _ bhālandāyaṇa-sagottesi{|} cānda¿j?esi _
kosika-sagottesi jeṭṭha¿j?e⟨15⟩si{|} paḍehi dohi{(|)}
bhālandāyaṇa-sagottesi buddha¿j?esi{(|)} kosika-sagottesi{|} ⟨Page 3r⟩
⟨16⟩ bhā(ddi)lajjesi{|} kosika-sagottesi{|} sivajjesi{|}
kosika-sagottesi ⟨17⟩ hariṇṇa¿j?esi tti _ Etāṇa bāmhaṇāṇa bhāgā ti(ṇṇi)
3 kosika-sagottesi ⟨18⟩ revatije◯si{|} bhāgo 1 caUttho tti _
Ācandādicca-kālako Apuv(v)a-da⟨19⟩ttīya datto|

puvva-rāyāṇumate ya se cātuvvejja-ggāma-majjātā-parihāre vita⟨20⟩rāma(|)
taṁ jathā _ A-raṭṭha-saṁvviṇayika{|} A-lavaṇa-keṇṇa-kkhataka{|}
A-hiraṇṇa-dha(ṇṇa)- ⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨21⟩ ppaṇaya-ppadeya{|}
A-puppha-kkh¿i?ra-ggahaṇi{|} A-p¿a?rampara-go-balivardda ⟨22⟩
A-cāra-siddhika{|} A-cammaṅgālaka{|} A-bha(ḍ/ṭ)a-ppāvesa{|}
A-khaṭṭ(ā)-collaka-veṇe⟨23⟩sika{|} ◯ a-karada{|} A-vaha{|} sa-nidhi{|}
sopanidhi{||} sa-kutuppanta{|} ⟨24⟩ sa-mañca-mahākaraṇa{|}
sāvvajāti-parihāra-parihitañ ca

jato Upari-li ⟨25⟩ khita{|} śāsaṇa-vādam pamāṇaṁ karettā rakkhadha
rakkhāpedhaya pariharadha ⟨Page 4r⟩ ⟨26⟩ pariharāpedha ya⟨.⟩ jo (bu)
(ā?)bādhaṁ karejja katavva Anuma⟦[1×]⟧(ṇṇat)i ⟨27⟩ tissa (e)tehi{|}
uparilikhitehi{|} bāmhaṇehi{|} pari(ñña)pite sa-(da)ṇḍa- ⟨28⟩ nigraha⟨ṁ⟩
◯ karejjāmetti

sāvvaccharaṁ 30 7 hemanta-pakkhaṁ paḍhamaṁ ⟨29⟩ (d)i(v)a⟦ma⟧⟨⟨sa⟩⟩ 4 (|)
sa-mu⟦[2×]⟧⟨⟨(hāṇa)⟩⟩tthi⟦śā⟧(|) _ likhitam imaṁ śāsanaṁ seṇā(pa)tiṇā
⟨30⟩ vaṇhuṇa Iti|| siddhir astu || ___ 〰 _ || *

## Bibliography

First reported and edited with facsimile in Deshpande & Mahajan 1940.
Re-edited in Sircar 1941, Mirashi & Mahajan 1941–1942 and in Mirashi
1963. Discussed in Sircar 1940, Sircar 1942, Shastri 1997, pp. 37–40.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant
Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00176). Encoding
updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

### Secondary

Sircar, Dines Chandra. 1965. Select inscriptions bearing on Indian
history and civilization. Volume I: from the sixth century B.C. to the
sixth century A.D. 2nd edition revised and enlarged. Calcutta:
University of Calcutta. Book III, item 59.

Mirashi, Vasudev Vishnu. 1963. Inscriptions of the Vākāṭakas. Corpus
Inscriptionum Indicarum 5. Ootacamund: Archaeological Survey of India.
Item 23.