Ajanta Cave 16 Inscription of Varahadeva Ajanta Cave XVI Inscription Dániel Balogh European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Berlin DHARMA_INSSiddham00178.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 DHARMAbase

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Udīrṇṇa-loka-traya-doṣa-vahni -nirvvāpaṇai abhipraṇamya pūrvvāṁ pravakṣye kṣitipānupūrvvīM mahā-vimarddeṣv abhivr̥ddha-śaktiḥ kruddhas surair apy anivāryya-vīryíaḥ raṇa-dāna-śaktiḥ dvijaḫ prakāso bhuvi vindhyaśaktiḥ purandaropendra-sama-prabhāvaḥ sva-bāhu-vīryyārjjitasarvva-lokaḥ ṭakānāṁ babhūva vākāṭaka-vaṅśa-ketuḥ raṇeṣu sva-haryy-uddhata-reṇujāla -sañcchāditārkkas sa ca karmma- n arātīn kr̥tvābhivāda-pravaṇāṁś cakāra vinirjjitāris-sura-rāja-kāryye cakāra puṇyeṣu paraṁ prayatnaṁ ari-narendra-mauli-vinyasta -maṇi-kiraṇālīḍha-kramāmbujaḥ pravarasenas tasya putro bhūd vikasan-navendīvarekṣaṇaḥ ravimayūkhadā sarvvasenaḫ pravarasenasya jita-sarvva-senas suto bhavaT pārtthivendrasya praśaśāsa dharmmeṇa medinīM kuntalendraṁ vindhya śrī vindhyasenaḥ pravarasenas tasya putro bhūt pravarorjjitodāraśāsanaḫ pravara tasyātmajama m avāpya rājyam aṣṭābdako yaḫ praśaśāsa samyaK tasyātmajo bhūn-naradeva-saṁjñas bhuvi devasenaḥ yasyopabhogair lalitair-vvi devarājasya pa bhūḥ puṇyānubhāvāt-kṣitipasya tasya ya guṇādhivāsaḥ vi-kośo bhuvi hastibhojaḥ praḫ pr̥thu-pīna-vakṣās saroruhākṣaẖ kṣapitāri-pakṣaḥ bāhur dig-gandha-hasti-pratimo babhūva hito vinītaḥ praṇaya-pradhāno mano-nukūlo nuvidhāna-varttī niratyaya-sanoṇa yakaś ca tathaiva lokasya hitāśayatvāt sukhena samyak-paripālanena piteva māteva sakheva nityaṁ priyo-bhigamyaś ca babhūva svasthas samāveśya sa tatra rājā sasañja bhogeṣu yatheṣṭa-ceṣṭaḥ atha tasya suto babhūva rājā lamara hari-rāma-hara-smarendu-kāntir hariṣeṇo hari-vikkrama-pratāpaḥ sa kuntalāvanti-kaliṅga-kosala -trikūṭa-lāṭ-āndhra-īma-jān imān śauryya-viśrutān api sva-nirddeśa-vaśānati-sthitāN prathito bhuvi hastibhoja-sūnus sacivas tasya mahīpater bbabhūva sakala-kṣiti-ya pravara api prajeṣṭaḥ sthira-dhīra-cetās tyāga-kṣamaudāryya-guṇair upetaḥ dharmmeṇa dharmma-pravaṇaś-śaśāsa deśaṁ yaśaḫ-puṇya-guṇāṁśu- prati puṇyopacayaṁ paraṁ cakāra yata ūrddhvam imāṁ sahāya-dharmmā nirato loka-gurau cakāra kārāM āyur-vvayo-vitta-sakhāṇni cañcalāni uddiśya mātā-pitarāv udāraṁ nyavīviśad veśma yatīndra-sevyaM sajalāmbuda-vr̥nda-lambitāgre bhujagendrādhyuṣite mahīdharendre ikara-śrī-patinā śarā nikuñje gavākṣa-niryyūha-suvīthi-vedikā -surendra-kanyā-pratimādy-alaṅkr̥taM manohara-stambha-vibhaṅga-meduraṁ niveśitābhyantara-caitya-mandiraM ma-tala-sanniviṣṭaṁ vitāna mano-bhirāmaṁ prakāmāmbu-mahā-nidhānaṁ nāgendra-veśmādibhir a r mmahati samīraṇe samantāt vividha-vilāsa grīṣmārkkasya ca kiraṇopatāpa-taptaṁ sarva-rtu-prathita-sukhopabhoga-yogaM surendra-mandirāṇāṁ ruciman-mandara-kandarānurūpaM janair yathepsita asamasya virocane girer vvikala ka-śramāntakā bhavatīva para viśālam iti yasya janena nāma prīti-prasāda-vikaca-praṇayena cakre etasya rlayanaṁ surendra -mauli-prabhopacitamaṅgala-saṁgrahāya nivedya saṅghāya bhaktyā sa-bandhu-varggas sa varāhadevaḥ nr̥-deva-saukhyāny anubhūya ṇa śāstā sugata-praśastaḥ sāndrāmbhoda-bhujaṅga-bhoga-nikarair yyāvat nūtna-manaś-śilāla-kapilair yyāvat karair bhāsvaraḥ tāvac che sevyatām antar-mmaṇḍapa-ratnam etad amalaṁ ratna-trayodbhāvitaṁ|| vividha-layana-sānus sevyamāno mahadbhir girir ayam ddhyaḥ jagad api ca samasta-vyasta-doṣa-prahāṇād viśatu padam aśokaṁ nirjvaraṁ śāntam āryyaM

First reported and edited (with eye copy, transcript and translation) in 56-58. Re-edited by Bhagwanlal Indraji (without facsimile) in 69-73; by Bühler (with a facsimile (Plate 57) made by Indraji and “somewhat worked up by hand” [according to 103 ]) in 124-128, by Mirashi (with discussion and new estampage) in 142-147, in and (finally) in . Discussed in (also published, without facsimile, as ), , 41-44. Metrical issues discussed in , 27, , .

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (IN00178). Encoding updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

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