Ajanta Cave 17 Inscription of Ravisamba Ajanta Cave XVII Inscription of the Time of Harishena Dániel Balogh European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Berlin DHARMA_INSSiddham00180.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 DHARMAbase

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bhava-drumāśaniṁ praṇamya vidyā-traya-pāra-gaṁ muniM vihāra-dātur vyavadāta-karmmaṇo guṇābhidhānopanayaẖ kariṣyate|| jana-pālanena labdhātma-bhāvasya narādhipasya dhr̥tātapatrasya babhūva putras sitātapatro dhr̥tarāṣṭra-saṁjñaḥ|| sya rājño harisāmbo mburuhendu-kānta-vaktraḥ nr̥pates-tanayo babhūva tasyāpy amala-śrīḥ kṣiti-pāla-śaurisāmbaḥ|| tena pr̥thu-kīrttir dyutimān upendraguptaḥ samabhūd avaras suto tha tasya kṣitipaẖ kāca Iti prakāśa-nāmā|| dyuti-kīrtti-nyasanāya bhikṣudāsaḥ pratitho bhuvi nīladāsa-nāmā nr̥patis tasya suto narādhipasya|| raiḥ prathitaẖ kāca Iti pradīpta-kīrttiḥ nr̥pater atha tasya kr̥ṣṇadāsaḥ kula-vaṁśa-dyuti-varddhano babhūva|| s tanayā candra-karāvadāta-veṣā Abhavat paripūrṇṇa-candra-vaktrā vinayācāra-vibhūṣaṇā sucandrā|| artthi-sthaloddyota-karīm avāpa tasyāñ ca tasyāmburuhāyatākṣāv uttapta-cāmīkara-kānta-rūpau|| pradyumna-sāmba-pratimau kumārau| dharādhipākhyāṁ prathamo babhāra dadhre dvitīyo ravisāmba-saṁjñāM|| nīyocchritam aśmakādibhiḥ kr̥tārttha-satvāv abhibhūya bhūyasā rarājatuś candra-divākarāv iva|| ha nibaddha-mānayoḥ vivr̥ddha-sauhārdda-yaśaḫ-pratānayos sadānukūlyena sukhaṁ vijahruṣoḥ|| amānavair apy anivāryya-śāsanaḥ purākr̥todbhāvita-bhīma-vikramaḥ kanīyasi prākhyad anityatāśaniM|| va-dhairyyād iva kāya-dhī-rujaḥ anitya-saṁjñā-sacivas tataḫ paraṁ vyavīvr̥dhat puṇya-mahā-mahīruhaM|| nujāta-toṣāN bhūyaś śruta-tyāga-dayā-pramoda -maitrī-kṣamā-vīryya-dhiyas siṣeve|| narendrāN praśasta-vr̥ttān suviśuddha-vr̥tto vr̥ttena sabhyān ucito nucakre|| cakāra anyārtthikasyārtthi-janas tathaiva kīrttiṁ kr̥tārtthaḥ prathayām babhūva|| yān bhaya-viplutākṣāN amūmucad vitta-visargga-śaktyā putrān iveṣṭān karuṇābhimr̥ṣṭaḥ|| praṇayena putravaT anūcivāṁso pi hi yasya hr̥d-gatāṁ vidanr̥vadhyāśaya-śuddhi-sampadaM|| karāṇi sadyaḥ sarvvajña-bhāva-praṇidhāna-siddhiḥ satyābhidhānābhibhavād apeyuḥ|| sambhāra-cayādhiyogaḥ yaśo-ṁśubhiś candra-marīci-śubhrair jjagat samagraṁ samalañcakāra|| || vadanāravinda-candre paripālayati kṣitīndra-candre hariṣeṇe hita-kāriṇi prajānāM|| n atyadbhuta-puṇya-rāśiḥ cakre bhuvaḥ stūpa-vihāra-bhūṣāṁ dānodayaiś-cārtthi-jana-pramodaM|| n ākula-nādavadbhiḥ nityaṁ vitānārtha-dhiyā vahadbhir ambho-dharaiś śrīmati sahyapāde|| || gāmbhīryya-guṇair upetaM niveśitāntar-muni-rāja-caityam ekāśmakaṁ maṇḍapa-ratnam etaT|| | vipulāṁ visr̥jya| acīkarac caitya-vimāna-kalpam alpātmabhiḥ kalpanayāpy aśakyaM|| nayanābhirāmaM nyavīviśat svādu-laghu-prasanna -śīta-prakāmāmbu-mahā-nidhānaM|| || || n netra-mano-bhirāmāM anyāṁga-deśe sya diśi pratīcyām acīkarad gandha-kuṭīm udārāM|| || jagad-dhitāyodyata-sarvva-karmmaṇaḥ munīndra-vāsa-praṇidhāna-siddhaye bhavantv abhīṣṭā bhuvi sarvva-sa||mpadaḥ|| sa praṇayena maṇḍapaḥ karotu tāvat kuśalodayaṁ satāṁ nvihanti yāvad ravir aṁśubhis tamaḥ||*

First (probably) reported in passing in 556-561, with partial eye copy (Plate 27 No. 10). First edited (with eye copy, transcript and translation) in 59-61. Re-edited by Bhagwanlal Indraji in 73-76 ; by Bühler in 128-132 with a facsimile (Plate 56) made by Indraji and “considerably worked up by hand” (according to 120); by Mirashi with a new rubbing in . Discussed in 46-49.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (IN00180). Encoding updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

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