# Mandhal Charter of Rudrasena II, Year 5 Dániel Balogh Alternative title: Mandhal Plates of Rudrasena II, Year 5 Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00182 Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham) File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00182.xml Language: Sanskrit [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-09-16 10:40 (3083d2d), last modified 2026-09-16 09:24 (c200993) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨01⟩ dr̥ṣṭaM ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ siddhaM⟨.⟩ bhagavato Ekārṇṇava-salila-vistārita-nāga-rājño nan(t/n)asya (tasya vacasphuṭa-phaṭājala)-bhoga-śāyi⟨2⟩-yoga-nidrām upagatasya śaṅkha-cakkrāsi-dhāriṇaḥ deva-(de)vasya mondasvāminas sandeśāT⟨.⟩ Agni-ṣṭo⟨3⟩māpto⟨r⟩yy¿a?⟨ā⟩m¿ā?⟨o⟩kthya-ṣoḍaśy-atir¿a?⟨ā⟩tra-vājapeya-br̥haspati-sava-sādyaskra-catur-aśva-medha-yājina⟨ḥ⟩ viṣṇu⟨4⟩vr̥ddha-sagotra◯sya samrājaḥ vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī-pravaras¿a?⟨e⟩nasya sūnos sūnoḥ ⟨5⟩ Atyanta-svāmi-mahā-bhairava-bhaktasya A⟨ṁ⟩sa-bhāra-sanniveśita-śivaliṅgodvahana-śiva-suparituṣṭa-samu⟨6⟩tpādita-rāja-vaṁśānām parākkramādhigata-bhāgīratthy-amala-jala-mūrddh{n}ābhiṣiktānāṁ daśāśva-medhāvabhr̥tha⟨Page 2r⟩⟨7⟩-snātānāṁ bhāraśivānām mahārāja-śrī-bhavanāga-dauhitrasya gautamī-putrasya putrasya vākāṭakānām ma⟨8⟩hārāja-śrī-rudrasena-sūnoḥ satyārjjava-kāruṇya-śauryya-vikkrama-naya-vinaya-māhātmya-dhīma¿tv?a⟨9⟩-pātra-gata-bhaktitva-dharmma-vijayitva-mano-nairmmalyādi-guṇa-samupetasya varṣa-śatam abhivarddhamā⟨10⟩na-kośa-daṇḍa-sādha◯na-santāna-putra-pautriṇaḥ yudhiṣṭhira-vr̥tter vvākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī-pr̥thi⟨11⟩v¿i?⟨ī⟩ṣe¿n?⟨ṇ⟩a-sūnoḥ bhagavataś cakkra-lakṣma-pratiṣṭhita-śāsanasya vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī-rudrasenasya ⟨12⟩ vacanāT padmapura-pūrvva-mārgge Asmat-santakās sarvvāddhyakṣa-niyoga-niyuktā Ājñā-sañcāri-kula- ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨13⟩ putrādhikr̥tāḥ bhaṭāś (ch)āt(tr)āś ca ¿vyuṣita?⟨viśruta⟩-pūrvvayājñayājñāpitavyā⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩_ viditam astu vaḥ yathehāsmābhi⟨14⟩r ātmano dharmmāyur-bbala-vijayaiśvaryya-vivr̥ddhaye Ihām¿ū?⟨u⟩tra-hitārttham ātmānugrahāya vaijayike dha⟨15⟩rmma-sthāne _ kurudumbhakasya Apara-pārśve _ śaṅkhikayoḥ Uttara-pārśve _ bābbaikāyāḥ p¿u?⟨ū⟩rvva- ⟨16⟩ pārśve _ phukudu◯bhakasya dakṣiṇa-pārśve _ selluddraho nāma grāma⟨ḥ⟩ Acchabhallikā nāma (grā)⟨17⟩maḥ saragrāmakā nāma grāmaḥ Aragrāmakā nāma grāmaḥ _ vātsagulmaka(sya) ⟨18⟩ sātvata-caraṇādhivāsa-dvayasya⟨⟨(brāhma)ṇānā(ṁ) nānā-gotra-caraṇā(n)ā⟨ṁ⟩ ya s(v)¿a?⟨ā⟩(dh?)⟨y⟩¿(a)?⟨ā⟩ya-ni(ratānā)⟨ṁ⟩⟩⟩ _ apūrvva-dat⟨t⟩yā Udaka-pūrvvam atisr̥ṣṭaḥ Ucitā⟨ṁ⟩ś cāsya ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨19⟩ pūrvva-rājñānumatā¿M?⟨N⟩ cāturvv¿e?⟨ai⟩dyāgrahāra-maryyādā-parihārān vitarāmaḥ⟨.⟩ tad yathā ⟨20⟩ A-kara-dāyī A-bhaṭa-cch¿a?⟨ā⟩tra-prāveśyaḥ A-pārampara-go-balivarddaḥ A-puṣpa-kṣīra-sando⟨21⟩haḥ _ A-cārāsa◯na-carmmāṅgāra(ḥ) A-lava¿n?⟨ṇ⟩a-¿kiṇva?-k(kr)eṇi-khanakaḥ sarvva-viṣṭi⟨22⟩-parihāra-parihr̥taḥ sa-nidhis sopanidhiḥ sa-kl̥ptopakl̥ptaḥ Ācandrāditya-kālīya⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨23⟩ putra-pautrānugāmī bhuñjatā⟨ṁ⟩ na kenacid vyāghāta⟨ḥ⟩ karttavyaḥ sarvva-kriyābhis saṁrakṣi⟨Page 3v⟩⟨24⟩tavya⟨ḥ⟩ parivarddhayitavyaś ca⟨.⟩_ yaś cāsmacchāsanam agaṇayamānas svalpām api pari⟨25⟩bādhā¿n? kuryyāt ¿kārā⟨⟨pa⟩⟩yita? vā tasya _ brāhmaṇair vveditasya _ sa-daṇḍa¿n? nigrahaṁ kury(y)āma⟨.⟩ ⟨26⟩ Asmi⟨ṁ⟩ś ca dharmmā◯dara-karaṇe _ At¿i?⟨ī⟩tān¿ai?⟨e⟩ka-rāja-¿dattanā? _ sañcintana⟨27⟩-paripālan¿(ā)?⟨aṁ⟩ _ kr̥ta-puṇyānukīrttana-parihārārtthaM na kīrttayāmaḥ⟨.⟩ ⟨28⟩ saṅkalpābhi{d}yoga-parākkramopajitān (v)arttamānān ājñāpayāma(ḥ)⟨.⟩ ⟨Page 4r⟩ ⟨29⟩ ¿eṣyatat?-kāla-prabhaviṣ¿n?⟨ṇ⟩u-gauravād bhaviṣyān vijñāpayāmaḥ⟨.⟩ vyāsa-gīt¿ā?⟨a⟩ cā⟨tra⟩ śloka(ḥ) ⟨30⟩ pramāṇī-karttavyaḥ 1. Anuṣṭubh sva-dattām para-dattāṁ vā yo hareta vasundharāṁ gavāṁ śata-sahasra⟨31⟩sya hantu⟨r⟩ hara◯ti duṣkr̥taM sa⟨ṁ⟩v{v}atsare pañcame varṣa-pakṣe ṣaṣṭh¿a?⟨e⟩ ⟨32⟩ divase saptame⟨.⟩ _ s⟨v⟩a-mukhājñ¿ā?⟨a⟩pti⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩ __ likhitaṁ senāpati-vibh¿i?⟨ī⟩ṣañena⟨.⟩ ⟨33⟩ sidhir astu(|) ## Bibliography First reported in IAR 1981-82, p. 81 (No. 31). Edited in Shastri & Gupta 1997. Discussed in Shastri 1987, pp. 46–48, Shastri 1997, pp. 85–88. Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00182). Encoding updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.