Miregaon Charter of Prabhāvatīguptā

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh (daba).

Language: Sanskrit (san).

Version: 2025-06-11 08:35 (914ca07), last modified 2025-06-11 08:35 (914ca07).

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⟨1⟩ vikkrāntayor jjananyās tu

⟨2⟩ vākāṭaka-narendrayo⟨ḥ⟩

⟨3⟩ śrī-prabhāvat¿i?-guptāyā⟨ḥ⟩

⟨4⟩ śāsanaṁ ripu-śāsanaṁ(|)

Plates

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⟨01⟩ dr̥ṣṭaṁ
⟨1⟩ jitam bhagavatā⟨.⟩ svasti vainyāpura-sthānā⟨d⟩ guptānām ādi-rājo mahārā-
⟨2⟩ ja-śrī-ghaṭotkacas tat-putro mahārāja-śrī-candraguptas tasya putras tat-pā-
⟨3⟩ da-parigr̥hī◯to licchavi-dauhitro mahādevyā⟨ṁ⟩ kumāradevyām utpann¿a?
⟨4⟩ mahārāja-śrī-samudraguptas tasya putras tat-pādānu(ddh)yāto nyāyāgat¿a?neka-
⟨5⟩ -go-hiraṇya-koṭi-sahasra-pradas sarvva-rājocchet⟨t⟩ā p¿ri?thivyām apratiratha⟨ḥ⟩

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⟨6⟩ parama-bhāgavato m{m}ahādevyā⟨ṁ⟩ dattadevyām utpanno m{m}ahārājādhirāja-śr(ī)-
⟨7⟩ candraguptas tasya duhitā dhāraṇa-sagotrā nāga-kulotpannāyā⟨ṁ⟩ ku¿mā?ranāg¿a?-
⟨8⟩ -d(e)vyām utpannā ◯ ubhaya-kulālaṅkāra-bhūtā vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī-
⟨9⟩ -rudrase¿ṇ?asy(ā)gra-mahiṣ¿i? vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī-dāmodarase¿ṇ?a-
⟨10⟩ pravarase¿ṇ?a-jananī bhagavat-pādānuddhyātā sāgra-varṣa-śata-

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⟨11⟩ -j(ī)va-putra-pautrā śrī-mahādev¿i?-prabhāvat¿i?guptā sabhā-rāṣṭre jalapura-
⟨12⟩ vāṭake sa-brāhmaṇa-puroga-grāma-m{m}ahattarā⟨ṁ⟩ś ca kuśalam uktvā samā-
⟨13⟩ jñāpayati⟨.⟩◯ yūyam asmābhir iha cāmutra ca sva-puṇyāpyāyanā(r)ttha⟨ṁ⟩
⟨14⟩ kāśyapa-sagotra-vājasaney(i/a)-m¿a?ddhyandina(|) bhaṭy(ā)ryy(ā)-svāmikāryya-
⟨15⟩ -govyāryyā-śaṅkarāryyā-dharāryyāya(|) udaka-pūrvvam atisr̥ṣṭā⟨ḥ⟩

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⟨16⟩ Ucitā⟨ṁ⟩ś cāsya pūrvva-rājānumatā⟨ṁ⟩ś ¿cātura(tt)a?-grāma-maryyādā śarkkara-
⟨17⟩ -grā¿p?asya pūrvvato vaṭapadrakasya dakṣiṇato haredrakāyā¿r a?para-
⟨18⟩ -pārśve malli◯koṅkaṇasya Uttara-p¿a?rśve tad yathā parihārān vita
⟨19⟩ rāma⟨ḥ⟩ A-kara-dāy¿ī? a-bhaṭa-cch¿a?tra-prāveśya A-pārampara-go-bali
⟨20⟩ vardda A-puṣpa-kṣ¿ī?ra-sandoha A-cārāsana-carmmāṅgāra A-lava-

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⟨21⟩ ¿n?a-¿kinva?-kkreṇi-khanaka⟨ḥ⟩ sarvva-v¿e?ṣṭi-parihāra-parihr̥ta⟨ḥ⟩ sa-nidhis sopa
⟨22⟩ nidhi⟨ḥ⟩ sa-k¿li?ptopak¿li?pta_ ācandrāditya-kālīyaḥ putra-pautrānugāmī
⟨23⟩ bhuñjatā⟨ṁ⟩ na ke◯¿ṇ?aci⟨d⟩ vyāghātayitavyaḥ sarvva-kkr¿a?yābhis saṁrakṣita-
⟨24⟩ vya⟨ḥ⟩ paripālayitavyaś ca| yaś cāsmac-chāsanam agaṇayamāna⟨ḥ⟩ svalp(ā)-
⟨25⟩ m api paribādhā⟨ṁ⟩ kuryyāt ¿kārayita? vā tasya brāhmaṇair ā

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⟨26⟩ {r}v{v}editasya sa-daṇḍaṁ nigrahaṁ kariṣyāma⟨ḥ⟩ asmi⟨ṁ⟩ś ca dharmmādara-karaṇe
⟨27⟩ Anekāt(ī)ta-rāja-datt¿ā?-sañcintana-paripālanaṁ pu¿n?yānukīrttana-pari-
⟨28⟩ hārārttha(ṁ) na kī◯rttayāmaḥ⟨.⟩ saṅkalpā¿dh?iyoga-pa⟦(ka)⟧⟨⟨rā⟩⟩kkramopaj¿ā?-
⟨29⟩ tā⟨n⟩ varttamān¿am? ājñāpayāmaḥ⟨.⟩ vyāsa-gīt¿au? śl¿au?k¿au?ḫ pramāṇ¿i?-karttavya⟨ḥ⟩
⟨30⟩ ⟦[***]⟧⟨⟨sva-dattā⟩⟩m para-dattāṁ vā yo hareta vasundharā⟨M⟩|____

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⟨31⟩ gavāṁ śata-sahasrasya hantu⟨r⟩ harati duṣkr̥tam iti|___

⟨32⟩ vākāṭakānām parama-māheśvara-m{m}ahārāja-śrī-pravarasenasya

⟨33⟩ rājyaṁ praśāsa◯ta⟨ḥ⟩ sa⟨ṁ⟩v{v}atsare| ¿viśatime?| hemanta-puṣya-māsa-

⟨34⟩ -(śu)k(l)a-pakṣa-dvādaśyā⟨M⟩| dūtaka⟨ḥ⟩ pramatha⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩ likhitam amātya-candre¿n?a

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1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ vikkrāntayor jjananyās tu

⟨2⟩ vākāṭaka-narendrayo⟨ḥ⟩

⟨3⟩ śrī-prabhāvat¿i?-guptāyā⟨ḥ⟩

⟨4⟩ śāsanaṁ ripu-śāsanaṁ(|)

Plates

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨01⟩ dr̥ṣṭaṁ

⟨1⟩ jitam bhagavatā⟨.⟩ svasti vainyāpura-sthānā⟨d⟩

guptānām ādi-rājo mahārā⟨2⟩ja-śrī-ghaṭotkacas tat-putro mahārāja-śrī-candraguptas tasya putras tat-pā⟨3⟩da-parigr̥hī◯to licchavi-dauhitro mahādevyā⟨ṁ⟩ kumāradevyām utpann⟨o⟩ ⟨4⟩ mahārāja-śrī-samudraguptas tasya putras tat-pādānu(ddh)yāto nyāyāgat⟨ā⟩neka⟨5⟩-go-hiraṇya-koṭi-sahasra-pradas sarvva-rājocchet⟨t⟩ā p⟨r̥⟩thivyām apratiratha⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨6⟩ parama-bhāgavato m{m}ahādevyā⟨ṁ⟩ dattadevyām utpanno m{m}ahārājādhirāja-śr(ī)- ⟨7⟩ candraguptas tasya duhitā dhāraṇa-sagotrā nāga-kulotpannāyā⟨ṁ⟩ ku¿mā?ranāg⟨ā⟩⟨8⟩-d(e)vyām utpannā ◯ ubhaya-kulālaṅkāra-bhūtā vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī⟨9⟩-rudrase⟨n⟩asy(ā)gra-mahiṣ⟨ī⟩ vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī-dāmodarase⟨n⟩a- ⟨10⟩ pravarase⟨n⟩a-jananī bhagavat-pādānuddhyātā sāgra-varṣa-śata⟨Page 2v⟩⟨11⟩-j(ī)va-putra-pautrā śrī-mahādev⟨ī⟩-prabhāvat¿i?guptā sabhā-rāṣṭre jalapura⟨12⟩vāṭake sa-brāhmaṇa-puroga-grāma-m{m}ahattarā⟨ṁ⟩ś ca kuśalam uktvā samā⟨13⟩jñāpayati⟨.⟩◯

yūyam asmābhir iha cāmutra ca sva-puṇyāpyāyanā(r)ttha⟨ṁ⟩ ⟨14⟩ kāśyapa-sagotra-vājasaney(i/a)-m¿a?ddhyandina(|) bhaṭy(ā)ryy(ā)-svāmikāryya⟨15⟩-govyāryyā-śaṅkarāryyā-dharāryyāya(|) udaka-pūrvvam atisr̥ṣṭā⟨ḥ⟩

⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨16⟩ Ucitā⟨ṁ⟩ś cāsya pūrvva-rājānumatā⟨ṁ⟩ś ⟨cāturvvaidya⟩-grāma-maryyādā śarkkara⟨17⟩-grā⟨m⟩asya pūrvvato vaṭapadrakasya dakṣiṇato haredrakāyā⟨A⟩para⟨18⟩-pārśve malli◯koṅkaṇasya Uttara-p⟨ā⟩rśve tad yathā parihārān vita ⟨19⟩ rāma⟨ḥ⟩ A-kara-dāy⟨i⟩ a-bhaṭa-cch¿a?tra-prāveśya A-pārampara-go-bali ⟨20⟩ vardda A-puṣpa-kṣ⟨i⟩ra-sandoha A-cārāsana-carmmāṅgāra A-lava⟨Page 3v⟩⟨21⟩⟨ṇ⟩a-¿kinva?-kkreṇi-khanaka⟨ḥ⟩ sarvva-v⟨i⟩ṣṭi-parihāra-parihr̥ta⟨ḥ⟩ sa-nidhis sopa ⟨22⟩ nidhi⟨ḥ⟩ sa-k⟨l̥⟩ptopak⟨l̥⟩pta_ ācandrāditya-kālīyaḥ putra-pautrānugāmī ⟨23⟩ bhuñjatā⟨ṁ⟩ na ke◯⟨n⟩aci⟨d⟩ vyāghātayitavyaḥ sarvva-kkr⟨i⟩yābhis saṁrakṣita⟨24⟩vya⟨ḥ⟩ paripālayitavyaś ca| yaś cāsmac-chāsanam agaṇayamāna⟨ḥ⟩ svalp(ā)⟨25⟩m api paribādhā⟨ṁ⟩ kuryyāt ⟨kārayeta⟩ vā tasya brāhmaṇair ā ⟨Page 4r⟩ ⟨26⟩ {r}v{v}editasya sa-daṇḍaṁ nigrahaṁ kariṣyāma⟨ḥ⟩

asmi⟨ṁ⟩ś ca dharmmādara-karaṇe ⟨27⟩ Anekāt(ī)ta-rāja-datt⟨a⟩-sañcintana-paripālanaṁ pu⟨ṇ⟩yānukīrttana-pari⟨28⟩hārārttha(ṁ) na kī◯rttayāmaḥ⟨.⟩ saṅkalpā⟨bh⟩iyoga-pa⟦(ka)⟧⟨⟨rā⟩⟩kkramopaj⟨i⟩⟨29⟩tā⟨n⟩ varttamān⟨ān⟩ ājñāpayāmaḥ⟨.⟩ vyāsa-gīt⟨aḥ⟩ śl⟨o⟩k⟨a⟩ḫ pramāṇ⟨ī⟩-karttavya⟨ḥ⟩

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨30⟩ ⟦[3×]⟧⟨⟨sva-dattā⟩⟩m para-dattāṁ vā

yo hareta vasundharā⟨M⟩|____

⟨Page 4v⟩ ⟨31⟩ gavāṁ śata-sahasrasya

hantu⟨r⟩ harati duṣkr̥tam

iti|___ ⟨32⟩ vākāṭakānām parama-māheśvara-m{m}ahārāja-śrī-pravarasenasya ⟨33⟩ rājyaṁ praśāsa◯ta⟨ḥ⟩ sa⟨ṁ⟩v{v}atsare| ⟨viṁśatitame⟩| hemanta-puṣya-māsa⟨34⟩-(śu)k(l)a-pakṣa-dvādaśyā⟨M⟩| dūtaka⟨ḥ⟩ pramatha⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩ likhitam amātya-candre⟨ṇ⟩a

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1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ vikkrāntayor jjananyās tu

⟨2⟩ vākāṭaka-narendrayo⟨ḥ⟩

⟨3⟩ śrī-prabhāvat¿i?-guptāyā⟨ḥ⟩

⟨4⟩ śāsanaṁ ripu-śāsanaṁ(|)

Plates

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨01⟩ dr̥ṣṭaṁ

⟨1⟩ jitam bhagavatā⟨.⟩ svasti vainyāpura-sthānā⟨d⟩

guptānām ādi-rājo mahārā⟨2⟩ja-śrī-ghaṭotkacas tat-putro mahārāja-śrī-candraguptas tasya putras tat-pā⟨3⟩da-parigr̥hī◯to licchavi-dauhitro mahādevyā⟨ṁ⟩ kumāradevyām utpann¿a?⟨o⟩ ⟨4⟩ mahārāja-śrī-samudraguptas tasya putras tat-pādānu(ddh)yāto nyāyāgat¿a?⟨ā⟩neka⟨5⟩-go-hiraṇya-koṭi-sahasra-pradas sarvva-rājocchet⟨t⟩ā p¿ri?⟨r̥⟩thivyām apratiratha⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨6⟩ parama-bhāgavato m{m}ahādevyā⟨ṁ⟩ dattadevyām utpanno m{m}ahārājādhirāja-śr(ī)- ⟨7⟩ candraguptas tasya duhitā dhāraṇa-sagotrā nāga-kulotpannāyā⟨ṁ⟩ ku¿mā?ranāg¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨8⟩-d(e)vyām utpannā ◯ ubhaya-kulālaṅkāra-bhūtā vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī⟨9⟩-rudrase¿ṇ?⟨n⟩asy(ā)gra-mahiṣ¿i?⟨ī⟩ vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī-dāmodarase¿ṇ?⟨n⟩a- ⟨10⟩ pravarase¿ṇ?⟨n⟩a-jananī bhagavat-pādānuddhyātā sāgra-varṣa-śata⟨Page 2v⟩⟨11⟩-j(ī)va-putra-pautrā śrī-mahādev¿i?⟨ī⟩-prabhāvat¿i?guptā sabhā-rāṣṭre jalapura⟨12⟩vāṭake sa-brāhmaṇa-puroga-grāma-m{m}ahattarā⟨ṁ⟩ś ca kuśalam uktvā samā⟨13⟩jñāpayati⟨.⟩◯

⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨16⟩ Ucitā⟨ṁ⟩ś cāsya pūrvva-rājānumatā⟨ṁ⟩ś ¿cātura(tt)a?⟨cāturvvaidya⟩-grāma-maryyādā śarkkara⟨17⟩-grā¿p?⟨m⟩asya pūrvvato vaṭapadrakasya dakṣiṇato haredrakāyā¿r a?⟨A⟩para⟨18⟩-pārśve malli◯koṅkaṇasya Uttara-p¿a?⟨ā⟩rśve tad yathā parihārān vita ⟨19⟩ rāma⟨ḥ⟩ A-kara-dāy¿ī?⟨i⟩ a-bhaṭa-cch¿a?tra-prāveśya A-pārampara-go-bali ⟨20⟩ vardda A-puṣpa-kṣ¿ī?⟨i⟩ra-sandoha A-cārāsana-carmmāṅgāra A-lava⟨Page 3v⟩⟨21⟩¿n?⟨ṇ⟩a-¿kinva?-kkreṇi-khanaka⟨ḥ⟩ sarvva-v¿e?⟨i⟩ṣṭi-parihāra-parihr̥ta⟨ḥ⟩ sa-nidhis sopa ⟨22⟩ nidhi⟨ḥ⟩ sa-k¿li?⟨l̥⟩ptopak¿li?⟨l̥⟩pta_ ācandrāditya-kālīyaḥ putra-pautrānugāmī ⟨23⟩ bhuñjatā⟨ṁ⟩ na ke◯¿ṇ?⟨n⟩aci⟨d⟩ vyāghātayitavyaḥ sarvva-kkr¿a?⟨i⟩yābhis saṁrakṣita⟨24⟩vya⟨ḥ⟩ paripālayitavyaś ca| yaś cāsmac-chāsanam agaṇayamāna⟨ḥ⟩ svalp(ā)⟨25⟩m api paribādhā⟨ṁ⟩ kuryyāt ¿kārayita?⟨kārayeta⟩ vā tasya brāhmaṇair ā ⟨Page 4r⟩ ⟨26⟩ {r}v{v}editasya sa-daṇḍaṁ nigrahaṁ kariṣyāma⟨ḥ⟩

asmi⟨ṁ⟩ś ca dharmmādara-karaṇe ⟨27⟩ Anekāt(ī)ta-rāja-datt¿ā?⟨a⟩-sañcintana-paripālanaṁ pu¿n?⟨ṇ⟩yānukīrttana-pari⟨28⟩hārārttha(ṁ) na kī◯rttayāmaḥ⟨.⟩ saṅkalpā¿dh?⟨bh⟩iyoga-pa⟦(ka)⟧⟨⟨rā⟩⟩kkramopaj¿ā?⟨i⟩⟨29⟩tā⟨n⟩ varttamān¿am?⟨ān⟩ ājñāpayāmaḥ⟨.⟩ vyāsa-gīt¿au?⟨aḥ⟩ śl¿au?⟨o⟩k¿au?⟨a⟩ḫ pramāṇ¿i?⟨ī⟩-karttavya⟨ḥ⟩

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨30⟩ ⟦[3×]⟧⟨⟨sva-dattā⟩⟩m para-dattāṁ vā

yo hareta vasundharā⟨M⟩|____

⟨Page 4v⟩ ⟨31⟩ gavāṁ śata-sahasrasya

hantu⟨r⟩ harati duṣkr̥tam

iti|___ ⟨32⟩ vākāṭakānām parama-māheśvara-m{m}ahārāja-śrī-pravarasenasya ⟨33⟩ rājyaṁ praśāsa◯ta⟨ḥ⟩ sa⟨ṁ⟩v{v}atsare| ¿viśatime?⟨viṁśatitame⟩| hemanta-puṣya-māsa⟨34⟩-(śu)k(l)a-pakṣa-dvādaśyā⟨M⟩| dūtaka⟨ḥ⟩ pramatha⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩ likhitam amātya-candre¿n?⟨ṇ⟩a

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<l n="b"><lb n="2"/>vākāṭaka-narendrayo<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied></l><!--

L.ii. Shastri & Kawadkar (SK) print an original daṇḍa at the end of the line, but no visarga. I see no recognisable punctuation mark in the rubbing, but there may be both a faint visarga and a faint dash. However, given the excellent condition of the whole set of plates, I think it's better to assume that there is neither visarga nor daṇḍa in the original.

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<l n="c"><lb n="3"/>śrī-prabhāvat<sic>i</sic>-guptāyā<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied></l>

<l n="d"><lb n="4"/>śāsanaṁ ripu-śāsanaṁ<unclear>|</unclear></l><!--

L.iv. A single dash is fairly clear at the end of the line. SK print an original double daṇḍa.

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<ab><pb n="1v"/><lb n="01"/>dr̥ṣṭaṁ</ab><!--

SK treat dr̥ṣṭaṁ as part of l1, but it is definitely a separate block, being a little lower than l1 and starting right at the edge of the plate, before the margin of the subsequent lines. L1 itself starts with an indent of about 1 character. Also, though this may be an artefact of the rubbing, it seems pretty certain that dr̥ṣṭaṁ was engraved after the text of l2 was already in place. The subscript ṭ intersects the vowel of śrī in l2, and - in the inked rubbing - the white line of the ṭ has a thin black edge at this intersection. This edge is too thin to assume that the ī mātrā was inscribed after the ṭ was in place, and its line was interrupted at the intersection point then continued on; but it seems perfectly plausible that the edge is a kerf mark (or whatever the proper term is) raised by the engraver's tool when inscribing the ṭ after the ī.

--><p><lb n="1"/>jitam bhagavatā<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> svasti vainyāpura-sthānā<supplied reason="omitted">d</supplied></p>

<p>guptānām ādi-rājo mahārā<lb n="2" break="no"/>ja-śrī-ghaṭotkacas tat-putro mahārāja-śrī-candraguptas tasya putras tat-pā<!--

L2. Not noted by SK, mahā may be a correction, perhaps from hamā.

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L2. SK print the sta of putras tat as supplied (they literally print "पुत्र Ì(स्त*]त्पा", sic). This seems to be some sort of weird typo; sta is clear.

--><lb n="3" break="no"/>da-parigr̥hī<space type="binding-hole"/>to licchavi-dauhitro mahādevyā<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> kumāradevyām utpann<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>o</corr></choice><!--

L3. SK read licchavī and specifically note this as an instance of mixing up i and ī marks. In the rubbing the mark could very well pass for short i; actually, the one in dauhitro looks more like ī. So why not give the engraver the benefit of doubt?

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L3. SK read utpanna as in compound, but I think the intent must have been utpanno. Compare #IN00164:4.

--><lb n="4"/>mahārāja-śrī-samudraguptas tasya putras tat-pādānu<unclear>ddh</unclear>yāto nyāyāgat<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>neka<!--

L4. SK read °anudhyāto here (but °anuddhyātā in l10). The topmost part of the ligature cannot be dh, so I take it as a badly formed d (looking like v); between this part and the subscript y there is a faint curve that seems to be the left-hand side of dh.

--><lb n="5" break="no"/>-go-hiraṇya-koṭi-sahasra-pradas sarvva-rājocchet<supplied reason="omitted">t</supplied>ā p<choice><sic>ri</sic><corr>r̥</corr></choice>thivyām apratiratha<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied><!--

L5. saha may be a correction, or just not very nicely formed. The sa is awkward; the ha may have been first inscribed as another sa.

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L5. SK print pr̥thivyām (certainly, as their edition is in Devanagari), but the plate has prithivyām.

--><pb n="2r"/><!--

From the beginning of 2recto, the text seems to be in a different hand. Maybe we should mark up the hand change in proper XML. The characters in this second hand are neater and slightly larger. The most conspicuous mark of the hand change is the form of the subscript y, which is practically a circle here, very much like (or completely identical to?) the form used in the Masod plates, IN00184. The first hand used the regular form of subscript y. Also, the hand2 uses a distinctly southern ja, without a box head, but with a wavy top line and a wavy left vertical. (The same outline appears in ṅ in l8.) ṇa is probably also different: in hand1 (only 1 specimen on 1verso, not very clear and in ligature) it seems to be a regular vākāṭaka ṇ with a boxhead, very similar to no; in hand2 ṇa has no boxhead, only a pair of wings at the top. In hand2, ī seems always to be marked with a double circle (śrī at the end of l6 may in fact be śri, but part is rubbed off and śrī is not impossible); in hand1, neither i nor ī are closed into a circle (both being open on the left), but i is just a curve, while ī is a spiral. In hand2, ā mātrās are attached to the top of most consonants; in hand1 this happens occasionally but the general rule seems that ā mātrās are on the right-hand side.

--><lb n="6"/>parama-bhāgavato m<surplus>m</surplus>ahādevyā<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> dattadevyām utpanno m<surplus>m</surplus>ahārājādhirāja-śr<unclear>ī</unclear>-

<lb n="7"/>candraguptas tasya duhitā dhāraṇa-sagotrā nāga-kulotpannāyā<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> ku<sic>mā</sic>ranāg<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice><!--

L7. SK print candraguptasya, but the plate has candraguptas tasya (and so does IN00164:7).

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L7. As SK point out, Prabhāvatīguptā's mother ought to be Kuberanāgā, not Kumāranāgā.

--><lb n="8" break="no"/>-d<unclear>e</unclear>vyām utpannā <space type="binding-hole"/> ubhaya-kulālaṅkāra-bhūtā vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī<!--

L8. SK read davyām, emending to devyām. I think the e mātrā is faintly visible.

--><lb n="9" break="no"/>-rudrase<choice><sic>ṇ</sic><corr>n</corr></choice>asy<unclear>ā</unclear>gra-mahiṣ<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice> vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī-dāmodarase<choice><sic>ṇ</sic><corr>n</corr></choice>a-

<lb n="10"/>pravarase<choice><sic>ṇ</sic><corr>n</corr></choice>a-jananī bhagavat-pādānuddhyātā sāgra-varṣa-śata<!--

L10. There is space of about 1 character at the end of l10, and it may contain a horizontal dash as a filler.

--><pb n="2v" break="no"/><lb n="11" break="no"/>-j<unclear>ī</unclear>va-putra-pautrā śrī-mahādev<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>-prabhāvat<sic>i</sic>guptā sabhā-rāṣṭre jalapura<!--

L11. SK print mahādevī, but the plate has i.

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L11. SK print rāṣṭra (construing it in cpd), but the e mātrā is clear.

--><lb n="12" break="no"/>vāṭake sa-brāhmaṇa-puroga-grāma-m<surplus>m</surplus>ahattarā<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied>ś ca kuśalam uktvā samā<!--

L12. SK do not emend grāmamma°, perhaps construing it as grāmaṁ mahattarāṁś ca. I prefer to take it as grāma-ma°, cf IN00164:12.

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L12. SK print mahattarāṁś as clear, but I see no trace of an anusvāra.

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L12. The vowel mark in ktvā has an additional stroke slanting to the top left. This is probably a scratch, o would look different (beside being wrong).

--><lb n="13" break="no"/>jñāpayati<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied><space type="binding-hole"/>

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<p>yūyam asmābhir iha cāmutra ca sva-puṇyāpyāyanā<unclear>r</unclear>ttha<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied><!--

L13. SK print °ārtthaṁ as clear. This is the very edge of the plate, and SK's rubbing seems to end a hair's breadth before the edge, but there is almost certainly no anusvāra, and only a faint trace of what may be a superscript r.

--><lb n="14"/>kāśyapa-sagotra-vājasaney<choice><unclear>i</unclear><unclear>a</unclear></choice>-m<sic>a</sic>ddhyandina<unclear>|</unclear> bhaṭy<unclear>ā</unclear>ryy<unclear>ā</unclear>-svāmikāryya<!--

L14. SK print kaśyapa (also writing about Kaśyapa gotra in their commentary, p141). kā is clear in the rubbing.

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L14. SK print vājasaneya (also in their commentary). I'm fairly certain the plate actually has vājasaneyi, though the i mātrā is faint and squashed on acount of smā hanging down from above.

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L14. Where I read an unclear daṇḍa, SK read (and delete) a visarga. It is not damaged at all, consisting very clearly of two very short horizontal dashes. I think a visarga is unlikely at this point (especially since there have so far been no clear visargas in the inscription even where expected), and the mark is probably punctuation, perhaps in a function sort of like a colon, to imply that the gotra etc specifications apply to all the following names.

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L14. SK read bhaṭṭyāryya, emending to bhaṭṭāryya (which is the name they mention in their commentary). I think bhaṭṭy-āryya would be perfectly acceptable, but the plate actually has bhaṭyāryyā (the first ā mātrā is all but invisible, but I assume it is there since it's expected and SK read it; the second is also unclear and SK do not read it, but it is more discernible than the first and matches the āryyās in the following line). Nonetheless, the intent was probably bhaṭṭy-āryya.

--><lb n="15" break="no"/>-govyāryyā-śaṅkarāryyā-dharāryyāya<unclear>|</unclear> udaka-pūrvvam atisr̥ṣṭā<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied><!--

L15. SK read govyāryya-śaṅkarāryya; the unexpected ā endings of both are clear in the rubbing.

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L15. SK read dharāryyāyaḥ, deleting the visarga. I think once again that this is a punctuation mark (though it is not identical to the one in l14, the dashes being even shorter and closer together), marking the end of the list.

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L15. SK emend atisr̥ṣṭā to atisr̥ṣṭa, which doesn't seem to make sense. I believe the intent must have been atisr̥ṣṭāḥ, which is consistent with the lack of visargas throughout the text so far, and agrees grammatically with yūyam - even though addressing people as chattel does seem sort of surprising.

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L16. At 3 recto the hand changes back to the first one or at any rate one very much like the first one.

--><lb n="16"/>Ucitā<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied>ś cāsya pūrvva-rājānumatā<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied>ś <choice><sic>cātura<unclear>tt</unclear>a</sic><corr>cāturvvaidya</corr></choice>-grāma-maryyādā śarkkara<!--

L16. SK read °anumatāścāturatra, emending to °anumatācaturatra, at least in their edition. The text cited in their commentary (p141) is °anumatāś cātur atra, so they seem to understand "atra"; I have no idea how they construe catur or cātur - is this supposed to mean four boundaries? While "atra grāma-maryyādā" makes some sense, the plate definitely doesn't have tra. The character appars to be tta or possibly nta (though n has, I believe, been always looped so far, and tta in l18 doesn't look identical: this one uses the symmetrical (older?) subscript t, while elsewhere it's an angled projection from the descender). So most probably this is just a weird error for cāturvvaidya, and perhaps the engraver didn't even know or care what character he was producing. Then the text gets seriously jumbled: the expected continuation, parihārān, comes in l18 below (and it is preceded, rather than followed by tad yathā). Perhaps the plates are copies of an earlier set, which had the boundaries added to the bottom of one plate that originally ended at maryyādā?

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L16. In addition to the hand change, we now begin to get jumbled-up text like in the Masod plate.

--><lb n="17" break="no"/>-grā<choice><sic>p</sic><corr>m</corr></choice>asya pūrvvato vaṭapadrakasya dakṣiṇato haredrakāyā<choice><sic>r a</sic><corr> A</corr></choice>para<!--

L17. SK emend haredrakā to haridrakā, which is plausible but perhaps not really necessary.

--><lb n="18" break="no"/>-pārśve malli<space type="binding-hole"/>koṅkaṇasya Uttara-p<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>rśve tad yathā parihārān vita<!--

L18. KS read mallikāṅkaṇa, but the correct reading seems to be ko.

--><lb n="19"/>rāma<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> A-kara-dāy<choice><sic>ī</sic><corr>i</corr></choice> a-bhaṭa-cch<sic>a</sic>tra-prāveśya A-pārampara-go-bali

<lb n="20"/>vardda A-puṣpa-kṣ<choice><sic>ī</sic><corr>i</corr></choice>ra-sandoha A-cārāsana-carmmāṅgāra A-lava<pb n="3v" break="no"/><!--

Surprisingly, the hand changes back to hand2 at the start of 3verso. So we seem to be dealing with two different hands on two sides of a single plate.

--><lb n="21" break="no"/><choice><sic>n</sic><corr>ṇ</corr></choice>a-<sic>kinva</sic>-kkreṇi-khanaka<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> sarvva-v<choice><sic>e</sic><corr>i</corr></choice>ṣṭi-parihāra-parihr̥ta<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> sa-nidhis sopa<!--

L21. SK read lavaṇa, but the character is quite certainly na, not ṇa.

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L21. SK read kreṇi; kkreṇi is correct.

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L21. SK read parihr̥taṁ (emending to °taḥ), but I see no anusvāra.

--><lb n="22"/>nidhi<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> sa-k<choice><sic>li</sic><corr>l̥</corr></choice>ptopak<choice><sic>li</sic><corr>l̥</corr></choice>pta<space/> ācandrāditya-kālīyaḥ putra-pautrānugāmī<!--

L22. There is a mark in the space after klipta, not read by SK. It is probably not a visarga; it seems to be a dot a bit above baseline, and another dot lower and to the right of the first one. Either or both may be random marks on the plate.

--><lb n="23"/>bhuñjatā<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> na ke<space type="binding-hole"/><choice><sic>ṇ</sic><corr>n</corr></choice>aci<supplied reason="omitted">d</supplied> vyāghātayitavyaḥ sarvva-kkr<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>i</corr></choice>yābhis saṁrakṣita<!--

L23. SK read keṇacid, but the d is not there in the plate.

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L23. As SK observe, the usual (or perhaps universal?) reading instead of vyāghātayitavyaḥ is vyāghātaḥ karttavyaḥ, which according to SK is also "the correct one". To me vyāghātayitavyaḥ looks much better grammatically; this may have been a semi-conscious improvement on the standard text by a literate drafter.

--><lb n="24" break="no"/>vya<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> paripālayitavyaś ca| yaś cāsmac-chāsanam agaṇayamāna<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> svalp<unclear>ā</unclear><!--

L24. SK print paripāyitavyaś ca, but they do not emend it, so they must have read the correct paripālayitavyaś ca, and this is a typo in their edition.

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L24. The punctuation mark is indistinguishable from a visarga. SK describe it as "a short horizontal stroke above and a short vertical stroke below", which is literally true, but probably of no consequence; it must have been mean to be two dots.

--><lb n="25" break="no"/>m api paribādhā<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> kuryyāt <choice><sic>kārayita</sic><corr>kārayeta</corr></choice> vā tasya brāhmaṇair ā<!--

L25. Character space in this line is a bit irregular; many characters are not as close together as everywhere else. The largest space (still less than a character's width) is after vā; there is also noticeable space before and after rā at the end and a few smaller spaces here and there. This may indicate that the plate is a copy/forgery, but the next plate is not, and the copier needed to stretch his text at the end of plate 3 to meet the beginning of plate 4. (Line 25 contains only 19 akṣaras as opposed to 23 in l24 and a similar quantity in most other lines.) See also note to l26.

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L25. SK read brāhmaṇer (emending to °ṇair), but the ai mātrā is very clear in the rubbing.

--><pb n="4r"/><lb n="26"/><surplus>r</surplus>v<surplus>v</surplus>editasya sa-daṇḍaṁ nigrahaṁ kariṣyāma<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied><!--

L26. SK read vveditasya, emending to rvveditasya. The superscript r is in fact quite clear, and the e mātrā is attached to its top, not to the boxhead. However, SK do not mention the fact that the reading does not splice well with the end of plate 3. I emend to āveditasya to get a seamless transition, but my suspicion is that plate 3 is a replacement or a forgery. veditasya and āveditasya both occur in this context in cognate plates, though I think āveditasya is much more common. But the original plate3 must have ended with brāhmaṇai, not with brāhmaṇairā.

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L26. SK read sadaṇḍa (in cpd), but the anusvāra is clear.

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<p>asmi<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied>ś ca dharmmādara-karaṇe

<lb n="27"/>Anekāt<unclear>ī</unclear>ta-rāja-datt<choice><sic>ā</sic><corr>a</corr></choice>-sañcintana-paripālanaṁ pu<choice><sic>n</sic><corr>ṇ</corr></choice>yānukīrttana-pari<!--

L27. The vowel of tī in °atīta is squashed low (by sya hanging down) and looks more like i than ī, but, as usual, I give the benefit of doubt.

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L27. SK do not note that the standard phrasing is atītāneka.

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L27. SK do not emend to paripālanaṁ.

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L27. SK read puṇyā°, but the plate has n instead of ṇ.

--><lb n="28" break="no"/>hārārttha<unclear>ṁ</unclear> na kī<space type="binding-hole"/>rttayāmaḥ<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> saṅkalpā<choice><sic>dh</sic><corr>bh</corr></choice>iyoga-pa<subst><del rend="corrected"><unclear>ka</unclear></del><add place="overstrike">rā</add></subst>kkramopaj<choice><sic>ā</sic><corr>i</corr></choice><!--

L28. What I (and SK) read as a visarga may in fact be a punctuation mark.

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L28. SK read saṁṅkalpā°, but the dot above sa is too close and probably a random mark.

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L28. SK read opaji°, but the vowel mark is ā, not i.

--><lb n="29" break="no"/>tā<supplied reason="omitted">n</supplied> varttamān<choice><sic>am</sic><corr>ān</corr></choice> ājñāpayāmaḥ<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> vyāsa-gīt<choice><sic>au</sic><corr>aḥ</corr></choice> śl<choice><sic>au</sic><corr>o</corr></choice>k<choice><sic>au</sic><corr>a</corr></choice>ḫ pramāṇ<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>-karttavya<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied><!--

L29. What I (and SK) read as a visarga may in fact be a punctuation mark.

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L29. SK read gīto śloko, but the plate actually has gītau ślaukau, followed by a very clear upadhmānīya attached to pra.

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<l n="a"><lb n="30"/><subst><del rend="corrected"><gap reason="illegible" quantity="3" unit="character"/></del><add place="overstrike">sva-dattā</add></subst>m para-dattāṁ vā</l>

<l n="b">yo hareta vasundharā<supplied reason="omitted">M</supplied>|<space quantity="4" unit="character"/></l><!--

L30. SK say there are "two redundant dots for visarga" after da in svadattā. I see three dots after da, and three more dots before it; there is also a right-hand arm to ttā, as if it had been begun as ka. I believe the first three characters in the line (or possibly just dattā) are corrections over a struck-out original.

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L30. The punctuation mark at the halfverse point is very similar to the one in l24 (though SK say it is different) and may indeed have been meant as a short vertical above a short horizontal, rather than just a pair of dots.

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L30. The space at the end of the line must be because the scribe didn't want to start a new halfverse in such a small space.

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<l n="c"><pb n="4v"/><lb n="31"/>gavāṁ śata-sahasrasya</l>

<l n="d">hantu<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied> harati duṣkr̥tam</l><!--

L31. I (and SK) read duṣkr̥tam, but the ṣk ligature actually has both a r̥ and an i attached. It is definitely not kri.

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L31. The punctuation mark is just a pair of dots like a visarga.

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L31. The line again ends early, to keep one verse line to one physical line.

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<p>iti|<space quantity="3" unit="character"/> <lb n="32"/>vākāṭakānām parama-māheśvara-m<surplus>m</surplus>ahārāja-śrī-pravarasenasya<!--

L32. There may be a punctuation mark (a single dot or short vertical at baseline height) at the end of this line.

--><lb n="33"/>rājyaṁ praśāsa<space type="binding-hole"/>ta<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> sa<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied>v<surplus>v</surplus>atsare| <choice><sic>viśatime</sic><corr>viṁśatitame</corr></choice>| hemanta-puṣya-māsa<!--

L33. SK read praśāsanaḥ. The n may be a typo; the visarga almost certainly wrong.

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L33. SK read veśatime; the correct reading is viśatime.

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L33. The word viśatime is bracketed in double dots. SK read the first as a superfluous visarga, the second as a superfluous punctuation mark.

--><lb n="34" break="no"/>-<unclear>śu</unclear>k<unclear>l</unclear>a-pakṣa-dvādaśyā<supplied reason="omitted">M</supplied>| dūtaka<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> pramatha<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied><supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> likhitam amātya-candre<choice><sic>n</sic><corr>ṇ</corr></choice>a<!--

L34. SK read śukpakṣa, emending to śuklapakṣa. The left-hand side of śu is gone and the subscript part of the ligature is unclear; it is not a proper l, but nor is it a proper p. And there certainly is a full pa after it. I apply benefit of doubt.

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