# Mandhal Charter of Pṛthivīṣeṇa II, Year 10

Dániel Balogh

Alternative title: Mandhal Plates of Prithivishena II / Govasahika Grant

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00190

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00190.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

### Seal

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ narendrasena-sat sūnoḥ
⟨2⟩ bhartu(r) vā(k)ā(ṭa)ka-śriyaḥ
⟨3⟩ p¿ri?⟨r̥⟩thiv¿i?⟨ī⟩ṣe¿n?⟨ṇ⟩a-nr̥pateḥ
⟨4⟩ {rj}jig¿i?⟨ī⟩ṣor jjaya-śāsana⟨M⟩

### Plates

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨01⟩ d¿ri?⟨r̥⟩ṣṭa(ṁ)

⟨1⟩
be(ṇṇā)taṭa-sthānād-agniṣṭ¿ā?⟨ṣ⟩m¿a?⟨ā⟩ptoryyāmo¿t?⟨k⟩thya-ṣoḍaśy-atirātra-vājapeya-
⟨2⟩ br̥haspati-sava-sādyaskra-catur-aśva-¿vo?⟨me⟩dha-yāj¿e?⟨i⟩naḥ
viṣ¿o?⟨ṇu⟩vr̥ddha-sagotrasya{(|)} ⟨3⟩ samrā(Ṭ?) vākāṭakānām
mahārāja-śrī-pravarasenasya sūnoḥ sūnoḥ
Atya{|}⟨4⟩nta-svāmi-◯mahā-bh(ai)rava-bhaktasya
Aṁsa-bhāra-sanniveśita-śiva-l¿a?⟨i⟩ṅgo⟨5⟩dvahana-◯śiva-suparituṣṭa-samutpādita-rāja-vaṁśānām
parākkra⟨6⟩mādhigata-bhāgīratthy-¿ā?⟨ a⟩mala-jala-mūrddhābhiṣiktānā¿n?
da(śā)śvamedh-āvabhr̥tha-s(n)ā⟨7⟩tānām bhāraśivānām
mahārāja-śrī-bhavanāga-dauhitrasya gautamī-putrasya{|} ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨8⟩
putrasya vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī-r¿a?⟨u⟩drasenasya sūnoḥ
Atya(nta-mā)heśvarasya{|} ⟨9⟩
satyārjjava-¿kārāṇḍa?⟨kāruṇya⟩-śauryya-vikkrama-naya-vinaya-māhātmya-dh¿i?⟨ī⟩¿p?⟨m⟩a¿tv?a-pātra-gata-¿v?⟨bh⟩aktitva-
⟨10⟩ dharmma-{vajayi}vijayitva-mano-nairmmalyādi-gu¿n?⟨ṇ⟩a-samuditasya
varṣa-śatam
abhivar¿vr?⟨ddh⟩a{|}⟨11⟩māna-ko◯śa-daṇḍa-sādhana-santāna-putra-pautriṇaḥ
yudhiṣṭhira-vr̥tte{|}⟨12⟩r vvākāṭakānā◯m
mahārāja-śrī{ḫ}-p¿ri?⟨r̥⟩thivīṣe¿n?⟨ṇ⟩asya sūn¿a?⟨o⟩ḥ bhagavataś
cakkrapāṇ¿i?⟨eḥ⟩{|} ⟨13⟩ prasādopārjjita-śrī-samudayasya vākāṭakānām
mahārāja-śrī-rudrasenasya{|} ⟨14⟩ sūnoḥ
pūrvva-rāj¿a?⟨ā⟩nuvr̥tta-mārggānusāriṇaḥ
sunaya-bala-parākkram¿e?⟨o⟩cch¿a?⟨i⟩nna-sarvva{|} ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨15⟩
¿v?⟨d⟩vi¿p?⟨ṣ⟩aḥ mahārāj¿i?⟨ā⟩dhirāja-śrī-devagupta-sut¿a?⟨ā⟩¿p?⟨y⟩m
prabhāvat¿i?gupt¿a?⟨ā⟩yām utpanna⟨16⟩sya vākāṭaka-vaṁśālaṅkāra-bhūtasya
mahārāja-śrī-pravarasenasya
sūnoḥ⟨17⟩pūrvv-ādhigata-¿guṇavaddayādāpahr̥ta?-va⟨ṁ⟩śa-śriya(ḥ)
kosalā-mekalā-m¿a?⟨ā⟩lavā ⟨18⟩ dhipati⟨bhi⟩r a◯bhyarc(c)ita-śāsanasya
vākāṭak¿a?⟨ā⟩(nā)m mahārāja-śrī-nar(e)ndra⟨19⟩senasya ◯ sūno⟨ḥ⟩
kuntalādhipati-sutāyāṁ mahādevyā(m
ajjhita)¿_?⟨bha⟩ṭ(ṭ)āri{|}⟨20⟩kāyām-ut(p)an(n)¿(u)?⟨a⟩s(y)a
At(y)anta-bhāgavatasya
teja⟨ḥ⟩-kṣamā-¿y?⟨s⟩a(nni)dhā¿(t)?⟨n⟩a-(bhūtasya?) ⟨21⟩
⟨ma⟩g¿(g)?⟨n⟩-va⟨ṁ⟩(śoddha)⟨r⟩(t)(u?)⟨ḥ⟩ (vākāṭakānām
mahārāja-śrī?){(ḫ)} (p)¿(r)i?⟨r̥⟩(th)i(v)¿i?⟨ī⟩(ṣ)e(nas)(y?)(a)
(vacanā?)⟨T⟩

⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨22⟩ Uttarapaṭṭe śulkavaṭ(ā)nām aparataḥ
kur(u)bhe(jña)kasyottarataḥ (beṇṇā)-nadyā⟨23⟩ḫ pūrvvataḥ piḍerikāyā
dakṣiṇataḥ govasāhikā nāma {nāmnā} grāmaḥ
sva-s¿i?⟨ī⟩⟨24⟩mā-paricchadenānya-grāma-s¿i?⟨ī⟩m¿a?⟨ā⟩-varjjaḥ
beṇṇātaṭaka-k¿ā?⟨au⟩tsa-sagotra-maheśvara⟨25⟩svāmine ◯
etat-sagotra-brahmasvāmine ca tat-sagotra-harasvāmine ⟨26⟩
varāhasvā◯mi¿neti?⟨na Iti⟩ aihikāmuṣmike dharmma-sthāne dattaḥ

yato sma⟨27⟩t-¿y?⟨s⟩antakā⟨ḥ⟩
sarvvāddhyakṣa-niyoga-niyuktāj(ñ)ā-sa(ṁ)¿gv?⟨c⟩āri-kula-putrādhikr̥ta-bhaṭ¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨28⟩¿c?⟨ś⟩
chātrāś cāddhyuṣita-pūrv(v)ā mamā⟦(yā)⟧⟨⟨jña⟩⟩yāj(ñā)payitavyā⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩
viditam astu vaḥ yathāsmā(bhi?)⟨Page 3v⟩⟨29⟩r ātmano
dha(r)mmāyu(r)-bbala-vijay(ai)śva(r)yya-vivr̥ddhaye¿ḥ_?⟨I⟩hāmutra-hitār(t)tham
ātmā⟨30⟩nugrahāya vaijayi⟨ke⟩ dharmma-sthāne
A-bha¿ḍ?⟨ṭ⟩a-cch¿a?⟨ā⟩tra-prāveśyaḥ
A-pārampara⟨31⟩-go-¿(kh)?⟨b⟩al¿a?⟨ī⟩vardda⟨ḥ⟩
A-pu¿m?⟨ṣ⟩pa-kṣīra-sandoha⟨ḥ⟩ A-cārāsa(na-ca)r(mmāṅgā)ra⟨ḥ⟩
A-lavaṇa-kkri(ta)⟨32⟩-khanaka⟨ḥ⟩
sa◯rvva-v¿e?⟨i⟩ṣṭi-parihāra-parih(r̥)ta(ḥ)
sa{pari}k¿li?⟨l̥⟩ptopapa{r(i)}⟨33⟩k¿li?⟨l̥⟩pta⟨ḥ⟩ {(krikha)}
¿a?⟨ā⟩(ca)ndr-āditya{ḥ}-kāl¿i?⟨ī⟩ya(ḥ) (pu?)(t)ra-p(au)trānugām¿i?⟨ī⟩
bhu(ñja)tā⟨ṁ⟩ na{|} ⟨34⟩ kenacid ¿dy(ā)hā(t)a?⟨vyāghāta⟩ẖ karttavyaḥ
sarvvakkriyābhis saṁrakṣitavya(ḥ) par¿a?⟨i⟩varddhayitavyaś-ca{|} ⟨35⟩
yaś cāsmac-chāsanam aga¿n?⟨ṇ⟩ayamānaḥ svalpām api paribādhā¿(n)?⟨ṅ⟩
kuryyā{|}⟨Page 4r⟩⟨36⟩t ¿kārayitā?⟨kārayeta⟩ vā tasya brāhmaṇ¿a?⟨ai⟩⟨r⟩
vv¿i?⟨e⟩d¿e?⟨i⟩tasya sadaṇḍaṁ ¿ṇ?⟨n⟩igrahaṁ kuryy¿a?⟨ā⟩ma| ⟨37⟩
A-pūrvva-datt⟨y⟩ā Udaka-pūrvvam atisr̥ṣṭaḥ⟨.⟩ Ucitā⟨ṁ⟩ś cāsya
pūrvva-rājānuma¿n?⟨t⟩ā⟨ṁ⟩{|} ⟨38⟩ ś
cāturvvaidya-grāma-maryyādā-parihārān vitarāmaḥ⟨.⟩ tad yathā
A-kara¿v?⟨d⟩āy¿i?⟨ī⟩{|} ⟨39⟩ daṇḍa-¿ṇ?⟨n⟩igra◯haṁ kuryyāma| Api ca
dharmmādhikaraṇ¿a?⟨e⟩
at¿i?⟨ī⟩tāneka-rā⟨40⟩ja-datt¿ā?⟨a⟩-sa¿syā?⟨ñci⟩nt¿ā?⟨a⟩na-paripālan⟨aṁ
kr̥ta-puṇyānukīrttana-parihār⟩ārttha⟨ṁ na⟩ kīrttayāmaḥ⟨.⟩
¿eṣyatat?-kāla-prabhaviṣ⟨ṇ⟩u{|}- ⟨41⟩ gauravād bhaviṣyān
vij⟨ñ⟩āpayāmaḥ⟨.⟩ vyāsa-g¿i?⟨ī⟩t¿o?⟨au⟩ cātra ślok¿o?⟨au⟩
pramāṇī-karttavy¿o?⟨au⟩|

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨Page 4v⟩ ⟨42⟩ s⟨v⟩a-dattām para-dattā⟨ṁ⟩v{v}ā|
yo hareta vasundharā⟨ṁ⟩|
gavāṁ śata-sahasrasya||
⟨43⟩ hantu⟨r⟩ harati ¿v?⟨d⟩uṣkr̥ta⟨ṁ⟩|(|)|

2. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi|
svargge modati bhūmi-da⟨ḥ⟩|
⟨44⟩ Ācchettā cā◯numantā ca|
tāny eva narak¿o?⟨e⟩ vase⟨T⟩|

sa⟨ṁ⟩v{v}atsar¿o?⟨e⟩ daśame ⟨45⟩ ¿grihmā?-pa◯kṣe prathame divase
pratha(m)e senāpatau{|} ⟨46⟩ v(i)ṣṇuda¿n?⟨t⟩te| likhitaṁ
śarvvadatteneti||

## Bibliography

First reported in IAR 1975-76, p. 63 (No. 30) and ARIE 1976–77, p. 25
(No. A7); reported with more details in IAR 1976-77, pp. 60–61 (No. 23).
Edited in Shastri [1989] 1975–1976, pp. 169–180 and Shrimali 1987, pp.
75–78 (probably a reprint of Shastri in VSMA, not Shastri [1989]
1975–1976). Discussed in Shastri 1987, pp. 58–62, Shastri 1997, pp.
99–103.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant
Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00190). Encoding
updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.