# Mahurjhari Charter of Pṛthivīṣeṇa II, Year 17

Dániel Balogh

Alternative title: Mahurzari Plates of Prithivishena II, Muhurzarai
Copper Plate of Pravarasena II

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00191

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00191.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

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ dr̥ṣṭaM⟨.⟩ svasti _ pr̥th¿i?visamudrāT⟨.⟩
Agniṣṭomāptoryyāmo⟨2⟩kthya-ṣoḍaśy-atirātra-vājapeya-br̥haspati-sava-sādyaskra-
⟨3⟩ catur-aśva-◯medha-yājinaḥ viṣṇuvr̥ddha-sagotrasya sa⟨4⟩mrāḍ
vākāṭakānāṁ mahārāja-śrī-pravarasenasya sūno⟨ḥ⟩ sūno⟨5⟩r
atyanta-svāmi-ma⟦[1×]⟧hā-bhairava-bhaktasya
Aṁsa-bhāra-saṁnive⟨6⟩śita-śiva-liṅgo⟦[1×]⟧dvahana-śiva-suparituṣṭa-samutpādita⟨Page
2r⟩⟨7⟩-rāja-va¿ṅ?śānām
parākkramādhigata-bhāg(ī)ratthy-¿ā?⟨a⟩mala-jala-mūrddhābhi⟨8⟩ṣiktānā¿n?
daśāśvamedhāvabhr̥tha-snātānāṁ bhāraśivānāṁ mahārāja- ⟨9⟩
śrī-bhavanāga-dauhitrasya gautamī-putrasya putrasya vākā⟨10⟩ṭakānāṁ
ma◯hārāja-śrī-rudrasenasya sūnoḥ Atyanta- ⟨11⟩ māheśvarasya
saty¿a?⟨ā⟩rjjava-kā(ru)ṇya-śauryya-vik(k)rama-naya-vinaya- ⟨12⟩
māhātmya-dhīma¿tv?a-pātra-gata-bhaktitva-dharmma-vijayitva-mano-nai⟨Page
2v⟩⟨13⟩rmmalyādi-guṇa-samuditasya va(r)ṣa-śatam
abh(i)varddhamāna-kośa-da⟨14⟩ṇḍa-sādhana-santāna-putra-pautriṇaḥ
yudhiṣṭhira-vr̥tter vākāṭakā⟨15⟩nāṁ mahārāja-śrī-pr̥thiv(ī)ṣeṇasya sūnor
bbhagavataś cakkrapāṇ¿ai?⟨e⟩ḥ ⟨16⟩
prasā(do?)[pā]◯rjji(ta)-śr(ī)-samud¿i?⟨a⟩yasya vākāṭakānā⟨ṁ⟩
mahārā⟨17⟩(ja)-śrī-rudrasenasya sūnoḥ pūrvva-rājānuvr̥tta-mārggānusāriṇaḥ
⟨18⟩ sunaya-bala-parākkramocchinna-sarvva-dviṣa⟨ḥ⟩ mahārājādhirāja-śrī-
⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨19⟩ devagupta-sutāyā(ṁ) prabhāvat¿i?guptāyām utpannasya
vākā⟨20⟩ṭaka-vaṁ(ś)ālaṅkāra-bhūtasya śambhoḥ
prasāda-dhr̥t¿i?⟨a⟩-kārtta-yugasya ⟨21⟩ mahārāja-◯śrī-pravarasenasya
sūnoḥ pūrvvādhigata-gu⟨22⟩ṇa-va(d?)-(d)āyā◯dā(p)ahr̥ta-vaṁśa-śriya⟨ḥ⟩
kosal(ā)-mekal(ā-māla)⟨23⟩vādhipa(t)i⟨bhi⟩r abhyarccita-śāsa(na)sya
pratāpa-praṇatār¿ā?⟨i⟩-⟨śā⟩sanasya ⟨24⟩ vākāṭakānā(ṁ)
mahārāja-śr¿i?⟨ī⟩-narendrasenasya sūnoḥ kuntalādhi(pa)ti⟨Page
3v⟩⟨25⟩-sutāyāṁ mahādevyām ajjhitabha(ṭṭā)rikāyām utpannasya
Atyan¿n?⟨t⟩a-bhā(ga)⟨26⟩vatasya tejaḥ-kṣamā-sannidhāna-(bhūta)sya
magna-va¿ṅ?śod(dh)a(r)ttu(r) vvākāṭakānāṁ ⟨27⟩
mahārāja-śrī-pr̥thivīṣeṇasya vacanāT

Aramb(ī/i)rājye| jamala⟨28⟩kheṭaka-mār(gg)e◯ Asmat-santakās
sarvvāddhyakṣa-niyoga-niyuktā Ā⟨29⟩jñā-sañcāri-◯kula-putrādhikr̥tā
bhaṭā¿c?⟨ś⟩ chātrāś ca viśruta⟨30⟩-pūrvvayājñayājñāpayitavyāḥ⟨.⟩
vidi(tam astu) vaḥ (ya)thāsmābhi⟨31⟩r ātmano
dharmmāyur-bbalaiśvaryya-vivr̥ddhaye (i)hā(mutra)-hi(tā)rt(tha)⟨ṁ⟩
vaijayike ⟨Page 4r⟩ ⟨32⟩ dharmma-sthāne somadaryyāḥ Apareṇa|
nānd(īp)u(ra)kasya pūrvveṇa⟨.⟩ Ubbhī⟨33⟩lakasya dakṣiṇena|
jalakukkubhakasya Uttareṇa| jamalakheṭa⟨34⟩kaṁ nāma grāmaḥ
pr̥thivīpura-v¿a?stavyo vājasaneyi-kāśyapa-sa⟨35⟩gotro
viṣṇu◯datta-bhavadattābhyām apūrvva-da(ty)ā Udaka⟨36⟩-pūrvvam atisr̥ṣṭaḥ

Ucitāṁś cāsya pūrvva-rājānumatāṁś
c(ā)turvvaidya⟨37⟩-grāma-maryyādā-parihārān vitarāmaḥ⟨.⟩ tad yathā|
A-kara-d(āyī) ⟨38⟩ A-bhaṭa-cch¿a?⟨ā⟩tra-prāveśyaḥ
A-pārampara-go-balīvarddaḥ A-puṣpa- ⟨Page 4v⟩ ⟨39⟩ (kṣ)[ī]ra-(sa)ndohaḥ
A-cārāsana-carmmāṁgāraḥ A-lavaṇa-¿kiṇva?-kreṇ¿ī?⟨i⟩- ⟨40⟩ khanakaḥ
sarvva-viṣṭi-parihāra-parihr̥taḥ sa-nidhih sopanidhih ⟨41⟩
sa-(kl̥)ptopak(l̥)pt¿e?⟨a⟩ḥ Ācandrāditya-kālīyaḥ putra-pautrānugāmī ⟨42⟩
(bhuñja)to na ◯ kenacid vyāghātaḥ karttavyaḥ sarvva-kriyābhiḥ ⟨43⟩
saṁrakṣitavya⟨ḥ⟩ ◯ pariva(rddha)yitavyaś ca⟨.⟩ yaś cāsmac-chāsanam
agaṇa(ya)⟨44⟩mānaḥ svalpām api pa(r)ibādhāṁ kuryyāt ¿kārayīta?⟨kārayeta⟩
vā{|} tasya brāh(m)a⟨45⟩ṇair āveditasya sa-daṇḍaṁ nigrahaṁ
kuryyāma{ḥ}⟨.⟩ Asmi(ṁ)ś ca dharmmāda⟨ra⟩-karaṇ(e) ⟨Page 5r⟩ ⟨46⟩
At(ī)tāneka-rāja-datt¿ā?⟨a⟩-sañc(i)ntana-paripālana⟨ṁ⟩
kr̥ta-puṇyā⟨47⟩nukīrttana-pa(r)ihārārtthaṁ na kīr(ttay)ā(ma)ḥ⟨.⟩
saṅkalpābhi{d}yo(ga-par)āk(r)amo⟨48⟩pajitān varttamānān ājñāpayāmaḥ
¿eṣyata?-kāla prabha(vi)ṣṇu-gauravā⟨49⟩d bhaviṣyān vi◯(jñā)payāmaḥ⟨.⟩
vyāsa-g¿i?⟨ī⟩taś cātra ślokaḥ pra⟨50⟩māṇī-karttavyaḥ⟨.⟩◯

1. Anuṣṭubh

s¿y?⟨v⟩a-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā
hared yo vai vasundharāṁ
⟨51⟩ gavāṁ śata-sahasrasya
hantur harati duṣkr̥taṁ||

saṁv{v}atsare ⟨52⟩ (sapt?)¿(ā?)?⟨a⟩(da)śe (kārttika)-śukla-pakṣ(e
dvādaś)y(āṁ s)e(n)āpatau ravidatte likhitaṁ

## Bibliography

Reported and edited in Kolte 1972. Also edited in Shrimali 1987, pp.
78–81 (probably a reprint of Kolte in VSMA, not Kolte 1972). Corrections
in Shastri 1995. Discussed in Shastri 1987, pp. 62–64, Shastri 1997, pp.
103–106.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant
Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00191). Encoding
updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.