# Ramtek Inscription of a Daughter of Prabhāvatīguptā

Dániel Balogh

Alternative title: Ramtek Memorial Stone Inscription

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00195

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00195.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

1. Puṣpitāgrā

⟨1⟩ [sa ja](ya)ti sajalāmbud(o)darā[bhaḥ]
[⏑⏑][sa]miti-[p]rasarājya-[–]na[–⏓]
[ra](ṇa?)-(ma?)kha-samayaidhitāṅga-(śo)(bha?)[ḥ]
[⏑⏑⏑⏑–]bhaya-lo[la]-dr̥ṣṭi-(dr̥)[ṣṭa]ḥ

2. Upajāti(?)

(mure?)(ṇa) [rā]jarṣi-sa[–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑][––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]

3. Upajāti

⟨2⟩ [⏓–]-[pra]bhāvod(g/dh)ata-(pā)da-(pī)[ṭha]-
-(pra)[bhā?]-(dhr̥)ti-(sthā)lana[–](ñc)i[–⏓]
yasyottamāṅgair bbalayo kriyant[e]
(pā)de [sa]-cūḍā-maṇibhir nr̥[pānāM]

4. Upajāti

tasyodadhi-prānta-[⏑]l(a)[⏑–⏓]
[⏓–][⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]

5. Upajāti

⟨3⟩ [1×] d(e)vateva pratipūjya[mān](ā)
(p)itur gr̥[he] [–] (prat)i(ṣ)i[⏑–⏓]
[⏓–] [yay]au vr̥d(dh)i(kaṁ) [cāna]lasya
prājyājya-s[i]ktasya śikheva [–⏓]

6. Upajāti

tāṁ [–⏑] nābhyunnata- [–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–][⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]

7. Upajāti

⟨4⟩ tayoẖ kramād āhata-la(kṣaṇe)(ṣu?)
jāteṣu [––⏑⏑–]nvite(ṣu)
y(a)[vīya]sī (ca)ndra(ma)saḫ (p)ra(bhe)[va]
[.](ā)muṇḍa-nāmnī tana(y?)ā (ba)[bhūva]

8. Upajāti

[⏓–⏑]le(khā/ṇa)mi [⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–][⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]

9. Upajāti

⟨5⟩ (sa)daiva devas tri-samudra-nāthas
sa candragu(ptaḫ pari)(pū?)rṇṇa-[v](r̥)ttaḥ
[dadau prajā?]nām adhi(pa)s su[tāṁ tā]ṁ
śrī-(ru)[dra]senāya (g)[u]ṇā[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]

10. Upajāti

(ve)[–⏑–] (lī) [⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–][⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]

11. Upajāti

⟨6⟩ su-durvvahāṁ rājya-dhuraṁ samagrāṁ
dhurandhara(s)y(e)[va] su-puṅgavasya
[⏓–⏑–](syā)[⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[gha]ṭo[tka]co nāma suto [babhūva]

12. Upajāti

[1×] m aṅganāpā [⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑][––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]

13. Upajāti

⟨7⟩ tām bhāgineyīm atha rāja-rājo
dr̥(ṣ)[ṭvā] [⏑––⏑⏑] veśma-lak(ṣm)ī[M]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–](d)y[.][.]
[u]pāsya pāṇi-grahaṇaṁ cak(āra)

14. Upajāti

devendra-(dha/ga)n[–⏑⏑–⏑–] [.](ya)m
amā[tya?][––][⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]

15. Upajāti

⟨8⟩ śuddhair vvacobhir vviduṣāṁ man[ā](ṁ)[si]
(p)(r?)ī [–⏑––] (mbu)ruhekṣaṇ(ā)[nāM]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓](s)
sādhūn dhanaughair yyaśasā ca lokāN

16. Upajāti

(sa) [–⏑––⏑⏑–][ma](h)īpa
[⏓–⏑––][⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]

17. Upajāti

⟨9⟩ tasmin kadācit kamanīya-rūpe
[⏓–⏑––⏑] purandareṇa
(t)[⏓–⏑] (t)[––⏑⏑–](s sa)mānāṁ
bhrātā balāt svaṁ gr̥ham ā(n)ināya

18. Upajāti

[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]

19. Upajāti

⟨10⟩ tattraiva yān yān manujendra-pu(t)rī
[⏓–⏑] (dha)[rmma-pra?]savān akā[rṣ]īT
[⏓–](ṇa te)(ṣā?)(ṁ)[⏑⏑] bhāgam etaṁ
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]

20. Upajāti(?)

[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]

21. Anuṣṭubh

⟨11⟩ prabhāvati-svāminaṁ ca
loka-nā[tha]m a(thā)[⏑⏓]
puṇyam akṣaya(m) u(dd)iśya
mā [3×] [a]k[ā](raya)[T]

22. Anuṣṭubh

[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]
jagad-utpattinā[⏑⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]

23. Anuṣṭubh

[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]

24. Anuṣṭubh

⟨12⟩ suda(r)śanaṁ taḍāgaṁ ca
deva(ñ) caiva sudar[śana](M)
kadalī-vāṭaka-grāme
kārayit[v]āti[bhā?]vatī

25. Anuṣṭubh

[4×] (pī)ta-keśā
puṇyam u[ddiśya][–⏑⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]
(pā)[⏓⏓][⏓⏑–⏑⏓]

26. Anuṣṭubh

[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]

27. Anuṣṭubh

⟨13⟩ Arddhaṁ brahmārppa[ṇaṁ] puṇyaṁ
[.]r̥ [3×] ṇa [–⏑] nī
mātā-pitr̥bhy[ām] [⏓⏓⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓](ṣ?)kr[i]yodbhavaM||

28. Anuṣṭubh

(ja)gatas (sth)i[t]i-sa¿ṅ?hāra-
-kāraṇasyā[m]itauja[saḥ]
(ār)ṣ(ama)[⏓⏑––⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]

29. Anuṣṭubh

[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]

30. Anuṣṭubh

⟨14⟩ prāsādaṁ dayi[t](ā)[dh]ātur
vvicintya tam aśāśvataM
mātur eva samuddi[śya]
[pu]ṇyaugham agha-varjjitā

31. Anuṣṭubh

śil(ā) [1×] [.](ś)ila-saṅ[k]āśaṁ
(c)irā(ya) [⏓⏑–⏑⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]

32. Anuṣṭubh

[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]

33. Anuṣṭubh

⟨15⟩ Āloka-sthāyinī(ñ ce)māṅ
kīrttim prakhyāpayiṣyatā
tayā [pari]g(r̥)hī[te]na
tad-ājñānuvidhā[yin]ā

34. Anuṣṭubh

kāvya[ṁ ma]haj jay(a)-[–](daṁ?)
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑]g(ena) (ca?)
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]

## Bibliography

First reported in IAR 1982-83, p. 137 (No. 41). First edited and
discussed in Jamkhedkar 1987 and Jamkhedkar 1987. Discussed in Shastri
1987, pp. 68–71 (independently of Jamkhedkar’s edition) and Shastri
1997, pp. 125–132. Jamkhedkar’s edition republished with corrections in
Jamkhedkar 1992. Re-edited and discussed in Bakker & Isaacson 1993; this
edition republished in Bakker 1997, pp. 163–167, revised in Bakker 2010.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant
Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00195). Encoding
updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.