# Choti Sadri Inscription of Gauri

Dániel Balogh

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00203

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00203.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⟩ siddhaM

1. Vasantatilakā

devī jayaty asura-dāraṇa-tīkṣṇa-śūlā|
prodgīrṇṇa-ratna-makuṭā¿ṅ?śu-cala-pravāhā(|)
si¿ṅgh?ogra-yukta-ratham āsthita-caṇḍa-vegā{ḥ}|
⟨2⟩ bhrū-bha{ṁ}ṅga-d¿ri?⟨r̥⟩ṣṭi-vinipāta-niviṣṭa-roṣā{ḥ}

2. Vasantatilakā

bhūyo ⟨’⟩pi sā jayati yā śaśi-śekharasya
dehārddham udvahati bhaktatayā harasya|
⟨3⟩ yā bhakta-vatsalatayā prabibhartti lokāN
mā(te)va ¿svākya?-suta-premṇa-viv¿ri?⟨r̥⟩ddha-snehā|

3. Vasantatilakā

tasyā{ṁ}ḥ praṇamya prakaromy aham eva jasraṁ
⟨4⟩ kīrtti¿M? śubhāṁ guṇa-gaṇ¿o?⟨au⟩gha-mayīn nr̥pāṇāṁ|
(ye) māṇavāyaṇi-kulodbhava-va{ṁ}¿ṅ?śa-gaurāḥ
kṣātre pade satata-dīkṣita-yuddha-śauṇḍāḥ

4. Vasantatilakā

teṣām ayaṁ ⟨5⟩ kṣapita-kṣatra-gaṇāri-pakṣa⟨ḥ⟩
śrīmā¿ṁ?⟨n⟩ yaśaugha-suvibhūṣita-cāru-vakṣ(ā)ḥ
prāK (pu)¿n?⟨ṇ⟩yasoma Iti kṣatra-gaṇasya maddhye
yo rāja-śabda-k¿ri?⟨r̥⟩ta-¿mūrddhni?-(gha)ṭ¿i?⟨ā⟩bhi⟨6⟩ṣekaḥ

5. Vasantatilakā

tasyāvabaddha-makuṭoj⟨j⟩vala-dīpta-mūrttiḥ
pūrṇṇendu-maṁḍala-mayūkha-vibhūti-vaktraḥ
s(ū)nur bbabhūva kila rājya-jita-pratāpo
yo rājya-varddha¿ṇ?⟨n⟩a⟨7⟩-guṇaiḥ k¿ri?⟨r̥⟩ta-nāma-dhey¿ā?⟨a⟩⟨ḥ⟩|

6. Vasantatilakā

te¿ṇ?⟨n⟩āpi corjjita-jitāri-jaya{ṁ}nta-pakṣ¿aḥ?
jātaḥ sut¿o?⟨aḥ⟩ kari-karāyata-dīrggha-bāhuḥ
yaś cāri-rāṣṭra-mathanodyata-dīpta-cakr¿aḥ?
⟨8⟩ nāmnā sa rāṣṭra Iti proddhata-pu¿n?⟨ṇ⟩ya-kīrt(t)iḥ

7. Vasantatilakā

t{t}asyāpi {d}dharmma-suta-śānta-svabhāva-mū(r)tt(i)¿ḥ?
yajña-kri(yā)-satata-dīkṣita-dāna-dakṣaḥ
Āhvāna-śaṅkita-surādhipa⟨9⟩tiś ca yasya
lebhe na śarmma punar-āgamanāya śa(kra)ḥ

8. Vasantatilakā

so ⟨’⟩ya¿M? yaśābharaṇa-bhūṣita-sarvva-gātraḥ
protphulla-paṅkaja-(sa)māyata-cāru-netraḥ
dakṣo dayālur iha ⟨10⟩ śāsita-śatru-pakṣaḥ
kṣmā-śāsitā sa yaśagupta Iti nr̥penduḥ

9. Vasantatilakā

t{t}asyaiṣa Āhava-gajendra-sadar(p)pa-harttā|
mattebha-da{ṁ}nta-vinipāta-vibhinna-vakṣ¿a?ḥ
(vyūh)eṣu ya(sya) | ⟨11⟩ mada-ni⟨ḥ⟩s¿ri?⟨r̥⟩ta-bhinna-gaṇḍā¿ḥ?
Ārttā drutaṁ śara-nipāta-hatā vraja{ṁ}nti|

10. Vasantatilakā

sa¿ḥ ssa?rvva-sa¿(tva)?-(sa?)tatārtthi¿bhi? nitya-dātā
dīnānuka{ṁ}mpana-rataḥ satataṁ prajānāM
⟨12⟩ yasya sarassu kumudoj⟨j⟩valatāṁ niśāmya
śatru-s⟨t⟩riy¿o?⟨aḥ⟩ siṣicur ¿aṁṅśrubhi? vaktra-padmāN||

11. Sragdharā

teneyaṁ bhūta-dhātrī kratubhir iha citā yū¿v?⟨p⟩a-ś¿ri?⟨r̥⟩ṅg¿i?⟨e⟩va
bhāti|
prā[sā]⟨13⟩dair ad¿r̥?⟨ri⟩-tuṅgaiḥ śaśi-kara-vapuṣai⟨ḥ⟩ sthāpitair
bhūśitā{ś} ca
nānā-dānen(d)u-śubhrair dvija-vara-bhavanair yyena lakṣmī(r) vvibhaktā|
sa(t)-putraḥ so ⟨’⟩timānī sita-yaśa-vapuṣa⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨14⟩ śrī-mahārāja-gauriḥ

12. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

ten¿e?⟨ai⟩ṣaḥ śaśi-hāra-kunda-dhavalaḥ śailendra-ś¿ri?⟨r̥⟩ṅgonnata⟨ḥ⟩
prāsādo ⟨’⟩dbhuta-da¿riśa?⟨rśa⟩naḥ k¿ri?⟨r̥⟩ta¿m? aya¿M? devyāḥ
prasādārtthinā|
yat p(u)¿n?⟨ṇ⟩ya¿ṁ? I⟨15⟩ha ¿ṇyapyate? dvija-varaiḥ śās(t)reṣu yac
cocyate(|?)
tat sarvva¿M? mama Akṣayaṁ bhavatu n¿aḥ? mātā-pit¿ri?⟨r̥⟩bhyām idaṁ|

13. Vasantatilakā

yāteṣu paṁcasu śateṣv atha vatsarāṇāṁ|
⟨16⟩ dve vi¿ṅ?śatī-samadhikeṣu sa-saptakeṣu
māghasya śukla-divase sa gamat pratiṣ¿ṭ?⟨ṭh⟩āM
prot¿p?⟨ph⟩ulla-kunda-{d}dhavaloj⟨j⟩valite daśamyāM

jīva¿ddha?raṇa-samutpannasya ⟨17⟩ mitrasoma-sūno⟨r⟩ bhramarasomasya
k¿ri?⟨r̥⟩tiḥ〰|| likhitā ceyaṁ pūrvvā Aparājitena|
rājaputra-gobhaṭa-pādānuddhyātena 〰

## Bibliography

First noticed by Hirananda Sastri in ARASI 1929–30, p. 187. Also noticed
by G. H. Ojha in Ojha 1930, p. 2 and discussed by hin in Hindi in
Rājputāne kā Itihās Vol. 2. (1932), p1442ff. Subsequently reported (by
Chhabra) in the paper Nāgarī Pracāriṇī Patrikā (Banāras), vol. 57
(Vikram Samvat 2009), p149ff, and (by unknown author) in Bengali in
Pravāsī (Calcutta) in Bangla San 1359 (Phālguna), p559ff (all untraced).
Also reported in IAR 1953-54, p. 13. Edited in Sircar 1953–1954, pp.
120–127. Discussed in Mirashi 1957. Summarised in Trivedi & Trivedi
2001, pp. 24–25 (No. 11-12).

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant
Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00203). Encoding
updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.