# Aphsad Inscription of Ādityasena

Dániel Balogh

Alternative title: Aphsad Stone Inscription of Ādityasena

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00209

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00209.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⟩ *

1. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

āsīd danti-sahasra-gāḍha-kaṭako vidyādharādhyāsitaḥ
sad-vaṁśaḥ sthira Unnato girir iva śrī-kr̥ṣṇagupto nr̥paḥ|
dr̥ptārāti-madāndha-vāraṇa-ghaṭā-kumbha-sthalīḥ kṣundatā
yasyāsaṁkhya-ripu-pratāpa-jayinā doṣṇā mr̥gendrāyitaṁ||

2. Āryā

sakalaḥ kalaṅka-rahitaḥ ⟨2⟩ kṣata-timiras toyadheḥ śaśāṅka Iva|
tasmād udapādi suto devaḥ śrī-harṣagupta Iti||

3. Sragdharā

yo yogyā-kāla-helāvanata-dr̥ḍha-dhanur-bhīma-¿v?āṇaugha-pātī
mūrt(t)aiḥ sva-svāmi-lakṣmī-vasati-vimukhitair īkṣitaḥ sāsrupātaṁ|
ghorāṇām ā⟨3⟩havānāṁ likhitam iva jayaṁ ślāghyam āvirddadhāno
vakṣasy uddāma-śastra-vraṇa-kaṭhina-kiṇa-granthi-lekhā-cchalena||

4. Āryā

śrī-jīvitagupto bhūt kṣitīśa-cūḍāmaṇiḥ sutas tasya|
yo dr̥pta-vairi-nārī-mukha-nalina-vanaika-¿śeśe?⟨śiśi⟩ra-karaḥ||

5. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨4⟩ muktāmukta-payaḥ-pravāha-śiśirāsūttuṅga-tālīvana-
-bhrāmyad-danti-karāvalūna-kadalī-kāṇḍāsu velāsv api |
ścyotat-sphāra-tuṣāra-nirjhara-payaḥ-śīte pi śaile sthitān
yasyoccair dviṣato mumoca ⟨5⟩ na mahā-ghoraḥ pratāpa-jvaraḥ||

6. Āryā

yasyātimānuṣaṁ karmma dr̥śyate vismayāj janaughena|
Adyāpi kośa-varddhana-taṭāt p(l)utaṁ pavana-jasyeva||

7. Āryā

prakhyāta-śaktim ājiṣu puraḥ-saraṁ śrī-kumā⟨6⟩raguptam iti|
Ajanayad ekaṁ sa nr̥po hara Iva śikhi-vāhanaṁ tanayaṁ||

8. Sragdharā

utsarppad-vāta-helā-calita-kadalikā-vīci-mālā-vitānaḥ
prodyad-dhūlī-jalaugha-bhramita-guru-mahā-matta⟨7⟩-mātaṁga-śailaḥ|
bhīmaḥ śrīśānavarmma-kṣitipati-śaśinaḥ sainya-dugdhoda-sindhur
llakṣmī-saṁprāpti-hetuḥ sapadi vimathito mandarī-bhūya yena||

9. Anuṣṭubh

śaurya-satya-vrata-dharo
yaḥ prayāga-gato dha⟨8⟩ne
ambhasīva karīṣāgnau
magnaḥ sa puṣpa-pūjitaḥ||

10. Anuṣṭubh

śrī-dāmodaragupto bhūt
tanayas tasya bhūpateḥ|
yena dāmodareṇeva
daityā Iva hatā dviṣaḥ||

11. Vasantatilakā

yo maukhareḥ samitiṣūddha⟨9⟩ta-hūṇa-sainyā
valgad-ghaṭā vighaṭayann uru-vāraṇānāṁ|
saṁmūrcchitaḥ sura-vadh¿u?⟨ū⟩r varaya¿ṁ?⟨n⟩ mam eti
tat-pāṇ(i)paṅkaja-sukha-sparśād vi¿v?uddhaḥ||

12. Āryā

guṇavad-⟨d⟩vija-kanyānā(ṁ) nān-ālaṁkāra-yauvana⟨10⟩vatīnāṁ|
pariṇāyitavān sa nr̥paḥ śataṁ nisr̥ṣṭ-āgrahārāṇāṁ||

13. Anuṣṭubh

ś(rī)-mahāsenagupto bhūt
tasmād vīrāgraṇī(ḥ) sutaḥ|
sarvva-vīra-samājeṣu
lebhe yo dhuri vīratā(ṁ)||

14. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

śr(ī)mat-susthitavarmma-yuddha-vijaya⟨11⟩-ślāghā-padāṅkaṁ muhur
yasyādyāpi vi¿v?uddha-kunda-kumuda-kṣu(ṇṇ)-āccha-hāra[⏑]ta(ṁ)|
lohityasya taṭ(e)ṣu ś(ī)tala-tal(e)ṣūtph(u)l(l)a-nāgadr(u)ma-
-cchāyā-supta-vi¿v?uddha-s(i)ddha-m(i)thun(ai)ḥ sph(ī)taṁ yaśo gīyate||

15. Āryā

vasudevā⟨12⟩d iva tasmāc chrī-s(e)vana-(śo?)bh(o)dita-caraṇa-yugaḥ|
śrī-mādhava-gupto bhūn mādhava Iva vikramaika-rasa(ḥ)||

16. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

[–––⏑][.](a)nusm(r̥)to dhuri raṇ(e) ślāghāvatām agraṇ(ī)ḥ
s¿o?⟨au⟩janyasya nidhānam artha-ni¿dha?⟨ca⟩⟨13⟩ya-tyāg-o⟨d⟩dhurāṇāṁ
dhara(ḥ)|
lakṣm(ī)-sa(tya-sa)rasvatī-kulagr̥ha(ṁ) dharmasya setur dr̥ḍhaḥ
(pūjyo?) nās(t)i sa bh(ū)tal(e) [⏑⏑⏑–––⏑]l[–] sad-guṇ(aiḥ)||

17. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

cakra(ṁ) pāṇi-talena so py udavahat tasyāpi śārṅga(ṁ) dhanu⟨14⟩r
nāśāyāsuhr̥dā(ṁ) sukhāya suhr̥dām tasyāpy asir nandakaḥ|
prāpte vidviṣatāṁ vadhe pratihat(aṁ) tenāp(i) [––⏑⏓]
[––⏑⏑–⏑–](ḍharima?)[––]nyāḥ praṇemur jjanāḥ||

18. Vasantatilakā

ājau mayā vinihatā va⟨15⟩lino dviṣan(taḥ)
kr̥tya(ṁ) na m[e] sty aparam ity avadhārya vīraḥ(|)
śrī-harṣadeva-nija-sa(ṁ)gama-vāñchayā (ca?)
[––⏑–⏑⏑⏑–⏑⏑–⏑–⏓](||)

19. Vasantatilakā

ś(r)īmān ¿v?abhūva dalitāri-karīndra-kumbha-
-muktā-rajaḥ⟨16⟩-paṭala-pāṁsula-maṇḍalāgraḥ|
Adityasena Iti tat-tanayaḥ kṣitīśa-
-cūḍāmaṇ(i)r dda[⏑⏑–⏑⏑–⏑–⏓](||)

20. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

[–––⏑⏑–⏑] m āgatam ari-dhvaṁsottham āptaṁ yaśaḥ
ślāghyaṁ ⟨17⟩ sarvva-dhanuṣmatāṁ pura Iti ślāgh(ā)ṁ parāṁ ¿v?ibhratī|
Aśīrvvāda-paraṁparā (ci?)ra-sa(kr̥?)d[––⏑––⏑⏓]
[––⏑––⏑⏓] yāmāsa(ma?)||

21. Sragdharā

ājau sveda-cchalena dhva⟨18⟩ja-paṭa-śikhayā mārjjato dāna-paṅkaṁ
khaḍgaṁ kṣuṇṇena muktā-śakala-sikatil(īkr̥tya?)[––⏑–⏓]
[––––⏑––⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑–] mat(t)a-māta(ṁ)ga-ghātaṁ
tad-gandhākr̥ṣṭa-sarppad-¿va?⟨19⟩hala-parimala-bhrā¿t?⟨n⟩ta-mattāli-jālaṁ||

22. Vasantatilakā

ā¿v?addha-bhīma-vikaṭa-bhrukuṭī-kaṭhora-
-sa(ṁ)g(r)āma[–⏑⏑⏑–⏑⏑–⏑–⏓]|
[––⏑–⏑⏑]va-vallabha-bhr̥tya-vargga-
-goṣṭhīṣu peśa⟨20⟩latayā parihāsa-śīlaḥ||

23. Anuṣṭubh

satya-bhattr̥-vratā yasya
mukhopadh(ā)na-tāpasī|
par(i)hās[⏓⏑––⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓][||]

24. Sragdharā

[––––⏑–]jñaḥ sakala-ripu-¿v?ala-dhvaṁsa-hetur ggarī⟨21⟩yān
nistriṁśotkhāta-ghāta-śrama-janita-jaḍo py ūrjjita-sva-pratāpaḥ|
yuddhe matt-ebha-kumbha-stha(la)[⏑⏑⏑⏑––⏑––⏑–⏓]
[––] śv(e)tātapattra-sthagita-vasumatī-maṇḍalo lo⟨22⟩ka-pālaḥ||

25. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

ājau matta-gajendra-kumbha-dalana-sphīta-sphurad-dor-yugo
dhvastā(neka?)-ripu-prabhāva-v[⏑⏑–––] yaśo-maṇḍalaḥ|
nyastāśeśa-narendra-mauli-caraṇa-sphāra-pratāpāna⟨23⟩lo
lakṣmīvān samarābhimāna-vimala-prakhyāta-kīrttir nr̥paḥ||

26. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

yen eyaṁ śarad-indu-¿v?im¿v?a-dhavalā prakhyāta-bhūmaṇḍalā
lakṣmī-saṁgama-kāṁkṣayā su-mahatī kīrttiś ciraṁ kopitā|
yātā sā⟨24⟩gara-pāram adbhutatamā sāpatnya-vairād aho
ten edaṁ bhavanottamaṁ kṣiti-bhujā viṣṇoḥ kr̥te kāritaṁ||

27. Anuṣṭubh

taj-jananyā mahādevyā
śrīmatyā kārito maṭhaḥ|
dhārmikebhyaḥ svayaṁ dattaḥ
sura-lo⟨25⟩ka-gr̥hopamaḥ||

28. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

śaṁkhendu-sphaṭika-prabhā-pratisama-sphāra-sphurac-chīkaraṁ
nakra-krānti-calat-taraṅga-vilasat-pakṣi-pranr̥tyat-timi|
rājñyā khānitam adbhutaṁ su-tapasā pepīyamānaṁ ⟨26⟩ janais
tasyaiva priya-bhāryayā narapateḥ śrī-koṇadevyā saraḥ||

29. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

yāvac candra-kalā harasya śirasi śrīḥ śārṅgino vakṣasi
¿v?rahmāsye ca sarasvatī kr̥ta⟨27⟩-[⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓]|
[bh](o)[g](e) bhūr bhujagādhipasya ca taḍid yāvad ghanasyodare
tāvat kīrttim ihātanoti dhavalām ādityaseno nr̥paḥ||

27. Anuṣṭubh

sūkṣmaśivena gauḍena
praśastir vvikaṭākṣarā||
⟨28⟩ [⏓⏓⏓](mā?)mitā samyag
dhārmmikeṇa sudhīmatā||

## Bibliography

First reported in Cunningham 1863, pp. xxxviii–xxxix, reprinted in
Cunningham 1871, p. 40. (There may be an earlier report by Kittoe but
this has not been traced.) Transcript (as produced by Kittoe) and
translation in Mitra 1866, pp. 272–277. Correction by Cunningham in
Cunningham 1882, p. 11 and by Bhagwanlal Indraji in Cunningham & Garrick
1883, p. 79. Discussion and details of the object’s modern history in
Willis 2005, particularly p149 and n91.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant
Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00209). Encoding
updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

### Secondary

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Bhandarkar, Devadatta Ramakrishna. 1927–1936. A list of the inscriptions
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A. C.: Appendix to Epigraphia Indica and record of the Archaeological
Survey of India, volumes XIX to XXIII. Calcutta: Archaeological Survey
of India. [URL]. Item 1552.

Sircar, Dines Chandra. 1983. Select inscriptions bearing on Indian
history and civilization. Volume II: from the sixth to the eighteenth
century A.D. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. Book I, item 9.

Thaplyal, Kiran Kumar. 1985. Inscriptions of the Maukharīs, Later
Guptas, Puṣpabhūtis and Yaśovarman of Kanauj. New Delhi: Indian Council
of Historical Research. Item II.2.