# Katra Charter of Jīvagupta

Dániel Balogh

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00215

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00215.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)]

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## Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1⟩ * svasti⟨.⟩ (t/n)ārā-vāsita-śrī-jayaskandh(ā)vārāt
parama-māheśvarasya śrīmat-tā(rā)⟨2⟩-bhaṭṭārikāyām utpannasya
parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-pa⟨3⟩rameśvara-śrī-rāmagupta-devasya
puttraḥ parama-māheśvaraḥ śrī-rāmā-(bha)⟨4⟩ṭṭārikāyām utpannaḥ
parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī- ⟨5⟩ jīvagupta-devo
laghuḥ kuśalī

1. Anuṣṭubh

ya(d)-yaśo vimalam vīkṣya
svakam vapur a⟨⟨ya⟩⟩⟨ṁ⟩ ⟨6⟩ śaśī
saṁpūrṇṇaṁ śanakair ddhatte
laj(j)ayevārjuna vī(dhu)|

tīra-bh(u)ktau (c)āmuṇḍ(ā)- ⟨7⟩ viṣaye pūrvvottara-tī(ṣ)(ṭ?)ihala-pāṭake
(surabha)kṣe (yā)m(yā)yāṁ hari-grāma(ke) ⟨8⟩
mahā-sāndhivi(g)rahikākṣapaṭalika-sarvv(ā)dhikārika-pratīh¿a?⟨ā⟩ra⟨9⟩-senāpati-mahā(s)āmanta-prabhr̥tīn
nivāsinaś ca janapadān vodhaya⟨10⟩ti samājñāpayati⟨.⟩ viditam astu
bhavatāṁ yathopari-li(kh)ita-grām(a) ⟨11⟩ sa-jala-s(th)ala sāmra-madhūka
sa-gartt{v}(o)ṣara sa-s(ī)mā-paryanta
sa⟨12⟩-sa⟦(stha)⟧⟨⟨(rvva)⟩⟩-pallika sa-loha-lava(ṇā)kara s¿au?⟨o⟩ddraṅga
so¿ṭṭ?⟨dd⟩eśa samasta-(r)[ā]⟨13⟩ja-(p)ratyādāya-(sam)etād
ā-candrārkka-kṣiti-sama-kālam asmābi(ḥ) snā⟨14⟩tvā viṣ¿a?⟨u⟩vati pittroḥ
puṇya-yaśo-vivr̥ddhaye cāmuṇḍā-bhaṭṭ(ārikā)⟨15⟩[7×] pratiṣṭhāpitako
(ttra) prativā(s)inyās sa(prabhā) ⟨16⟩ [ca. 12+] [.]?kha[.]
(ṇḍa-sphuṭita?) pūj[ā]-⟨⟨sa⟩⟩[ṁ]sk[ā](r)-[ā](rtthe?) ⟨17⟩ [ca. 10+]
[tāmra-śā?]sanatvena pradatta Iti|

⟨18⟩ [ca. 11+] [niv?]āsibhi(ś ca) pratyādāyā ⟨19⟩ [ca. 10+]
[sva-mukh?]ādeśaḥ⟨.⟩ saṁ 2 caitra (su)di [ca. 2×]

2. Anuṣṭubh

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨20⟩ vahubhir vvasudhā (bhuktā)
rājabhiḥ sagarādibhir
yasya yasya yadā bhūmis
tasya ta⟨21⟩(sya ta)⟨⟨(dā)⟩⟩ (phalaṁ)|

3. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattām para-dattām vā
yo hareta vasun(dh)arāṁ
sa viṣṭhāyāṁ ⟨22⟩ (kr̥mir) bh(ū)tvā
pitr̥bhis saha pacyate|

## Bibliography

First reported in IAR 1958-59, p. 59 (No. 14). Listed in ARIE 1959–60,
p. 34 (A. 4). Edited in Sircar [1966] 1963–1964, pp. 126–130.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant
Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00215). Encoding
updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

### Secondary

Thaplyal, Kiran Kumar. 1985. Inscriptions of the Maukharīs, Later
Guptas, Puṣpabhūtis and Yaśovarman of Kanauj. New Delhi: Indian Council
of Historical Research. Item II.7.