Nandsa Yūpa Horizontal Inscription

Alternative title: Nandsa Yūpa Inscription B.

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh (daba).

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified) (brāhmī_southern_unspecified)].

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham).

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⟨1⟩ siddhaṁ⟨.⟩ kr̥tehi 200 80 2 caitra-pūrṇṇamā¿sī?m asyām p¿u?rvvāyā⟨ṁ⟩ maha ⟨2⟩ tā sva-śakti-guṇa-guruṇā pauruṣeṇa prathama-candra-darśanam i ⟨3⟩ va mālava-gaṇa-viṣayam avatārayitvaikaṣaṣṭi-rātram ati ⟨4⟩ satram aparimita-dharmma-mātraṁ samuddhr̥tya pitr̥-paitāmah¿i?ṁ dhu ⟨5⟩ ram āvr̥tya suvi(pu)laṁ dyāvāpr̥thivyor aṁtaram anuttamena yaśa ⟨6⟩ sā sva-karma-saṁ(pa)dayā vipul¿a?⟨ṁ⟩ samupagatām r̥ddhim ātma-si ⟨7⟩ ddhi⟨ṁ⟩ vitatya māyā(m i)va satra-bhūmau sarva-kāmaugha-dhārāṁ vasor ddhā ⟨8⟩ rām iva bbrāhmaṇāgni-vaiśvānareṣu hutvā brahmeṁdra-prajāpati-maha ⟨9⟩ rṣi-viṣṇu-sthāne(ṣu) kr̥tāvakāśasya pāpa-niravakāśasya sitasa ⟨10⟩ bhāvasatha-t¿o?ḍāka-kūpa-devāyatana-yajña-(dā)na-satya-prajā-vi ⟨11⟩ pula-(pālana-prasaṁ)gaiḥ purāṇa-rājarṣi-dharmma-paddhat¿ī?-sata ⟨12⟩ ta-kr̥ta-sama(nuga)mana-niścayasya sva-guṇātiśaya-vi ⟨13⟩ starair manu-ni(rviśe)ṣam iva bhuvi manuṣya-bhāvaṁ yathārtham a ⟨14⟩ nubhavata [ikṣvāku]-(prathi)ta-rājarṣi-vaṁśe mālava-vaṁśe prasūta ⟨15⟩ sya jaya(tsena-naptur bhr̥gu?)varddhana-pautrasya jayasoma-puttrasya so ⟨16⟩ gi(no naṁdi?)somasyā(ne?)(ka)-(śa?)(ta-go)-sahasra-dakṣiṇā⟨.⟩ vr̥ṣa ⟨17⟩ -pramatta-[śr̥ṅga-vipra]dhr̥ṣṭa-citya-vr̥kṣa-yūpa-saṁkaṭa-tīr¿a? [puṣka] ⟨18⟩ ra-pra[tilambha-bhūte sva-dharma]-setau mahātaḍāke yūpa-pra[tiṣṭhā kr̥tā|?]

Bibliography

First reported in Halder 1929. Edited in Altekar [1956] 1947–1948. Discussed in Venkataramayya 1953.

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Edition based on #Altekar_1947 with corrections from #Venkataramayya_1953. Restored text is based on %IN00216, except for tiṣṭhā kr̥tā at the end, which is Altekar's conjecture.

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L5. Altekar says pa of saṁpadayā is damaged. In my scan, the whole of padayā is indistinct, but the first character doesn't look like pa. This bit is lost from the parallel inscription. I find saṁpadayā doubtful, the noun saṁpadā would be non-standard for sampad. Altekar translates "prosperity produced by the richness (i.e. excellence) of his karman (i, bravery, ii, religious merit), which is dodgy.

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L7. There is a concave semicircle above the anusvāra of dhārāṁ. (Altekar) This feature is discussed in #Altekar_1947:254.

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L8. I follow Altekar's bbrā, but the character is not visible at all in my scanned facsimile, and this inscription tends not to double consonants (apparently never before r and usually not after r, though rddhā in l7 is correct.

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L14. There is a concave semicircle above the anusvāra of both instances of vaṁśe. (Altekar)

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L15. I follow Venkataramayya's reading of the names. My scan is useless. Altekar reads jayanartana; followed by a reconstructed prabhāgravarddhana (admitting that prabhāgra is "completely damaged"); in 15-16 he reads sogineta em. soginetuḥ (?śrī)somasyā°

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L16. I retain Altekar's supplied daṇḍa after dakṣiṇā, but it seems unnecessary in light of the very plausible restoration of the end.

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