Charchoma Temple Exterior Inscription

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh (daba).

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

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00220.

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Version: 2026-09-16 10:40 (3083d2d), last modified 2026-09-16 09:24 (c200993).

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⟨1⟩ phalinī-kapi-malaya-samaḥ śata-puṣpā-pādi(ka)ḥ
⟨2⟩ sutanu-kā(r)yy¿ā?ḥ kaṭu-hiṁgu-sitā-dhūp⟨y⟩o deveṣv api
⟨3⟩ durlabho vakulaḥ|| jala-nāga-priyaṁgūnāṁ bhāgā
⟨4⟩ vyādhi-rasādhik(ā/a)ḥ (pra)tyag(r)o ⟨’⟩tula-gandho ⟨’⟩yaṁ varṇ(ṇ?)a(ko?) (ja)ladātyaye||

Bibliography

First reported in PRASI-W 1906, p. 57 (No. 2135). Reported with partial transcript in Koṭā Rājya kā Itihās by Mathuralal Sharma (published V. S. 1996, second edition Jodhpur 2008), vol. I, appendix 2. The temple and its inscriptions are discussed in Williams 1981, who reproduces Sharma’s transcripts with some additional errors.

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Digitally edited by Dániel Balogh from photos of the original inscription. Version of January 2019. Comments below are offered "as is" and do not represent a thoroughly researched or considered opinion.

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margin.1. There is a probable siddham symbol (crescent, like a closing bracket) in the margin to the left of l1.

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L1. ka is squeezed in at the end of the block; ḥ is on the next block.

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L2. I'm tempted to read atanu instead of sutanu, since the two s-s in the inscription both have the left limb bending the other way. But atanu would mean incorrect sandhi inside the verse.

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<l n="cd">kaṭu-hiṁgu-sitā-dhūp<supplied reason="omitted">y</supplied>o deveṣv api <lb n="3"/>durlabho vakulaḥ||</l><!--

L3. The double daṇḍa is a double vertical, the first one hooked.

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V1. Williams (duplicating M. L. Sharma's transliteration, but probably adding a few errors of her own): nalinīkapi malayasamāḥ śatapuṣpāpādikāḥ sutanuḥ kāryyāḥ / kadu hiṅguṁ sito dhūpo deveshu 'pi durlabho bakulaḥ// Translation by Williams with help from Padmanabh S. Jaini: "Oh fair one, trees should be made with many flowers, like the Nalinī (lotus), the Kapi (species of Karañja), or the Malaya (sandalwood). The bitter Hiṅguṁ (Asafoetida), the bright Dhūpa-vr̥iksha (a species of pine), the Bakula, rare even among the gods." What did they translate as "trees"? pādikāḥ?

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V2. Williams (M. L. Sharma): jalanāga priyaṅgunāñcha vyādhira sādhikaḥ / pratyagro tula gandhoyaṁ varaṇāḍayo jala dātyaye//

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