Charchoma Temple Exterior Inscription

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh (daba).

Contributor: Dániel Balogh (daba).

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Southern Brāhmī (other) (brāhmī_southern_other)].

Repository: Siddham (siddham).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00220.

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Version: 2026-07-17 15:30 (3e68bda), last modified 2026-07-17 15:30 (3e68bda).

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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||

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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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<l n="ab"><lb n="1"/>phalinī-kapi-malaya-samaḥ śata-puṣpā-pādi<unclear>ka</unclear>ḥ<lb n="2"/>sutanu-kā<unclear>r</unclear>yy<choice><sic>ā</sic><corr>a</corr></choice>ḥ</l><!--

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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<l n="a">jala-nāga-priyaṁgūnāṁ</l>

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<l n="d">varṇ<unclear cert="low">ṇ</unclear>a<unclear cert="low">ko</unclear> <unclear>ja</unclear>ladātyaye||</l>

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

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