Manawar Charter of Rudradāsa, Year 69

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh (daba).

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

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00532.

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ valkhāḥ paramabhaṭṭāraka-pādānuddhyāto mahārāja-rudradāsas samājñāpayati sarvvān e[vā]-
⟨2⟩ smat-santakān āyuktakān vijñātam astu vaḥ samanujānīmo ⟨’⟩sya kāśyapa-sagotra-(bhagava)(ddro?)
⟨3⟩ ¿n?a-brāhmaṇasya dāsilakapallī-pathake s¿u?nya-grāmaka(ṁ) bhūtilakhaṭṭakaṁ brahmadeyam (ā)-
⟨4⟩ candrā¿rk?a-tārakā-kālīnaṁ putra-p¿o?trānvaya-bhojyaṁ bhogāyaivam idānīm asyāsmābhiḥ
⟨5⟩ kr̥tānujñasyaitam ucitayā brahmadeyāgrāhāra-bhuktyā bhuñjataḥ kr̥ṣataḥ kr̥ṣā-
⟨6⟩ payatas samāvāsayataś ca sarvvair evāsmat-pakṣa-tat-kulīnārakṣika-bhaṭa-cchatrājñā-
⟨7⟩ vinirggatakādibhiḥ samanumantavyam iti bhaṭṭīśvaradatta-dūtakaM varṣe 60 9
⟨8⟩ caitra śu di 10 2
⟨01⟩ mahārāja-rudradāsasya

Bibliography

First reported by Bajpai 1980, pp. 94–95; first edited by Mirashi 1981, pp. 227–228; independently(?) edited by Jain_U_1981 and Wakankar et al. 2002, pp. 53–54; re-edited in Ramesh & Tewari 1990, pp. 69–70. Balogh 2026 corrects the date from 67 to 69.

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payatas samāvāsayataś ca sarvvair evāsmat-pakṣa-tat-kulīnārakṣika-bhaṭa-cchatrājñā-

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