# Banavāsi Inscription of Mṛgeśavarman

Dániel Balogh

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham01048

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham01048.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)]

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ siddham| svasti⟨.⟩ jitaṁ bhagavatā

1. Upajāti

jyotirmayaṁ brahma-vidāṁ śaraṇyaṁ
viśvasya karttāram aneka-rūpaṁ
vibhum patiṁ sthāvara-jaṅgamānāM
viṣṇu¿n?⟨ṁ⟩ namasyāmi tad-eka-ci(ttaḥ ||)

2. Upajāti

⟨2⟩ [⏓–⏑] hārity-uditādi-sargge
kadamba-vaṁśe nabhasīva sūryyaḥ
kākusthavarmmeti nr̥po babhūva
dyāvā-pr̥thivyo ’prathita-prabhāvaḥ||

3. Upajāti

tasyātha putro ’ṁbuja-patra-netraḥ
śrī-śāntivarmmā raṇabhīma [––](|)
⟨3⟩ [⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–] n nareṁdraḥ
mr̥geśa-karmmāri-mr̥geṣu nityaM||

4. Upajāti

kāñcīsvarājñā-jaya-sādhanaṁ yo
gāṅgaṁ balaṁ tuṁgamadāvalepaṁ
Aneka-hasty-aśva-padāti(yo)dhaṁ
śastrāgni [––⏑⏑–⏑––]

5. Upajāti

[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑––]
⟨4⟩ Ājanmatas sañcita-duẖkha-labdhāṁ
jaya-śriyaṁ pallava-pārtthivasya
jahāra rāmasya ya¿ś?⟨th⟩aiva rāmaḥ||

6. Upajāti

parasparaṁ [⏑⏑–⏑––]
⟨5⟩ [⏓–⏑] baddha Iva pannagendra
[⏓–⏑––] kula [–⏑––]
[⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑––]

## Bibliography

Gopal 1971, Gai 1996, p. 86

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant
Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN01048). Encoding
updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.