Pasupati Pillar of Chandesvara Inscription

Authors of digital edition: Csaba Kiss (cski), Dániel Balogh (daba).

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

Version: 2025-09-15 18:38 (e9ba9b6), last modified 2025-06-11 08:35 (914ca07).

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⟨1⟩ samyag-jñānādi-yuktaḥ saka-
⟨2⟩ [la]-guṇa-gaṇaṁ kṣobhayitvā pra-
⟨3⟩ [dhā]nam brahmādi-sthāvarānta-
⟨4⟩ ñ jagad idam akhilaṁ yo sr̥ja-
⟨5⟩ d viśvarūpam| Ajīvyaṁ sarvva-
⟨6⟩ puṁsāṁ giri-taru-gahanaṁ yaḥ karo-
⟨7⟩ ty eka-rūpam pāyāt so ⟨’⟩dya prasa-
⟨8⟩ nnaḥ smara-tanu-dahanaś chattra-ca-
⟨9⟩ ṇḍesvaro vaḥ|| svasti śrī-jiṣṇugupta-
⟨10⟩ sya pravarddhamāna-vijaya-rājye Ā-
⟨11⟩ cārya-bhagavat-pranarddanaprāṇakau-
⟨12⟩ śikena bhagavata{ḥ}ś chatra-caṇḍeśvarasya
⟨13⟩ [*][ca. 1×] kū-grāme praṇālikāyāś ca kha-
⟨14⟩ [ṇḍa]-sphuṭita-samādhānārtham uddi-
⟨15⟩ [śya] muṇḍaśr̥ṅkhalika-pāśupatācā-
⟨16⟩ rya-parṣadi vārā(ha?)svāmiuma-
⟨17⟩ somā [*][ca. 1×] krasomakhaḍukānāñ ca Aśī-
⟨18⟩ [ti] [*][ca. 1×] piṇḍaka-mānikānāṁ bhū-pratipādi-
⟨19⟩ (tāḥ?) [tā]sāṁ pradeśā likhyante pikhū-
⟨20⟩ grāme ma 10 ṣāphanādūlake mā 20
⟨21⟩ pāgumake mā 5 po-grāme mā 2 khū-
⟨22⟩ lapriṅ-grāme mā 9 bhūyo mā 10 5 vi-
⟨23⟩ [ṅ]śatikayaite Athānyāś catur-vviṅśatikayā
⟨24⟩ [**][ca. 2×] yac ca ke [***][ca. 3×] Atra vimśatimānikā
⟨25⟩ [**][ca. 2×] māsa(va?)da [**][ca. 2×] śeṣā śr̥ṅkhalikapā
⟨26⟩ [**][ca. 2×] mā [***][ca. 3×] vārāhasvāmi-prabhr̥tibhi[.][.]
⟨27⟩ [****][ca. 4×] yoktavyā pālana-yojyaṁ deśa [*][ca. 1×]
⟨28⟩ [*****][ca. 5×] (ki?) [*][ca. 1×] n[.][.] stambha-likhita
⟨29⟩ [1 lost line][1 lost line]
⟨30⟩ [1 lost line][1 lost line]

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L12. Bh.I.: bhagavataś chatra°

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L13. Bh.I. reads kūgrāme only

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