Kathmandu Stone Inscription 4

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh (daba).

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

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham02072.

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham02072.xml.

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

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⟨1⟩ Oṁ svasti kailāsa-kūṭa-bhavanāc charad-āpyāna-śaśāṅkāmala-mayūkha-nikarāvabhāṣyamāna-himava-
⟨2⟩ d-uttuṅga-śikharāvadāta-yaśo-mālāvataṁsitāśeṣa-diṅ-maṇḍalo ya Eṣa śauryyan nīti-guṇair guṇai-
⟨3⟩ r akalitair ātmānam udbhāsibhiḥ śaktyā bāhu-balaṁ matiṁ smr̥ti-matīṁ śāstrāgamair bhūribhiḥ maryyādāḥ sthi-
⟨4⟩ tibhir diśo ⟨’⟩pi yaśasā rājya-śriyā medinīr jātyā licchavi-rāja-vaṁśam anaghaṁ yo ⟨’⟩laṅ-karoty uccakaiḥ||
⟨5⟩ bhagavat-paśupati-bhaṭṭāraka-pādānugr̥hīto bappa-pādānudhyāto bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirā-
⟨6⟩ ja-śrī-narenra-devaḥ kuśalī bhaviṣyato nepāla-rājñas samyak pratimānyānudarśayati viditam
⟨7⟩ Astu bhavatāṁ yathā dakṣiṇakolī-grāma-draṅgasya sarva-tala-grāmaiḥ sahitasya pūrva-rājabhir māneśva-
⟨8⟩ r(e?) [bhu]vaneśvara-deva-kulaṁ yathākalpitāgrahārādi-pratyāyam pālanopabhogāya prati[pā]ditaṁ
⟨9⟩ kenāpi ca hetunā śrī-bhūmaguptenākṣiptaṁ rāja-tala-bhogyam abhūt tad idam adhunā pūrva-maryyādā-
⟨10⟩ sthiti-pravartanādr̥ta-manobhir asmābhi [*] [.]i [*] prajānāṁ śeyase ⟨’⟩syaiva sarva-tala-grāma-sahi-
⟨11⟩ tasya dakṣiṇakolī-grāma-draṅgasya tad eva bhuvaneśvara-devakulaṁ yatra tatrāvasthita-kṣetra-vā-
⟨12⟩ ṭikā-gr̥ha-dhaṇyākārair yyathā-pūrva-bhujyamāna-sīmabhis tribhiḥ koṅko-bilvamārga-husprinduṅ-grāmair ebhi-
⟨13⟩ r agrahāratvenotsr̥ṣṭaiś cāṭa-bhaṭāpraveśyaiḥ sarva-koṭṭa-maryyādā-sthitimadbhiś ca sahitam pratimukta-
⟨14⟩ m ity evañ ca viditārthair apy etad-agrahāra-traya-nivāsibhir yathā-kalpitam piṇḍakādipratyāyam a-
⟨15⟩ syopanayadbhir akuto-bhayair ājñā-śravaṇa-vidheyair bhavitavyam bhūyo ⟨’⟩py anenaiva nyāyena (śītāṭyā?)ṁ
⟨16⟩ (śivagal?)-deva-[kule] yathā-pūrva-kalpita-kṣetra-piṇḍakādi-pratyāyam pālanopabhogāyaiva sarva-ta-
⟨17⟩ la-[grā]ma-sahitasyaivāsya draṅgasya [pra]ti[mu]ktam evaṁ viditārthair na hīnān avamanyamānair anyonya-
⟨18⟩ prīti-dr̥ḍhī-kr̥ta-snehānugrahair [*] nu [******] puruṣais ta [******] trayam eva pratipā-
⟨19⟩ {pā}layadbhiḥ satatam asma [***] vartitavyan na kaiścid asmat-pādopajīvibhir anyair vā svalpā-
⟨20⟩ pi pīḍā kāryyā yas tv etām ājñām ullaṅghyānyathā kuryyāt kārayed vā tasya vayaṁ rāja-śāsana-vyatikrama-
⟨21⟩ kāriṇas tī¿b?raṁ daṇḍam pātayiṣyāmo bhāvibhir api bhūpatibhir iha yāśaḥ-kalyāṇāyur-ārogya-rājya-
⟨22⟩ -śrīyāṁ vr̥¿pn?im īhamānair amutra ca svarge śāśvatīṁ sthitim icchadbhiḥ pūrva-rāja-kr̥teṣu prasādeṣu pā-
⟨23⟩ lanādr̥tair bhāvyañ cira-sthitaye cāsya prasādasya śilā-paṭṭaka-[śāsanena prasādaḥ] kr̥ta Iti
⟨24⟩ samājñāpanā dūtakaś cātra kumārāmātya priyajīvaḥ saṁvaT 60 9 bhādra-pada-śukla-dvitīyāyāM

⟨1⟩ Oṁ svasti kailāsa-kūṭa-bhavanāc charad-āpyāna-śaśāṅkāmala-mayūkha-nikarāvabhāṣyamāna-himava⟨2⟩d-uttuṅga-śikharāvadāta-yaśo-mālāvataṁsitāśeṣa-diṅ-maṇḍalo ya Eṣa

1. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

śauryyan nīti-guṇair guṇai⟨3⟩r akalitair ātmānam udbhāsibhiḥ

śaktyā bāhu-balaṁ matiṁ smr̥ti-matīṁ śāstrāgamair bhūribhiḥ

maryyādāḥ sthi⟨4⟩tibhir diśo ⟨’⟩pi yaśasā rājya-śriyā medinīr

jātyā licchavi-rāja-vaṁśam anaghaṁ yo ⟨’⟩laṅ-karoty uccakaiḥ||

⟨5⟩ bhagavat-paśupati-bhaṭṭāraka-pādānugr̥hīto bappa-pādānudhyāto bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirā⟨6⟩ja-śrī-narenra-devaḥ kuśalī bhaviṣyato nepāla-rājñas samyak pratimānyānudarśayati viditam ⟨7⟩ Astu bhavatāṁ yathā dakṣiṇakolī-grāma-draṅgasya sarva-tala-grāmaiḥ sahitasya pūrva-rājabhir māneśva⟨8⟩r(e?) [bhu]vaneśvara-deva-kulaṁ yathākalpitāgrahārādi-pratyāyam pālanopabhogāya prati[pā]ditaṁ ⟨9⟩ kenāpi ca hetunā śrī-bhūmaguptenākṣiptaṁ rāja-tala-bhogyam abhūt tad idam adhunā pūrva-maryyādā- ⟨10⟩ sthiti-pravartanādr̥ta-manobhir asmābhi [ca. 1×] [.]i [ca. 1×] prajānāṁ śeyase ⟨’⟩syaiva sarva-tala-grāma-sahi⟨11⟩tasya dakṣiṇakolī-grāma-draṅgasya tad eva bhuvaneśvara-devakulaṁ yatra tatrāvasthita-kṣetra-vā⟨12⟩ṭikā-gr̥ha-dhaṇyākārair yyathā-pūrva-bhujyamāna-sīmabhis tribhiḥ koṅko-bilvamārga-husprinduṅ-grāmair ebhi⟨13⟩r agrahāratvenotsr̥ṣṭaiś cāṭa-bhaṭāpraveśyaiḥ sarva-koṭṭa-maryyādā-sthitimadbhiś ca sahitam pratimukta⟨14⟩m ity evañ ca viditārthair apy etad-agrahāra-traya-nivāsibhir yathā-kalpitam piṇḍakādipratyāyam a⟨15⟩syopanayadbhir akuto-bhayair ājñā-śravaṇa-vidheyair bhavitavyam bhūyo ⟨’⟩py anenaiva nyāyena (śītāṭyā?)ṁ ⟨16⟩ (śivagal?)-deva-[kule] yathā-pūrva-kalpita-kṣetra-piṇḍakādi-pratyāyam pālanopabhogāyaiva sarva-ta⟨17⟩la-[grā]ma-sahitasyaivāsya draṅgasya [pra]ti[mu]ktam evaṁ viditārthair na hīnān avamanyamānair anyonya- ⟨18⟩ prīti-dr̥ḍhī-kr̥ta-snehānugrahair [ca. 1×] nu [ca. 6×] puruṣais ta [ca. 6×] trayam eva pratipā⟨19⟩layadbhiḥ satatam asma [ca. 3×] vartitavyan na kaiścid asmat-pādopajīvibhir anyair vā svalpā⟨20⟩pi pīḍā kāryyā yas tv etām ājñām ullaṅghyānyathā kuryyāt kārayed vā tasya vayaṁ rāja-śāsana-vyatikrama- ⟨21⟩ kāriṇas tī¿b?raṁ daṇḍam pātayiṣyāmo bhāvibhir api bhūpatibhir iha yāśaḥ-kalyāṇāyur-ārogya-rājya⟨22⟩-śrīyāṁ vr̥⟨ddh⟩im īhamānair amutra ca svarge śāśvatīṁ sthitim icchadbhiḥ pūrva-rāja-kr̥teṣu prasādeṣu pā⟨23⟩lanādr̥tair bhāvyañ cira-sthitaye cāsya prasādasya śilā-paṭṭaka-[śāsanena prasādaḥ] kr̥ta Iti ⟨24⟩ samājñāpanā dūtakaś cātra kumārāmātya priyajīvaḥ saṁvaT 60 9 bhādra-pada-śukla-dvitīyāyāM

1. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

śauryyan nīti-guṇair guṇai⟨3⟩r akalitair ātmānam udbhāsibhiḥ

śaktyā bāhu-balaṁ matiṁ smr̥ti-matīṁ śāstrāgamair bhūribhiḥ

maryyādāḥ sthi⟨4⟩tibhir diśo ⟨’⟩pi yaśasā rājya-śriyā medinīr

jātyā licchavi-rāja-vaṁśam anaghaṁ yo ⟨’⟩laṅ-karoty uccakaiḥ||

⟨5⟩ bhagavat-paśupati-bhaṭṭāraka-pādānugr̥hīto bappa-pādānudhyāto bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirā⟨6⟩ja-śrī-narenra-devaḥ kuśalī bhaviṣyato nepāla-rājñas samyak pratimānyānudarśayati viditam ⟨7⟩ Astu bhavatāṁ yathā dakṣiṇakolī-grāma-draṅgasya sarva-tala-grāmaiḥ sahitasya pūrva-rājabhir māneśva⟨8⟩r(e?) [bhu]vaneśvara-deva-kulaṁ yathākalpitāgrahārādi-pratyāyam pālanopabhogāya prati[pā]ditaṁ ⟨9⟩ kenāpi ca hetunā śrī-bhūmaguptenākṣiptaṁ rāja-tala-bhogyam abhūt tad idam adhunā pūrva-maryyādā- ⟨10⟩ sthiti-pravartanādr̥ta-manobhir asmābhi [ca. 1×] [.]i [ca. 1×] prajānāṁ śeyase ⟨’⟩syaiva sarva-tala-grāma-sahi⟨11⟩tasya dakṣiṇakolī-grāma-draṅgasya tad eva bhuvaneśvara-devakulaṁ yatra tatrāvasthita-kṣetra-vā⟨12⟩ṭikā-gr̥ha-dhaṇyākārair yyathā-pūrva-bhujyamāna-sīmabhis tribhiḥ koṅko-bilvamārga-husprinduṅ-grāmair ebhi⟨13⟩r agrahāratvenotsr̥ṣṭaiś cāṭa-bhaṭāpraveśyaiḥ sarva-koṭṭa-maryyādā-sthitimadbhiś ca sahitam pratimukta⟨14⟩m ity evañ ca viditārthair apy etad-agrahāra-traya-nivāsibhir yathā-kalpitam piṇḍakādipratyāyam a⟨15⟩syopanayadbhir akuto-bhayair ājñā-śravaṇa-vidheyair bhavitavyam bhūyo ⟨’⟩py anenaiva nyāyena (śītāṭyā?)ṁ ⟨16⟩ (śivagal?)-deva-[kule] yathā-pūrva-kalpita-kṣetra-piṇḍakādi-pratyāyam pālanopabhogāyaiva sarva-ta⟨17⟩la-[grā]ma-sahitasyaivāsya draṅgasya [pra]ti[mu]ktam evaṁ viditārthair na hīnān avamanyamānair anyonya- ⟨18⟩ prīti-dr̥ḍhī-kr̥ta-snehānugrahair [ca. 1×] nu [ca. 6×] puruṣais ta [ca. 6×] trayam eva pratipā⟨19⟩{pā}layadbhiḥ satatam asma [ca. 3×] vartitavyan na kaiścid asmat-pādopajīvibhir anyair vā svalpā⟨20⟩pi pīḍā kāryyā yas tv etām ājñām ullaṅghyānyathā kuryyāt kārayed vā tasya vayaṁ rāja-śāsana-vyatikrama- ⟨21⟩ kāriṇas tī¿b?raṁ daṇḍam pātayiṣyāmo bhāvibhir api bhūpatibhir iha yāśaḥ-kalyāṇāyur-ārogya-rājya⟨22⟩-śrīyāṁ vr̥¿pn?⟨ddh⟩im īhamānair amutra ca svarge śāśvatīṁ sthitim icchadbhiḥ pūrva-rāja-kr̥teṣu prasādeṣu pā⟨23⟩lanādr̥tair bhāvyañ cira-sthitaye cāsya prasādasya śilā-paṭṭaka-[śāsanena prasādaḥ] kr̥ta Iti ⟨24⟩ samājñāpanā dūtakaś cātra kumārāmātya priyajīvaḥ saṁvaT 60 9 bhādra-pada-śukla-dvitīyāyāM

Bibliography

Gnoli 1956, pp. 88–89; Vajrācārya 1973, pp. 463–471; Regmi 1983, pp. 114–116; Regmi 1983, pp. 70–71.

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