# Kathmandu Black Stone Inscription

Dániel Balogh

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham02083

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham02083.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⟩ Oṁ svasti śrīmat-kailāsa-kūṭa-bhavanāl
lakṣmī-talālambana-kalpapādapo ⟨2⟩
bhagavat-paśupati-bhaṭṭāraka-pādānugr̥hīto bappa-pādānudhyāto
paramabhaṭṭāra⟨3⟩ka-mahārājādhirājā-śrī-śivadevaḥ kuśalī vaidya-grāmake
pradhānāgresarān sakala⟨4⟩-nivāsi-kuṭumbino yathārhaṅ kuśalam abhidhāya
samājñāpayati viditam astu bhava ⟨5⟩ tām yathāyaṅ grāmaḥ
śarīra-koṭṭa-maryādo[papanna]ś cāṭa-bhaṭānām
apraveśyenācandrārkā⟨6⟩vani-kāliko bhūmi-cchidra-nyāyenāgra-hāratayā
mātā-pitror ātmanaś ca vipula-pu⟨7⟩ṇyopacaya-hetor asmābhiḥ
sva-kārita-śrī-śivadeveśvaraṁ bhaṭṭārakan nimittī-kr̥tya ⟨8⟩
tad-deva-kula-khaṇḍa-sphuṭita-saṁskāra-kāraṇāya vaśapāśupatācāryebhyaḥ
prati⟨9⟩pāditaḥ tad evam avagatārthair bhavadbhiḥ
samucita-deya-bhāga-bhoga-kara-hiraṇyādi- ⟨10⟩ sarva-pratyāyān eṣām
upaya[ccha]dbhir ebhir evānupālyamānair akuto-bhayaiḥ
sva-ka⟨11⟩rmānuvidhāyibhir iti-kartavyatā-vyāpareṣu ca sarveṣv amīṣām
ājñā-śravaṇa-vidhe⟨12⟩yair bhūtva sukham atra sthātavyaṁ sīmā cāsya
pūrveṇa vr̥han-mārgo dakṣiṇa-pūrvataś ca ⟨13⟩ śivī praṇālī tām eva
cānusr̥tya svalpaḥ panthā dakṣiṇataś ca teṅkhūḥ paścime⟨14⟩nāpi teṅkhūḥ
Uttarasyām api ciśimaṇḍā-tilamakaḥ Uttara-pūrvataś cāpi
sahasra⟨15⟩maṇḍala-bhūmis tato yāvat sa Eva vr̥han-mārga Ity evaṁ
sīmāntarbhūte ⟨’⟩sminn agra⟨16⟩hāre bhoṭṭa-viṣṭi-hetoḥ prativarṣaṁ
bhārika-janāḥ pañca 5 vyavasāyibhir gra⟨17⟩hītavyāḥ ye tv etām ājñām
vyatikramyānyathā kuryuḥ kārayeyur vā te ⟨’⟩smābhir bhr̥śan na ⟨18⟩
kṣamyante ye vāsmad-ūrdhvam bhūbhujo bha[viṣyanti te pi
pa]ra-sva-hitāpekṣayā pūrva-rāja- ⟨19⟩ kr̥to ⟨’⟩yaṁ dharmma-setur iti tad
a[vagatya] [ca. 3×] ravā [ca. 3×] saṁrakṣaṇī⟨20⟩yas tathā coktaṁ

1. Anuṣṭubh

pūrva-dattāṁ dvijātibhyo
yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhi[ra]
[mahīm mahīma]⟨21⟩tāṁ śrestha
dānāc chreyo ⟨’⟩nupālanam||

2. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa-sahasrāṇi
svargge mo[dati bhū]⟨22⟩midaḥ
Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca
tāny eva narake vaset||

iti svayam ā⟨23⟩jñā dūtakaś cātra rājaputra-jayadevaḥ saṁvaT 100 10 9
phālguna- ⟨24⟩ śukla-divā daśamyāM

## Bibliography

Indraji & Bühler 1881, pp. 13–14; Gnoli 1956, pp. 107–108; Vajrācārya
1973, pp. 514–518; Regmi 1983, pp. 132–133; Regmi 1983, pp. 82–83;

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant
Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN02083). Encoding
updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.