# Gandhibedha Sūrya image inscription of the time of Karṇa

Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Author of digital edition: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Contributor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00034

Repository: Somavaṁśin (tfb-somavamsin-epigraphy)

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00034.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-10-07 18:12 (dbc7acc), last modified 2026-09-09 17:56
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## Edition

⟨1⟩ […]dhirāja-parameśvara-soma-kula-tilaka-tri[…] ⟨2⟩
[…]śrī-karṇṇa-rājadevasya pravarddhamāna-vi[…]

## Commentary

Following Sircar 1959–1960, pp. 273–274, Shastri 1995, p. 335 suggests
the following reconstruction : [siddham
parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājā]dhirāja-parameśvara-soma-kula-tilaka-tri[kaliṅgādhipati-parama-māheśvara]-śrī-karṇṇa-rāja-devasya
pravarddhamāna-vi[jaya-rājye samvatsare]

## Bibliography

### Primary

[Si] Sircar, Dines Chandra. 1959–1960. “Note on Ratnagiri plates of
Somavamsi Karna (1 plate).” Epigraphia Indica 33, pp. 269–274.

[R] Rajaguru, Satyanarayan. 1966. Inscriptions of Orissa, vol. 4. No
place: Sri Sarada Press. [URL]. Item 41, pages 265–267.

[Sh] Shastri, Ajay Mitra. 1995. Inscriptions of the Śarabhapurīyas,
Pāṇḍuvaṁśins and Somavaṁśins, Part II: Inscriptions. New Delhi: Indian
Council of Historical Research; Motilal Bandarsidass. Appendix III,
pages 334–335.

### Secondary

Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive topographical catalogue of Orissan
inscriptions. New Delhi: Manohar. Pages 73–74.