SII 4.136: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “No. 136. (A.R. No. 38 of 1888). IN A ROCK-CUT CAVE AT MAMANDUR.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Grantha (grantha)].

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv04p0i0136.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ Avinita kasamṛddha [******] vṛttamasya vija [********] gandharvvaśāstramakhila [**] khila mukhodbhū(ta) [*]
⟨2⟩ [*********] prājāpatya [****] nā(dbh)āvanāgama(naḥ) [***] paṇḍuṃgandhā(nā) [**] mpāñcāla nirmmita [*]
⟨3⟩ khya [******] nā [*****] ttā [********] (ṣiketuna) [**] ma(no)bhirāma [*] maṁ [****] vālmikivarṇṇi(ta)-
⟨4⟩ bharatānāya(ka) [*******] sabhā [*******] va(tsā)pahāra [****] pūṇāṁ(vajra)sāya(kaḥ)
⟨5⟩ [*] ma(kṛta) [*******] ndhatacera [**********] (mudā)rārtthamurvvaśī sarvvaśobhanā-
⟨6⟩ [********] varīñcanāṭakaM || vyāsakalpasya [*********] magavadajjuka [****] syammattavilāsādipadamprahasanottamaṁ [*]
⟨7⟩ [**********] (rṇṇa)mprabhṛta [*****] samuttejita [********] tuṣṭaya [*****] ja(yasya)patyaśśatṛmallasya(bhūbhu)jaḥ
⟨8⟩ [*******] ya(dbhra)marīvāptasammadāḥ || yākavīnāmprakāśa [********] vatta [**********] (mpa)ttissamabuddhirivasthitā
⟨9⟩ [*******] gurusvaravarṇṇayā purā tasyāṃ kavigi(ra jāsyā)rtthavatā(M) [****] (Āpuṣṇu) śśiṣyatvameyuṣa(ḥ)
⟨10⟩ [******] prajñā(pa)tisamanvitāM || prā [***] ṇota [**********] (jyā)yayāsvaya [*]
⟨11⟩ [******] (kalpā)tpravivarjyavṛttidakṣiṇacitrākhya [***********] yitvā yadhāvidhi
⟨12⟩ [***] ścavividhaiḥ kṛtvāvarṇṇacaturttha [*] || Aprāptapūrvvannirvveṣṭuvā(dya)śravaṇa [**********] kṛtavatīva [***]
⟨13⟩ (śrī)kaṇṭha śrutiguṇāvasādhāra(ṇa)sampa(dā ~||) dṛṣṭvevotkarṣaṇena [****] yinī [****] kṣe(va) [****]
⟨14⟩ [*] yatovisavādaṁ lakṣmyā(manotsu)katayā || yasyāśśīlaviśe(ṣa) [**********] yāyata [***] yādattamanna [***]
⟨15⟩ ke [*] kāntiyathārtthena candrale(kheva) yāgatā gātrandhaha [***] ta [*********] śāstre(ṣu)(ni)tyāvihitabudha [***]
⟨16⟩ yeṣuparāṁ prīti [*] pan=ta [***] (syavapuṣaḥ) || [**] (ni)tyavi(nī)tena satyasaṁ [*********] syabhaktyāvarjjitamauḷinā [*]
⟨17⟩ (sa)hasra [**] saṁpūrṇameghaśyāmasyagarji [***********] kṣi [**********] pata [*] vat=tayā [||]

Commentary

The inscription is very badly damaged.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 4.136 by Krishna Sastri 1923 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1923. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume IV: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada countries and Ceylon. South Indian Inscriptions 4. Madras: Government Press. Page 12, item 136.

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