Mehrauli Iron Pillar Inscription of Candra

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh (daba).

Contributor: Dániel Balogh (daba).

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

Repository: Siddham (siddham).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00015.

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Version: 2026-07-17 15:30 (3e68bda), last modified 2026-07-17 15:30 (3e68bda).

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⟨1⟩ yasyodvarttayataḥ pratīpam urasā śattrūn sametyāgatān vaṅgeṣv āhava-varttino bhilikhitā khaḍgena kīrttir bhuje
⟨2⟩ tīrtvā sapta mukhāni yena samare sindhor jjitā vāhlikā yasyādyāpy adhivāsyate jalanidhir vvīryy-ānilair ddakṣiṇaḥ
⟨3⟩ khinnasyeva visr̥jya gāṁ narapater ggām āśritasyetarāṁ mūrtyā karmma-jitāvaniṁ gatavataḥ kīrtyā sthitasya kṣitau
⟨4⟩ śāntasyeva mahā-vane hutabhujo yasya pratāpo mahān nādyāpy utsr̥jati praṇāśita-ripor yyatnasya śeṣaḥ kṣiti(M)
⟨5⟩ prāptena sva-bhujārjjitañ ca sucirañ caikādhirājyaṁ kṣitau candrāhvena samagra-candra-sadr̥śīṁ vaktra-śriyaṁ bibhratā
⟨6⟩ tenāyaṁ praṇidhāya bhūmipatinā dhāvena viṣṇ¿o? matiṁ prā¿n?śur vviṣṇupade girau bhagavato viṣṇor dhvajaḥ sthāpitaḥ

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Fleet's comment on vāhlikā (copied from Lielukhine, not verified in Fleet): Prinsep also read vāhlikā; but Bhau Daji, varying in also the first syllable, read bālhikā.- In the first akshara, the v is imperfect on the right side, through the closing up of the metal. In the second akshara, the h is turned in the opposite direction to that in which it is turned in āhava, line 1 and mahāvane and mahān, line 4. But, that the akshara is hli, not lhi, is certain; because l can only be formed to the left; whereas, at this period, h was formed sometimes to the left and sometimes to the right; and, in the present inscription, it is turned to the right, as here, again in hutabhujo, line 4, and āhvena, line 5.

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<l n="d">yasyādyāpy adhivāsyate jalanidhir vvīryy-ānilair ddakṣiṇaḥ</l>

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<l n="a"><lb n="3"/>khinnasyeva visr̥jya gāṁ narapater ggām āśritasyetarāṁ</l>

<l n="b">mūrtyā karmma-jitāvaniṁ gatavataḥ kīrtyā sthitasya kṣitau<!--

mūrtyā and kīrtyā with single t (I guess they decided that punching a triple ligature would be too complicated; compare also viṣṇor dhvajaḥ in l6). Bhandarkar supplies asterisked doubling - but perhaps there's no need to standardise the text to this extent.

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<l n="c"><lb n="4"/>śāntasyeva mahā-vane hutabhujo yasya pratāpo mahān</l>

<l n="d">nādyāpy utsr̥jati praṇāśita-ripor yyatnasya śeṣaḥ kṣiti<unclear>M</unclear></l>

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<l n="a"><lb n="5"/>prāptena sva-bhujārjjitañ ca sucirañ caikādhirājyaṁ kṣitau</l>

<l n="b">candrāhvena samagra-candra-sadr̥śīṁ vaktra-śriyaṁ bibhratā</l>

<l n="c"><lb n="6"/>tenāyaṁ praṇidhāya bhūmipatinā dhāvena viṣṇ<choice><sic>o</sic><corr>au</corr></choice> matiṁ<!--

Bhandarkar says dhāvena is "obviously" a mistake for bhāvena. Fleet, more carefully, says it's "probably" an engraving mistake for bhāvena, unless dhāva is CGII's familiar name. Another possibility would be to emend to (ā)dhānena: fixing his attention on Viṣṇu by the deposition [of this pillar]?

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Nobody seems to mention that there is en extra character (or half of one?) after dhā of praṇidhāya. Looks a bit like a malformed rā. Obviously a mistake, but should be mentioned.

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°r dhvajaḥ, not rddhva (though the character is large and quite damaged, so it could perhaps be ddhva).

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