Dhanaidaha Charter of Kumāragupta I
Editor: Dániel Balogh.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00023.
Language: Sanskrit.
Repository: Siddham (siddham).
Version: (ddbe066), last modified (13a5ebf).
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⟨1⟩ [siddhaM| catur-udadhi-salilāsvāditayaśaso mahārājādhirāja-śrī-kumāraguptasya] [sa]mvatsara-śa[te] trayodaśotta⟨2⟩[re] [ca. 23+]
[asyā]¿n? d(i)vasa-pūrvvāyāṁ parama-daivata-para⟨3⟩[ma-bhaṭṭāraka-][mahārājādhirāja-śrī-kumāragupte pr̥thivīpatau] kuṭu(mbi) [ca. 3+] brāhmaṇa-śivaśarmma-nāgaśarmma-maha⟨4⟩[ca. 19+]vakīrtti-kṣemadatta-goṣṭhaka-varggapāla-piṅgala-śuṅkuka-kāla⟨5⟩[ca. 20+](pa?)viṣṇu-(deva)śarmma-viṣṇubhadra-khāsaka-rāmaka-gopāla ⟨6⟩ [ca. 18+](sasu?) śrībhadra-somapāla-rāmā(dyāḥ?) grāmāṣṭa-kulādhikaraṇañ ca⟨7⟩[ca. 15+]viṣṇu(nā?) vijñāpitā Iha khādā(ṭa?)pāra-viṣaye nuvr̥tta-maryyādā-sthi(ti) ⟨8⟩ [ca. 15+]nīvī-dharmma-kṣayeṇa labhya(te)
(ta)d arhatha mamādyānenaiva kkrame¿n?⟨ṇ⟩a dā(tuṁ) ⟨9⟩ [ca. 14+]samety(ā?)bhihitai(ḥ?) sarvvam eva (jñā?)kara-prative(śi?)-kuṭumbibhir avasthāpya ka⟨10⟩[ca. 14+]ri [ca. 1×] kana [ca. 1×] yad ito [ca. 2×] (ta)d avadhr̥tam iti yatas tatheti pratipādya ⟨11⟩ [ca. 11+] [aṣṭaka-na]vaka-nalā(bhyā)m apaviñchya kṣetra-kulya-vāpam ekaṁ dattaṁ tataḥ Āyuktaka- ⟨12⟩ [ca. 14+](bhrā?)tr̥-kaṭaka-vāstavya-chandoga-brāhmaṇa-varāhasvāmino dattaṁ taddha(va?)⟨13⟩[ca. 16+]bhūmyā dā(nākṣe)pe ca guṇāguṇam anucintya śarīra-k(ā)ñcanakasya ci⟨14⟩[ra-cañcalatvaṁ] [ca. 10+] [.]ā
(u)ktañ ca bhagavatā dvaipāyanena
I. Anuṣṭubh
svadattām para-dattām vā
a⟨15⟩ [yo hareta vasundharām]
b[sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā]
c[pitr̥](bhiḥ) saha pacyate
dII. Anuṣṭubh
ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa-sahasrā¿n?⟨ṇ⟩i
asvargge modati (bhū)midaḥ
b⟨16⟩ [Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca]
c[tāny eva narake vaset]
dIII. Anuṣṭubh
(pū)rvva-dattāṁ dvijātibhyo
ayatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira
bmahīṁ (mahī)[matāñ cchreṣṭha]
c⟨17⟩ [dānāc chreyo nupālanam]
d[ca. 10+]ya(ṁ) (su?)śrībhadrena Utkīrṇṇaṁ sthambheśvaradāse(na) [ca. 5+]
Apparatus
Translation by Doe and Devadatta N.d.
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Bhandarkar corrects the other name to stambheśvara-; Sircar reports Banerji as reading sthahṇeśvara (while Lielukhine reports Basak as reading so); Agrawala reads or conjectures Sthāṇvīśvara.
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