Jaunpur Inscription of a Successor of Īśvaravarman

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⟨1⟩ […] […][|] […] […] (rikṣayo?)(gaM)|| dorbhyām (ā)tma-bhuvo dhanuḥ saha-bhuvā kṣattreṇa lavdhātmanā vistārī

⟨2⟩ [⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓][|] [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓] [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓][||] [⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑–⏓] [u]dayini mukharāṇāṁ bhūbhujām anvavāye| sakala-puruṣa-śakti-vyakta-śārṅga-pratāpo

⟨3⟩ [⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑–⏓][||] [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓] [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓][|] [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑–]karmmaṇā yājñaṁ dh(ū)ma-vitāna-megha-nivahaḥ puṇyaṁ vitene divi[||]

⟨4⟩ [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓] [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓][|] [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓] [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑] laka-srastālakāgraṁ kulaiḥ|| tasya dikṣu (v)itatāmala-kīrtter ātmajo nr̥patir īśvaravarmmā

⟨5⟩ [–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–⏑⏑–⏓] [–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–⏑⏑–⏓][||] [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓] [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓][|] [–––⏑] [kr̥]pānurāga-śamita-kkrū(rāga)(mo?)(pa)ddravair lokānanda-karair guṇair guṇavatāṁ ko nāma

⟨6⟩ [––⏑⏓][||] [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓] [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓][|] [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓] [–––⏑] [a]dhiṣṭhitaṁ kṣiti-bhujāṁ siṁhena siṁhāsanaṁ|| dhārā-mārgga-vinirgatāgni-kaṇikā

⟨7⟩ [––⏑––⏑⏓] [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓][|] [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓] [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑] daM|| vindhyāddreḥ prati-randhram andhra-patinā śaṁkā-pareṇāsitaṁ yāto raivatak-ācalaṁ

⟨8⟩ [⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓][|] [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓] [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓][||] [––––⏑––⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑] sāṁ vāraṇānāṁ ghaṭāsu vyāpteṣūtkhāta-khaḍga-dyuti-khacita-bhujeṣv andhra-senā-bhaṭeṣu|

⟨9⟩ [––––⏑––⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑––⏑––⏑–⏓] [––––⏑––⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑––⏑––⏑–⏓][||] [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓] [–––⏑⏑] ra-prapāta-salilaiḥ snātaṁ śilā-gandhibhiḥ| prāleyāddri-bhuvaś ca śīta-payasaḥ prakṣā

⟨10⟩ [litāḥ] [–⏑⏓] [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓][||] [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓] [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓][|] [–––⏑⏑] reṇubhir giri-sarit-pūrormmi-bhaṅgākulair utsarppadbhir anuprage pi divaso yasyāp(u?)-

⟨11⟩ [r?] [––⏑⏓][||] [.][.] [.][.] [.](i) [.][.] [.][.] [.][.] [.](i)(bh?)iḥ ya [.](e) [.][.] [.][.] [.](i) [.][.] [.](i) [.](i) [.][.] [.](e) [.][.] [.](e) [.][.] [.][.] [.][.] [.][.] (d?)i(bh?)i()

Bibliography

First reported with transcript and eye copy (Plate 37 No. 1) in Cunningham 1880, pp. 124–125. Edited in Fleet 1888. Discussed in Sircar 1964, Bakker 2009.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00141). Encoding updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

Secondary

Fleet, John Faithfull. 1888. Inscriptions of the early Gupta kings and their successors. First edition. Vol. 3. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum. Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing. Item 51.

Bhandarkar, Devadatta Ramakrishna. 1927–1936. A list of the inscriptions of northern India in Brahmi and its derivative scripts, from about 200 A. C.: Appendix to Epigraphia Indica and record of the Archaeological Survey of India, volumes XIX to XXIII. Calcutta: Archaeological Survey of India. [URL]. Item 1601.

Thaplyal, Kiran Kumar. 1985. Inscriptions of the Maukharīs, Later Guptas, Puṣpabhūtis and Yaśovarman of Kanauj. New Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research. Item I.B.1.