Riddhapur Charter of Prabhāvatīguptā

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⟨1⟩ (*) jita⟨ṁ⟩ bhagavatā|| rāmagiri-svāminaḫ pāda-mūlād guptān¿a?m ādi-

⟨2⟩ rājo mahārāja-śrī-ghaṭotkacas tasya putro mahārāja-śrī-candra-

⟨3⟩ gupta⟨ḥ⟩ ◯ tasya putras tat-pāda-parigr̥h¿i?ta⟨ḥ⟩ licchavi-dauhitro

⟨4⟩ mahādevyā⟨ṁ⟩ kumāradevyām utpanno mahārāja-śrī-samudraguptas tasya putra-

⟨5⟩ s tat-pādānuddhyāto nyāyāgatāneka-go-hiraṇya-koṭi-sahasra-pradas sarvva-rājo-

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⟨6⟩ cchettā pr̥thivyām apratirathaḫ parama-bhāgavato mahādevyā⟨ṁ⟩ dattadevyām u-

⟨7⟩ tpan⟨n⟩o mahārājādhirāja-śrī-candraguptas tasya duhitā dhāraṇa-sagotrā

⟨8⟩ nāga-kulo◯tpannāyā⟨ṁ⟩ kuber¿ā?nāga¿a?-devyām utpannā Ubhaya-kulāla-

⟨9⟩ ṅkārabhūtā ◯ vākāṭakānā⟨ṁ⟩ mahārāja-śrī-rudrasenasyāgra-mahiṣī

⟨10⟩ vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī-dāmodarasena-pravarasena-jananī bhagava-

⟨11⟩ t-pādānuddhyātā sāgra-varṣa-śata-(j)īva-putra-pautrā śr¿a?-mahādevī-prabh¿a?vat¿ī?-

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⟨12⟩ guptā|| kośika-_mārgg¿a? aśvattha-nagare _ sa-¿brahaṁṇa?-pur¿a?ga-grāma-mahattarā⟨ṁ⟩ś ca

⟨13⟩ kuśalam uktvā sam¿a?jñāpayat¿a? aihikāmutrikam asmin nagare svapuṇyāpyā(yan-ā)⟨r⟩ttha⟨ṁ⟩

⟨14⟩ parāśara-sagotrāṇā⟨ṁ⟩ t{t}aittirīya-brāhmaṇānām ¿apyaputrāputrāṇā(ṁ)? abhya-

⟨15⟩ ntara-pura-◯niveśane⟨na⟩ saha karṣaka-nive⟨⟨śa⟩⟩nāni ca ¿catvāra(ḥ)?

⟨16⟩ bhukt¿ā?kābhoga-kṣetram udaka-pūrvva⟨ṁ⟩ ¿śāsanenosatibaddhaṁ?| Ucitāṁ{ś} cāsya

⟨17⟩ pūrvva-rājānumatā¿ñ? cāturvv¿i?d(y)a-grāma-maryyādā¿n? vitarāmas⟨.⟩ tad yathā ___

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⟨18⟩ A-kara-dāy¿ī? _ a-bhaṭa-cch¿a?tra-prāveśya⟨ṁ⟩ _ a-puṣpa-kṣīra-sandohaṁ A-cārā-

⟨19⟩ sana-carmmāṅgāra⟨ṁ⟩ _ a-lavaṇa-klinna-kreṇi-khanaka⟨ṁ⟩ _ sarvva-vi¿sv?i-parihār¿ā?-

⟨20⟩ parihr̥ta⟨ṁ⟩ ◯ sa-nidhānaṁ sopanidhānaṁ _ sa-k¿la?ptopak¿li?ptam ¿a?candrā-

⟨21⟩ ditya-kālī◯ya⟨ṁ⟩ _ putra-pautrānugāmi _ bhuñjatā⟨ṁ⟩ na kenacid vyāghāta-

⟨22⟩ ẖ karttavyaḥ sarvva-kriyābhis saṁrakṣitavyaḫ parivarddhayitavyaś ca⟨.⟩ yaś c¿a?sm¿ā?-

⟨23⟩ c-chāsanam agaṇayamāna⟨ḥ⟩ svalpām api paribādhā⟨ṁ⟩ kuryyāt ¿kārayita? vā tasya

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⟨24⟩ brāhmaṇ¿a?r āveditasya _ sa-daṇḍa-nigrahaṁ kariṣyāmaḥ asmi⟨ṁ⟩ś ca dharmmādara-

⟨25⟩ karaṇe A¿n?ītāneka-rāja-datt¿ā?-sañci⟨n⟩tana-paripālanaṁ puṇyānukīrttana-

⟨26⟩ parihārā◯rtthaṁ na kīrttayāmaḥ⟨.⟩ saṅkalpā¿dh?iyoga-parākkramopaji-

⟨27⟩ tān varttamā◯nā¿m? ājñāpayāmaḥ| vyāsa-gītaś cātra ślokaḫ pramāṇaṁ

⟨28⟩ sva-dattā⟨ṁ⟩ para-dattāṁ vā yo hareta vasundharāM gavāṁ śata-sahasrasya

⟨29⟩ hantuḫ pibati duṣkr̥tam iti|| vākāṭakānā⟨ṁ⟩ mahārāja-śrī-pravara-

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⟨30⟩ senasya rājya⟨ṁ⟩ praśāsata⟨ḥ⟩ sa⟨ṁ⟩v{v}vatsare ¿ekunaviṁśatime? kārttika-mā-

⟨31⟩ sa-śukla-pakṣa-dvādaśyā⟨ṁ⟩⟨.⟩_ dūtaka⟨ḥ⟩ devanandasvāmī⟨.⟩ l¿ī?khitaṁ

⟨32⟩ prabhusi¿ṅgh?ena||

Bibliography

First reported and edited by Y. R. Gupte in Marathi in Bhārata Itihāsa Saṃśodhaka Maṇḍala Quarterly, vol. III (nos. 2-4), p89ff (untraced). Reported in English in Gupte 1924 and Gupte 1924. Re-edited in English in Gupte 1924, and re-edited again in Mirashi 1963. Correction in Agrawal 1941, pp. 58–59 and Agrawal 1986, pp. 27–28. Discussed in Shastri 1997, pp. 20–23.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00164). Encoding updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

Secondary

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 1706.

Sircar, Dines Chandra. 1965. Select inscriptions bearing on Indian history and civilization. Volume I: from the sixth century B.C. to the sixth century A.D. 2nd edition revised and enlarged. Calcutta: University of Calcutta. Book III, item 61.

Goyal, Śrīrām. 1993. गुप्तकालीन अभिलेख/Guptakālīna Abhilekha (Inscriptions of the Gupta Age). Jodhpur: Kusumanjali Prakashan. Items 375-376.

Mirashi, Vasudev Vishnu. 1963. Inscriptions of the Vākāṭakas. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum 5. Ootacamund: Archaeological Survey of India. Item 8.