Banavāsi Inscription of Mṛgeśavarman

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh (daba).

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified) (brāhmī_southern_unspecified)].

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham01048.

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham01048.xml.

Version: 2026-09-16 10:40 (3083d2d), last modified 2026-09-16 09:24 (c200993).

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⟨1⟩ siddham| svasti⟨.⟩ jitaṁ bhagavatā jyotirmayaṁ brahma-vidāṁ śaraṇyaṁ viśvasya karttāram aneka-rūpaṁ vibhum patiṁ sthāvara-jaṅgamānāM viṣṇu¿n? namasyāmi tad-eka-ci(ttaḥ ||)
⟨2⟩ [⏓–⏑] hārity-uditādi-sargge kadamba-vaṁśe nabhasīva sūryyaḥ kākusthavarmmeti nr̥po babhūva dyāvā-pr̥thivyo ’prathita-prabhāvaḥ|| tasyātha putro ’ṁbuja-patra-netraḥ śrī-śāntivarmmā raṇabhīma [––](|)
⟨3⟩ [⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–] n nareṁdraḥ mr̥geśa-karmmāri-mr̥geṣu nityaM|| kāñcīsvarājñā-jaya-sādhanaṁ yo gāṅgaṁ balaṁ tuṁgamadāvalepaṁ Aneka-hasty-aśva-padāti(yo)dhaṁ śastrāgni [––⏑⏑–⏑––] [⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑––]
⟨4⟩ Ājanmatas sañcita-duẖkha-labdhāṁ jaya-śriyaṁ pallava-pārtthivasya jahāra rāmasya ya¿ś?aiva rāmaḥ|| parasparaṁ [⏑⏑–⏑––]
⟨5⟩ [⏓–⏑] baddha Iva pannagendra [⏓–⏑––] kula [–⏑––] [⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑––]

Bibliography

Gopal 1971, Gai 1996, p. 86

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