Texts

Texts database last updated 2026-04-21 01:10.

This interface allows you to look for texts in the DHARMA collection. The search form below can be used for filtering results. Matching is case-insensitive, does not take diacritics into account, and looks for substrings instead of terms. For instance, the query edit matches "edition" or "meditation". To look for a phrase, surround it with double quotes, as in "old javanese". Searching for strings that contain less than three characters is not possible.

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Documents 1–50 of 267 matching.

Ablūr, Brahmēśvara temple, 1144 CE (Śaka 1067)

Antonella Santoro.

Languages: English, Kannada, Sanskrit.

Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya01018.

Ablūr, Brahmēśvara temple, Cāḷukya-Vikrama year 26 (1104 CE)

Antonella Santoro.

Languages: English, Kannada, Sanskrit.

Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya01012.

Ablūr, Brahmēśvara temple, Śaka 1142 (1219 CE)

Antonella Santoro.

Summary: This record is on a stone tablet outside the back of the temple of Brahmēśvara. The tablet is a vīragal or monumental slab, in memory of the death of two local heroes, Māca and Gōma, in battle, on the occasion of a cattle-raid at Ablūr. The inscription refers to the reign of the Dēvagiri-Yādava king Siṅghaṇa and to a time when a feudatory Siṅgaṇadēvarasa was governing the Banavāsi twelve-thousand province.

Languages: English, Kannada.

Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya01007.

Ablūr, Sōmēśvara temple, about 1200 CE

Antonella Santoro.

Summary: This inscription is engraved on a stone tablet set against the wall on the right side inside the temple of Sōmēśvara. It does not mention the reign of any particular king, nor is it dated. The chief interest and importance of the record lies in Ēkāntada Rāmayya, who, according to legend, brought about a revival of the worship of Śiva.

Languages: English, Kannada, Sanskrit, Undetermined.

Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya01005.

A grant of land in the Tāvīra district

Amandine Wattelier-Bricout, Arlo Griffiths.

Languages: English, Sanskrit, Undetermined.

Repository: Bengal Copper Plates (tfb-bengalcharters-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSBengalCharters00051.

Ajanta Cave 16 Inscription of Varahadeva

Dániel Balogh.

Languages: English, Sanskrit.

Repository: Siddham (siddham).

DHARMA_INSSiddham00178.

Allūr, Pañcanadeśvara, time of Rājakesarivarman Rājādhirāja, year 27

Renato Dávalos.

Languages: English, Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INStfaSIIv08p0i0675.

Aṉpil plates, time of Sundara Cōḻa, year 4

Emmanuel Francis.

Languages: English, Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSTamilNadu01003.

An Thái stela (C. 138), 824 Śaka

Salomé Pichon, Arlo Griffiths, Amandine Lepoutre.

Languages: English, Sanskrit.

Repository: Campa (tfc-campa-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSCIC00138.

Arappākkam, time of Sadāśiva Deva Mahārāya, Śaka year 1488

Emmanuel Francis.

Languages: English, Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INStfaSIIv01p0i0043.

Ariyūr, time of Sadāśiva Deva Mahārāya, Śaka year 1488

Emmanuel Francis.

Languages: English, Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INStfaSIIv01p0i0044.

Arumparitti, time of Sadāśiva Deva Mahārāya, Śaka year 1488

Emmanuel Francis.

Languages: English, Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INStfaSIIv01p0i0045.

Balligavē, Kedareśvara Temple inscription, Kalacuri era, year 16

Florinda De Simini.

Languages: English, Kannada, Sanskrit.

Repository: Varia Epigraphy (varia-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSVaria00001.

Bamhanī Plates of Śūrabala, Year 2

Natasja Bosma.

Languages: English, Sanskrit.

Repository: Dakṣiṇa Kosala (tfb-daksinakosala-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSDaksinaKosala00019.

Bangarh Stone Slab of the Time of Nayapāla

Ryosuke Furui.

Languages: English, Sanskrit.

Repository: Bengal Copper Plates (tfb-bengalcharters-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSBengalCharters00113.

Bàn Lãnh stela (C. 106), 820 Śaka

Salomé Pichon, Arlo Griffiths.

Languages: English, Old Cham, Sanskrit.

Repository: Campa (tfc-campa-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSCIC00106.

Banpur plates of Indraratha year 6

Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

Summary: Gift by the king Indraratha of a village called Laghukumbhi situated in the subdivision (khaṇḍa) of Saghṛtakhallā in the district (viṣaya) of Thoraṇa which belonged to Koṅgoda-maṇḍala, for defraying the expenses on the bali, caru, naivedya and dōla of the goddess Khadiravanī-bhaṭṭarikā. Written by Amṛta Candra and engraved by a smith called Vāheruka.

Languages: English, Sanskrit.

Repository: Somavaṁśin (tfb-somavamsin-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00013.

Biyala Plate of Mahīpāla I, year 35

Ryosuke Furui.

Languages: English, Sanskrit.

Repository: Bengal Copper Plates (tfb-bengalcharters-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSBengalCharters00026v03.

Bodhgaya Stone Slab of Tuṅga Dharmāvaloka

Ryosuke Furui.

Languages: English, Sanskrit.

Repository: Bengal Copper Plates (tfb-bengalcharters-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSBengalCharters00126.

Cārāla plates, time of Rājendra / Rājakesarin Vīrarājendra, year 32

Emmanuel Francis.

Languages: English, Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSTamilNadu01010.

Catuppēri, time of Sadāśiva Deva Mahārāya, Śaka year 1488

Emmanuel Francis.

Languages: English, Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INStfaSIIv01p0i0046.

Cellūr, bronze of Buddha meditating in vīrāsana

Emmanuel Francis, Vincent Tournier.

Summary: Dhammapada verse inscribed on Buddhist bronze.

Languages: English, Pali.

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00001.

Ciṟṟūr plates, time of Nṛpatuṅga, year 6

Emmanuel Francis.

Languages: English, Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSPallava00152.

Citamparam, Nāṭarāja temple, time of Rājakesarivarman Rājendra Cōḻa, year 24

Emmanuel Francis, Renato Dávalos.

Summary: Donation (nivantam) of gold (kācu) and paddy, trough a land donation, in order to meet expenses at the time of the procession of the Lord of Citamparam during festival times (tiruvāṉi, tiruvātirai, tirumāci). The recipients include Śrīmāheśvaras and 25 Brahmins who are to be fed, as well as reciters of Tiruttoṇṭattokai. Local communities of a nakaram (merchants, oil sellers, weavers, etc.) are demeed to maintain this donation.

Languages: English, Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0223.

Civakāci plates, time of Vīrapāṇḍya, year 3

Emmanuel Francis.

Languages: English, Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pāṇḍya (tfa-pandya-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSPandya10007.

Cīyamaṅkalam, time of Lalitāṅkura

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: A Sanskrit verse recording the foundation the cave-temple named Avanibhājana-Pallaveśvara by Lalitāṅkura (Mahendravarman I Pallava) around 600/625 CE.

Languages: English, Sanskrit.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSPallava00029.

Copper plates concerning the village Vidētūrapallikā — reign of Nandivarman II, year 8

Emmanuel Francis, Arlo Griffiths.

Summary: ...

Languages: English, Sanskrit.