Ujjain stone inscription of Naravarman
2 * sy(ot)sāhikā pa(kṣa)titagu * mana *
3 * saṁpādito vaṁditaḥ||28|| ta(ddh)o(ṣ)li *
4 * d(i) śiras-talaṁ| yān icchann api so va *
5 * ×ākṛtiḥ| yatrāpānta-pu(rā)ri-maṁdira-̇
6 * vatoccais-tapaḥ-śreṇī-sūtrita-
7 * lan manas tamāḥ||39|| akṛta-sukṛtaḥ *
8 * ram īśam aparaṁ paśayanti yaṁ kovidāḥ *
9 * yasyāgādha-tapaḥ-payodhi-
10 * ×ā-nirdagdha-karmm(ai)dhas(o) jñānāgneḥ prati tāṁ *
11 * kṛta-maṁgalaṁ gaṇapade [‘]dīyanta tasyāk(ṣa)tā *
12 * m a(sv)apyate||42|| yasyāśā-kṛta-vāsasaḥ kṛ *
13 * munīṁdra-padavī-śṛṅgāra-hār(
14 * ×ātaḥ santati(yaṁnra)ṇāguṇalatavo(
15 * (rśva)-pāṁ(śv)asyatāpasya-
16 * ×ārāpaṇenorvvīdreṇa padaṁ samarpyata mahākālaṁ *
17 * ś-caraṇa-(vāri)ja-kīrtti-ketur mmaṁdākinīyam api nāva *
18 * kaso [‘]pi| vitāvayanto ‘(dbhu)tamāsyadeṣu niṣpaṁda-gātrāḥ *
19 * tūccaritaiḥ pāṇigamyaṁ ramyaṁ padaṁ hareḥ||53|| taj-janmā *
20 § śāṇḍilya-gotrodbhava-vipra-
Ujjain copper-plates of Vākpatirāja
Ujjain (District Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh). Satellite view (Wikimapia).
Ujjain (District Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh). Charter of Vākpatirāja, otherwise Vākpati Muñja, detail showing Garuḍa (© British Library).
Ujjain stone inscription of Naravarman
Ujjain उज्जैन (Madhya Pradesh).
Two fragmentary Sanskrit inscriptions on black stone from Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, unearthed in dismantling a house in the Town Improvement operations and preserved at the Madhava college. Photographed by the Gwalior State archaeology department in 1924-25, glass negative no. 227 of samvat 1981.
Working transcription by Saarthak Singh (2020)
Inscription I
1. ]vagāhya sarayūṃ jitvāśramaṃ sainikaiḥ sākētopavanāvanī-ṣukakali[
2. ]haklamaṃ nītē kāṃtaiḥ sahamalayaśailē-yuvatibhiḥ| yadātaṃkāllaṃkāvi[
3. ]vidānūnaṃ yēna himādrim-ūrdhviśi_lī vakrēlakāvagrahaḥ||18||[
4. ]19||tasmin viślaṣa-śruṣyattridi_purapunaḥ prītisatrōtsavā[
5. ]jaśiyēḥ saṃyati-prōtkhāyōtkiratōḍu-vibhrama-bhṛtō-mu[
6. ]da-gatayaḥ||22||vaivagya-vijayaśriyō-raṇa_[
7. ]pacayamāṇaḥ||nirvāṇa-nārāyaṇa-°i_[
8. ]lakēnāgā_iśaṃkōrddiśaṃ||24||[
9. ]riṇamaśṛaṇiṃtāhya-va_pī[
10. ]pālabhōlatthalī[
11. ]ṇamālili||[
12. ]…[
Inscription II
1. ]saṃvaya-śubhaṃ-yurajāyatōrvvī|ratna-prakara-jala-vayasya-saṃpat-prakaṣaghā-bhā_[
2. ]tā||269||tasminn-āvarjjita-surajana-prauḍhavarggē sudharmmā madhyāsīnē harati maghavat-svargga-sāmrājya-bhi[
3. ]ḥ saṃpadō na vyāpāra-gātiḥ kiyaty-apiba yasyā-liṃgituṃ śamyatē| maryādā pariṣa[…]°uyasyi[
4. ]makaṃ vivēkādurasi-śirasi-kaṃṭhē-nētrayōrādadhāti||273||yatpādāmbuja-nirmmita-praṇatayō gan_vvaṃ[