32. Ajanta Cave (No. XVI) fragmentary Stone Inscr. of Hariшeнa.

Text (based on ASWI reading)

1. udиrннalokatrayadoшavahni-nirvvаpaна . . . . . . . [|] . . . . . . . ti praнamya pуrvvам pravakшye kшitipаnupуrvvи[m ||1||]
2. mahаvimarddeшv-abhivрddhaщaktiх kruddhas-surair apy-anivаryya[vиryaх |] . . . . . . нadаnaщaktiх dvijaЫ prakаso bhuvi Vindhyaщa[ktiх ||2||]
3. purandaropendrasamaprabhаvaх svabаhuvиryyа[rjji]ta[sarvvalokaх |] . . . . . . . . . kаnам babhуva Vаkатakavaмщake[tuх ||3||]
4. raнe [sva]haryyutthitareнujаla-saгchchhаditаrkka . . . . . . [|] . . . . . . . . narаtиn kрtvаbhivаdapravaна[м]щ-chakаra [||4||]
5. [vini]rjitаri[s-sura]rаjakаryyaщ-chakаra puнyeшu paraм praya[tnam] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [||5||] [ari]narendramaulivinyastamaнikiraнаlидhakramаmbujaх [|]
6. Pravarasenas-tasya putrobhуd-vikasannavendиvarekшaнa[х ||6||] ravimayуkhada . . . . . . . . . . . . [||] [dra]senaЫ  Pravarasenasya jitasarvvasenas-suto bhavat [||7||]
7. . . . pаrtthivendrasya praщa[ща]sa dharmmeнa medinи[m |*] Kuntalendra[м] vi[jitya] . [Pрi]thivи[шeнaх] . . . . [||8||] Pravarase[nas-ta]sya putrobhуt pravarorjjitodаraщаsanaЫ  [|] pravara
8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [||9||] . . . . yаtmaja . ma . . . . . . . . . . . . . [|] . . . . . . [ma]vаpya rаjyam-aштаbdako yaЫ  praщaщаsa samya[k ||10||]
9. tasyа[tmajo]bhуn-naradeva . . . . . . . bhuvi Devasenaх [|] yasyopabhogair-lalitair-vvi . . . devarаjasya . . . . bhух [||11||] puнyаnubhаvаt-kшitipasya [tasya]
10. . . . . . . . . . . . [|] . . . . . yaguнаdhivаso . . . . koщo bhuvi Hastibhojaх [||12||] pra . . . . Ы  pрithupиnavakшаs-saroruhаkшax kшapi-
11. . . . . [|] . . . . . . . . . . . -diggandhahastipratimo babhуva [||13||] hito vinиtaх praнaya . . . -manonukуlonuvidhаnavarttи [|] niratyaya
12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kaщcha [|| 14 ||] ta[thai]va loka suhitащayatvаt-sukhena samya[kpa]ripаlanena [|]. . . mаteva sakheva nityaм-priyobhigamyaщ cha babhуva
13. . .[||15||] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [|] svasthas-samаveщya sa tatra rаjа-[sasa]гja bhogeшu yatheштacheштaх [||16||] atha tasya suto babhу
14. [va-rаjа]- . . . . . . . . . . . . [|] hari[rаma]harasmare[va]kаntir-Hariшeнo harivikkramapratаpaх [||17||] sa Kuntal-Аvanti-Kaliкga-Kosala-Trikутa-Lат-Аndhra-
15. . . . . . . [|] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pi svanirdeщa . . . . . . [||18||] prathito bhuvi Hastibhoja-sуnus-sachivas-tasya mahиpater-bbabhуva [|] sakalakшiti-
16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [||19||] . . . jeштa sthiradhиrachetаs-tyаgakшamaudаryyaguнair upeta[х |] dharmmeнa dharmmapravaнaщ-щaщаsa-deщaм yaщaЫ  puнyaguнамщu
17. . . [||20] . . . . . . . . prati puнyopachayaм paraм chakаra [|] yata уrddhvam adas sahаya-dharmmа-parito lokagurau chakаra kаrа . [||21||] аyurvvayovittasakhанi
18. . . . . . . . . lаni [|] u[ddiщya] mаtаpitarаv-udаraм-nyavиviщad-veщma yatиndra[sevyam ||22||] sajalаmbuda . . . ddhitаgre-bhujagendrаdv yuшite mahиdharendre [|]
19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . щrиpatinа щarа nikuгje [||23||] gavаkшaniryyуhasuvиthivedikа-[su]rendrakanyа-pratimаdyalaмkрtam [|] manoharastambhavibhaкga-
20. [meduraм] . . . . .-[uddhu]rachaityamandira[м ||24||] ma . . . . talasanniviштa-vi . . . . mano[bhi]rаmaм [|] . . . гchаmyumahаnidhаna[м]-nаgendraveщmаdibhira
21. . . . . [||25||] . . . . samaraна . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [|]. grишmаrkkasya cha kiraнopatа[pa]ta[ptaм]-sarvartuprathitasukhopabhogayoga[м ||26||]
22. . . . . [su]rendramandirана[м]-ruchiman[ma]ndarakanda . . . . [|] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ha[м]-yathepsita . [||27] asama[prati]rochane girer-vaka
23. . . . . . . sramа . kа . [|] laya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [||28||] . . . . . . . yasya janena nаma-prиtiprasаdavikachapraнayena chakre [|] [e]ta
24. . . . . layanaм surendramauli-[prabho]pachиta . . . . . hаya [||29||] nivedya saкghаya . . . . gya-sabandhuvarggas sa Varаhadevaх [|] nрidevasaukhyаny anubhуya
25. . . . . . щаstа Sugatapraщastaх [||30||] sаndrаmbhoda-bhujangabhoga . . . . . ma . . . . . . . nna-manaщ щilаlakapilair yyаvat karair bhаsvaraх [|] tаvach chhe
26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . sevyatаm antarmmaндaparatna[m e]tad-amalaм ratnatrayodbhаvita[м ||31||] vividhalayanasаnus-sevyamаno mahadbhir girir aya-
27. . . . . . . . . . . ddhya [|] yad api cha samastavyastadoшa-prahана[d] [vi]щatu padam aщokaм nirjvaraм щаntam аryya[м ||32||]

Notes
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L.1. Mi - . .[ya*]tiм.
L.2. Mi - raнadаnaщaktiх.
L.3. Mi - . . тakаnам, word may be uddhрtakaмтakаnам.
L.4. Mi read: raнe[шu] haryyuddhatareнujаla-saгchаditаrkkassa ca [karmma ?] . . .;
L. 5. Unfortunately, it has not been possible to determine 'accurately the metre of the very important verses 6-9 (ll. 5-7), which have baffled Bhagwаnlаl Pandit also. They look like Mаtrаchhandas, allied to the Vaitаlиya, with fourteen to sixteen mаtrаs in each pada; but they do not agree with any of the varieties noticed by the known writers on metrics; the new readings and restorations, therefore, remain uncertain. From the extent of the lacuna between pravarase and sya in vs. 9a (l. 7), it seems impossible that only one syllable should have been lost; two are required to fill it, and these were probably nas ta. The reading-pravarasenaas tasya-thus obtained, recommends itself, because Pravarasena's son, Rudrasena, has already been mentioned in l. 6, and because the Seonи and Ilichpur plates name two Pravarasenas, and the correction thus brings this inscription into accord in this respect with the plates. Of the name of the son of Pravarasena I mentioned in vs. 7, -drasena is left, and we may safely restore it as Rudrasena, as in the grants. In vs. 8 (l. 7) the first legible word is pаrthivendrasya, "of the best of princes," and suggests that tanayas tasya, "the son of that," should be supplied before it; and as Rudrasena's son was Pрithivишeнa, and in the middle of the lacuna in vs. 8 pra or pрi is faintly visible, and after it thivи, it seems highly probable that Pрithivишeнa's name had been here.(ASWI)
Mi - -kаryyе-cakаra-.
L. 6. Mi - read name as [sarvva]sеnaх-
L. 7. Mi. read [satputraх] pаrtthivendrasya and щrи-Vindhyasеnaх instead [Pрi]thivи[шeнaх].
L. 8. Mi read: . tasyаtmaja-.
L. 9. Mi not read [tasya]
L. 10. Mi read [samyak*] at the start of stk. and . . guнаdhivаsaх . .
L. 11. Mi read [tа*][ripakшaх]| at the start of stk.; . . . bаhur-ddiggandhahasti-; [praнayapradhаno]-manonukуl-.
L. 12 The reading violates the metre; perhaps loke suhitа- or lokeшu hitа- should be read.(ASWI) Mi. read lokasya hitащayatvаt-; [|] pitеva mаteva.
L. 13 Mi. read at the start of stk [satyam*] [||15||].
L. 14. Read -smarendrakаntir.(ASWI); Mi read harirаmaharasmarendukаntir-.
L. 15. Mi read from the start of stk. . . . . jаnimаn [|] . . . . . . . щauryyaviщrutаnapi svanirdeщaguнаti. . . [||18||].
L. 16. Mi read . [rаjа]prajeштaх sthiradhиrachetаs-.
L. 17. Mi. read viщешataх . . . . . prati; уrddhvam-imам sahаya-dharmmа-[niratо] lokagurau cakаra kаrаm.
L. 18. Mi read: . .[caгca]lаni [|] u[ddiщyaм]; -nyavищad-veщma-; [sajalа]mbuda[vр]ndalambitаgre-bhujagendrаdhyuшitо .
L. 19. Mi. read: . .[vи?]raщrиpatinа dharаnikuгje.
L. 20. Mi. read: [ni]vещitаbhyantaracaityamandiram ||24||; talasanniviштaм[vitаna]; . prakаmаmbumahаnidhаnaм-.
L. 21. Mi. read first part of verse: . . . . . .[rmma]ha[ti] samиraне samantаd . . . .vividhavilаsa . . . .[|]; -sarvartuprathitaguнopabhogayogyam, Mi restore -rupyalaкkрtam [||25||]
L. 22 Mi. read: mandarakanda[rаnurуpam |]; . . janairyathepsitaм(tam); asamasya virocane girer-vika-.
L. 23. Mi. read: . . sramаntakatayа nivahena. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [||28||] . . viщаlamiti yasya .; etasya.
L. 24. Mi. restore saкghаya-suveщma-bhaktyа; anubhуya-samyak-
L. 25. Mi. restore at the start of stk. - dharmmeнa, restore: - bhujangabhoga nikarairyyavat. . . . . . .nуtnamanaх-щilаlakapilair; Read karair bhаskaraх (Bhagwаnlаl).
L. 27. Mi. read: read: . . ddhyaх [|] jagad-api ca samastaм;