149(27). Amarāvatč buddhist pillar inscription. (No. 493 of 1913).
| On a fragment of an octagonal pillar. |
| R. Chanda, EI, XV. No. 13.27 |
TEXT.
1 . . . . . . gāme vāthavasa gaha-patisa Vākāōakasa gaha-patiki[ni]
2 . . . . . . nā therena Bodhikena bhariyāya Chamunāya sa-bhātukehi . . .
3 . . . kehi sa-nāti-mita-baėdhavehi cha apano āyu-vadhanika[pu] . . . .
(Several lelters have been lost on both sides. - RCh)
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'Of the householder Vākāōaka, an inhabitant of the village . . . . . . . , of the
housewife . . . , by the thåra Bodhika . . . . . . . . . of his wife Chamunā with her
brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . with grandsons, friends and relatives also, for the
increment of his own term of life . . . . ' (RCh)
The name of the householder, Vākāōaka, is probably a clan-name and not a personal name.
See No. 8 and supra, pp. 260-1. (RCh)