No. 16. Junnar Buddhist cave inscription. Prakrit.
| 1881 Bh. Indraji-Burgess, ICTWI p. 43 f., No. 7, and Pl.; 1883 Buôhler-Burgess, ASWI IV, p. 95, No. 8.16, and Plate L; Luders list No. 1156; |
| Lu: - Gift of a hall-front (gabhadàra) by the Yavana Cháda (Chandra). |
TEXT.
Yavanasa Chádàná deyadhama gabhadà(ra)
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The meritorious gift of a hall-front by Chanda the Yavana. (ASWI)
Notes
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The name Chandra, used here in the plural majestatis, is Hindu; yet he is called a Yavana
or Westerner.(ASWI)