No. 32. Junnar Buddhist cave inscription. Prakrit. This inscription is in the fourth excavation on the eastern side of Mānmoäi Hill. It is in three lines about 4 feet long. The first few letters in each line are considerably decayed and faint. 46 year of Nahapāna.

1854 Stevenson-Brett, JBBRAS V, p. 169, No. 26, and Pl.; 1874 noticed by Burgess, Mem. Buddh. Cave Junn. p. 5, No. 8, and Plate; 1877 noticed by Burgess, IA VI, p. 35 f., No. 8, and Pl.; 1881 Bh. Indraji-Burgess, ICTWI p., 51 f., No. 25, and Pl.; 1883 Buôhler-Burgess, ASWI IV, p. 103, No. 9.11, and Pl. LIV; 1896 note by Franke, ZDMG L, p. 596; 1908 note by Rapson, CCAD etc. p. LIX, No. 35; Luders list No. 1174; SI No. 62;
Lu: - Gift of a chaähi (?) and a hall (maōapa) by Ayama (Aryaman) of the Vachha (Vatsa) gîtra (gota), minister (āmatya) to [rājan] mahakhatapa (mahākøatrapa) sāmi-(svāmin) Nahapāna.

TEXT.

1. [Raão]mahākhatapasa sāmi-Nahapānasa
2. [ā]mātyasa Vachha-sagotasa Ayamasa
3. [de]yadhama cha [po?]ähi maōapo cha puãathaya vase 46 kato
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The meritorious gift of a maíäapa and cistern by Ayama of the Vatsa-gotra, prime minister to the king, the great Satrap, the Lord Nahapāna, made for merit, in the year 46. (ASWI)

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L. 1. SI has mahakhatapasa
L. 2. SI has: [ā]mātasa