No. 10. Kanheri Buddhist stópa inscription. Prakrit. Buhler - date between Pulumavi and Gotamiputra Siri-Yana-Satakarni.
| The inscription in Cave No. 4 is of three lines and two letters cut into one side of the square stepped out top of the dagoba in the small circular chamber just to the left side of the chaitya. Length of Line No.1 - 67 cm x 6 cm. Length of Line No.2 - 67 cm x 5.6 cm. Length of Line No.3 - 56 cm x 5 cm. Length of Line No.4 - 8 cm x 5 cm. Characters: Bràhmè, 2nd century A.D. Language : Prakrit. Orthography : In Line 3 'dha' is peculiarly shown with a line in the letter. (ShG) |
| 1847 Bird, Hist. Res. Plate XLI, 7; 1853 Stevenson-Brett, JBBRAS V, p. 30. No. 17, and Plate, So. 17; 1861 West, JBBRAS VI, p. 4, No. 10, and Plate; 1883 Buôhler, ASWI V, p. 78, No. 10, and Plate LI; Luders list 993; ShG No.15; |
| Lu: - The stópa (thuba) of the elder (thåra) bhayata (bhadanta) Dhaìmapàla (Dharmapàla), the gift of Sivapàlitanikà (Ùivapàlità), wife of the treasurer (håranika) Dhamanaka (Dharma). |
TEXT.
1. Sidhaì heraíikasa Dhamaíakasa bhayà
2. Sivapàlitanikàya deyadhaìma
3. theràna bhayata-Dhaìmapàlànaì
4. thuba [||]
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L. 1. Buôhler has noted that West's facsimile reads 'Bhayàa' in the first line where as
Pandit Bhagawanlal omits the final 'a'. Pandit Bhagawanlal's reading is correct as there
is no final 'a'. (ShG)