No. 40. Kanheri Buddhist cave inscription. Prakrit.
| The inscription is of four letters on the front of a pedestal before a sitting figure of the Buddha in the cave No.41. The surface of the stone is honeycombed and the first two letters are illegible. It measures 5 cm. x 4 cm. Letters 4 cm. x 4 cm. Characters: Bràhmè, 2nd Century A.D. Language: Prakrit. Orthography: Orthography calls no remarks. (ShG) |
| 1861 West, JBBRAS VI, p. 10, No. 42, and Plate; Luders list 1023; ShG No 31; |
| Lu: -Not read. |
TEXT.
L 1 Sthisa.
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It conveys no meaning. (ShG)