No. 4. Karle Buddhist cave inscription. Prakrit. Chaitya cave, over the right doorway. (Sen.)
1847 Bird-Wilson, Hist. Res. p. 55, No. 9, and Plate XXXVII, 8; 1854 Stevenson-Brett, JBBRAS V, p. 155 f., No. 10, and Plate; 1881 Bhagvanlal Indraji-Burgess, ICTWI, p. 29 f., No. 4, and Plate; 1883 Buôhler-Burgess, ASWI IV, p.90, No.7.4, and Plate XLVII; 1902 Senart, EI VII, p. 52, No. 4, and Plate I; Luders list No 1090; |
Lu: -Gift of the cave-door (gharamugha) by the perfumer (gaìdhika) Siìhadata (Siìhadatta) from Dhånukàkaòa. |
TEXT.
Dhenukàkaòà gaìdhikasa Sihadatasa dànaì gharamuga [||]
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The gift of a door by Sihadata, a perfumer, from
Dhenukàkaòa. (ASWI)
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Gharamugha, Sanskrit gðihamukha, a fasade, implies also the architrave and sculpture
round the door, with the arch over it. Gandhika, literally "a dealer in
perfumes," applied also to a druggist. (ASWI)
Sen. has Si[ì]hadatasa