No. 8. Kuda Buddhist cave inscription. Mixed dialect. Much later date than the others.
| 1881 Bh. Indraji-Burgess, ICTWI p. 9. No. 8, and Plate; 1883 Buôhler-Burgess, ASWI IV, p. 85, No. 4.8, and Plate XLV; Luders list No 1044; |
| Lu: -Fragment. Gift of some Ùàkya monk (Ùàkyabhikøu). |
TEXT.
Deyadharmmoyaì Ùàkyabhikøusa ...
sya yad atra punyaì tad bhavatu màtà[pitðipórva]êgamaì
kri[kði]tvà sarvvasatvànà[m anuttarajãànàvàptaye]
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This is the meritorious gift of the Ùàkya mendicant . . . . may the merit of it be for
the attainment of supreme knowledge, first by his father and mother, and then by the whole
sentient world. (ASWI)