24. Mankuwar (Allahabad dist., U.P.) Buddhist Image Inscr. of Mahàràja Kumàragupta I (Fl. No. 11; Bh. No. 1273) G. 129 Jyeøòha-Màsa di. 18
Pathak, IA. Vol. XLI (1912), p. 244; D. C. Sircar, SI. Bk. III, No. 20, pp. 287-88; B. Upadhyaya, SAII. pt. II, p. 57; IE.AR. 1957-58, p. 81, No. 320, App. C.

TEXT (FLEET).

1 Îm Namî Budhàna [|*] Bhagavatî samyak-sambuddhasya sva-mat-àviruddhasya iyaì pratimà pratiøòhàpità bhikøu-Buddhamitråía
2 Samvat 100 20 9 mahàràja-ùrè-Kumàraguptasya ràjyå Jyåøòha-màsa di 10 8 sarvva-duõkkha-prahàn(í)-àrttham [||*]
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From the ink-impression.
L. 1. As was usual throughout the whole of the period covered by this volume, this word is represented by a symbol, not by actual letters. - Îì is not of very frequent occurrence at the commencement of Buddhist inscriptions. But another instance is afforded by line 1 of the Øårgaäh (Kîòà) inscription of the Sàmanta Dåvadatta (Ind. Ant. Vol. XIV. p, 45.) Read buddhànàì; unless budhàna, as also the following bhagavatî, is to be regarded as a Pràkðt form, used through carelessness:-This use of the genitive after namaõ is not usual. But we have other instances; e.g. in the Khandagiri rock inscription, which commences Namî arahaìtànam namî sava-sidhànaì (Corp. Inscr. Ind. Vol. I. p. 98, and Pl. xvii.);-in the two early inscriptions quoted by Buhler in Ind. Ant. Vol. X. p. 273, the first of which, from Amaràvatè (Fergusson's Tree and Serpent Worship, Pl. xciv. No. 3), commences Sidhaì Namî bhagavatî; and the second, from Mathurà (Archeol. Surv. Ind. Vol. III. p. 35, and Pl. xv. No. 20) Siddham Namî arahatî Mahàvèrasya;-and in the Amaràvatè Stópa inscription, which commences Sidhaì Namî bhagavatî savasatutamasa Budhasa (Archaeol. Surv. South. Ind. Vol. 3, p. 12, No. 12B., and Plate iii.; see also other instances on pp. 8, 18, 45,47, 52, 53, 54, of the same volume).
L. 2. Read bhagavataõ. (For ) See page 30 above, note 3. Read duõkha.