No. 184. Lalitpur (Patan), Capaõòola (Ilananhi) Inscription.
| The pedestal of an image of
Buddha Sakyamuni flanked by two Bodhisattvas at Chapatol in the Ilananhi quarter of Patan.
There is no date but the characters seem to belong to the period of
Amùuvarma-Jiøíugupta period. The inscribed part is 20 cm long and 80 cm wide. (R). At the pedestal of an image of the Buddha. Records repair of the gandhakuòè (Bhatt. - stópa of a monestary) and the use of a portion of it by the Saìgha of female monks belonging to the Chaturviìùa Mahàyàna sect and also grant of land on permanent (as akøayaíèvè) basis, by Mðginè, wife of the dignitary (viùiøòa) Dharmapàla, for removing distress of the late mother, father and husband and other living beings and for the attainment of the higher form of emancipation. |
| DV 95; HJ 34; R. 90; |
TEXT.
1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2. deyadharmmoyam-paramopàsikàyàõ viùiøòa-dharmmapàla-bhoginyà mðginyàõ
yadatra puíyaì tadbhavatu samàtà-pitð-bharttð-pórvvaê-gamànàì
sarvva-satvànàì
3. niùùeøa-duõkha-vinivarttaye
sv-àtmànaù-c-àgra-pravaratarà-mðtakàya-pratilàbhàya bhóyàt
gandhakuòè-pratisaìskaraíàya tad-aprayojane ca càturvviìùa-
4. mahàyàna-pratipann-àryyabhikøuíè-saêgha-paribhogày-àkøayaíèvè
pratipàdità panapphu-nàma-paùcima-pradeùe bhómiùata 100 piíäamànyà paãcàùa
50
5. bhóya gràma-dakøiía-prade[ùe] bhómi øaøòi 60 piíäamànyà øaòtriêùa 36
gðha-prastha øaøòha-ùùatàya ||