No. 24 Saìvat 434 Òisòuêga

No. 24 Saìvat 434 Òisòuêga

The village of Tistung on Tribhuvan Highway, about 20 miles south west of Kathmandu, is approached after passing through the Khani Khola (rivulet) and then a stiff climb and descent. The stone lies in a lawn of a primary school. The date is 434 but the month and day symbols are worn away. The stone is damaged in the lower portion. The top shows in relief a discus (chakra) flanked by two conches (ùankhas). The inscribed part is 28.5 cm long and 29 cm wide. H. Sakya has published the text with a wrong reading (Abhi-lekha Prakàùa, p. 7), which DV claims to have corrected. (R).

DV 23; R. 21.

TEXT.

1. [sva]sti naipàlebhyaõ paramadaivata-ùrè-bappa[bhaòòàraka]-
2. [pàdànu]dhyàta-bhaòòàraka-mahàràja-ùrè-vasantade[vaõ]
3. [kuùalè]. . . êgagràme nivàsopagatàn pradhàna-[pura-]
4. [ssaràn-kuòumbi]naõ kuùalam-abhidhàya samàjãàpayati
5. [vidi]tam-astu vo yathà . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sarvadaíäanàya[ka]
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15. saìvat 434 . . . . . .

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NOTES
L. 3. R. - [kuùalè]-[tåøòhó]êga-gràme