179(57). Amarаvatи buddhist stone inscription. (No. 501 of 1913).
At the lower end of a sculptured slab (udha-paтa). |
R. Chanda, EI, XV. No. 13.57 |
TEXTю
1 Sidhaм Namо Bhagavato Siri-Negichasa pusa [Ka]likasa Haшasa bhariyaya cha
Chatiya-put[а]na cha
2 Mahаchaмdamukhasa Chulachaмdamukhasa bаlikaya ca utariyasa nuтhu cha Haghaya
Bhalaha . ghaya viya sa(si ?) ru
3 . . . . . Balasa deya-dhammaм pa[ti]тhapita udha-paтa
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The names following Balikaya cha in line 2 cannot be made out. I give the syllables as far
as I can read them. - RCh. [Read Utariyasa nuтhu cha Haghаya Chula-haghаya ?-Ed. - F.W.
Thomas]
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'Success ! Adoration to the Blessed One ! (This) upright slab placed (here) is the pious
gift of Kalika, the son (pusa=putasa) of Щrи-Negicha, and of the wife of Haшa (Harшa)
and of Maha-chaмdamukha (Mahа-chandramukha) and Chula-chaмdamukha
(Kшudra-chandramukha), sons of Chatiya (Chaitya) and his daughter [and the grand-daughter
of Utariya Haghа and Chula-haghа] and of Bala.' (RCh.)