No. 2. Bhaттiprоlu Buddhist casket inscription. Prakrit. Incised on the rim of the lower stone of the first casket.
| 1892 Buфhler, Academy, Vol. XLI. p. 522, No. 1=JRAS 1892, p. 608, No. 1; 1892 Buфhler, VOJ VI, p. 149, No. 1; 155, No. 1A; 1894 Buфhler, EI II, p. 326 f., No. 1 A, and Pl.; 1895 corr. by Pischel, Nachr. Goфtt. Ges. Wiss. Phil. Hist. Kl. 1895, p. 215; 1908 Fleet, JRAS 1908, p. 101 ff; Luders list 1330; SI No94a |
| Lu: - Gift of a quartz-casket (majusа) and a crystal box (шamuga) for relics of Budha (Buddha) by the father of Kura, the mother of Kura, and Kura. |
TEXT.
(A.) Kura-pituno cha Kura-ma[t]u cha Kurasha Siva[шa] majusaм-paнati
phаliga-шamughaм cha Buddha-sarirаnaм nikhetu [||].
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"By the father of Kura, the mother of Kura, Kura (himself) and Siva (Щiva), (has
been ordered) the preparation of a casket and (has been given) a box of crystal in order
to deposit some relics of Budha (Buddha). (Bu)
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Siva[шa] - looks like Sivaka (Bu)
SI. has шamugaм