No. 1. China (now Madras Museum) Buddhist (?) stone inscription. Prakrit.
The subjoined inscription is incised on a stone, which was originally found on the
sea-shore south of the Krishna, river close to the village of China in the Kistnа
district, and is now deposited in the Madras Museum. G. Buhler edit it according to two
rubbings, made over to him by Dr. Burgess. It contains six unequal lines,'all of which aro
mutilated, the lower ones more than the upper ones. The characters are of the ordinary
Andhra type, but rather ornamental. (EI)
| 1889 Buфhler, EI I, p. 95 f.; 1905 corr. by Fleet, JRAS 1905, p. 305; Luders list No 1340; |
| Lu: - Fragment. Opens with an invocation of Bhagavat and mentions the lord
(araka), the chamberlain (mahataraka) Mahа . . . . - raго Gоtamiputasa araka-Siriyaгa-Sаtakanisa vasasatаya saмvachhara satavi . . maм 20 7 hеmatаnaм pakhaм catuthaм 4 di . . . . . . . . maм 5 еtiya puvаya |
TEXT. (Bu)
1. sidhaм na[mo bha]gavato . . . . . .[vasa]raгo Gotami-
2. putasa araka-Siriyaгa-Sаtakaнisa vasasatаya saмvachara sata[vi]-
3. maм 20+7 hematаnaм pakhaм catuthaм 4 di . . . . . . maм 5 etiya
4. puvаya arakamahatarakena mahа . . . е . . . . . . . . .
5. yаjinа mahаdaм . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6. dhаya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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L. 1. After bhagavato - 5-6 letters have been obliterated. The last two seem to have been
vasa.
L. 3. The lacuna after di has to be filled up by di[vasaм paмca]maм
L. 4. The slanting stroke above ha in mahatarakena seems to be accidental. The next word
may be mahи
araka=aryaka; mahataraka is probably a title and the same as the Sanskrit mahattara