No. 17. Junnar Buddhist cave inscription. Prakrit
| 1847 Bird, Hist, Res. p. 52, No. 4, and Plate L, 8; 1854 Stevenson-Brett, JBBRAS V, p. 164, No. 10, and Pl.; 1881 Bh. Indraji-Burgess, ICTWI p. 50 f., No. 22, and Pl.; 1883 Buфhler-Burgess, ASWI IV, p. 95, No. 8.17, and Pl. L; Luders list No. 1171; |
| Lu: -Fragment. Records some donation and mentions the elder (thеra) bhayaмta (bhadanta) Chеtiyasa, who knows the Tripiтaka (tеvija), the pupil (aмtеvаsin) of the gaнa teacher (gaнаchariya), the elder (thеra) bhayaмta (bhadanta) Sulasa, who knows the Tripiтaka (tеvija), and Nadaнaka (Nanda), the grandson of some householder (gahapati). |
TEXT.
Gaнаchariyаnaм therаna bha-
yaмta-Sulasаnaм Tevijа-
naм aмtevаsinaм therаna
bhayaмta Chetiyasаnaм Tevi-
jаnaм naмdanakanavaka
...... aм kothalakи
...... cha gahapati
...... natuno Nadaнaka
aya...... и ......
deyadhama.
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The Аchаrya of the Gaнa, the venerable (thera) and reverend (bhayaмta) Tevija Sulasa;
his disciple, the Thera Bhayanta Chetiyasa, a Tevija ............. and householder . . .
his grandson Nandaнaka .... the meritorious gift. (ASWI)
Notes
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Tevija - Sans. Traividya, Knowing the Tripiтaka; Fausboll, however, translates it,
masters of the three Vedas, Sutta-Nipata, pp. 98, 110, 117 (v. 63), 189. It appears also
to have been adopted by the Buddhists as an epithet of Arahats, - Rhys Davids' Buddhist
Suttas, p. 162. - J.Burgess.