No. 10. Kanheri Buddhist stуpa inscription. Prakrit. Buhler - date between Pulumavi and Gotamiputra Siri-Yana-Satakarni.
| The inscription in Cave No. 4 is of three lines and two letters cut into one side of the square stepped out top of the dagoba in the small circular chamber just to the left side of the chaitya. Length of Line No.1 - 67 cm x 6 cm. Length of Line No.2 - 67 cm x 5.6 cm. Length of Line No.3 - 56 cm x 5 cm. Length of Line No.4 - 8 cm x 5 cm. Characters: Brаhmи, 2nd century A.D. Language : Prakrit. Orthography : In Line 3 'dha' is peculiarly shown with a line in the letter. (ShG) |
| 1847 Bird, Hist. Res. Plate XLI, 7; 1853 Stevenson-Brett, JBBRAS V, p. 30. No. 17, and Plate, So. 17; 1861 West, JBBRAS VI, p. 4, No. 10, and Plate; 1883 Buфhler, ASWI V, p. 78, No. 10, and Plate LI; Luders list 993; ShG No.15; |
| Lu: - The stуpa (thuba) of the elder (thеra) bhayata (bhadanta) Dhaмmapаla (Dharmapаla), the gift of Sivapаlitanikа (Щivapаlitа), wife of the treasurer (hеranika) Dhamanaka (Dharma). |
TEXT.
1. Sidhaм heraнikasa Dhamaнakasa bhayа
2. Sivapаlitanikаya deyadhaмma
3. therаna bhayata-Dhaмmapаlаnaм
4. thuba [||]
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L. 1. Buфhler has noted that West's facsimile reads 'Bhayаa' in the first line where as
Pandit Bhagawanlal omits the final 'a'. Pandit Bhagawanlal's reading is correct as there
is no final 'a'. (ShG)