No. 4. Karle Buddhist cave inscription. Prakrit. Chaitya cave, over the right doorway. (Sen.)
| 1847 Bird-Wilson, Hist. Res. p. 55, No. 9, and Plate XXXVII, 8; 1854 Stevenson-Brett, JBBRAS V, p. 155 f., No. 10, and Plate; 1881 Bhagvanlal Indraji-Burgess, ICTWI, p. 29 f., No. 4, and Plate; 1883 Buфhler-Burgess, ASWI IV, p.90, No.7.4, and Plate XLVII; 1902 Senart, EI VII, p. 52, No. 4, and Plate I; Luders list No 1090; |
| Lu: -Gift of the cave-door (gharamugha) by the perfumer (gaмdhika) Siмhadata (Siмhadatta) from Dhеnukаkaтa. |
TEXT.
Dhenukаkaта gaмdhikasa Sihadatasa dаnaм gharamuga [||]
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The gift of a door by Sihadata, a perfumer, from
Dhenukаkaтa. (ASWI)
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Gharamugha, Sanskrit gрihamukha, a fasade, implies also the architrave and sculpture
round the door, with the arch over it. Gandhika, literally "a dealer in
perfumes," applied also to a druggist. (ASWI)
Sen. has Si[м]hadatasa