No 4. Kuda Buddhist cave inscription. Prakrit.
1881 Bh. Indraji-Burgess, ICTWI p. 6, No. 4, and Plate; 1883 Buфhler-Burgess, ASWI IV, p. 84, No. 4.4; Luders list No 1040; |
Lu: - Fragment. Gift of a cave (lенa). Mentions the monk (pavaиta) Gоа . . . , the pupil (atеvаsin) of the elder (thеra) bhadaмta Sivadata (Щivadatta), and Sаtimitа (Svаtimitrа). |
TEXT.
Sidhaм Therа(нam Bhadamta) S[iva]da-
taнa a(tevаsino) pava(дa)ta-
sa go а (дa)ma leнaм
sаtimita
yа ya
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All we can learn from this is that one of the donors was an ascetic and disciple of the
Thera Sivadata; the other was Sаtimitа, a female. (ASWI)