No. 20. Kuda Buddhist cave inscription. Prakrit.
| 1878 Jacobi, IA VII, p. 256, No. 8; 1881 Bh. Indraji-Burgess, ICTWI p. 17, No. 23, and Plate; 1883 Buфhler-Burgess, ASWI IV, p. 87, No. 4.20, and Plate XLVI; 1895 corr. by Pischel, Nachr. Goфtt. Ges. Wiss. Phil. Hist. Kl. 1895, p. 212; 1896 corr. by Franke, ZDMG L, p. 592; Luders list No 1058; |
| Lu: - Gift of a chaitya building (chеtiyaghara) and a cell (uyaraka) by the Adhagachhaka (Аrdhagachchhaka) Rаmadata (Rаmadatta), the son of Ahila, and of a cell (uyaraka) by his wife Velиdatа (Vеllidattа), while the Maмdava (Mаndava) Kochhiputa (the son of a Kautsи) Velиdata (Vеllidatta) was mahаbhоja. |
TEXT.
Mahаbhoje Maмdave Kochhipute Velidate Ahilasa putasa Adhagachhakasa Rаmadatasa
deyadhama chetiyagharo uyarako cha bhayаva Velиdatаva deyadhaмmaм uyarako [ || ]
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The meritorious gift of a Chеtiyaghara and cell by Rаmadata the Adhagachhaka, the son of
Ahila, when Velidata, son of the Kochhи (or Kautsи mother), was Mahаbhoja Mandava; and
by his wife, Velиdatа, the meritorious gift of a cell. (ASWI)
Notes
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Adhagachhaka, Sans. Ardhagachhaka, is the name of a religious sect or division. (ASWI)
"Ahila" is perhaps a diminutive from the Sanskrit ahi, "snake," and
equivalent to "Sapila" (Sarpila) in No. 6. (ASWI)