No. 25. Buddhist cave inscription. Sanskrit. Over the doorway of the last cell in cave No. 20. (Sen.)
1853 Stevenson-Brett, JBBRAS V, p. 56 f., No.13, and Pl.; 1865 West-West, JBBRAS VII, p. 48, No. 5, and Plate; 1876 Bhandarkar, Transact. Second London Congr. Or. p. 343, No. 5; 1883 Buфhler, ASWI IV, p. 116, No. 10.9, and Pl. LV; 1883 Bh. Indraji, BG XVI, p. 596, No. 23; 1905 Senart, EI  VIII, p. 93, No. 23, and Plate V; Luders list No 1145;
-Gift of a cave (layana) by the female lay-worshipper (upаsikа) Mammа.

Text.

1. Deyadharmmo yaм upаsi-
2. kаyа Mammаyа layanaм [||]

Notes
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This inscription is not earlier than the end of the fifth or the sixth century A.D., and its characters belong to the northern or central group of alphabets. The form of the na shows that it has nothing to do with the southern group. Mammа probably is a corruption of Mahimа, just as Mammaтa is of Mahimabhaттa.(ASWI)