38. Ajanta Buddha Image Inscr. of the time of Vаkатaka.
RUSS. TRANSLATION |
| The inscr. was found in Cave No. 4 and can be ascribed to the Vаkатaka period. | |
| Ind. Arch., A Review, 1957-58, p. 56, No. 14; D.Ch. Sircar - EI, XXXIII No. 49. | |
Text.
1 [Siddham] [||*] dеya-dharmmо=yaм vihаra-svаminо=bhayanandi-Skandavasu-putrasya Mаthurasya Kаrvvaтiy[а]-sagоtrasya [|*] yad=atra puнyaм
2 tad=bhavatu mаtа-pitrоs=tаt-аmbаyащ=ch=аgr-аnva[vа]ya-su . . . . . . . . . . . . s=sarvva-satvа-(ttvа)nаг=ch=а[nu]ttara-jгана(n-а)vаptayе t[i](iti ||)
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From impressions. (DS)
[Siddham] - Expressed by a symbol which is damaged. (DS)
L. 2. The damaged passage may be conjecturally restored as =аgr-аnvavаy-suhрdамщ=ch=аtmanas=sarvva-'. The restoration is probable in view of the fact that an anusvаra is visible at the place where we propose to read dам. (DS)