149(27). Amarаvatи buddhist pillar inscription. (No. 493 of 1913).

TEXT.

1 . . . . . . gаme vаthavasa gaha-patisa Vаkатakasa gaha-patiki[ni]
2 . . . . . . nа therena Bodhikena bhariyаya Chamunаya sa-bhаtukehi . . .
3 . . . kehi sa-nаti-mita-baмdhavehi cha apano аyu-vadhanika[pu] . . . .

(Several lelters have been lost on both sides. - RCh)

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'Of the householder Vаkатaka, an inhabitant of the village . . . . . . . , of the housewife . . . , by the thеra Bodhika . . . . . . . . . of his wife Chamunа with her brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . with grandsons, friends and relatives also, for the increment of his own term of life . . . . ' (RCh)

The name of the householder, Vаkатaka, is probably a clan-name and not a personal name. See No. 8 and supra, pp. 260-1. (RCh)