178(56). Amarаvatи buddhist stone inscription. (No. 500 of 1913).

TEXT.

1 Sidhaм Turughura-vathavasa Chadamukha-gahapatisa bаlikа Tanachadaya . . . . . . cha halikaya Badhaya
2 nutukаya Bha(Cha ?)daya cha Bhaga[vato] mahаchetiyasa paradаre [pura-dаre ?- Ed.] [dakhi]ne pase [u]dhapaтa [de]ya-dhama
3 patiтhapita
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In line 2 after dеya- there is a vertical line which is superfluous. (RCh.)

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'Success ! (This) upright slab placed on the south side of the main (para) gate of the Mahаchaitya of the Blessed one, (is) the pious gift of . . . . . . . . . . . . . the daughter of the householder Chadamukha (Chandramukha), an inhabitant of Turughura, and of . . . . . . . . . . . and of the hаlikа Bаdhа and of her grand-daughter Bhadа (Bhadrа).' (RCh)

For a 'halika-jаyа (ploughman's wife) Bаdhа, see Bhаjа cave inscriptions, No. 6, ASWI, Vol. IV, p. 83.