No. 23. Ajaнта cave inscription. In Cave XVI., below two seated figures of Buddha, painted on the left wall of the hall, in characters of about the sixth century A.D. (ASWI)

Text.

Deyadharmmoyaм Щаkyabhikшor bbhadanta Dаpukasya
yad atra puнyaм tad bhavatu mаtаpitro[х] sarvasatvаnаг chа-nu[tta]rajгаnаvаptaye
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-" The meritorious gift of the Щаkya mendicant, the reverend Dаpuka: may whatever merit is in this be for the attainment of supreme knowledge by mother and father and all sentient beings." (ASWI)