No. 9. J.Ph. Vogel - EI, XX, 1;
Inscription on the аyaka-pillar.
C. 1. West side, first pillar. Two pieces: the smaller piece, containing lines 1 to 6 (l.
1 complete, l. 2 with the first akshara missing, ll. 3—6 incomplete), fits wedge-like
into the larger one, which consists of ll. 3 to 13, ll. 3 to 6 supplying the missing
portions of the upper piece. The inscription, when complete, consisted of 13 lines, 21 to
23 inches long. Donation of a pillar by Chамtisiri. Date as above.
See C - 3.
Additional Passage in C 1.
TRANSCRIPT.
(l. 10) аchariyаnaм Aparamahаvinas[e]liyаna[м] suparigahitaм imaм
mahаchetiya-navakaмma[м]
(l. 11) Paмнagаma-vathavаnaм Dиgha-Majhima-pa[м]cha-mаtuka-osaka-vаchakаnaм
аchariyаnaм Ayira-haмghаna[м]
(l. 12) a[м]tevаsikena Dиgha-Majhima-nikаya-dharena bhajaмt-Аnadena nithapitaм
imaм navakamaм mahаchetiyaм
(l. 13) khaмbhа cha тhаpitа ti raмгo Siri-Virapurisadatasa sava 6 va pa 6 diva 10
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Cf. the corresponding passage in line 8 of the аyaka-pillar inscription C 2, infra.
L. 11. (For -osaka) - read: desaka- (C 2, l. 9).
L. 12. Read: bhadaмt-Аnaмdena (C 2, l. 10).