No. 186. Lalitpur (Patan), Maкgala-bajаra. Stone slab inscr. in front of the Bhimasena temple

A slab of stone was lying in the quadrangle in front of the temple of Bhimsena, Mangal Bazar, Patan until some years back but is now deposited in the National Museum. The inscribed part is about 30 cm wide and 48 cm long. The central part of the stone has Buddhist symbols with the Buddha sitting and two deer and there are also two kneeling men in devotion. The date is not available. Gnoli rightly says that 'The characters seem to me to belong to the time of Amщuvarmа.' The stone is much damaged and many letters are mutilated. (R). Perhaps records grant of plots of land to the tvotra-saкgha (?) in different deщas. The inscription is badly damaged.
Gn. XLV; DV 99; HJ 94; R. 92;

TEXT.

1. tvotrasaкghаya - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1a. - anаdi nibandhanam saмsаrasya- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2. - - - - - -yoх pуjаrtham-ащvayujах kршнa- - - - - - - - - - - - -
2a.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ta pu - - rapadaм pa nimitta
3. - дicicadimрdeщe- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
3a. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - bhidha - - rakшetravasа
4.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
4a. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ti - - rаjаnaм
5. - nа - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5a.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - khitasya
6a. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - taх 40 |
7. - kуpa- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7a.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - tvаkhаdyato
8. - bhiх- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - -
8a. - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - щa- ja-
9. - daщa mаnikа - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - -
9a. - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - to mаnebhyа -
10. - hаra sa - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - -
10a.- - - - - - - - pradeщe kшetra- - - -caturviмщatikayа 10
11. - - khркpradeщe kшettra - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11a. - - - - - - - - pradeщe kшetra - - - - -viмщatyа daща mаni[kа]- -

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L. 1a. Gn. read only: - аnаdinidhanаn.
L. 3. R. has - дivicamihaщe . . . .sthа . . .
L. 3a. R. read ja. . . kшetravasа sthа . . .
L. 5. R. read na. . .ti. . .rаjаnaм and omit stk. 6a.
L. 8. R. read mаdyato at the end.
L. 11. Gn. read: khумpradeщe.