Epigraphia Indica Vol 01

SR No.: 032555
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jas Burgess
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1893
Total Pages: 528
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 21 MB

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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
TRANSLATION. [Success!] In the year 5 of Devuputra Kanishka, in the first month of) winter, on the first day,--on that (date specified as) above,-an image of Vadhamana (Vardhamána) (was dedicated) by Khuda (Kshudra), consort of alderman (sethi) ...... sena (and) daughter of Deva .. påla, out of the Kottiya gana, the Bamhadåsika kula, the Uchenâ gari kákha.
No. II. A. 1. - _*#RONarfe even gai[r]a B. 1. - franceit" granit verornata
1. « fuitfarai veicfhard fifa* 1. quagera (fotaff]* 2. -- [T] ----- afa
2. - "#fe[et] qfara aft[@]ne C. 2. [arq] Thefaceits i. Hari []D. 2. aT anitafa (n]
TRANSLATION. [Success !] In the year 18, in the third month of summer, on the first day,on that (date specified as) above,-a fourfold" image of the Divine one, the gift of Kumaramita (Kumaramitra), daughter of .. la, daughter-in-law of ... , tirst wife of alderman (sreshthin) Veņi, mother of Bhattisena, (was dedicated at) the request of the venerable Vasulà, the female pupil of the venerable Sangamikả, the lemal. pupil of the vencrable Jayabhati out of the (Mehika) kula.
No. III. A. 1. fer o cis fe vet g
2. maanae vuqar3. fere fuit [ar]# AT4. grea: [fa]a[n]t
• Incised on the four faces of the pedestal of a small quadruple image of standing nakeil Jinas; -the wton, ? ! high by 9 inches square, was found in the west of the Kankali Tila, at the second Jaina temple.
• The beginning of line 2 proves the existence of a lacuna; probably fery to be restored. 41 Restore #frat, as proposed above,
Restore fun " Restore Ty. 4 Probably few afre to be restored. 4s Read मरमितये. 40 Restore want
Sarvatobhadrikd pratimd, -literally 'an image lovely on all sides,' is apparently a technical term for a fourfold mage, one being carved on each side of a four-faced column. Compare the use of sarutobhadra deudlaya, which, according to Varahamihira's Brihat-Sush., LVI, 27, mwana's temple with four doors and baby spires,' i.e., such one which looks equally pleasing from all sides.
si Incised on the pedestal of four.fgoed image (ekalurmukha) consisting of four naked stapling Jinas. Stove 2 Ivet 8 inches by 1 foot 2 inches, found at the same place.