Madhuvidya

SR No.: 006525
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: S D Laddu, T N Dharmadhikari, Madhvi Kolhatkar, Pratibha Pingle
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 2001
Total Pages: 762
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Literature, & Philosophy
File Size: 17 MB

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NOTES ON AśOKA'S SEVENTH AND NINTH ROCK EDICTS
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gāradhi as "And what else than this (viz. the practice of morality) deserves more to be done so that atha) it leads to the attainment of heaven. The pronominal forms idar and imină in section 'K' refer to the practice of morality. It is therefore better to take imină in section 'L' also to refer to the practice of morality than to the attainment of heaven as done by Hultzsch. Moreover, katavyataraṁ can hardly mean 'more desirable."
3. Rock-edict IX
(note 2)
Towards the end of the ninth rock-edict, from section I onwards, the Kálsī, the Shāhbāzgarhī, the Mansehra, and the Yerragudi ver. sions differ from the other versions of the edict. It appears that the text in the former four versions is more in keeping with what precedes in this cdict. Here. in this edict, Asoka wants to point out to his subjects the difference between the ordinary ceremonies that are performed on such occasions as marriage, child-birth etc., and the religious practices (dhamma-mangala) which the king recommends to them. The Kälsi version reads as follows:
(I) e hi itale magale samsayikye se! (J) siya va tam atham nivateyā siya pună no / (K) hidalokike ceva sel (L) syam puna dhammamagale akālikye / (M) harce pi tam atham no niţeti (read nivateli) hida
athan, palata unartar punā pavasati (read pusavati) / (N) harnce puni tar athari nivateti hidā, lato ubhayesain
ladhe hoti, hida că se athe palata că anamtai punā pası
vali tena dhammamagalena / Hultzsch translates the above sections as follows: (1) For other ceremonies are of doubtful (effect). (1) One may attain his object (by them), but he may not (do
so).
2. Only the Dhauli and the Jaugada versions agree with the Gimnar in closing the edict in this way. The other edicts have a different ending for which sec the next note. Both the Dhauli and the Jaugada versions are damaged.
3. "This athain after hidā seems to be redundant. In the following section (N) atham is not repeated after hida.
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