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The Häthigumpha Inscription and the Bhabru Edict pāpunāti (.) Abhisitamato ca padhame vase vātavihata' gopura-pākāra-nivesanaṁ pațisamkhārayati Kalimganagari-Khibiramo sitala-tadāga-pädiyo ca
baṁdhāpayati savāyāna-pațisaṁthapanaṁ ca Line 4 kårayati panatisāhi-sata-sahasehi (,) pakatiyo ca
ramjayati (.) Dutiye ca vase acitayitā Sātakamnimo pacima-disaṁ haya-gaja-nara-radha-bahulamdamdam pathāpayati Kaṁhabeṁnā6-gatāya ca
senāya vitāsiti? Asika-nagaraṁ (.) Tatiye puna vase Line 5 Gamdhava-veda-budho dapa-nata-gita-vādita
samdamsanāhio usava-samāja-kārāpanāhi ca
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J – vāta-vihita - B-vāta-vihata - J - Kalimga-nagari-Khibira —
- Kalimga-nagari-Khi(b)ira(m), or, Khi(pira(m), (,) S- Kalimganagari Khibi(ram) J - isi-tāla - B -- sitalaJ - Sātakarnim B - Sātakanim J - pathāpayati
- pathāpayati J - Kañha-beṁnā - B - Kanhabernam J— vitāsitam B-vitāsiti The context also warrants a finite verb. J -- M(u)sika-nagaram B - Asikanagaram The character is more clearly a than mu. J-samdaṁsanāhi B - samdasanāhi
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