Hathigumpha Inscription of Kharavela and Bhabru Edict of Asoka

SR No.: 006726
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shashi Kant
Publisher: D K Print World
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 196
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 16 MB

Page 45

The Inscription
Line 14-sino1 vasikaroti (.) Terasame ca vase supavata-Vijayacake-Kumāri-pavate Arahate2 Pakhina-samsitehi Kāya-nisidiyāy(ā)3 yāpujavakehi Rāja-bhatin(a) Cinavatan (a) Vasa-sitān(ā)5 Pūjānurata -uvāsagaKhāravela-sirinā Jīva-deha-(siritā) parikhātā? (.)
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Report of the campaign against the Pandya King continues. The mutilation should have at least contained pamda janpadavă. It can be restored as Pamḍa-janapada-vasino, i.e., 'the people of the Pandya country'.
J - arahayate
Barahate
J-kaya-nisidiyāya
B-kayya-nisidiyāya
Jyapa-ñāvakehi
(earlier reading-yāpujavakehi) Byāpujavakehi, or, yāpuravakehi Prinsep-yapuhavakehi
Cunn. yāpujakehi
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J-rāja-bhitini cina-vatani väs(a)-s(i)tāni
Bräja-bhitini cina-vatāni vāsāsitāni
The endings of these three words are determined by the following sirina. They are the epithets of Khāravela.
J- pūj-anurata
B -- pūjāya-rata —
J-jiva-deha-(siri)kā parikhitā
B-jiva-deha-??kā.... tā (restored as-jiva-deha-sayika-parikhātā)