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TEXT AS IT READS IN THE ORIGINAL
महामदस बारियाय नाकियस लेण[] [0]
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
TEXT AS IT READS IN PALI
महामत्तस्स ( महामदस्स इति वा ) बारियाय नागितस्स लेणं [1]
TEXT AS IT READS IN SANSKRIT
AGIHIABI ( AG(AZ81 efa aı ) arûiai; ziqaar gaaq [1]
TRANSLATION *
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The cave (which is an excavation) of the High Functionary Nakiya " of Bariyā.
* Another possible rendering is :
"The cave (which is an excavation) of Mahamada, Bariya and Nakiya."
1. Both Lüders and Banerji take Mahamada to be the personal name of a man whose wife Nak or Nakiya dedicated the cave in question. Mahamada seems to me to be the same official designation as the Pāli Mahamatta or the Sk. Mahamatra, which literally means "Great-measure" or "Magnate."
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2. Nakiya is evidently the same name as the Pali Nagita.
3. I am unable to identify the locality. It must be some place, a village or a town in Kalimga.
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