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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
INSCRIPTION OF KUSUMA
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Pādamulikasa' Kusumasa’ leņsā]nio [.]
1. Prinsep and others correctly read Padamulikasa. Kittoe's facsimile has "kasa,
2. Kittoe's facsimile is responsible for Prinsep's reading Kutamāsa instead of Rustmasa. Banerji reads Kusumasa, and remarks that the a-mark in ma is superfluous.
3. Prinsep wrongly reads lonam. Banerji doubtfully reads lena[m]phi, remarking that the last syllable (phi) in this record is superfluous and devoid of any significance. The cast in the Indian Museum clearly shows that the reading is nothing but lenani,
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