Epigraphia Indica Vol 09

SR No.: 032563
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: E Hultzsch, Sten Konow
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1907
Total Pages: 498
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 28 MB

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No. 17.]
INSCRIPTIONS ON THE MATHURA LION-CAPITAL.
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The inscriptions supply in themselves no means of dating. But the style of the monument of which they celebrate the foundation seems to have been strongly Persian. This is in favour of an early date; but for a definite determination of it we must continue to rely upon the more or less contemporary Taxila plate belonging to the year 78 (in the reign) of the Great King Môga, who is usually placed (see Rapson, Indian Coins, $ 29) as early as 120 B. C.
TEXTS, TRANSLATIONS AND NOTES.
A. I. 1 Mahachhatra(ttra)vasa rajulasa Mahâchhatravassa Rajúlassa) 2 agra(ggra maheshriayasia(o) [agramah&shi-Ayasia] 3 komusaa dhite [Kömüsad dhite] 4 khara(rha P)ostasa yuvaraña (Kharaðstassa yuvarañab] 5 mata nadadi(si ?)akasa .. [måtà Namdadi(si ?)akasa ..]
A. II. 6 sadha mata(tra) abuholaa (e ?) [sadba mâtra Abaholaa] 7 pitramahi pispasria bhra [pitämabi-Pispasid bhra-] 8 tra hayuarana sadha hanadhitra(?) [-trå Hayuarana sadha Hana-dhitra] 9 atra(te)ürena horakapa (am têûrêņa hora kapa-] 10 rivarena ise pradhraviprate [-rivârêņa ise pradhraviprats-] 11 ge(sre) nisime sarira pratithavito [-sê nissime sarira[m] pratitthåvit8] 12 bhakravato Sakamunisa budhasa [bhakravato Sakamunissa Buddhassa] 13 mamra ?)kite(hi ?)ra(?)ya sa pae bhusaveti(?) [...riya sa paê bh0sd-v-iti] 14 thuva cha sagbarama cha chatu [thůva cha samghåráma cha chatu-] 15 digesa saghasa sarva [-ddisassa samghagga Sarvd-] 16 stivatana parigrahe [-stivâtánam parigrahê].
TRANSLATION. By the Chief Queen of the Great Satrap Rajúla, daughter of Åyasi Komsa, mother of the Heir Apparent Kharaôsta, Nandasi-Akasa (by name), together with her mother Abahola, her paternal grandmother Pispasi, her brother Hayuard (?), her daughter Hana, her household and court of hörakás (ladies), a relic was deposited in this piece of land in a stúpa with the thought :
May it be for the eternal . . . . . . . of the Holy Sakya sage Buddha.' And the stúpa and the monastery are for the acceptance of the universal Sangha of the Sarvastiveding.
NOTES. Genealogy.-The scheme appears to be as follows:
Pispasi.
Ayasi Kômûså=Abthólå.
Rajala=Nandasi-Akaså.
Hayvará.
Kharadista.
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