Epigraphia Indica Vol 10

SR No.: 032564
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Sten Konow, V Venkayya
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1909
Total Pages: 450
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 16 MB

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APPENDIX.] LIST OF BRÅHMI INSCRIPTIONS FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES. 97
948. Bodh-Gaya Buddhist inscription on the edge of the outer vajrāsana.--1892 Canning
ham, Mahabodhi, p. 20; 58, and Plate X, 11. Prakrit. Fragment. No sense has been made out.
949. S. 64.-Bodh-Gayà (now Indian Museum, Calcutta) Buddhist image inscription of the
time of mah[@]*[a]ja Tfikamata (?).-1892 noticed by Cunningham, Mahabodhi, p. 21; 37; 53, 54, and Plate XXV; 1898 Bloch, Journ. Beng. As. Soc. Vol. LXVII. Part I. p. 282; 1909 Lüders, Journ. Roy. As. Soc. 1909, p. 661. Maharajasya Tsikamatasya (?) sa 60 4 gri 3 di 5 ētasya puruvayo. Mixed dialect. Fragment. Gift of an image of a Bodhisatya (Bodhisattva) to
some vihāra by some monk (bhikshu), who is called the companion (sadhavihärin) of some other monk (bhikshu), & master of the Vinaya (vinayadhara). The
inscription mentions besides some lay-woman (upasikā) and some preacher of the - law (dharmmakāthika).
950. Bodh-Gaya Buddhist coping-stone inscription.-1873 Cunningham, Arch. Suru. Rep.
Vol. III. p. 99, No. D, and Plate XXIX; 1878 Rajendralala Mitra, Buddha Gayá, p. 192, No. 5, and Plate LI; 1880 correction by Bhagvanlal Indraji, Ind. Ant. Vol. IX. p. 142 f.; 1892 Cunningham, Mahabodhi, p. 23; 58, and Plate XXVII. Sanskrit. Fragment. Soems to record various donations to the holy Buddha, such
as a vajrāsana in the great gandhakuti temple, ghee lamps (ghritapradipa), an image of the Buddha in the vihara, etc.
951. Bodh Gaya (now Indian Museum, Calcutta) Buddhist coping inscription.-1873
Cunningham, Arch. Surv. Rep. Vol. III. p. 99, No. A, and Plate XXVIII ; 1878 Rajendralala Mitra, Buddha Gayá, p. 191, No. 4. Sanskrit (P). Fragment. Mentions some teacher (acharyya).
952. Bodh-Gaya Baddhist image inscription.-1864 Rajendralala Mitra, Journ. Beng. As.
Soc. Vol. XXXIII. p. 177; 1873 noticed by Mead, Arch. Surt. Rep. Vol. III. p. 87 ; 1878 Rajendralala Mitra, Buddha Gayá, p. 192 f., No. 6, and Plate LI; 1880 Bhagvanlal Indraji, Ind. Ant. Vol. IX. p. 143. Sanskrit. Records the erection of a temple (bhavana) for the sage who conquered
Mára, by the monk (yati) Bodhishēna, an inhabitant of Dattagalla, for the welfare of his relations and his teacher (upadhyāya) living at Abavagra.
953. Bodh-Gaya Buddhist image inscription.-1892 Canningham, Mahabodhi, p. 59 f., and
Plate XXVII, E. Sanskrit. Fragment. The Buddhist creed, followed by four or five lides said to be
illegible.
954. Nagarjuni Hill cave inscription of Dashalatha. -1837 Prinsep, Journ. Beng. As. Soc.
VOL VI. pp. 676-679, and Plate XXXV, No. 2; 1847 Kittoe, Journ. Bong. As. Soc. Vol. XVI. Part I. p. 412 f., No. 2, and Plate IX; 1852 Burnouf, Lotus de la Bonne Loi, p. 777 f.; 1871 referred to by Cunningham, Arch. Surv. Rep. Vol. I, p. 50, and Plato XX, No. 5, 1877 Cunningham, Corp. Inscr. Ind. Vol. I. p. 203; 134 f., No. 4, and Plate XVI; 1891 Bühler, Ind. Ant. Vol. XX. p. 364, No. D, and Plate. Prairit. The Vahiyaka cave (kubhā), presented by the Beloved of the gods (dāvanan
piya) Dashalatha (Dasaratha) to the Ajiviks monks (bhadarita)..