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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
Mansehra.
. . [9] [tam] a[nu] vidhiyatu ti[.] Etakaye devana priye Priyadra [si] raja yaso va kiți va ichhati[.] [E tu] kichi parakrama. i devana priye Priya [dra]si [raja tam] savram para [trikaye va] [] [kiti] [?]... [10][a]paparisave siya ti ti[.] Eshe tu parisave e[apu]ña [m] [.] Dukaram chu [kho] eshe khudrakena va vagre [na usa] tena va a[ña]tra [gre]na parakramena savram pariti. tu[.] E. [tu kho] usatena va duka[ra] [.]
Girnár.
Devânam priyo Piyadasi râjâ evam âha [ nâsti etârisam dânam yârisam dhammadânam dhammasamstavo vâ dhammasamvibhago va dhammasambadho va [1] Tata idam bhavati dâsabhatakambi samyapratipati mâtari pitari sâdhu susrusâ mitasastutañâtikânam bâmhanasamananam sâdhu dânam [2] prânânam anârambho sâdhu[.] Eta vatayvam pità va putrena va bhâtâ mitasastutañâtikena va âva pativesiyehi [:] idam sâdhu idam katayvam [.3] So tatha karu ilokachasa âradho hoti parata cha amnamtams pumñam bhavati tena dhammadâneua [4]
va
Mansehra.
ve
[pri]ye Priyadrasi raja evam aha [:] nasti. dise dane adise dhramadane dhramasa. dhra] masa [m) vibhage drama.. dhe [I.] Tatra eshe [:] dasa [bha] ta sa sa [mya] sampatipatis matapitushu ..[12] samstutañatikana śramanabramaṇana dane praṇana anarambhe[.] Eshe vataviye pituna pi putrena pi bhatuna pi spami.. pi mitrasam stutena ava pativeśiyena. [:18] iyam sadhu iyam kraṭaviye [] Se ta[tha] karamtam bida. ka cha10 aradhe.. ratra cha a. tam punam prasavati.. [dhra] madanena [.14]
Yasho, not yaso, is the reading of the impression. 87 Read ichhati.
ss Read palakamati.
EDICT XI.
Piyadashi, not si, is the reading of the impression. so Read lája.
Siya ti ti is also the reading of the Kålsi version. It stands for ititi, which occasionally occurs also in Sanskrit.
Probably anamtam.
Read apapalishave; shiyd, not siyd, is the reading. Eshe, not ese, is the reading of the impression here and in the next sentence.
94 The u-stroke is distinct.
95 A short final is more probable than a long one.
This looks like pitina, with two u-strokes.
97 The two apparent 4-strokes after ta are due to fissures
in the rock.
Kálsi.
dhammavatam-va anuvidhiyatu-ti[.] Etakaye devânam piye Piyadasi [27] lâja yasho-va kiti-va ichha [.] Am-châ-kichhi-lakamatis devânam-piye Piyadashi laja ta shavam palatikyâye-và [:] kiti [?] Sakale apapalâshave shiya-ti-ti[] Eshe-chu-palisave" e-apumne[.] Dukale-chu-kho eshe khudakena-vå vagena ushutena-va anat [a] agenâ palakamena shavam palitiditu [.] He[ta]-chu-kho [28] ushatena-vå dukale[.]
Shahbazgarki.
Devanam priyo Priyadrasi raya evam aha ti [: nasti ediśam danam yadisam dhramadanam dhramasamstave dhramasamvibhago [dhra] masambaṁdho [.] Tatra etar [:] dasabhaṭakanam sammaprațipati matapitushu suśrusha mitrasamstutañatikanaṁ śramaṇabramaṇanaṁ [23] danam anarambho [.] Etam vatavo pituna pi putrena pi bhratuna pi [sa] mikena pi mitrasamstutena ava prativeśiyena [] [] mam sadhu imam katavo [.] So tatha karamtam ialoka [m]" cha aradheti paratra cha anatara puñaṁ prasavati [24] [te] na dhrama danena [.25]
praṇanaṁ
Kálsi.
Devanam-piye Piyadashi laja hevam hâ1 [:] nathi heḍishe dâne [â]disham dhammadâne I dhammashamvibhage dhammashambadhe | [-] Tat[a] eshe [] [dâshabhatakashi | shamyâpatipati mâtâpitishu | shushushâ I mitashamthutanâ [ti]kyânam samanabambhanânam dâne [29] pânânam anâlambhe [] Eshe vataviye pitinâ-pi pute-pi bhâtinâ-pi [shavsmikyna-pi mitasamnthutânâ avâ pativesiyenâ [] iyam sâdhu iyam kataviye [.] Se tatha kalamta hidalokikye cha kam åladhe hoti palata-cha anamtall pumnâ pašavati tenâ dhammadânenâ [.]
99 This may possibly be hialoka.
1 Read aha.
2 Possibly adisham to be read.
3 Dhammashamvibhage, not vibhage, is the distinct reading.
The impression shows no Anusvåra in badhe.
The Anusvára is uncertain.
Possibly samma is to be read.
7 Read putend-pi.
Read shuvdmikyend.
Read mitatamthutená; the ta stands below the line. There is no pi after this word.
10 Possibly a sign (ku?) may have stood between cha aud aradhe.i.
Possibly anata to be read.
