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Mixed dialect. Fragment. Dedication of a fourfold (sarvvatobhadriki) image of the Arhat by Jitämitra, daughter of Ritunandi (? Ritunandin), wife of the pra[tā]rika (?) Buddhi and mother of the perfumer (gandhika) .., at the request of the [ga]nin Arya-Nandika (Arya-Nandika) .out of the Varapa gana, the
.. ya ku[la].
38. S. 33.-Mathură (Chaubirà Mound, now Lucknow Provincial Museum) Buddhist image inscription of the time of mahiraja devaputra Huvishka.-1874 Growse, Mathurú, Part I. p. 105; Part II. p. 172; 1877 Growse, Ind. Ant. Vol. VI. p. 217, No. 2, and Plate; 1850 Growse, Mathurá, p. 114, and Plate; 1904 Lüders, Ind. Ant. Vol. XXXIII. p. 39 f., No. 9; 1906 Bloch, Ep. Ind. Vol. VIII. p. 181 f., and Plate. Mahirajasya devaputrasya Huv[i]shkasya sam 30 3 gri 1 di 8.
Mixed dialect. Setting up of a Bodhisatva at Madhuravanaka by the nun (bhikshuni) Dhanavati, the sister's daughter of the nun (bhikshuni) Buddhamitra, who knows the Tripitaka (trepitika), the female pupil (antēvasini) of the monk (bhikshu) Bala, who knows the Tripitaka (trèpitaka).
39. S. 35.-Mathura (Kaňkāli Ṭilā, now Lucknow Provincial Museum) Jaina image inscription.-1891 Bühler, Ep. Ind. Vol. I. p. 385, No. 7, and Plate.
-sam 30 [5] va 3 di 10 asy[am] pūrvvāyāṁ.
Mixed dialect. Dedication of an image of Vardhamana by the perfumer (gamdhika) Kum[a]rabhati, son of Kumaramita (Kumāramitra), the female pupil (fisini) of Aryya-Baladina (Arya-Baladatta) out of the Kottiya (Kauttika) gana, the Sthaniya (Sthiniya) kula, the Vaira (Vajri) sakha, the Sirika (Srika) sambhoka (sambhoga), at the request of Aryya-Kumāramitrā (Arya-Kumāramitrā).
40. S. 35.-Mathura (now Indian Museum, Calcutta) Buddhist inscription on base of
pillar.-1870 Rajendralala Mitra, Journ. Beng. As. Soc. Vol. XXXIX. Part I. p. 127, No. 3, and Plate V; 1870 Dowson, Journ. Roy. As. Soc. New Ser. Vol. V. p. 185, No. 10, and Plate.
- sam pachatriśasya (?)
Mixed dialect. Fragment. Dedication of the monk (bhikshu) Buddhadasa to some vihara. The date is quite uncertain.
41. S. 38.-Mathura (Kankali Ţila) Jaina elephant capital inscription of the time of mahāraja devaputra Havishka.-1873 Cunningham, Arch. Surv. Rep. Vol. III. p. 32 f. No. 9, and Plates V and XIV; 1874 Growse, Mathurá, Part II. p. 172; 1898 Bloch, Journ. Beng. As. Soc. Vol. LXVII. Part I. p. 276, note 2; 1904 correction by Lüders, Ind. Ant. Vol. XXXIII. p. 40 f., No. 10.
[Ma]h[a]r[a]jasya devaputrasya Huvishka ya sam 30 8 he 3 di 10 1 ētāyē purvāyē. Mixed dialect. Setting up of (the elephant) Namdivisäla by the banker (freshthin) Aryya Rudradasa (Arya Rudradasa), the son of the banker (freshthin) Śivadāsa for the worship of the Arahamtas (Arhats).
42. S. 44.-Matbura (Kankali Ţilà, now Lucknow Provincial Museum) Jaina image inscription of the time of maharaja Huviksha.-1891 Bühler, Ep. Ind. Vol. I. p. 387, No. 9, and Plate (for the second half see also Plate, No. 32); 1892 correction by Bühler, Ep. Ind. Vol. II. p. 212, note 37. -sara[sa]tama-maharajasya Huvikshasya sava [tsa]re 40 4 hana gr[sya]masa 3 divisa 2 e[tasyam] purvay[am].
