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985. Kaphēri Buddhist cave inscription.-1847 Bird, Hist. Res. Plate XL, 1; 1853 Steven
son-Brett, Journ. Bo. Br. Roy. As. Soc. Vol. V. p. 15 f., No. 2, and Plate, No. 3; 1861 West, Journ. Bo. Br. Roy. As. Soc. Vol. VI. p. 3, No. 2, and Plate ; 1883 Bühler, Arch. Suru. W. Ind. Vol. V. p. 75, No. 2, and Plate LI. Prakrit. A seat (7 sata), the gift of Nakanaka (Nāga), the Násikaks (inhabitant
of Nāsika).
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986. Kauběri Buddhist cave inscription.-1847 Bird, Hist. Res. Plate XL, 3; 1853
Stevenson-Brett, Journ. Bo. Br. Roy. As. Soc. Vol. V. p. 15, No. 1, and Plate, No.1; 1861 West, Journ. Bo. Br. Roy. As. Soc. Vol. VI. p. 3, No. 3, and Plate ; 1883 Bühler, Arch., rv. W. Ind. Vol. V. p. 75, No. 3, and Plate LI. Prakrit. A cistern (paniyaka), the gift of the goldsmith (svanako(kü)ra) Samidata
(Svāmidatta) of Kaliyana (Kalyana) together with the Order (sagha).
987. Kaphēri Buddhist cave inscription of the time of rajan Gotam[ipata sämi-Siriyaña)
Sätakam ni.--1847 Bird, Hist. Res. Plate XLII, 11 ; 1853 Stevenson-Brett, Journ. Bo. Br. Roy. As. Soc. Vol. V. p. 25 f., No. 12, and Plate, No. 4 ; 1861 West, Joum. Bo. Br. Roy. As. Soc. Vol. VI. p. 3, No. 4, and Plate; 1883 referred to by Bhagvanlal Indraji, Journ. Bo. Br. Roy. As. Soc. Vol. XV. p. 312; 1883 Bühler, Arch. Suru. W. Ind. Vol. V. p. 75 f., No. 4, and Plate LI. Raño Gotam .. ..S0(Sa)takannissa s .. .. [gi]mhapakhe
panchame . . . Prakrit. Fragment. Building of a chaitya (chêliya) by the merchants (vānijaka). .
born of . . . pü, the . . . khatiya brothers, Gajagona, Gajamista] (Gajamitra), ... the property of the school (nikā[ya]) of the [Bbädáya]niya (Bhadrayaniya) teachers (achariya), in honour of their relatives. The overseers (nara[kami]ka) were the monks (pavajita), the elders (thera) bhadata (bhadanta) Achala, bhadanta Gabala (Grihala), bhadanta Vijayamita (Vijayamitra), bhadata (bhadanta) Bo[dhika], bhadata (bhadanta) Dhamapala (Dharmapala), and the lay-worshipper (upīsaka), the merchant (nēgama) A parénuka, the son of A. . . was the samā pita(P). The work was executed by bhadata (bhadanta) Bodbika, the pupil (sisa) of the teacher (achariya), the elder (thöra) bhadata (bhadanta) Sëumla, who acted as overseer (? uparakhita), through the stonemasons (sēla-vadhakin), the nāyakamisas, the kadhichakas, the mahakatakas, and the polisher (mithika) Khadaraki (Skandaraki ?).
988. Kaphēri Buddhist cave inscription.-1847 Bird, Hist. Res. Plate XLII, 10; 1853
Stevenson-Brett, Journ. Bo. Br. Roy. As. Soc. Vol. V. p. 27 f., No. 13, and Plate, No. 19; 1861 West, Journ. Bo. Br. Roy. As. Soc. Vol. VI. p. 3, No. 5, and Plate; 1883 Bühler, Arch. Suru. W. Ind. Vol. V. p. 76, No. 5, and Plate LI; 1896 correction by Franke, Zeitschr. Deutsch. Morgenl. Ges. Vol. L. p. 598. Prakrit. Fragment. Records various gifts: an endowment was given to the monks
(parayita); some three objects were made in the Sopårakahara (district of Sürpāra); a chaitya house (choti . .), a hall of reception (upathanasila) and oells (ovaraka) were built in the Abälikävihára (Ambālikāvihara) at Käliana (Kalyana) ; & chaitya building (chētiaghara) and thirteen cells (ovaraka) were built and endowed in some vihara at Patithāņa (Pratishthana); a temple (kuti) And a hall (kodhi) were excavated in Rajatalaka Paithanapatha (Pratishthanapatha); a monastery (saghärāma) with endowment was built at the vihära of Sadasėvajú (?).
