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śākhã, the Sthānikiya kula, and the srigrha sambhoga. May it be for the welfare and happiness of all creatures !"
Ārya Manguhasti was the pupil of Arya Ghastuhasti and Bühler's insertion of (and) after Arya Manguhasti is not justified, since the general usage for mentioning the teacher or father of a person in inscriptions etc. is such. The insertion of the word 'and' would show that Ārya Divita was a pupil of Arya Ghastuhasti.
According to the correction by Lüders in J.R.A.S., 1911, pp. 1084, 1086, read, 'the Golika' instead of the member of the committee (Gottika) and Koliya' (Kautika) instead of 'Kottiya' (Kauttika.)
In the second inscription dated year 54, Lüders' correction, is : read *Koliya' instead of ‘Kottiya' (Kauttika). This second inscription, on the pedestal of the image of Sarasvati, may be translated as under :
"Success! The fourth month of winter, the 10 day, on that date (specified as above), the gift of the worker in metal(iron--loha), Gova, the son of Siha, at the request of vācaka Arya Deva (who is) convert of gani Arya Māghahasti, the pupil of vācaka Arya Hastahasti out of the Koliya (Kautika) gana, Sthānikiya kula, Vajrī Sākhā, Śrīgrha sambhoga.”
On comparing the two inscriptions, it is obvious that the Gani Arya Manguhastin, pupil of Vācaka Ghastuhasti (Ārya Hastahasti) of the inscription dated in year 52 is the same as Ganin Ārya Māghahasti, pupil of Vācaka Ārya Hastahasti of the inscription dated Samvat 54. Gana, kula, sākhā, and Sambhoga in both the cases being identical, there can be no doubt in regarding Arya Manguhasti as the same person as Arya Māghahasti. And Arya Manguhasti is the same as the Sthavira Arya Mangu of the Sthavirāvali of the Nandi-sūtra19. The Nandi-sūtra-sthavirāvalī gives the paramparā or succession list of the heads of the Vācaka-vamsa, who succeeded one after the other from Ganadhara Sudharmā down to Dusagani (Dusya gani). In verse 26 of this Sthavirāvali, we are told that Sthavira Svāti of Hārīta gotra was succeeded by Arya Śyāma of Hārīta gotra. The latter is followed by Arya Sandilla (Śandilya) of Kausika gotra, succeeded by Arya Jitadhara and Arya Samudra whose word was regarded as authority in islands and beyond the three oceans (vss. 26, 27). As I have elsewhere shown, Arya Śyāma is Ārya Kālaka of the Kālakācārya-kathās
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