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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
INSCRIPTION OF CŪLAKAMMA
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Cūlaka[m]masa' Kothājeyā’ ca (pasādo] [ . ]
1. In Dutta's inked impression, the letter a appears to be le, the letter ka to be ko, and the letter ma to be me or mo. These vowel-marks must at once ne dismissed as chisel-marks or fissures. Kittoe need not be blamed for having represented kammasa as kammesa. Cunningham reads Culakammasa. But the ū-mark attached to the first letter is prominent. Sten Konow says, " The first word looks like Cūlakemesa, owing to the abrasions on the inscribed surface. The estampage seems to read Oulakremesa."
2. Prinsep and Rajendra Lala Mitra read kothājayā. Cunningham reads kothājaya ; Läders, kothajeyā; and Banerji, kothajeyā.
3. The occurrence of the Copulative Conjunction ca is indicative of the loss of another word, which seems to be no other than pasado=päsūdo.
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