Old Bramhi Inscriptions In Udaygiri And Khandagiri

Author(s): Benimadhab Barua
Publisher: University of Calcutta

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INSCRIPTION OF KHARAVELA
. 25 14. Terasame cat vase supavatavijaya’-cakes Kumārīpavate* Arahato* parinivasato bi kāya -nisīdīyāya? (rāja). bhatakehio rājabhātihi' rāja-ñātibio rāja-p(u)tebi" rājamahisihi Khāravela.sirinā satadasa-leņa-satam kārāpitam15 [.] [1 14]
*Cf. Inscription of Udyota keśari iu Lālatêndu-Kesari's cave in Khaņdagiri edited by R. D. Banerji in EI, Vol. XIII, p. 166 :-ŚrīUdyota kesari-vijaya-rājya-samvat 5 sri-Kumāra parvrata-sthāne jirnna vāpi jirnna īsana Udyotita (.] Tasmina thāne catur-vimsati Tirthamkara sthāpita.
1. Prinsep and Cunningham read Terasama va. Indraji omits ca. Jayagwal correctly reads Terasame ca.
2. Prinsep and Canningham read vijaya ; Indraji and Jayagwal, vijayi. Jayaswal finally reads vijayo.
3. Prinsep and Indraji read cako. Jayaswal correctly reads cake, Jayaswal finally reads caka.
4. Prinsep reads arahite ; Jayaswal, too, arahite, correcting his former reading arahato. Cunningham and Indraji correctly read arahato.
5. Prinsep reads papnavisata pi; Cunningham, punapasata hi, also, parinavasamta. Indraji, upanivāse va ; Jayaswal, (ya)pa kh[i]ma-oyasamtāhi correcting his former reading parin[i]väse tähi. Jayaswal finally reads yapa-khina-sapsitehi.
6. Prinsep reads kamra ; Cunningham, kaya ; Indraji, kāyam ; Jayaswal, kāyya, correct. ing bis former reading kāya, which was really correct. Jayaswal finally reads kāya.
7. Prinsep reads nisidināya ; Cunningham, nisidinaya ; Indraji, nisidiyāya ; Jayaswal, nisidiyāya, correcting his former reading nisīdīyāya.
8. Prinsep reads yāpuhavakehi ; Cunningham, yāpujakehi; Indraji, yapajake; Jayaswal, yāpañävakehi, correcting his former reading yäpūjavakehi.
9. Prinsep reads ra. atam ; Cunningham, ra.ladatini ; Jayaswal, rāja-bhitini, correcting his former reading rāja-bhitāni.
10. Prinsep roads cenan devani ; Cunningham, cenam dareni ; Jayaswal, cinavatāni.
11. Prinsep reads sasagutani ; Cunningham nase sitāni, Jayaswal, vosāsitāni, correcting his former reading vusa-satāni. Jayaswal finally reads vasäsitāni.
12. Prinsep roads ujana utasä ; Cunningham, ujani kata uvāsā ; Jayaswal, pūjāni katauvāsā, correcting his former rending pujani sa ba ta. Jayaswal finally reads pujāya. rata-uvāsa.
13. Prinsep reads yarava ladirana ; Cunningham, yeravaladirana ; Jayaswal correctly, Khāravela-sirina,
14. Prinsep reads ji deta dakararikhiti ; Cunningham jivima-kapuri khita; Indraji, ...kāle ; Jayagwal, Jivadeva-siri-kalpam. Jayaswal finally reads jāpa-deha-sirikā.
16. Jayaswal takes the line to close with rakhita. He finally reads parirakhita.
मा. श्री कैलासनगारि सानमार श्री महावीर केन मागवना केन्द्र a. (mind) R. *6*