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TULASI-PRAJNÁ, March, 1990
"The second tablet comprised the next five edicts, namely, 6 to 10, to which was added the 14th or closing edict of the other versions About one-third of this tablet has been lost by the peeling away of the rock."
"The third tablet contained the two seperate or additional edicts which are found at Dhauli"
"These two additional edicts are enclosed in a frame which seperates them from the collected series of Asoka's edicts.”
“The seperation of these two edicts is mare distinctly marked by the accompaniment of the svastika simbol at each of the upper corners of the upper inscription, and of the letter m at the upper corners of the lower inscription."16
"Copies of the inscriptions were taken in 1950 by the present Sir walter Elliot, who was perfectly aware that they contained only another version of Asoka's edicts, which had already been found at shābāzgārhi, Girnar and Dhauli”. 17
IlIrd ROCK EDICT : JAUGADA 1. (A) Devā [na] ṁ piye piyadasi lājā hevam āhā (B) duvādosa
vasābhisitena me iyam sā] ******cha päd [e] sike cha paṁchasu pamchasu vasesu anusyānam nikhamāvā athā amnāye pi kamma [n] *****[s] ā mita-samthute [s] ****** nātisu ch [a] bambhana-samanehi sādhu dāne jivesu [a]
nālambhe sādhu******[y] i **** 4. hetute cha viyamjanate cha. TRANSLATION OF THE IIIrd ROCK ROCK EDICT OF
JAUGADA 18 A. King Devānāmpriya Priyadarśin speaks thus. B. (When I had been) anointed twelve years, the following was
orderd by me. C. (Every where) in my dominions the Yuktas, the Lajuka and the
Pradesika shall setout on a complete tour (through out their charges every fiive years, just as for other business, even so for
the following instruction in morality. D. Meritorious is obedience to mother and father, to friends and
acquaintances, and to relatives. Liberality to Brāhmaṇas and Sramanas is meritorious. Abstention from killing animals is meritorious. Moderation in expenditure (and) moderation in
Possessions are meritorious. E. And the council (of Mahāmātras) also shall order the Yuktas
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