Vesali inscription of Vīracandra (A. 55) EpiDoc Encoding Arlo Griffiths intellectual authorship of edition Arlo Griffiths European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Jakarta DHARMA_INSArakan00055.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 DHARMAbase

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satya-dharmmānurāgeṇa kr̥taṁ svārtheṇa bhūbhujā parārtha-ghaṭanodyoga-sampan-nihita-cetiasā śrī-vīracandradeveṇna mahī-maṇḍala-maṇḍanaṁ dharmmādhigata-rājyeṇna buddha-stūpa-śataṁ kr̥taṁ
-dharmmānurāgeṇa -dharmmānaurāgeṇa -sampan- -samyanṅ- -śataṁ kr̥taṁ -śataṁ ceti Sircar notes: The traces of the letters may also suggest the reading kr̥taṁ. But this word occurs in line 1 and would therefore be redundant, although it has to be admitted that ceti does not suit the metre. The metrical argument in combination with the fact that it is impossible to recognize any of the hypothetical akṣaras presumed by Sircar lead me to adopt the reading rejected by Sircar. One could perhaps also read śataṅ-śataṁ or śataṅ śubhaṁ (or both times ṁ ś), but the trace of an akṣara kr̥ seems too unmistakable to ignore.

A hundred Buddha-stāupas i.e. structures enshrining relics of the Buddha, which are thje ornament of the earth, are made owing to his love for the true faith and with bhis own money by the illustrious king Vīracandradeva who has his heart fully set on extertions for effecting good to others and who obtained kingdom or, sovereignty through reightenousness.

First published by D. C. Sircar (). Re-edited here by Arlo Griffiths from the EFEO estampages n. 2165 and n. 2166.

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