Around the Buddhaye dharmmā hetuprabhavā hetuṁ teṣāṁ tathāgato hy avadtat teṣāṁ ca yo nirovdha AiEvaṁvādī mahāśramaṇaḥ .

Below the Buddha's feet * śrī-mahiendrapāladeva-rājya-samvacchtsarae caturtthe mārggaśira-śukla-pratipādāyāṁ bhikṣu-dharmmamitra-mātār̥-gautamī-puṁ devadharmmo 'yaṁ pratipāditam iti

caturtthe caturtthe Check presence of repha. gautamī- gautamāyāḥ puṁ [puṇyārttham] Chanda does not indicate what he actually read but notes: Restored by Pandit B. B. Bidyabinod. The square brackets in his reading thus seem to signify expansion of abbreviation.

The states arisen from a cause, their cause the Tathāgata proclaims, as well as their cessation: This is the teaching of the Great Ascetic.

In the fourth year of the reign of Śrī Mahendrapāladeva, on the first day of the waxing fortnight of the month of Mārgaśīrṣa, this pious gift was executed for the religious merit of Gautamī, the mother of the monk Dharmamitra.

The first two lines of the text are laid out below the lotus base of the image, and the text is continued on the unprepared part of the pedestal to the top right of the first two lines.

First edited by R. P. Chanda in . This digital edition (2025) by Rajat Sanyal from published documentation, with assistance from Arlo Griffiths.

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