Dedication of a stone image of a seated Buddha, Mahendrapāla, year 4
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Edition
⟨Zone A: Around the top of the stele⟩
⟨A1⟩ ye dharmmā hetuprabhavā hetuṁ teṣāṁ tathāgato hy avadat teṣāṁ ca yo nirodha Evaṁvādī mahāśramaṇaḥ ||
⟨Zone B: On the pedestal⟩
⟨B1⟩ @ samvaT 4 caitra-śudi 10 śrī-mah¿i?ndrapāladeva-rājye saindhavānāṁ
⟨B2⟩ (dā)n¿a?rthe kumārabhaṭṭeṇa deva{d}dharmma⟨ḥ⟩ pratipād¿ī?taḥ |
Apparatus
⟨B1⟩ saindhavānāṁ ⟨B2⟩ (dā)n¿a?⟨ā⟩rthe ⬦ saindhavānām ⟨B2⟩ (dā)n¿a?⟨ā⟩rthe S • N. P. Chakracarti, as editor of Sastri’s work, commented in a footnote: “Reading or the last two sylables in the first line and of the first two in the second is doubtful.” Ought one to read saindhavāvānartha and emend this to saindhava-dānārthaṁ?
⟨B2⟩ kumārabhaṭṭeṇa ⬦ kumārabha{n}dreṇa S.
Translation
⟨A1⟩ The states arisen from a cause, their cause the Tathāgata proclaims, as well as their cessation: This is the teaching of the Great Ascetic.
⟨B1–B2⟩ In the year 4, on day 10 of the waxing fortinight of Caitra during the reign of Śrī Mahendrapāladeva [the image] was set up by Kumārabhaṭṭa as a gift to the Saindhava (monks).
Bibliography
First edited by H. Sastri in Sastri 1942. This digital edition (2025) by Rajat Sanyal from published documentation, with assistance from Arlo Griffiths.
Primary
[S] Sastri, Hirananda. 1942. Nalanda and its epigraphic material. Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India 66. Delhi; Calcutta: Government of India Press. [URL]. Pages 105–106, plate XI (d).
Secondary
Sanyal, Rajat. 2009. “Dedicatory inscriptions of the time of Mahendrapāla: a fresh appraisal.” In: Prajñādhara: Essays on Asian art history, epigraphy and culture in honour of Gouriswar Bhattacharya. Edited by Gerd J. R. Mevissen and Arundhati Banerji. New Delhi: Kaveri Books, pp. 302–318. Page 305, item 3.
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