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         	<title>Dedication of a stone image of a seated Buddha, Mahendrapāla, year 4</title>
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<l n="ab">ye dharmmā hetuprabhavā hetuṁ teṣāṁ tathāgato hy avadat</l> 
<l n="cd">teṣāṁ ca yo nirodha Evaṁvādī mahāśramaṇaḥ <g ref="sym:doubleBar" type="punctuation">.</g></l>
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<lb n="B1"/><g ref="sym:spiral-left" type="symbol">*</g> <abbr>samvaT</abbr> <num value="4">4</num> caitra-<abbr>śudi</abbr> <num value="10"><g type="numeral">10</g></num> śrī-mah<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>e</corr></choice>ndrapāladeva-rājye saindhavā<hi rend="check">nāṁ</hi> 
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                     <lem>saindhavānāṁ <lb n="B2"/><unclear>dā</unclear>n<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>rthe</lem>
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<p n="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.</p>
<p n="B1-B2">In the year 4, on day 10 of the waxing fortinight of Caitra during the reign of Śrī Mahendrapāladeva <supplied reason="subaudible">the image</supplied> was set up by Kumārabhaṭṭa as a gift to the Saindhava <supplied reason="explanation">monks</supplied>.</p>
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           <p>First edited by H. Sastri in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Sastri1942_01"/></bibl>. This digital edition (2025) by Rajat Sanyal from published documentation, with assistance from Arlo Griffiths.</p>
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