therāna bhatabudhatātāna Atevasisa bhatasihakasapaṇadāyakasa deyadhama payapaṭo

bhatabudhatātāna bhata budhatātāna Atevasisa The va is peculiarly shaped and looks like a dha. Understand atevāsisa. bhatasihakasapaṇadāyakasa bhata sihakasapa dāyakasa Note that the reading of pa is not entirely secure, since it seems to have a curved left arm, when compared to the straighter pas in payapaṭo. Understand bhatasihasa kasapaṇadāyakasa. On the offering of kārṣāpaṇas, see KnI0127. The problematic akṣara could also be read la, and the same observation applies to KnI0106. If the tentative reading is accepted, the compound kasapaṇadāyaka could be compared to the epithet hiraṇakoṭigosatasahasahalasatasahasapadāyi used to qualify king Cāntamūla in the Ikṣvāku corpus. See, e.g. EIAD 5, ll. 4–5. In light of this interpretation, it seems reasonable to consider that the donor of KnI0105–106 is the same as that of KnI0103–104. See also 88994.

A slab with footprints: the pious gift of reverend Siṁha — the grantor of kārṣāpaṇas —, the pupil of reverend Buddhattāta.

This edition, based on photographs, by Vincent Tournier. Encoded in XML by Fu Fan in June 2025.

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