sa bhaḍākārikasa makosamasa dāna

sa bhaḍākārikasa sabhaḍākārikasa The editors note: It is not certain, but likely that the beginning of the inscription is preserved. Sabhaḍākāra might be a place name. However, if one takes the first sa as the Gen. Sg. ending of a lost word, bhaḍākārika may be satisfactorily understood on its own as a straightforward equivalent of Skt. bhaṇḍāgārika, meaning “keeper of the storehouse.” This title may be either a monastic title—attested for instance in a list of 13 offices in the Cullavagga of the Pāli Vinaya—or an administrative one. See, respectively, 106171; , s.v. bhaṇḍāgārika. As far as I know, this is the earliest epigraphic instance of this title. Unfortunately, the present context does not allow us to understand whether the donor was a monk or a royal officer. Cf. 88066. makosamasa The element maka- is also met as first element of a proper name, makabudhi in EIAD 305.

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

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