KnI 416. Slab from Sannati — reign of Vāseṭṭhīputta Sivasiri-Puḷumāvi author of digital edition Vincent Tournier European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Munich DHARMA_INSKanaganahalli00416.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 DHARMAbase

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vāseṭhiputo sivasiripuḷumāvinsu kinādikesu kadamūlaphala ya ya telasa tāpāna karetena na vasi Atāpasana vā na vasitava dārapaletavo sudhāvāsikena Ekaratiparivuthenai

sivasiripuḷumāvi siva siri puḍumāvi nsu kinādikesu nasukinādikesu kadamūlaphala Reconstruction suggested by , and supported by KnI0417, l. 3: kaṁdamūlaphaḷanivāro. ya ya yaya tāpāna tapāna vasi suggest restoring vasitavo. Atāpasana Atāpasena dārapale darahaleo Ekaratiparivuthena Ekaratiparivuthena i No mention is made of the third line in Face B by either or .

Vāseṭṭhīputta Sivasiri-Puḷumāvi orders: “… ferments and so on, … bulbs, roots… sesame oil … he who does … must not live here.

… and who is not an ascetic must not live here. The doorman should … he who is clothed in white and who has stayed here for one night…

This and KnI0417 may bear two copies of a royal edict — or two distinct edicts issued by the same king — addressed to what we argue, on terminological ground, is a non-Buddhist ascetic community.

This edition by Vincent Tournier. Encoded in XML by Fu Fan in July 2025.

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