Sanchi Rail Inscription of the Time of Candragupta II

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh (daba).

Language: Sanskrit (san).

Version: 2025-06-11 08:35 (914ca07), last modified 2025-06-11 08:35 (914ca07).

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⟨01⟩ (siddham)
⟨1⟩ kā[kanā]daboṭa-śrī-mahāvihāre śīla-samādhi-prajñā-guṇa-bhāvitendriyāya parama-puṇya-
⟨2⟩ -kṣe(tra)-[ma?]tāya catur-ddig-abhyāgatāya śramaṇa-puṅgavāvasathāyāryya-saṅghāya mahārājādhi-
⟨3⟩ rā[ja-śrī]-candragupta-pāda-prasādāpyāyita-jīvita-sādhanaḥ Anujīvi-satpuruṣa-sadbhāva-
⟨4⟩ vr̥[tty-arthaṁ?] jagati prakhyāpayaN Aneka-samarāvāpta-vijaya-yaśas-patākaḥ sukulideśa-na-
⟨5⟩ ṣṭī[***]-vāstavya Undāna-pu¿t?rāmrakārddavo maja-śarabhaṅgāmrarāta-rājakula-mūlya-krī-
⟨6⟩ ta(ṁ de)[yadha?](r)[mmaṁ?] īśvaravāsakaṁ pañca-maṇḍalyā praṇipatya dadāti ¿pañcaviṁśatiś? ca dīnā-
⟨7⟩ rāN [******] yad-arddhena mahārājādhirāja-śrī-candraguptasya devarāja Iti pri-
⟨8⟩ ya-nā[mnaḥ] [*****](ri)tasya sarvva-guṇa-saṁpattaye yāvac-candrādityau tāvat pañca bhikṣavo bhuṁja-
⟨9⟩ tāṁ ra[tna]-gr̥[he ca dī](pa)ko jvalatu mama cāparārddhāt pañcaiva bhikṣavo bhuṁjatāṁ ratna-gr̥he ca
⟨10⟩ dīpaka I(ti) (ta)d etat-pravr̥ttaṁ ya Ucchindyāt sa go-brahma-hatyayā saṁyukto bhavet pañcabhiś cāna-
⟨11⟩ ntaryyair iti saṁ 90 3 bhādrapada-di 4

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(Bhandarkar p250n1) In the original, the word siddham, which is very much damaged and hardly recognisable, stands above the first two letters of line 1.

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kanā of kākanādaboṭa supplied from l2 of the Sanchi inscr of the year 131 (IN00075) where the name is quite distinct. Bhandarkar 248-250 speculates on what it may have been.

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Sircar feels that "va" was first engraved in place of the pra of prajñā. There is indeed a diagonal across the pa, so va (or ca) may have been engraved - or this may be a fault in the stone or a slip of the chisel.

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kṣe was read by Fleet as kr̥ but Bhandarkar and Sircar agree it's clearly kṣe; Sircar also feels that "traces of tra still remain". Bhandarkar conjectures kṣetramatāya; Sircar proposes kṣetragatāya. Marshall_Foucher_1947 (MF) also print kr̥ ... tāya.

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vr̥ttyartham Sircar's conjecture. Bhandarkar's guess is vr̥ttakaṁ. MF: vr̥ttiṁ.

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prakhyāpayan is written with a small subscript halanta n, followed by a full a.

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