Slab from Amaravati

Editors: Anonymous editor.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00138.

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Early Andhra (tfb-eiad-epigraphy).

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⟨1⟩ [5+]⟨Fragment left⟩yenānyāsu tīrtthikadevatā(su) ⟨Fragment lost⟩[…] ⟨2⟩ [2+]⟨Fragment left⟩reṇa vā mātr̥kādhareṇa vā śīlavatā ⟨Fragment lost⟩[…] ⟨3⟩ [1+]⟨Fragment left⟩m·paripālanīyaṁ cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsa(na) ⟨Fragment lost⟩[…] ⟨4⟩ karttavyaṁ sūtravinayābhidharmmapāṭhakair bhbhikṣu(bhi)[ḥ] ⟨Fragment lost⟩[…][pā]⟨5⟩rājikām āpattim āpannena na vastavyaṁ saṁghāvaśe(ṣa) ⟨Fragment lost⟩[…] ⟨6⟩ nyathā praticchāde sati na vastavyam· saṁgho yadā(ne) ⟨Fragment lost⟩[…] ⟨7⟩ dekaṁ dātavyaṁ śīlasam·pannebhyo śrāmaṇerebhyaḥ pi(ṭa) ⟨Fragment lost⟩[…] ⟨8⟩ tavyaṁ dhārmmakathikāya triguṇo lābhaḥ bauddhatārika ⟨Fragment lost⟩[…] ⟨9⟩ sya °avasthānan na dātavyaṁ saddharmmalekhakāya dviguṇo l[ā]⟨Fragment lost⟩[bhaḥ] ⟨10⟩ ghaṭastūparājāya māsam pratimāsam· pū ⟨Fragment lost⟩[…] ⟨11⟩ nulepanaiḥ vaiśākhapūrṇṇamāsyām viśeṣamr̥ ⟨Fragment lost⟩[…] ⟨12⟩ prati °utsukena parivāreṇa bhavitavyaṁ °iti dha ⟨Fragment lost⟩[…] ⟨13⟩ mātrādikasya vā mama puṇyarāśer bhbhāgo bha ⟨Fragment lost⟩[…][mā]⟨14⟩tr̥ghātakapitr̥ghātaka°arhhadghātakadevadvi(j)[.] ⟨Fragment lost⟩[…] ⟨15⟩ mahāpāpakāriṇāṁ gatiṁ ye na paripāḷayanti bhu ⟨Fragment lost⟩[…] ⟨16⟩ jña saṁghasanmīḷanam kr̥tvā mahāghoro gniḥ pra [1×]⟨Fragment lost⟩[…] ⟨17⟩ ro tāvat ti⟨⟨ṣṭha⟩⟩tu buddhasya śāsanaṁ lokaśāsa(na)ṁ °abhī [1×]⟨Fragment lost⟩[…] ⟨18⟩ lam·baśākho śāsanavr̥kṣaś ciraṁ sthātu <symbol>sthātu di ⟨Fragment lost⟩[…] ⟨19⟩ samagro sarvvo ca loko sukhī bhavatu <symbol>yāva ⟨Fragment lost⟩[…] ⟨20⟩ (vi)citaraṁgapracalitamakarakṣobhitām·b(u)s sa ⟨Fragment lost⟩[…]

Apparatus

⟨3⟩ m·paripālanīyaṁ • On the first preserved akṣara, we notice a vertical stroke that seems to note a virāma, despite the fact that the akṣara also bears a subscript p. See the same vertical stroke on mpa/m·pa in l. 7; see also the linear notation of mba as m·ba in l. 18, and of mbu as m·b(u) in l. 20. — ⟨3⟩ bhbhikṣu(bhi)[ḥ] ⬦ bhbhikṣu(bhiḥ?) Sewell1880.

⟨5⟩ rājikām • Reconstruct [pā]rājikām.

⟨6⟩ yadā(ne) ⬦ yadā Sewell1880. — ⟨6⟩ saṁgho yadā(ne) • This might be a mistake for saṁghāya dā(ne)[na].

⟨7⟩ dekaṁ ⬦ ṭekaṁ Sewell1880.

⟨11⟩ viśeṣamr̥ ⬦ viśeṣa Sewell1880.

⟨12⟩ °iti dha ⬦ °iti ma Sewell1880.

⟨14⟩ devadvi(j)[.] ⬦ devadvi(ja) Sewell1880.

⟨16⟩ jña ⬦ jñā Sewell1880.

⟨17⟩ °abhī ⬦ °abhi Sewell1880.

⟨18⟩ lam·baśākho ⬦ lambasākho Sewell1880. — ⟨18⟩ sthātu di ⬦ sthātu ci Sewell1880.

⟨19⟩ yāva ⬦ yāvad Sewell1880.

⟨20⟩ (vi)citaraṁgapracalitamakarakṣobhitām·b(u)s ⬦ d vīcitaraṁgapracalitamakarakṣobhitāmbus Sewell1880 • Cf. Aśokāvadāna (Mukhopadhyaya 30): anibalacalitabhinnavicitaraṅgakṣubhitam iva mahāsamudraṃ.

Translation

(...) by whom (...) towards the other deities of the tīrthikas, or holder of (...), or holder of the Mātr̥kās, (or) moral (...) is to be protected, (...) of robes, alms, beddings and seats (...) is to be made. Monks, who recite the Sūtra, Vinaya and Abhidharmas (...) must not live with somebody who has committed a pārājika offence. (They) must not live with somebody (who has committed) a saṃghāvaśeṣa (offence), unless it is concealed. When the saṃgha by this (...) one (...) is to be given. To the śrāmaṇeras that are endowed with morality (...) is to be given. To the Expounder of the Dharma a threefold benefit (is due). (To the) bauddhatārika (...) residence (avasthāna) must not be given to (...). To the copyist of the true Dharma a twofold benefit (is due). To the °ghaṭastūparāja month by month for the worship (...) with (...) and oils. On the full-moon day of Vaiśākha, the retinue must behave zealously towards (...) special (...). May (my) mother, etc. get a share of my accumulation of merit. Those (...) , who do not protect (this gift), (will experience) the destiny of the great sinners, like the killer of a mother, the killer of a father, the killer of an Arhat, (and him who does not respect?) gods and twice-borns. A most most terrible fire, having obscured the saṃgha (...) So long let the instruction of the Buddha last (as) instruction for the world (...)-. Let the tree of the instruction, having as its hanging branches (...), last long. Let (...) last long (...). Let the entire and whole world become happy. As long (...) water agitated by the moving makaras that stir the waves (...)

Bibliography

First published by Prinsep1837. Published again in Sewell1880, with a new edition by J. Eggeling. Re-edited here from published documentation, British Museum photographs, and after autopsy of the stone.

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Knox1992

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is to be protected, (...) of robes, alms, beddings and seats

(...) is to be made. Monks, who recite the Sūtra, Vinaya and

Abhidharmas (...) must not live with somebody who has

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offence. (They) must not live with somebody (who has

committed) a <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">saṃghāvaśeṣa</foreign> (offence), unless it is

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residence (<foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">avasthāna</foreign>)

must not be given to (...). To the copyist of the true

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month for the worship (...) with (...) and oils. On the

full-moon day of Vaiśākha, the retinue must behave zealously

towards (...) special (...). May (my) mother, etc. get a

share of my accumulation of merit. Those (...) , who do not

protect (this gift), (will experience) the destiny of the

great sinners, like the killer of a mother, the killer of a

father, the killer of an Arhat, (and him who does not

respect?) gods and twice-borns. A most most terrible fire,

having obscured the saṃgha (...) So long let the instruction

of the Buddha last (as) instruction for the world (...)-.

Let the tree of the instruction, having as its hanging

branches (...), last long. Let (...) last long (...). Let

the entire and whole world become happy. As long (...) water

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