Sanchi Pillar Inscription of GE 131

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⟩ Upāsaka-sanasiddha-bhāryyayā Upāsik¿a?-harisvāminyā mātā-
⟨2⟩ pitaram uddiśya kākanādaboṭa-śrī-mahāvihāre cāturddiśā(yā)ryya-saṁ-
⟨3⟩ ghāyā (A)kṣaya-nīvī dattā dīnārā dvādaśa⟨.⟩ Eṣāṁ dīnārāṇāṁ yā vr̥ddhi-
⟨4⟩ r upajāyate tayā divase divase saṁgha-madhya-praviṣṭaka-bhikṣur ekaḥ bhoja-
⟨5⟩ yitavyaḥ⟨.⟩ ratnagr̥he pi dīnāra-trayaṁ dattaṁ [ta](d-dīnā)ra-trayasya vr̥(ddhyā) ratnagr̥he
⟨6⟩ bhagavato buddhasya divase divase dīpa-trayaṁ prajvālayitavyaṁ⟨.⟩ catur-buddhāsa-
⟨7⟩ ne pi dattaḥ dīnāra Ekaḥ⟨.⟩ tasya vr̥ddhyā catur-buddhāsane bhagavato buddhasya
⟨8⟩ divase divase dīpaḥ prajvālayitavyaḥ⟨.⟩ Evam eṣākṣaya-nīvī
⟨9⟩ Ācandrārkka-śilā-lekhyā svāminī-sanasiddha-bhāryyayā
⟨10⟩ Upāsik¿a?-harisvāminyā pravarttitā Iti
⟨11⟩ saṁvvaT 100 30 1 Aśvayug di 5 ||

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Siddham is written on the left margin before the beginning of line 1. Said by Fleet to be very faint; not visible at all in my facsimile (unless the blotch at the very edge of the rubbing is a subscript halanta m).

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