1892-93.] THE BUDDHIST INSCRIPTIONS OF INDIA, 273 



* Reports of the Archaeological Survey of India. 



' Hunter's History of India, p. 23. 



6 Ibid. 



^ Edkin's China's Place in Philology : Rev. C. J. Ball and others in the Proceedings Soc'y 

 Bib. Archseol., and in the Babylonian and Oriental Record : Campbell, The Hittites, etc. 



8 Siberian Inscriptions, Trans. Canad. Inst., 1890-91, Vol. II., pp. 261 seq. See also The 

 Hittites, Vol. II., p. 325. 



^ See my Etruria Capta, Proceedings Canad. Inst., 1885-86, pp. 144 seq. 



^'Over a hundred of these I have translated in The Hittites in Sinai, yet to appear. 



^^ Analysis of the Asoka proclamation : 



Part I., line i. Shi, now se, imperative of the verb shi, su-ru, to do. 



kaki, now kashi, a word used at the end ot a sentence of exhortation, 

 entreaty, or request, to give emphasis to it. May be Englished by, 

 I pray you. 



shimane, now shamen, pardon, subject oi kiwaiiie. 

 kiwame, part of verb kimaive-rti, to define, deteunine, decide. 

 ta, the relative, who, which, generally followed as here by its genitive 

 particle ga. 



' line 2. tashita, now tasshita, preterite of tassJii, to be thoroughly versed, expert, 



or proficient in. 

 rikidowa, now riki-idovii, strong contender, warrior. 

 go, a term of respect or politeness used in addressing a superior, meaning 



honourable, excellent. 

 Yasoka ot Asoka, the religious name of the monarch. 

 nega, now negai, desire, request, prayer. 



ki, part of the verb kikH, to hear. The imperative Ja probably followed 

 ki, but, if so, it has been erased from the inscription. 



line 3. giri, right, just. 



fu, a Negative particle. 

 no, genitive post-position. 

 akic, bad, wicked, qualifying hoi. 

 hoi, now //(', rule, law, precept. 

 ochi, to fall, leave, run away. 

 maneta, preterite of mane, tnane-rii, to imitate, do like. 



line 4. janage, now saiige, confession, acknowledgment. 

 ia, the relative. 

 fumi, a writing, book, letter. 

 kareta, now kureta, pret. of kure, to give. 



7iomi ja, now novie yo, imperative of notnu, to drink, swallow. 

 hitoshi, now hitoshii, same, equal, alike, literally one man. 



line 5. nai, not, is not, have not. 



kanegaki, now kaii'^aye-nt, to think on, reflect, consider. 

 kaki, or kashi, and shimane, shamen ; see line I. 

 rakajimu, now arakajiine, beforehand. 

 novii ja or name yo ; see line 4. 



line 6. rametaki, mostly, now aramattaki, a combination of ara as in aramashi, 

 generally, and mattai, mattaki, whole, complete, entire. 



