245 Inscription in old character on the [March, 



Twelfth Tablet. 



Devanampiyo Piyadasi raja sava pasandani cha pavajitani cha gharistani 

 cha pujayati, danena cha vividhaya pdjaya pujayati n : na tu tatha danam 

 va pt5ja va Devanampiyo mannate yatha kiti : sara vadhi asa, sava pasan- 

 danam saro vadhyata bahu vidha : ( ? ) tada gasa tu idam mala ya vacha- 

 guti. Kinti aptapasanda puja va parapasanda garaha va ne bhave, apaka. 

 ranamhi lahaka va asa...tamatamhi pakarane; pujeta ya (n) tueva parapa- 

 sanda tena tena pakaranena ; evam katam aptapasanda (n) cha vadhayeti, 

 parapasandasa cha apakaroti, tadaniiatha karoti ; aptapasandam cha 

 chhanati parapasandasa cha hi apakaroti : yo hi kachi aptapasandam puja- 

 yati, parapasandam va garahati sava aptapasanda bhatiya kinti aptapa- 

 sandam dipayema iti, yo cha puna tatha kara to aptapasandam badhataram 

 papapunati tasa chevano eva sadha. Kinti manamannasa dhammam 

 suiiata cha pusan serava evam hi Devanampiyasa ichha kitasaya pasanda 

 bahu puta cha asu kalanagama cha asu ye chai tata tata papunn ita hi 

 vatavyam; Devanampiyo — ne tatha danam va piija va mannate yatha kiti:— 

 " sari vadhi asa sava pasandanam bahuka cha : — " 



Etaya athayavyapita dhammamahdmata cha ithaijha kho mahamata 

 cha vava (dha) kamika cha atie cha nikaya ayancliu. Etasa phalaya 

 aptapasanda vadhi cha hati, dhamasa cha dipana. 

 Thirteenth Tablet. 

 ? ? ? tasa pasamata tatihatan bahutivata kammata tata pachha" adhana- 



ladhesu kalingesu ti dhammaviyo vadho vamaranam va apavaho vajana 



satabadhe vedamata chaganamata cha deva (nampiyasa )... pa ; mata 



pitari sususa, guru sususa, mitasa sanstaya iiatika vyasanam papunati 



tata so pitesu upaghato patipati bhatevesiya pa ya ta nasti 



manusanam ekataramhi pasandamhi na nama pasadeyavatako ya ta do 



naya saka va mitaveyavapi apaviyo devanampiya (sa) yata paj i to 



pita sava bhutanam achhata cha sayaman cha sama cheron 



cha madava cha Yona raja paran cha tena chaptaro rsjano, 



Turamayo cha, Antikono cha (?) Maga' cha idha parinde (se) 



su savata Devanampiyasa dhammanusastin anuvatare yata padati. 



Vijayo savatha puna vijayo piti raso sa ladha sa piti hoti dhammavijaya- 

 man. Vijayaman, ma vijetavyam man. N'asarasake eva vijayechhati cha 

 ilokika cha para lokika cha. 



VaSWETOHASTI SAVA LOKA SUKHA'HARO ndma. 

 Fourteenth, and last Tablet. 



Ayam dhammalipi devanampiyena Piyadasina raiia likhapita. Asti eva 



Iyam dhammalipi devdnampiyena Piyadasind Idjina likhi 



sankhitena, asti majhamena, asti vistatena ; navayavam, pavata ghatitam; 



athi majha ndpayave,... savata ghatitam; 



mahalaka pavijitam : bahu cha likhitam likhapoyisam cheva; asti cha 



mr> hantehi vijaye ; bahu ke cha lihhite . . . likhi yisd athi pa cha 



etakam punepanavutam. Tasatasa athasa madhuritaya kata ; jano^ 

 nit iti : jane, 



