262 Inscription in old character on the [March, 



they go ; conquest is of every description : but further the conquest 



which bringeth joy springing from pleasant emotions, becometh joy it- 

 self; the victory of virtue is happiness : the victory of happiness is not to 

 be overcome. That which essentially possesses a pledge of happiness, — 

 such victory is desired in things of this world and things of the next 

 world ! 



And (this place) is named the white elephant conferring pleasure 

 on all the world. 



Fourteenth Tablet. 



This religious edict is caused to be written by the heaven-beloved 

 king Piydasi. It is (partly) (written) with abridgment ; it is (partly) 

 with ordinary extent ; and it is (partly) with amplification : not inco- 

 herent (or disjointed) but throughout continuous (and united) it is 

 powerful in overcoming the wise ; and it is much written and caused to 

 be written, yet it is always but the same thing repeated over and over 

 again. For the persuasive eloquence which is lavished on each sepa- 

 rate subject shall man the rather render obedience thereunto ! 



Furthermore, at one time even unto the conclusion is this written, 

 incomparable in manner, and conformable with the copy, by Relachepu 

 the scribe and pandit. 



Yona raja, see opening remarks. 



Pitiraso sbladha OftftfT.'q %**Td%'. for want °f a better interpretation ! 



Man, this syllable more than once repeated may stand for mangalam, commonly 

 written ^f i& Sanskrit Manuscripts. 



Ndsarasake, tfji^f TtTT^^ff conferring permanent happiness, 7qw a pledge. 



Swetahasti, written, pasti on the cloth copy :— also pavd loka, which I correct to 

 sava by the addition of a stroke to the p— the p, h, and s are frequently mistaken 

 inter se by the transcriber. 



Notes to the Fourteenth Tablet. 



Sankhitena asti ^'fg^5f abridged. See Pali grammar, page 13(3, pubbena gdman, 

 east of the village, for this use of the 3rd case. 



Majhamena, *PEPR mid dle, mean : vistitena f^^frf spread. 



Nivayavam, compounded »r and ^f^"?j^" divided into syllogisms? 



Pavata or savata, on rocks, or every where, ^fe^ devised, attempted, in contact 

 with. 



Likhapdyisam, for payitam, resembles the inflection still retained, pdyis, finding. 



Punepanavatam, xj;f ; Tj«rfg ff done again and again. 



Mddhuritdyu, fli^jftrTT sweetness, figuratively. 



Asamdtam, ^T^TSl to the conclusion. 



Sachhdya kdranancha, ^sj ^f?;^ an act with a shadow or copy? 



Pandithena, the the should be te ; it may be xjfc^if if by one of the Pandava caste. 



