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1838. J At Dhauli in Cuttack. 443 



subject, and for my subjects I desire this only, that they may be posses- 

 sed of every benefit and happiness as to things of this world and of the 



world beyond! and furthermore I desire ye do not purify 



the wicked until 



" In this country and not any where else is to be seen such a stupa (?) 

 in which is provided proper rules of moral conduct. When one man 

 relieves (his fellow-creature) from the bondage and misery (of sin), it 

 necessarily follows that he himself is released from bondage ; but again 

 despairing at the number of human beings in the same state (whom he 

 is unable to relieve) he is much troubled. Thence is this stupa so 

 desirable (as an asylum ?) ; that in the midst of virtuous regulations we 

 may pursue our obedient course ! 



And through these classes (of deeds) are people rendered disobedient 



edict No. 4 (page 597, vol. Ml.) echa iyam atana pachupagamane se me mokhyamate — 

 in Sanskrit *R X^ ^m^m^^VHWSi'' ^ $ *nWW?n ' and whoso from his 

 soul is a follower after this edict, he is by me (esteemed) the most desirable.' 



Am for yat or yam (see remarks on Dhauli dialect page 277); e for ye, ena for 

 yena are also frequent. In this place am seems put for ayam ? 



Tuphe, Sanskrit, ^JT« Pali, thupo ; Anglice, « a tope,' mound or Buddhist shrine. 



A'yata jana, either— ^T^JW 'coming' contrasted with, gachha cha and going, JT^fT 

 or ^T5jffST«[: the elect. See janasi dyatd, vol. vi. p. 585. There is a tempting ana- 

 logy between gachha, tree, in this passage and aswatha in the Delhi pillar, but it may 



be illusory. 

 Athapajdye, more distinct in the next tablet— the lithograph here has adha, but. 



on re-examination Mr. Kittoe found it indistinctly H0« perhaps otti, is. 



Yujevuti, ^^ for ^r ^^ffT ?~ or ifT^- ma y unite S see tablet 2 - 



Duka no cha papunitha dva ;—zr:ig (for (^5Efff^f) «f ^ ^f^ftfT ^T^fT 



the sense is here cut off by an erasure, nor is it at all satisfactory. 



Etam sepi desam no sava dekhatehi tuphe ese. This difficult passage I have render- 

 ed at a hazard by ^ ^' TTfTO^f ^f% f1?i T^— no sava dakhine hi 'not 

 even in the south' is there such a tope,— would be better. 



Etemsi vihitdpi nW-^f^l W^tftPTfif: ' in this (tope) is appointed a system 

 of conduct.' ^ 



Yam ekapulise .... this mutilated passage I dubiously fill up thus >— ^J 3 



T*ra mirf^M^T nt^infiT infarefif wwnr ** i wnwii ^w* 



•^3TirT^T#T "^••'liNfw The P andit would render prdpundti by prdpnoti. 



Niti majham ; the first letter doubtful, may be kirtti madhyam, or kriti tnadhyam, 

 ■ in the midst of the wise,' or it may be given as a name to a particular stupa. 



Imehicha vagehi, Sans. vfa^Jt : by these species (of offence). 



Isdyo, fw by envy-or it may be **TO < to god' in connection with the 

 next word, for in the pillar edict (vol. vi. page 584), envy is written isyd / A). 



Asulopena, ^€t^T, by cutting off, or sacrificing life. 

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