446 Examination of the Inscription [May, 



Translation of the last separate edict at Dhauli. 



By command of Devanampiya ! It shall be signified to the prince 

 and the great officers in the city of Tosale. 



Whomsover I ascertain to be 



and this my supreme will is irresistible ! On this account is the present 



stupa 



and for my loving subjects do I ardently desire to this effect : — that they 

 may be filled with every species of blessing and happiness both as to 

 the things of this world and the world beyond ! 



may be. Of countless things as yet unknown 



I ardently desire they may partake I Thus 



hath said Devanampiya may repose, ... 



and take pleasure, while the removal of affliction is in like man- 

 ner the chief consequence of true devotion. (?) Devanampiya 

 hath also said; — "fame (consisteth in) this act, to meditate with 

 devotion on my motives, and on my deeds (of virtue) : and to pray for 

 blessings in this world and the world to come. For this purpose do I 

 appoint another (?) stupa — by the which I cause to be respected that 

 which is (above) directed and proclaimed. And my promise is im- 



Notes to the second Tablet. 



Kumdle, "^WK' — "with this exception the opening passage seems to correspond word 

 for word with that of the first tablet. I have filled in the erasures in italics in the 

 romanized version, but the translation gives only the portions that are preserved. 



Kichhi dakhdmi—the omission of the e favors the reading T^ff^^I^ITw. (See ob- 

 servations.) ^ 



Yujev&ti, from ^?3T unite, Sans. ^fTR? or ^7?|FW^" ' be thou united with' ? yute is 

 also used in other places. The verb vu and vuii (quasi vu-iti) so frequently occur- 

 ring in the pillar and Dhauli texts seem rather to represent the imperative bhava 

 (Pali, ho) than bhuvetov bhavatu; or it maybe the termination of the 3rd person plu- 

 ral of the potential mood tt^j; eyu : — ijr^^q; may unite, or ^)5f3f; may worship ; 

 yajeyum in Pali. 



Antdnam aviditdnam, the pandit would read atdnam or anantdnam, but the passage 

 is too mutilated to be completed. 



Asvdse vu— ^T^Ti^Nl • ma y hreathe freely, enjoy the repose of a hermit's life ? 

 \» 



Siikhamava lahevti— ^ifc ^^Ji may take pleasure thus. 



Nikhamachane, f^HW^T^f «T : replete with kshama, devotion. Khamitave, or kha- 

 milun, to devoutly uphold, see observations. 



A'haydmi, either ahbaydmi ^IT^^Tfaj I call, proclaim, or ^^Jlfi? I cause to 

 be respected. 



Paiina ajalasd, ^kTtFT ^W^T'9'T promise — undecaying. This is a solitary instance 

 of the letter "fj being used. . 

 Kaiukam, ^rs^, bitter, disagreeable. See Gimdr edicts. 

 Papune, Sfg^ ? exceeding virtuous. 



