from the Sanchi tope near Bhilsa. 565 



No. 42. Yakhiya bhichun'ye vedisa ddnam. 



" The gift of Yak hi the priestess and traveller." 

 Vedisa for ^Igr: from 3"^8JT, foreigner. 



No. 43 dan ay ci bhichhuniyd ddnam. 



" The gift of ...... dani the priestess." 



No. 44. Davigirimdyasa sethino 



tiyo ndgdya danam. 



" The gift of Davigirimaya the sethi for the (che) tiya tree." 

 No. 45. Hidatuye sada dinadhe jivdya ddnam, in Sanskrit, I^STfa 



" A gift for those living here (for distribution of food) at midday for 

 ever." 



No. 46. This inscription is in too mutilated a state to be restored en- 

 tirely, but from the commencement of the third line it 1 A it 1-Ld 

 1 8 A fl> f 3 A ' bhakhatibhifchunabhi khamavase data : it may be con- 

 cluded that some provision was made by " a charitable and religiously 

 disposed person for hungry priests" fa^rf^ frr^rf and this is confirmed 

 by the two nearly perfect lines at the foot ; — 



Sasijald petaviye ichhdhime (idi)si : sampesimate chilathitike siydti, 



" It is also my desire that camphorated (cool?) water should be given 

 to drink ; may this excellent purpose endure for ever" — reading for 

 sampesimate, ^rsrv^SWft:. 



No. 47. This fragment is cut on three sides of a square pillar. 



Danda ndgilalasa pavinandtinam ddnathambho . 



" This pillar is the gift of the illustrious family of Danda Ndgirala." 



No. 48. Is scribbling of a much later period in the Tibetan Nagari 

 E\] E]j gaga and is only mentioned because it was included in Captain 

 Burt's series of the Bhilsa ddnams. 



Postscript. By the Royal Asiatic Society's Quarterly Journal, No. 

 VIII. just arrived, I perceive that Col. Sykes' collection of cave inscrip- 

 tions has been published without interpretation, and that there are 

 three or four long ones not included among those with which that gen- 

 tleman favored me in November last. As I have reason to suppose 

 that the same are now under investigation at Bombay by the Rev. Dr. 

 Wilson, from fresh and accurate facsimiles, it will be prudent to 

 await the result of his labours for the less perfect specimens ; but I 

 cannot refrain from inserting here the 4th of the list to shew how 

 readily it may be interpreted through the Pali language. 



This inscription is stated to be cut in a continuous line round the 

 three sides of a chamber, immediately under the ceiling, in the rock ex- 

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