604 Interpretation of the inscriptions [July, 



places?) for the night to be erected. And how many taverns (or 

 serais) have been erected by me at various places, for the entertainment 

 of man and beast ! So that as the people, finding the road to every 

 species of pleasure and convenience in these places of entertainment, 

 these new towns, (nayapuri ?) rejoiceth under my rule, so let them 

 thoroughly appreciate and follow after the same (system of benevo- 

 lence). This is my object, and thus have I done. 



tata kdldpitdni, patibhogdya pasumunhdnam 17 Esa paiibhogendma 18, vividhdydhi 



sukl ' randya puli me rdjihi mama ydcha sukkayite lokc; imdncha dhammdaupatipati 

 dnupat pajantuti : etadathd me 



4. esa kate 19. Devdnampiye Piyadasi heva dha : Dhamma mahdmdtd pi me td 

 bahu vidhesu 20 athesu dnugahikesu viydpata, se pavajitdnam cheva gihithdnam cha sava 



17. Sff?T W3TT9 x n3*r«lSlT'!Tr» literally, ' for the entertainment of beast and 



si 



man.' The five following letters are missing, which may be supplied by ^fsf^jfsfl 

 or some similar word. 



18. This neat sentence will run thus in Sanskrit, altering one or two vowels 



only, ict srfrrifriiiTTCr fapn*T*i fa (tt) ^t^to g^gf* ^rertfir. *m 



§*UTW tSTT. T*?H ^£T«f*frRfT? ^RSfrR^Tf Tfr(. I» this the only 

 alteration made are yatha for ya ; and rdjibhi from rdjihi (natural to the Pali 

 dialect) the third case of rdji, a line or descent. The application of ndma indefinite- 

 ly is quite idiomatical. The ta maybe inserted after hi — but it will read without, 

 e this people as they take pleasure under my dynasty on account of the various 

 profit and well being by means of entertainment in my town (or country), {tatha 

 must be here understood) so let them take cognizance of (or partake in) this the 

 fame (or laudable effect) of my religion.' Purihi rdjihi may also be understood as 

 in town and country, in the translation. 



19. This sentence is quite grammatical ^fT"?^T"H *T ( or ^rf^ji •fPSTT) 

 ^EflfW* ' from this cause by me this (is) done.' 



20. The large facsimile corrects the vowels, te for ta, vidhesu for vtdhasu, 

 &c. of the printed transcript, mdtd is the same in both, but in other places we 

 find matd. The passage may run : ^ W^TfTWT ^fxR W ^f^fa ^WT 



^n^lW^f 7 ! faiT?»fT T^THT ¥f^"f=fT— the word trrTO^T ' among unbelievers* 

 cannot well be admitted here — SP^rTT^, ' with kindnesses and favors' may be 

 the word intended, which though feminine in Sanskrit is here used in the neuter. 

 For vayapatd, R. P. would read cr*j:5n7|T!> obtaining age, or growing old—in the 

 latter case the sense will be, that the ' wise unto salvation' growing old in the 

 manifold riches of my condescension and in the favors of the ascetics and the 

 laity growing old — they in the sanghat (sanghatasi for sangha te) or places of 

 assembly made by me — shall attain old age ? But mdhamatd, will be much 



