608 Interpretation of the inscription [Jvtt, 



condescension to brahmans and sramanas, to the orphan and destitute, 

 to servants and the minstrel tribe. 



King Devanampiya Piyadasi again spake : — And religion increaseth 

 among men by two separate processes, — by performance of religious 

 offices, and by security against persecution. Accordingly that religious 

 offices and immunities might abound among multitudes, I have 

 observed the ordinances myself as the apple of my eye (?) (as testified 

 by) all these animals which have been saved from slaughter, and 



patipatiyd. Devdnampiya Piyadasi laja hevam dkd. Munisdnam cha yd iyam dham- 

 mavadhi vadhitd duuehi yeva dkdlehi 40 dhamma niyamena cha niritiyd cha 



9. tata cha bahuse dhamma niyameniritiyiva cha bhuye ; dhamma niyame chakho 

 esa ye me iya ha'e 41. Imdni cha imdni jdtani avadhiydni, aqndnipi cha bahu dhammd- 

 ndyamdni 42 ydni me katdni : niritiya va cha bhuye ; munisdnam Dhamma vadhi, 

 vadhitd avihinsdye 43 bhutdnam, 



forehead : — thus in the Naishadha ; when the swan bringing a message from 

 Damoyanti is caught by Nala raja, it laments : — 



"Why, oh Creator! with thy lotus hand, who niakest the tender and the 

 cold wife, hast you written on my forehead the burning letter which says, thou 

 shalt be separated from thy mate ?" 



39. 5JT^ ^RW^ liWsrr^ Wr^TW?^*r ^firrxrrqT. Th e perversion 

 of the word brdhman as babhan (before alluded to) is common now in some 

 provinces. The sampratipattt or condescension to these classes, is contrasted 

 with the anupratipatti or respectful behaviour to the aged. 



Similar doctrines are inculcated in an addendum to the ten moral precepts by 

 Srong btsan a religious king (dkarma rdja) of Tibet : 



1. Reverence to God. — 2. Exercise of true religion. — 3. Respect to the 

 learned. — 4. Honour to parents.— b. Respect to the higher classes and to old 



persons. — 6. Good-heartedness, (or sincerity) to friends and acquaintances. 7. 



To be useful to one's countrymen, &c. — See manuscript volume of Csoma's Ana- 

 lysis of Tibetan works. The Subha shita ratna vidhi of Sakya Pandita. Also 

 Index KaJigur, leaf 23, page 44. 



40. Duwehi for ^f% two-fold, viz. : first ^r^TT% 'ia form' : the second, 

 Wlf*R^T *g7*N (niritiya for nrite, dancing) according to the pandit : but I 

 would prefer dwihi dkdrehi (in the Pali 3rd case plural) ' by two signs or tokens :' 

 viz. fa-WT^r bv voluntary practice of its observances, and secondly f^pgfcTT 

 « by freedom from violence— security against persecution.' The Sanskrit would be 

 ^TOT ^TCfKWf iQ ^e dual. 



T^fenTT, ' as in the translation,' 



