1090 Note on Inscription from Khandgiri. [Dec 



From the second line onwards the inscription of course speaks real 

 events, and is well deserving of a minute and critical examination 5 

 but neither time nor space will permit me to say more at present on 

 this prolific subject, and I ought indeed in concluding this hurried 

 and imperfect notice, to apologize for offering it to the Society in so 

 immature a shape. 



For the sake of reference I here insert the whole inscription in a 

 connected shape. 



1. Namo arahantanldnam na(mo)sava sidhdnam Airena mahdrdjena mahdmeghavd~ 

 hanena chetakdjata (natan) chhadhanena pasatha sak(e)lakhanena chaturantala 

 ih&naga (nena) kha te va kalangddhapatirdsisikhiravalonam. 



2. Pandarasa vasdai sirikuddra sariravatd kiditd kumdra kidikd tato lekhariipdgana 

 ndva vapd(ra)vidhi visdradena, sava vijdvaddtena navavasdni hovarajapanasivasa puna 

 chavavisati vase ddnu vadhamena sesa yochendbhivijayo tatiye 



3. Kalinga rdja vansa puri sayuge mahdrdjd bhisechanan papundti, abhisitamate va 

 pa dhamma vase vdtavihatato purapdkdra nivesanam patisankhdrayati, kalinganagar^ 

 khidhira sitala taddga padiyocha bathapayani saveydnapati san thapayava 



4. Kdrayati ; panat{si(ra)si satasahasehi pakatayaranjayati, datiye cha vdse achitu 

 yitd sotekdri payimadisarp hayegajanararadha bahula darn dipatJid payati ; kamsa band 

 gataya dasandya vdtdnam sika nagaravdsino punavase 



5. Gandhavavedabudho dapana tabhatd vddiia sandusandhdn usava semajdkdid pand- 

 picha kidapayati ndgari ; tatho vivuthe vase vijddharddhi vdsa ahata puva kdlaga puva 

 rdjana e satu vata dhamatita sard rite ranikhitechhata. 



6. Bhigdrehita ratana sdpateya sava rathika bhojakepddevam dapdyanti, pachala 

 ehaddnivase nandardja tivasata ughdtitarn tanasaraliyavaja punddinagarapasesa rise 

 sabhdsari cha . . pdsacha sadasa tepava karavuna. 



7. Anugaha onekdni satasahasdni visajati pordjdnapadam satamanchatisam pasdsato 



vajaragharavedham satamgharinisa votaka hadapana narapa 



thamecha vase manam na . n tan . ge . . vegiri' 



8. Ghdtd payitd rajd gambha upapidupayati dhatinamchakam mupadana panddeud 

 pabatasena vdhandti pamuchitumadhuram aparato nuxera . . (20) moradaddti (5) — (15). 



9. Kapa ukha hay a gaja ralave sahdya sesacha ghard vasapa manati katano virasa 

 haiinancha kdruyitun ba imana nanjatapa paradaddti ; ran .... (9) hd (31). 



10. Ra . i nanati rajd raini rasa mahdvijaya pdsdda derayati thatasaya sate 

 surelahi dasdme chasa .. dava .... rara ga vasapa (10) pabayava (17) tiraparu- 

 nataua ramare tdndud upahi. 



11 pacha pava rdjanivesdtam pithuddgada bhanagalena kdsayata janam 



Padebhdvanacha teresavasesataka .. da(ta)temaradehasapdca barasama va (13) 

 pasathaka .... he hi vi tisdyato utiri pithirdjdno. 



12. Machaldva cha vipula ley a in janetoh i thasan gaiiga sapdnayati . . dha cha 

 r djdna i bahaga sdsita pddeva dapayata nanda rdjd ni ta va a gajiuasana (16) 

 makhana panda pakhasi d e muga dha cha. ja vu na ghari. 



13. . . tajalarala khila bardnisi hiraninivaneyati sata vasd sanapa rihdre nan a 

 sumusari yuchahuthi .. navuna paripara araranasa yahava padardjdno ,padardjasa 

 ddvi aneka nadato manorata rana ahard payati idhasatasa. 



14. Si neuasi kaduti terasa mava vase supavata vijaya chako kumarl pasante ara« 

 hate panno visaiu piham rani sidindyayd puhavakehira atani chenam devani sasasutani 

 ujana utas'ydrava ladiranaji deta .. dakarari khiti 



\5.Sakatasamerasavihitinun chasuta disdnunjnata a yesa i .. sampapanu arahasani 



tidiydsamipe subhdre vasdra samuthaghisipa anakeyd jamthi pihipa rasilahu 



sapoputlia dhaia si dhasayani ,. ndni. 



