Dedication of a stone image of a seated Buddha, Mahendrapāla, year 4

Dedication of a stone image of a seated Buddha, Mahendrapāla, year 4 author of digital edition Rajat Sanyal Arlo Griffiths DHARMA Kolkata DHARMA_INSBengalDed00111

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Around the top of the stele ye dharmmā hetuprabhavā hetuṁ teṣāṁ tathāgato hy avadat teṣāṁ ca yo nirodha Evaṁvādī mahāśramaṇaḥ On the pedestal samvaT 4 caitra-śudi 10 śrī-mahiendrapāladeva-rājye saindhavānāṁ dānaārthe kumārabhaṭṭeṇa devaddharmmaḥ pratipādīitaḥ

saindhavānāṁ dānaārthe saindhavānām dānaārthe N. P. Chakracarti, as editor of Sastri's work, commented in a footnote: Reading or the last two sylables in the first line and of the first two in the second is doubtful. Ought one to read saindhavāvānartha and emend this to saindhava-dānārthaṁ? kumārabhaṭṭeṇa kumārabhandreṇa

The states arisen from a cause, their cause the Tathāgata proclaims, as well as their cessation: This is the teaching of the Great Ascetic.

In the year 4, on day 10 of the waxing fortinight of Caitra during the reign of Śrī Mahendrapāladeva the image was set up by Kumārabhaṭṭa as a gift to the Saindhava monks.

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First edited by H. Sastri in . This digital edition (2025) by Rajat Sanyal from published documentation, with assistance from Arlo Griffiths.

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