Dedication of a stone pillar, Mahendrapāla, year 5

Dedication of a stone pillar, Mahendrapāla, year 5 author of digital edition Rajat Sanyal Arlo Griffiths DHARMA Kolkata DHARMA_INSBengalDed00112

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samvat· 5 śrāvaṇa-dine 7 śrī-mahendrapāladeva-rājye bhichkṣu-sujayagarbheṇa vuddha-bhaṭṭārakāya pradattaḥ stambho 'yaṁ satvārthahetoḥ

bhichkṣu-sujayagarbheṇa bhicchkṣu-Ajayagarbheṇa The second akṣara of the word intended as bhikṣu (or perhaps bhikkhu) is very hard to recognize as the cchu that Dikshit read.

During the reign of Śrī Mahendrapāladeva, year 5, on the seventh day of the month of Śrāvaṇa, the monk named Sujayagarbha offered this pillar to the Lord Buddha for the welfare of all beings.

First edited by K. N. Dikshit (). This digital edition (2025) by Rajat Sanyal from published documentation, with assistance from Arlo Griffiths.

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