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siddham· ||namo bhagavatos sarvvajñāyā ||vijayakkhaṁdhāvārā dhaṁṇakaḍāto māhārājā °asamedhayāji°akkhayahiraṁṇakoḍippadāyiḥ °ikkhākūṇaṁ raṁño sirī°ehavalacāntamūlavaṁmmā °aṇavetī °ettha pithuṁḍe sābhittāṇehi mahāvihārasa °avaraddāre cātusāle °amhehi kāritaṁ °etassa ya khaṇḍapullasaṇṭhappasa cātusāle °āgaṁtukavatthavvāṇa pavvayitāṇaṁ vissāmaṇatthaṁ raño °ehalavatthamāṇavatthavehi pavvayitehi avaraddāraseliyehi °aryyayakkhapamuhehi °aṇuṭṭhiya sāsanaṁ kāritaṁ °akkhayanivviṁ kātūṇaṁ raño °appaṇo puṇṇappāyaṇāyubalavaddhaṇatṭhaṁ °ayandatārakaṁ kātūṇa pithuṇḍe mahāvihārasa nagarassa °uttaradisāye mahāsetīye mahācelakasa °eṭṭhassa kūlatthapaddaggāmapatthe halaṁkkhettasa niyattāṇā battīsa 302nidejaṁ nipoli ||pithuṇḍassa °uttaradisāye va hatthivārī pachimadisāye pupphakalase halaṁkkhettasa niyattaṇacatusaṭṭhi 604nidejaṁ nippoli °avaraddārī cātusālassa halo bhikhubhogaṁ kātūṇa samyadattaṁ °āṇattī mahātalavara °aggasūro saṁvacharaṁ himā 4divasaṁ 3jeca °ettakā rājāṇo rajamattā vā talavaramahātalavarā vā jo °etassa halaṁbhikkhubhogassa rāgeṇa kodhena vā lobheṇa moheṇa vā harati harāveti vā haraṁntaṁ vā °aṇuvattati so paṁcamahapātakeṇa saṁyujyatītti

bhagavatosUnderstand bhagavatas or bhagavate. Cf. same form in EIAD 54.sarvva-sarva-hiraṁṇakoḍi-hiraṇakoḍi-raṁñorāñāṁcātusālecātusālaṁvissāmaṇatthaṁvissamaṇatthaṁsāsanaṁsāsaṇa°ayandatārakaṁ°ayandatārakaṁkūlatthapaddaggāmapatthekulatthapaṭṭaggāmapanthebattīsabatīsanidejaṁ nipoliti dejaṁ ti polipuppha-puppa-Cf. puppa- in EIAD 53, l. 1. But it seems possible to read puppha- here.nidejaṁ nippoliti dejaṁ ti ppoliraja-rājā-halaṁbhikkhubhogassaThe restoration of akṣara kkhu is imposed by halo bhikhubhogaṁ in l. 19.harāvetihārāvetiharaṁntaṁharaṁttaṁpaṁcamahapātakeṇa mahāpātareṇasaṁyujyatītti ujjati tiThe last akṣara might also be read ttī. We in fact expect ti.

Success! Homage to the Bhagavant, the Omniscient One!

From the victorious royal headquarters, from Dhaṇṇakaḍā (Dhānyakaṭaka), the King Siri-Ehavalacāntamūlavamma of the Ikṣvākus, Great King, sacrificer of the Aśvamedha, giver of unperishing tens of millions of (pieces of) gold, gives (the following) order:

“Here in Pithuṇḍa we caused to be made by sābhittānas (?) a quadrangular compound at the western gate of the Great Monastery. For its repair of broken and shattered (parts), for the repose of renunciants who (will) arrive and who (presently) reside in the quadrangular compound, the (following) royal order was issued, to be carried out (anuṣṭheya ?) by the Avaraddāraseliya renunciants residing in the plot of King Eha[va]la, headed by Aryayakkha (Āryayakṣa):

‘Having made a permanent endowment, having made (it permanent) as long as moon and stars, in order to expand the king’s own merit and to increase his lifespan and power, to the Great Monastery in Pithuṇḍa 32 nivartanas of plowable land are to be given (nideya) (and) registered (?), in the northern direction of the town, at the Great Shrine of the mahācelaka Eṭṭha, on the road (leading to) the village Kulatthapadda. North of Pithuṇḍa, west of the elephant grove, in Pupphakalasa, sixty-four — 64 — nivartanas of plowable land are to be given (and) registered (?). Having made (this) plowable land (hala) the revenue of the monks of the quadrangular compound at the western gate, the gift is completed (samyagdattam).’

The executor is the Great Talavara Aggasūra (Agraśūra). In the year, in the 4th (fortnight) of winter, on the 3rd day. Who (among) the local kings and king’s officers, or Talavaras and Great Talavaras, out of passion, anger, greed or delusion, takes away or causes to be taken away plowable land from this monks’ revenue, or accepts one who takes away, is endowed with the five great sins.”

sābhittāṇehi: 276 relates this word to abhitrāṇa, and proposes to interpret it as “preservation worker”.

mahāsetīye The reading tī is secure, although : 279 contemplates reading khī. Since alternation of spellings c/s is not unknown in South India, we are inclined to agree with : 114 that we should understand mahācetīye, a term commonly occurring in the Nagarjunakonda inscriptions.

mahācelakasa This epithet may be interpreted as either pointing to a prominent standard-bearer (PD, s.v. celaka), as : 279 did, or as a religious figure, since P./BSkt. cellaka (also BSkt. cailaka) occurs in Buddhist texts, where it qualifies either novices or monks. Cf. BHSD, s.v. celaka; PD, s.v. celaka; : 48. Hence, : 114 translates this compound as “chief mendicant”. We tentatively favor the second interpretation.

nipoliWe tentatively assume that this hapax legomenon is an abbreviation for a MIA expression equivalent to Sanskrit nibandhapustake likhitavyam (cf. Arthaśāstra 2.7.1–2 nibandha-pustaka).

hatthivārīCf. MW, s.v. vāri: “a place for tying or catching an elephant”. The Sanskrit equivalent hastivārī is also found in EIAD 188, l. 20.

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