Fragment of a railing pillar from Amaravati EpiDoc Encoding Arlo Griffiths intellectual authorship of edition Arlo Griffiths Vincent Tournier DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSEIAD00334

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Lettering typical of the 1st century CE.

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 encoded the inscription

vinaya-dharasa Aya-punavasusa Atevāsiniya Uvajhāyiniya samudiyaya Atevāsiniya malayā pādaka dāna

vinaya-dharasa Bühler's reading published in was vinayadhirasa. The estampage published in suggests that one must read vinayaṁdharasa, and this idea was defended by . But our photos of the stone do not confirm this incongruous reading. Uvajhāyiniya Uvaraḷayiniya Bühler's reading published in was Uvarayiniya. first proposed the reading adopted by that we also adopt here. pādaka pādukā peṇḍaka Bühler's reading published in was pāḍakā. wrote statt pāḍakā lese ich deutlich pādu[kā], but the meaning of his brackets defies us. This reading was accepted by . We adopt here the reading proposed by . dāna dāna Bühler's reading published in was dānaṁ.

The upright is a gift of Mallā, pupil of the preceptor Samuddiyā, herself pupil of the noble Punavvasu, a vinaya scholar.

For the contents, compare EIAD 131 and EIAD 255.

First edited and translated by Eugen Hultzsch (). cites a reading communicated to him by Georg Bühler. This digital edition by Arlo Griffiths & Vincent Tournier from a published estampage, from photographs and after autopsy of the stone.

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