Kanheri Cave 74 Right Wall Inscription EpiDoc Encoding Kelsey Martini intellectual authorship of edition Kelsey Martini Vincent Tournier DHARMA Munich DHARMA_INSKI00041

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sidhaṃ raño maḍhariputasa svāmisakaseṇasa savachara 8 gi pa 5 diva 10 Etāya puvāya ka liyaṇakasa nekamasa veṇhunadisa putasa nega masa gahapatisa tisa leṇa patiṭhāpi ta sahā Āyyakeṇa nadena sahā pituṇa veṇhuna dinā sahā mātuya bodhisamāya sahā bhā tunā hathinā sahā sāveṇa nikasabadhi

svāmisakaseṇasa svāmisakasenasa svāmisakasenasa svāmisakasenasa veṇhunadisa veṇhunaṃdisa veṇhunaṃdisa veṇhunaṃdisa patiṭhāpita patithāpi ta nadena sena sena sena pituṇa pituṇā pituṇā pituṇā veṇhuna venhuna sāveṇa nikasabadhi savena nikāyaneti savena nikāyaneti savena nikāyaneti The reading is relatively clear and this may be compared with EIAD 3.3 nīgasaṃbaṃdhivagehi and EIAD 49.4 nīgamitasaṁbadhibaṁ[dhavajana](sa). In their edition of the former inscription the EIAD editors state that “One may tentatively understand this word as deriving from nija(ka). Cf. EIAD 54, l. 1: svajanasaṃbandhivargena. Āpano Āpaṇā Āpaṇā Āpaṇā It would appear that this inscription has an eighth line that has hitherto gone unnoticed. It is largely illegible and it is uncertain for how long it once extended, but traces of a few akṣaras can be seen on the photographs and RTIa, underneath the large crack below l. 7 sāveṇa nika-. This is expected as the final word of l. 7 is incomplete.

Success! On the 10th day of the 5th fortnight of the hot season in the 8th year of the king Maḍhariputa Svāmisakaseṇa. On the above (date).

A cave is established of (by) the market councilor and householder ++?ti, son of the market councilor Veṇhunadi of Kalyan.

Together with the noble Nada, together with the father Veṇhunadi, together with the mother Bodhisamā, together with the brother hathi, together with the entire (group) of his own relatives….

79 14 78 30 95 41 xlvii 19, 21-23, 26 207 568-569 79, 82-83, 114 61 108 25 n. 74