Kanheri Cave 99 Inscription EpiDoc Encoding Kelsey Martini intellectual authorship of edition Kelsey Martini Vincent Tournier DHARMA Munich DHARMA_INSKI00083

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sidhaṁ therānaṁ bhayaṁtamitabhūtinaṁ leṇaṁ sāgarapaloganaṁ deyadhama

bhayaṁta bhayata bhayata sāgarapaloganaṁ sāgarapaloganānaṁ B+B likely made up the nā because they interpret it as the name of a corporation which donated the cave (see commentary).

Success! The cave Sāgarapalogana (“view on the ocean”): a meritorious gift for the venerable elder Mittabhūti

Gokhale is certainly correct when she states that “It appears that sāgarapalogana was the name of the cave. The cave is rightly named as it commands a fine view of the Bassein creek and the sea beyond.” Named caves are found with some frequency in the early Sri Lankan inscriptions.

It is not entirely clear if the cave is the meritorious gift Mitabhūti or if it was made for him, but it is most likely the latter as it would be highly unusual for a monk to refer to himself in the plural (cf. III Karl 3 therānaṃ bhaṃyaṃta-iṃdadevasa).

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