Kanheri Cave 3 Left Pillar Inscription EpiDoc Encoding Kelsey Martini intellectual authorship of edition Kelsey Martini Vincent Tournier DHARMA Munich DHARMA_INSKI00006

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khabhālakarasu Ādhaṁ Akasa cetiAsa bha lakārasu ca pavayitāṇaṁ ya Akhayanivi datā sopārakāhāre ha lāṇi tinī 3 kālīAṇe Abālikāvihare ceti Agharopathāṇasālā Ovarakāni patiṭhāṇe vihā re ṭigupasadariya cetiAgharo ovarakā terasa 10 3 saAkhayanivikā rājatalāka paIṭhāṇapathe Asaṇe culikapiyakuṭi koḍhi ca khāṇitā saṁde se vāṇugha rāro saghārāmo saAkhayaniviko kā rāpito puñaṭha ca deyadhamāṇi ca Ānāni pi kāritāni

Ādhaṁ Adha Adha Akasa Aka Aka It is unclear if the -sa in this sequence and the following cetiAsa is the genitive singular ending or the particle sa- “together with”. lakārasu ca lakāresu ca lakārasa halāṇi hā kālīAṇe kāliAṇe kāliAṇe cetiAgharopathāṇasālā ce ti Upathāṇasālā cetiUpathāṇasālā The reading Upa is entirely impossible for the bottom of the -ra- is still visible today. The o-mātra of the proposed ro is partly preserved on the eye copy. patiṭhāṇe paIṭhāṇe vihāre ṭigupasadariya vihā tigupasadariya vihātigupasadariya >10 3 G does not acknowledge these missing akṣaras. rājatalāka It is tempting to understand here rājatalāke. Asaṇe saṇa saṇa The e-mātra is clear on both the eye copy and photographs, however the first akṣara could be a ka/ra as only the hooked bottom is preserved on the eye-copy. It is also possible that another akṣara preceded it. culikapiyakuṭi culika ya kuṭi culika ya kuṭi khāṇitā coṇitā khanita saṁdese vāṇugha rāro sadasevājuya vihāre sadasevājuya vihāre puñaṭha ca puñaṭha puñaṭha

… amongst the …khabhālakaras, half … of the shrine (cetiya) … And for the ya renunciants amongst the …lakāras an akṣayanīvī is given: In the Sopāraka district, three – 3 – halas

At the Abālikavihāra in Kalyan, an apsidal shrine cetiyaghara, entrance hall, and cells.

At the vihāra in Patiṭhāṇa, at ṭigupasadarī (or in the +ṭipasadarī vihāra), an apsidal shrine [as well as] thirteen – 13 – cells – which are [provided] with a akṣayanīvīs.

At Asana, at the royal tank on the path to Païṭhāṇa, a small hut for allowable goods and store room (koḍhi) were excavated.

At Sandesa, the vāṇugha+ramonastic compound saṅghārama – which is [provided] with an akṣayanīvī — was caused to be built.

And [these] meritorious gifts and others were caused to be made for the purpose of [acquiring] merit.

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