Kanheri Cave 39 Left Wall Inscription

Kanheri Cave 39 Left Wall Inscription EpiDoc Encoding Kelsey Martini intellectual authorship of edition Kelsey Martini Vincent Tournier DHARMA Munich DHARMA_INSKI00030

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sidhaṃ ĀcariĀna bhayatavirāṇaṃ bhatuno pavajitasa Āṇadasaa leṇa deyadhamaṃ saṃghe Akhayanivi dinā Eto civarikaṁ dāta va cha ka dkanaṃ sahā savehi nātihi

bhayatavirāṇaṃ bhayatātarāna va cha ka dkanaṃ chaka naṃ 20 kāhāpaṇāni The first akṣara is clearly cha and not 20 and Gokhale’s further restoration is impossible.

Success! A cave, the meritorious gift of the wanderer Āṇada, brother of the venerable teacher Vira. [And] and akṣayanīvī is given in the Saṃgha. From this a cloth money is to be given, [cha] ka [ṭu]. Together with all the relatives.

cha ka dkanaṃ Although the exact reading and interpretation of this sequence (which is clearly demarcated from the surrounding text) is uncertain, it is clear that it is discussing the accrued funds which are to be disbursed. It is, however, unclear if it is clarifying the amount of funds or how it is that they are to be utilized. It is possible that the cha at the beginning of the phrase could stand for “six”.

81 17 81 30 226 fn. 30 20, 22, 26 213 262 336, n. 120 103-104 98 206