Pillar from Si T’ep (K. 499), 4th-5th century Śaka

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2023-11-08Z

Editor:   Arlo Griffiths.

DHARMA Identifier: INSCIK00499

Hand Description:

Additional Metadata

No metadata were provided in the table for this inscription

Edition

1[ ⏓     ⏓     ⏓     ⏓     ⏓     ⏓ ] mat taṁ dharmmāś coktā ye [ ⏓     ⏓     ⏓     ⏓     ⏓ ]
2[ ⏓     ⏓     ⏓     ⏓     ⏓     ⏓ ]ṅ kānīnarṣes tasya kr̥ta [ ⏓     ⏓     ⏓     ⏓     ⏓     ⏓     ⏓ ]
3[ ⏓     ⏓     –     –     ⏑     – ] vetty akhilaṁ sa codyam· [ ⏓     ⏓     ⏓     ⏓     ⏓     ⏓     ⏓ ]
4[ ⏓     ⏓     –     –     ⏑     – ]ś śiṣṭaga(ṇa)sya yaś ca | ve
5[gr̥]hītan nr̥pasiṅhena kurvvatā puṇyasa[ñcayaṁ]
6[praj]āpālane śūrau satyadayānvitau [ ⏓     ⏓     ⏓     ⏓     ⏓ ]

Apparatus

1 mat taṁ • Chhabra note "(or mantaṁ)". Le ma n’est pas claire sur l’estampage.
2 kānīnarṣes ◇ kānīnarṣis BC
4 ve • Chhabra note "(la)", mais la lecture n’est certainemement pas la.
6 śūrau • Chhabra donne śurau, la note de bas de page concernant ce mot montre que la lecture qu’il avait l’intention de donner était (correctement) śūrau.

Bibliography

Edited by Bahadur Chand Chhabra (1935: page 54) without translation ; reedited here by Arlo Griffiths.

Primary

Chhabra, Bahadur Chand. 1935. “Expansion of Indo-Aryan Culture during Pallava Rule as Evidenced by the Inscriptions.” JRASB 1 (1): 1–64.
Page 54. [siglum BC]