गुप्त अभिलेख संग्रह (जे. एफ. फ्लीट - गुप्त सम्राटों एवं परवर्ती नरेशों के ऐतिहासिक पाषाण व ताम्रलेख)

262 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
TRANSLATION.
Perfection has been attained! By the Upāsikā Harisvâminî, the wife of the
Upāsaka Sanasiddha, for the sake of (her) parents, twelve dînâras are given, (as)
a permanent endowment, to the community of the faithful, collected from the four quarters
of the world, at the holy great vihâra of Kâkanâdabôṭa. With the interest that
accrues of these dînâras, day by day one Bhikshu, who has been introduced into the
community, should be fed.
(Line 5.)—Also three dînâras are given in the jewel-house.¹ With the interest of
these three dînâras, day by day three lamps of the divine Buddha should be lit in the jewel-
house.
(L. 6.)—Also, one dînâra is given in the place where (the images of) the four
Buddhas are seated.² With the interest of this, day by day a lamp of the divine Buddha
should be lit in the place where (the images of) the four Buddhas are seated.
(L. 8.)—Thus this permanent endowment,—written upon stone (so as to endure) for
the same time with the moon and the sun,—has been accomplished by the Upāsikā
Harisvâminî, the noble lady,³ the wife of Sanasiddha.
(L. 11.)—The year⁴ 100 (and) 30 (and) 1 ; (the month) Âśvayuj ; the day 5.
No. 63; PLATE XXXIX A.
MATHURA STONE IMAGE INSCRIPTION.
THE YEAR 135.
THIS inscription was discovered by General Cunningham, and was first brought
to notice in 1871, in the Jour. R. As. Soc. N. S. Vol. V. p. 184 f., where Professor
J. Dowson published his reading of the text, and a translation of it, accompanied by a litho-
graph (id. Plate ii. No. 8) reduced from General Cunningham’s ink-impression.— And this
rendering of the inscription was reprinted, with a few corrections, in 1873, in the Archæol.
Surv. Ind. Vol. III. p. 36 f., accompanied by a fresh lithograph (id. Plate xvi. No. 22).
The inscription is on the pedestal of a broken standing statue that was found in the
Jail Mound at Mathurâ,⁵ the chief town of the Mathurâ District in the North-West Pro-
¹ ratna-griha; see page 33 above, note 5.
² chatur-Buddh-âsana.—As pointed out by Gen. Cunningham in his Bhilsa Topes, p. 191 f., this
is explained by four statues of Buddha, seated, one opposite each entrance, which are in the circular
enclosure that runs round the Stûpa, inside the railing. Owing, I suppose, to alterations made in the
course of the restorations that have been carried out at Sâñchi, the statue at the south entrance is
now a seated statue, similar in general design to the statues at the north, east, and west entrances ;
it is evidently the original statue, which had somehow been shifted, now restored to its proper place ;
and the standing statue, which was opposite the southern entrance when Gen. Cunningham wrote his
description, now stands a little to the west of it.
³ svâminî.—Or perhaps the word stands here for the fuller title, Vihârasvâminî, which occurs in
the next inscription ; see page 263 below, note 7.
⁴ As regards the reading of the first symbol, see page 261 above, note 1.
⁵ See page 26 above, and note 2.