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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE TRAIKUTAKAS TRANSLATION Obeisance to the Omniscient (Buddha)! In the augmenting kingdom of the Traikūtakas, in the year two hundred increased by forty-five, in the Great Monastery at Krishnagiri, Buddharuchi, a resident of the village Kānaka included in the Sindhu vishaya (district), the son of the glorious Buddhaśrī and Pushyavarman, skilful in serving the feet of the holy Śākya sage who was mighty by the possession of the ten powers and attained complete enlightenment, (and) of the venerable monk who heard his law, has erected his Chaitya with dressed stones and bricks to last as long as the moon, the sun, the oceans and the earth will endure, (which is) dedicated to the venerable Śāradvatīputra the chief disciple of the same great sage (i.e., Buddha). (Line 5) Therefore, may gods, yakshas,1 siddhas,2 vidyādharas,3 ganas Mānibhadras,4 Pūrnabhadra,5 Pañchika,6 the venerable Vajrapāni,7 Vānkanaka8 and others bless it! (L.6) Moreover, as long as the milky ocean, the waters of the whirl-pools of which are whirled by the alligators tossed about by thousands of (its) waves, in an ocean of milk, as long as the rugged Mēru is piled with huge rocks, as long as rivers of very clear water flow with (their) water into the ocean — even so long may this lasting and auspicious fame resort to the excellent son of him (who is) named Pushya!
(L.9). A canine tooth (?)
1A Yaksha is a semi-divine being who is described as an attendant of Kubēra in Hindu mythology. |
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