North Indian Inscriptions

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Index
Introduction
Contents
Contents
Preface
Additions and Corrections
Introduction
Images
Texts and Translations
Part - A
Part - B
Other South-Indian Inscriptions
Volume 1	Volume 2
Volume 3	Vol. 4 - 8
Volume 9	Volume 10
Volume 11	Volume 12
Volume 13	Volume 14
Volume 15	Volume 16
Volume 17	Volume 18
Volume 19	Volume 20
Volume 22 Part 1	Volume 22 Part 2
Volume 23	Volume 24
Volume 26	Volume 27
Tiruvarur	Darasuram
Konerirajapuram	Tanjavur
Annual Reports 1935-1944	Annual Reports 1945- 1947
Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume 2, Part 2	Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume 7, Part 3
Kalachuri-Chedi Era Part 1	Kalachuri-Chedi Era Part 2
Epigraphica Indica	Epigraphia Indica Volume 3
Epigraphia Indica Volume 4	Epigraphia Indica Volume 6
Epigraphia Indica Volume 7	Epigraphia Indica Volume 8
Epigraphia Indica Volume 27	Epigraphia Indica Volume 29
Epigraphia Indica Volume 30	Epigraphia Indica Volume 31
Epigraphia Indica Volume 32	Paramaras Volume 7, Part 2
Śilāhāras Volume 6, Part 2	Vākāṭakas Volume 5
Early Gupta Inscriptions
Archaeological Links
Archaeological-Survey of India
Pudukkottai

PART A

5. A 74 - 80 DONATIONS BY NUNS^[1]

A 74 (761) ; PLATE XI

ON a pillar of the South-Western quadrant, now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta (P 9). Edited by Cunningham, StBh. (1879), p. 135, No. 50, and Pl. LIV; Hultzsch ɀDMG., Vol. XL (1886), p. 67, No. 65 and Pl., and IA., Vol. XXI (1892), p. 232 No. 65; Barua-Sinha, BI. (1926), p. 11, No. 22.

TEXT:
Nagaye bhichhuniye dānaṁ

TRANSLATION:
The gift of the nun Nāgā.^[2]

A 75 (870)^[3]; PLATE XI

ON a rail-bar, now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Edited by Cunningham, StBh. (1879, p. 142, No. 55, and Pl. LVI ; Hultzsch, ɀDMG., Vol. XL (1886), p. 75, No. 146, and Pl. and IA., Vol. XXI (1892), p. 238, No. 146; Barua-Sinha, BI. (1926), p. 31, No. 104.

TEXT:
Phagudevāye bhichhuniye dānaṁ

TRANSLATION:
The gift of the nun Phagudēva (Phalgudevā).^[4]

A 76 (840); PLATE XI

ON a rail-bar, now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Edited by Cunningham, StBh. (1879), p. 140, No. 25, and Pl. LVI; Hultzsch, ɀDMG., Vol. XL (1886), p. 73, No. 120, and Pl, and IA., Vol. XXI (1892), p. 236, No. 120; Barua-Sinha, BI. (1926), p. 21, No. 75.

TEXT:
Budharakhitāye dānaṁ bhichhuniye

TRANSLATION:
The gift of the nun Budharakhitā (Buddharakshita).^[5]

A 77 (841) ; PLATE XI

ON a rail-bar, now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta (C. B. 34). Edited by Cunningham, StBt. (1879), p. 140, No. 26, and Pl. LVI; Hultzsch, ɀDMG., Vol. XL (1886), p. 73, No. 121, and Pl., and IA., Vol. XXI (1892), p. 236, No. 121; Barua-Sinha, BI. (1926), p. 22, No. 76.

TEXT:
Bhutaye bhichhuniye dānaṁ,

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^[1]For nuns mentioned with reference to their native place see No. A 11, A 12, A 24, A 29, A 37, A 42-44, A 52.
^[2]See classification I, 4, b, 1 (names derived from spirits and animal deities).
^[3]Lüders’ treatment of this inscription is missing.
^[4]See classification I, 2, A, b (names derived from constellations).
^[5]See classification I, 1, b (Buddhist names).

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