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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
2 maṁgalaṁ [ka]leti [ābā]dha[1]si ā[vā]ha[si] vīvāhas[i] paj-upadāye[2] [|*] (III) et[ā]ye
3 aṁnāye cha hed[is]āye jane ba[hu] maṁ[ga]laṁ [ka]laṁti [|*] (IV) [hetā chu][3] aṁbaka-ja[4]-
[nikā] ba[hu] cha bahu-vidhaṁ cha
4 [khu]dā cha nila[thi][5]yaṁ cha maṁgalaṁ kal[aṁ]ti [|*] (V) [se] kaṭa[viye ch=eva] kh[o] maṁ-
gale [|*] (VI) apa-phale chu kh[o] es[e] [|*] (VII) iyaṁ chu [kho]
5 maha-[pha]le [e] dhaṁma-maṁgale [|*] [VIII] het[ā] iyaṁ [dā]sa-[bha]ṭa[ka]si samyā-paṭipati
g[u]lune apa[chiti] pānānaṁ saya[me]
6 [samana-baṁbha]nana[ṁ dāne][6] [|*] (IX) esa aṁne cha [he]di[se] dhaṁma-maṁgale n[ā]ma
[|*] (X) se vataviye pi[t]in[ā] pi pu[te[7]na]
7 [pi] bhāti[ke]na pi[8] mita-saṁthu[tena] pi [ava-paṭive]si[yena][9] pi [|*] (XI) iyaṁ sā[dhu] [|*]
(XII) iyaṁ kaṭaviye maṁga[le āva][10]
8 athasa ni[vu]tiyā nivuta]si[11] vā mi[na i]maṁ kachhami[12] [|*] (XIII) e [hi itale maṁ]gale sa[ṁ]-
sayi[ke] se [|*] (XIV) siyā [va[13] taṁ[14]
9 aṭhā nivatayēyā [si]yā [se] no [|*] (XV) [hi] da-lokik[e] ch[=e]va [se] [|*] (XVI) i[yaṁ] mina
dhaṁ[ma]-maṁga[le] akālike [|*] (XVII) haṁch[e pi] [taṁ][15]
10 aṭhaṁ no nivatayati [hi]da atha [pala[16]ta anaṁtaṁ [puṁ]naṁ [pa]savati [|*] (XVIII)
[haṁ]che minā [taṁ pi][17] a[ṭhaṁ] nivate[ti] [hi]da [tato][18]
11 [ubho] ladhe hoti hida cha se aṭhe [pala]ta cha [anaṁ]taṁ pu[19]naṁ pasavati tena [dhaṁ-
ma]-maṁgalenā [|*]
TRANSLATION
(I) Thus saith king Priyadarśin, Beloved of the Gods.
(II) People perform various (kinds of) auspicious ceremony on the occasions of illness, the
weddings of sons, the weddings of daughters, (and) the birth of children.
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[1] Chakravarti : “ A little space is left between bā and dḥa which could not be inscribed owing to a depression
in the rock. ”
[2] Other versions have a word like pavāsasi after this.
[3] Chakravarti : “ The letter chu is partly visible on the rock. ”
[4] Chakravarti : “ The letter ja looks like jāṁ on the rock. ” He reads janiyo.
[5] Chakravarti : “ The engraver seems to have inscribed ya at first and then changed it into thi.”
[6]Chakravarti : “ The letter ne is faintly visible on the rock. ”
[7] Chakravarti : “ The letter te is completely rubbed off.” The following two letters also cannot be traced on
the impressions.
[8] Chakravarti : “ The passage bhātikena pi is written between lines 6 and 7 about their beginning.” The
passage suvāmikena pi has been omitted in this version.
[9] Chakravarti reads [pa]ṭev[e]si[yena] and says that the last two letters look like lene on the rock.
[10] Chakravarti : “ The word tasa which occurs in other versions after this is not visible on the rock. It may
have been chipped off.”
[11] Chakravarti : “ There is a little space between ta and si, which is left uninscribed owing to the roughness of
the stone.” He reads va.
[12] Chakravarti : kachhāmi.
[13] Chakravarti : “ The letter va is only partly visible on the rock.”
[14] Chakravarti : “ The letter taṁ is not visible on the rock.”
[15] Chakravarti : “ The letter taṁ is only partly visible on the rock. ”
[16] Chakravarti : “ The letter la is completely rubbed off. ”
[17] Chakravarti omits pi.
[18] Chakravarti : “ This is not found on the rock and is probably chipped off. ”
[19] Chakravarti : “ The sign for ṁ after pu is not visible on the rock. ” He reads ubhe and pal
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