Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c15.s2.t1.4

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¹ The style of the epigraphs shows several noteworthy points which link them with early Gupta inscriptions of a century later, e. g. such epithets as Agihot-agithoma-vājapeya-asamedhayājisa aneka-hiraṇa-koṭi-go-satasahasa-hala-satasahasapadāyisa savathesu apatihata-saṃkapasa, etc. Long epithets for Buddha as found in the Divyāvadāna and Lalitavistara breathe life in these inscriptions such as jita-kāma-krodha-bhaya-harisa-tarisa-moha-dosa-sadāpita-Māra-bala-dapa-māna-pasamana-karasa-dasa-bala-mahābalasa athamgamaga-dhama-chaka-pavatakas chaka-lakhaṇo-sukumāra-sujāta-charaṇasa taruṇa-divasa-kara-pabhasa sarada-sasi-soma-darisanasa sava-loka-chita-mahitasa Budhasa.