Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c10.s2.14

c10.s2.14

∗ As “Ōm ayusmantan karmasvaham visam visāradhayastu bhūmi sabbhyāse āyus svardhatēmid-ham. Ōm nētra prasādakāraya akshavudahava tathāgatāya āyusvargāya balavardhanāya, Ōm santir astu tushtir astu pustir astu avignam astu ārōgyam astu subham astu subhakarmmāstu karmma siddhir astu”: of which the general significance is perhaps, ‘Hail! mayest thou become possessed of the fruit of deeds may there be increase on earth . . . and length of days. Hail eyes! auspicious orbs giving felicity, increase, blessing, prosperity and power. Hail! let there be peace, let there be joy, let there be fulness, let there be freedom from hindrance, let there be freedom from sickness, may it be auspicious, may our deeds be auspicious, may our actions be blessed’; but the mantrams are very corrupt, and are given as recorded. The correct originals could probably be traced in India. I give this version merely as a sample of the corrupt Sanskrit in use.