The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c16.s3.t2.32

v2.c16.s3.t2.32

Edict No. XI :— “This religious edict is caused to be written by the heaven-beloved King Piyadasi. It is (partly) (written) with abridgment; it is (partly) with ordinary extent; and it is (partly) with amplification : not incoherent (or disjointed), but through-out continuous (and united) it is powerful in overcoming the wise; and it is much written and caused to be written, yet it is always but the same thing repeated over and over again. For the persuasive eloquence which is lavished on each separate subject shall man the rather render obedience thereunto!