Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c11.17

c11.17

Here Wilkins has clearly read and construed the verse correctly. Elsewhere in this and other articles his translations are less accurate, and not infrequently he errs in dividing words and compounds, in construing the syntax of complex verses, or in rendering idiomatic expressions.¹² But despite such inevitable imperfections, Wilkins’ treatment of these difficult documents is nothing short of remarkable, given the almost nonexistent resources available at the time.¹³