Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c14.s2.8

c14.s2.8

Line 1: [the era of] Aja: This is the era of 58/57 B.C., later known as the Vikrama era; see section 5.5.1.3. Line 1: “lay follower”: *uasia* = Skt. *upāsikā*. Lines 4–5: “and [her?] teacher; for the acceptance of the Sarvāstivādins”: According to the suggestion proposed in the text note, the intended meaning may have been “. . . and with [her] teacher; for the acceptance of the Sarvāstivādin teachers.” Line 5: “The country and the town”: Following Sircar, who takes *raṭhanikamo* as a *dvandva* compound = Skt. *rāṣṭra-nigamau* (= *janapadaṃ nagaraṃ ca*). Konow, taking it as a *karmadhāraya*, translates “the country-town.”