History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.321
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.321
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¹⁶⁵⁰ Hultzsch himself in JRAS for 1910 at p 1310 translated 'those who at that time were (considered by me) the true gods of Jambudvīpa are now considered false (by me)' The Mysore texts of this edict insert 'men' after the word 'those' The great difficulty is about the words 'amissā' and 'missā katā' They may respectively stand for 'amṛṣā' (not false) or 'amiśrā' (not mixed) and 'mṛṣā kṛtā' (made false) or miśrā kṛtā (made mixed) There is no word for 'considered' A straightforward translation of 'amissā devā husu' would be 'that were the true (not false) gods' and of 'missā katā' would be 'were made false'.