Siddham. The Asian Inscription Database | IN03076 Ram̆bǟva Slab Inscription

The inscription consists of 39 lines engraved on the ruled surface of a stone slab. It was discovered in 1892 by the Archaeological Commissioner (Mr. H.C.P. Bell) a hundred years south of the ‘Cooly Shelter’ at Ram̆bǟva (Rambewa) and subsequently moved to Anurādhapura. Wickremasinghe describes Ram̆bǟva as a well-known village in Kǟn̆dǟ-kōrale at the junction of the two main roads from Anurādhapura and from Mihintale, about nine miles north-east of the former town. The inscription is dated to the first year of the reign of king Siri Saňg-bo Abhā, identified by Wickremasinghe with Mahinda IV. It records a grant of lands and immunities to one Kiliňgu-ra Pirivat Hämbuvan, to be held by him and his descendants for the purpose of supplying oil to illuminate the stone image of the Buddha at the Sacred Bōdhi-tree.

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[line 1] [Śri] sirivat apiriyat (lov ikut guṇa muḷin uturat-)

[line 2] (vä muḷu) Damb-div(hi) an Kät-ku(la pāmili-kaḷa Okāvas raj-parapu-)

[line 3] -ren baṭ Kä(t-usa)b Siri-San̆g-bo Abhā [maharaj-haṭ emä-kulen]

[line 4] sama-dǟ Dev-Gon biso-räjna kusä upädä (ǟpä mahayā siri)

[line 5] vindä piḷivel-se rada-vǟ (miṇivuṭnen pähäyū) siya mu(ndne-)

[line 6] -n lo-uturā bisevnen bisesvä (tumā) sirin (Lakdiv) paha(yā)

[line 7] .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

[line 8] .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

[line 9] .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

[line 10] .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Abhaya-giri-ve-

[line 11] (-her)hi man̆gul maha-sala-piḷima kula-däti indu-nil miṇi ruvanin

[line 12] äs tabavā siya vikmen dänä gat Ruhuṇu danav(ye-)

[line 13] (-hi Bo)ḷatuḷā-veherahi (suvan-muvā) .. .. .. .. .. (Munind-piḷibi-)

[line 14] -b ka(rā su-)sirasä .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

[line 15] yutnaṭ uvasar viyatnaṭ san̆grā daham .. .. .. .. yanaṭ

[line 16] (sav) miturunaṭ piya(bas vaturu) .. .. .. .. .. .. (-n)naṭ piri [ku-]

[line 17] (-sal) tamahaṭ ekatsaru kaḷa Siri-San̆g-bo Abhā maha-rad-hu

[line 18] tumā sat län̆gu paḷamuvana havuruduyehi (Vä)pä sandä puṇu a-

[line 19] -ḍ mas-hi dasa pak davas (Kalaṇu)bimhi āvū (Kiḷind)de-

[line 20] -n̆gdarahi āvū (Asun-piṭi-teyi)n tun kiriyak i-

[line 21] -sā metun kiriyaṭ (väḷädenu) piṭibim (u)yan isā memä (bimhi)

[line 22] āvū Kuṭṭāvatta isā pisa(mbu)r de-viyälä āvū Moro(ṇ̆ḍu)-

[line 23] Mahasen-gamiye kumburu isā mehimä āvū (paḷa bo) .. .. .. ..

[line 24] (Va)n̆guru-(pi)ṭi (sambho)ga gamu (san̆gnaṭ) meyin (hunnā harä) .. ..

[line 25] .. .. .. .. .. .. -min siṭi kumbur isā meyaṭ (vä)ḷädenu vatu

[line 26] .. bim (mivan) ätuḷat koṭ metuvāk tän Maha-veherä maha-

[line 27] bo-gehi avuṇu sala-piḷima-budun-vahans󠄓ē (ge väṭi da-)

[line 28] (-lva)nuvaṭ (sati)n lahasuyen havurudu patā de-mahak tel

[line 29] (denu) koṭ isā meyaṭ van viyavulak äta Maha-veherä

[line 30] apiḷisaraṇa san̆gun sāhā denu koṭ isā metuvāk tän Kilin̆gu-rad

[line 31] Pirivat Hämbuvan daru manuburu piri(välla)n vaḷndanu koṭ isā (me-)

[line 32] (-yaṭ) deruvanǟ dekamtän no vadnā isā väri perenāṭṭu kulī melātti

[line 33] .. .. .. gam-gon veher-(kämi) dunuvā balatun no vadnā koṭ (mehi käbä-)

[line 34] (-Ii no) gannā koṭ vadāḷa ektän samiyen ā Duhala Kumaru-varä Me-

[line 35] (-kāppar Vat)kämi (A)kureḷi (Äpu)ttem isā Ät Sātem isā Va

[line 36] .. .. .. .. niv .. .. .. .. .. .. (nāvan)-varä Mahakilin̆g-gam Kilin̆gu Vadu-

[line 37] (-rā) isā Vaṭarak San̆gā Araksamaṇan-varä Kuḍasalā Vatkämi- ·

[line 38] (deṭim) ätuḷuvä ap metuvāk denā-visin me samvatā-pahaṇ-(abha)ya-ku denu

[line 39] [ladi] .. meyaṭ avul kaḷa kenek kavuḍu balu vūvāhayi