Bodhgayā (बोधगया), Bihār. Inscription of Prakhyātakīrttī (INBG00015) on a coping stone of the vedikā (OBBG00015) recording an offering made by Prakhyātakīrttī, a monk from Laṅka, to the ratnatraya for the peace of mankind . Edition here that of Tsukamoto 1996, see Concordance for bibliographic data.
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| Inscription ID | INBG00015 |
| Title | Bodhgaya inscription of Prakhyatakirtti on coping stone |
| Alternative titles | Bodhgayā inscription of Prakhyātakīrttī on coping stone |
| Parent Object | OBBG15 |
| Related Inscriptions | IN00119 IN00120 |
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| Author | Tsukamoto Keisho |
| Print edition recorded by | Daniela De Simone |
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| Authority for | Tsukamoto 1996 |
| Metadata recorded by | Daniela De Simone |
| Authority for metadata | Panday 1918 |
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| Language | संस्कृतम् |
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| Commissioner | Prakhyātakīrttī |
| Topic | Offering made to the ratnatraya |
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| Min | 400 |
| Max | 600 |
| Comment | Bloch dates the inscription to the 6th-7th century (Bloch 1912, p. 156), while Panday dates it to the 5th century (Panday 1918, p. 407). See Concordance for bibliographic data. "The entire record is in verse--the first two being in the anuṣṭubh and the last in the Vaṁśastha metre." (Panda 1918, p. 407). |
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| Description | Two lines. |
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| Bibliography | |
| References | Bloch, T. (1912). Notes on Bodh Gayā. ASIAR 1908-09. Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing, pp. 156-157. Panday, H. (1918). The Journal of the Bihar and Orissa Research Society 4(4): 405-411. Bhandarkar, D. R. (1929). A List of the Inscriptions of Northern India in Brahmi and its derivative Scripts, from about 200 A. C. (Appendix to Epigraphia Indica volumes XIX to XXIII). Calcutta: University of Calcutta, p. 246, n. 1737. Barua, B. (1934). Gayā and Buddha-Gayā, vol. II. Calcutta: Indian Research Institute, pp. 71-72, n. 12. Tsukamoto, K. (1996). A Comprehensive Study of the Indian Buddhist Inscriptions, part I. Kyoto: Heirakuji-shoten, p. 140, Bodh-Gayā 15. |
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