Year Era Month Day
C.E. Ruler Aśoka Dynasty
Owner/donor Donor status
Subject School Type Royal Edict Type Royal Edict
Medium Stone Findspot Shahbazgarhi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Last known location Shahbazgarhi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Editions Woolner 1924, 16–8; Hultzsch 1925, 60–2, pls. facing 56, 57 Other refs.
Comments
Asoka Text and Glossary
Inscriptions of Asoka

18. (A)Devanaṃpriyo Priyadraśi r[a]ya evaṃ ahati (B)jano ucavucaṃ maṃgalaṃ karoti abadhe avahe vivahe pajupadane pravase ataye añaye ca ediśiy[e] jano ba⟨*hu⟩ maṃgalaṃ karoti (C)atra tu striyaka bahu ca bahuvidhaṃ ca putika ca niraṭhiyaṃ ca maṃgalaṃ karo[ti] (D)so kaṭavo ca [va] kho maṃgala (E)apa­phala[ṃ] tu kho eta (F)imaṃ [t]u kho maha­phala ye ⟨*dhra⟩ma­maṃgala

19. (G)[a]tra ima dasa­bhaṭakasa samma­paṭipati garuna apaciti praṇanaṃ sa[ṃ]yamo śamaṇa­bramaṇana dana etaṃ añaṃ ca dhrama­maṃga[laṃ] nama (H)[s]o vatavo pituna pi putrena pi bhratana pi spamik[e]na pi mitra­sastutena ava prativeśiyena imaṃ sadhu [imaṃ] kaṭa[vo] maṃgala[ṃ] yava tasa aṭhrasa nivuṭiya nivuṭaspi va p[u]na

20. imaṃ kaṣaṃ (I)ye hi etake magale saśayike taṃ (J)siya vo taṃ aṭhaṃ nivaṭeyati siya puna no (K)ialoka ca vo taṃ (L)ida puna dhrama­magalaṃ akalikaṃ (M)yadi puna taṃ aṭhaṃ na nivaṭ[e] ia atha paratra anaṃtaṃ puñaṃ prasavati (N)haṃce puna taṃ ⟨*a⟩ṭhaṃ nivaṭeti tato u[bha]y[e]sa ladhaṃ bhoti ia ca so aṭho paratra ca anaṃtaṃ puñaṃ prasavati tena dhra⟨*ma⟩­maṃgalena

Source: Hultzsch 1925
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