Trapuṣa and Bhallika and the Buddha’s bowl

Haḍḍa?, Kharoṣṭhī ∙ RS 24

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Based on Allon 2009. Incomplete.

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§ v.1
v 9 /// .. .. bhaya[va]ta duriḏei pas̱aḏi[o] pas̱aḏaṇia śa(ti)[h](io) śatamaṇa[s̱](e) 10 (utamadama)[s̱a]śamas̱a[prat](e) paramadamas̱aśama[s̱a]prata guta [jiḏi](drio)[a](g̱a raḏa) 11 (iva acha) [vi]pras̱aṇo aṇavilo driśpaṇa …
[They saw] the Bhagavat from afar: fair, pleasing, his faculties calm, his mind calm, having attained the (highest training) and calm, having attained the most excellent training and calm, (a bull elephant who is) controlled, with faculties conquered, (like a clear), serene, (translucent pond). Having seen him …
§ v.3
v. 118–19 yam atha (d)i(a)ḏi dana
(tam athae) bh(a)visaḏi
suhatha diaḏi daṇa
ta suhae bh(avisa)ḏi
v. 118–19 yad arthaṃ dīyate dānaṃ
tadarthāya bhaviṣyati
sukhārthaṃ dīyate dānaṃ
tatsukhāya bhaviṣyati
v. 1The purpose for which a gift is given will be conducive to that end. A gift given for the purpose of happiness will be conducive to one's happiness.
v. 118–19 yad arthaṃ dīyate dānaṃ
tadarthāya bhaviṣyati
sukhārthaṃ dīyate dānaṃ
tatsukhāya bhaviṣyati