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"inscription": "[[recto, beginning with line 1]] dev\u0101\u1e47uppie | sumi\u1e47\u0101 di\u1e6d\u1e6dh\u0101 | ta\u1e41 || attha l\u0101bho dev\u0101\u1e47uppie | bhoga l\u0101bho | sutta l\u0101bho | sukha l\u0101- [line 2] bho de\u00b0 || eva\u1e41 khalu tuma\u1e41 dev\u0101\u1e47uppie nava\u1e47ha\u1e41 m\u0101s\u0101\u1e47a\u1e41 bahupa\u1e0dipunn\u0101\u1e47a\u1e41 | addh\u2019a\u1e6d\u1e6dham\u0101\u1e47a\u1e41 r\u0101\u00ef\u1e41di- [line 3] y\u0101\u1e47a\u1e41 | vi\u00efkka\u1e41t\u0101\u1e47a\u1e41 sukum\u0101la-p\u0101\u1e47i-p\u0101ya\u1e41 | ah\u012b\u1e47a-pa\u1e0dipunna-pa\u1e41c\u2019i\u1e41diya-sar\u012bra\u1e41 lakkha\u1e47a-va\u1e41ja\u1e47a-gu- [line 4] \u1e47ovaveya\u1e41 m\u0101\u1e47\u2019umm\u0101\u1e47a-pam\u0101\u1e47a-pa\u1e0dipunna-suj\u0101ya-savv\u2019a\u1e41ga-su\u1e41dar\u2019a\u1e41ga | sasi-som\u0101k\u0101ra\u1e41 | ka\u1e41ta\u1e41 piyada\u1e41 | [line 5] sa\u1e47a\u1e41 sur\u016bva\u1e41 d\u0101raya\u1e41 pay\u0101hisi | se vi ya \u1e47a\u1e41 d\u0101rae | ummukka-b\u0101la-bh\u0101ve vinn\u0101ya-pari\u1e47aya-mitte | jo- [line 6] vva\u1e47agam\u2019anupatte | riuveya-ya\u00fcvveya-s\u0101ma|veya|-atthavva\u1e47aveya i\u00efh\u0101sa\u1e41 pa\u1e41cam\u0101\u1e47a\u1e41 nigha\u1e41\u1e6du-cha- [line 7] \u1e6d\u1e6dh\u0101\u1e47a\u1e41 s\u2019a\u1e41gova\u1e41g\u0101\u1e47a\u1e41 sarahass\u0101\u1e47a\u1e41 | ca\u00fc\u1e47ha\u1e41 vey\u0101\u1e47a\u1e41 s\u0101rae p\u0101rae dh\u0101rae sa\u1e0d\u2019a\u1e41gav\u012b sa\u1e6d\u1e6dhi-ta\u1e41ta\u1e41 vis\u0101ra-",
"inscription_translation": "\u201cO beloved of the Gods, you saw dreams: you will have wealth O beloved of the Gods, you will enjoy pleasure, you will have a son, you will experience bliss, O beloved of the Gods. Indeed, beloved of the Gods, in nine plain and full months and seven and a half days and nights, you will have a charming beautiful and good-looking son, he will have soft hands and feets, a body possessing without limitations the five sense organs, bearing the auspicious signs, marks and qualities, he will have a beautiful body, with all its limbs well balanced, well formed in shape, proportion and size [and] a moon-like face. And, when this boy will have left behind his infancy, and when he will have just developped his acuity, having reached youth, he will commit to memory, study [and] master the four Vedas: \u1e5agveda, Yajurveda, S\u0101maveda, Attharvaveda, the Itih\u0101sas in fifth position, lexicology (nigghan\u1e6du) in sixth position and with all that the A\u1e45gas, Up\u0101\u1e45gas and the Rahasyas. He will be a master of the six A\u1e45gas [\u2026] \n\nJinacaritra",
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"inscription": "[[verso, beginning with line 1]] e | sa\u1e41kh\u0101\u1e47e sikkh\u0101 kappe | v\u0101gara\u1e47e | ccha\u1e41de nirutte | joyas\u0101m=aya\u1e47e annesu ya bah\u016bsu ba\u1e41bhannaesu [line 2] parivv\u0101yaesu | suparini\u1e6d\u1e6dhie y\u0101vi bha[vi]ssa|i ta\u1e41 or\u0101la\u1e41 tume dev\u0101\u1e47uppie | j\u0101va \u0101rogge-tu\u1e6d\u1e6dhid\u012b- [line 3] \u2013h\u0101\u00fcya-ma\u1e41galla-kall\u0101\u1e47a-k\u0101rag\u0101 \u1e47a\u1e41 tume dev\u0101\u1e47uppie sumi\u1e47\u0101 di\u1e6d\u1e6dh\u0101 ti ka\u1e6d\u1e6du bhujjo 2 a\u1e47uv\u016bha- [line 4] \u00ef | a\u1e47u 2 tae \u1e47a\u1e41 s\u0101 Dev\u0101\u1e47a\u1e41d\u0101 m\u0101ha\u1e47\u012b Usabhadattassa m\u0101ha\u1e47assa a\u1e41tie eyam=a\u1e6d\u1e6dha\u1e41 socc\u0101 | nisa- [line 5] mma ha\u1e6d\u1e6dha-tu\u1e6d\u1e6dh\u0101 j\u0101va haya-hiyay\u0101 kara-yala-pariggahiya\u1e41 dasa-naha\u1e41 siras\u0101 vatta\u1e41 matthae ja\u1e41 a\u1e41jali [line 6] ka\u1e6d\u1e6du | Usabhadatta\u1e41 m\u0101ha\u1e47a\u1e41 eva\u1e41 vay\u0101s\u012b | evam=eya\u1e41 dev\u0101\u1e47uppiy\u0101 taham=eya\u1e41 dev\u0101\u00b0 avitaham=eya\u1e41 [line 7] de | asa\u1e41di\u1e6d\u1e6dham=eya\u1e41 de icchi[ya]m=eya\u1e41 dev\u0101\u00b0 pa|\u1e0dicchiyam=eya\u1e41 dev\u0101\u00b0 pa\u1e0dicchiyam =eya\u1e41 dev\u0101\u1e47uppiy\u0101 | sacce",
"inscription_translation": "He will expand on the sixty tantras and will also thoroughly know mathematics, phonetics, the science of rituals, grammar, metrics, etymology, astrology (joyas\u0101m aya\u1e47e) and many other brahmanical and \u015br\u0101ma\u1e47ical sciences.\u201d \u201cYou saw remarkable dreams O beloved of the Gods, [\u00b0] you saw dreams, O beloved of the Gods, that bring good fortune, luck, long life, happiness and good health.\u201d Thus, he [\u1e5a\u1e63abhadatta], again and again, rejoiced. When the Br\u0101hma\u1e47\u012b Dev\u0101nand\u0101 heard and listened to this speech from the Brahman \u1e5a\u1e63abhadatta, she became joyful and happy, glad in her heart [\u00b0] joining the palms of her hand, bringing her ten nails together on her head, she laid her folded hands on her forehead and spoke thus to the Brahman \u1e5a\u1e63abhadatta: \u201cThis is so, O beloved of the Gods! Exactly so, beloved of the Gods! This is true, O beloved of the Gods! This is free of doubts O beloved of the Gods! This is what I wish, O beloved of the Gods! This is what I accept, O beloved of the Gods! This is what I accept, O beloved of the Gods! [\u2026]",
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"description": "Manuscripts of the Kalpa-sutra are sacred embodiments of Jain doctrine. For this reason, they are worthy of beautification, adornment, and celebration by the inhabitants of heaven, such as the celestial dancers under cusped arches on this page.
The commissioning of a manuscript is believed to cleanse donors of the karmic effects of past wrongdoing. Wealthy donors gained prestige in the community with the costly production of a sacred manuscript.",
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