Major Rock Edict
(A) In times past the Devānaṁpriya used to set out on so-called pleasure-tours. (B) On these (tours) hunting and other such pleasures were (enjoyed). (C) But when king Devānaṁpriya Priyadarśin had been anointed ten years, he went out to Saṁbodhi. (D) Therefore tours of morality (…
(A) In times past the Devānaṁpriya used to set out on so-called pleasure-tours. (B) On these (tours) hunting and other such pleasures were (enjoyed). (C) But when king Devānaṁpriya Priyadarśin had been anointed ten years, he went out to Saṁbodhi. (D) Therefore tours of morality (…
17 (A) atikrataṁ ataraṁ Devanaṁpriya vihara-yatra nama nikramiṣu (B) atra mrugaya añani ca ediśani abhiramani abhuvasu (C) so Devanaṁpriyo Priyadraśi raja daśa-vaṣabhisito sataṁ nikrami Sabodhi (D) tenada dhraṁma-yatra (E) atra iyaṁ hoti śramaṇa-bramaṇanṁ draśane danaṁ vuḍhana[ṁ] daśana hiraña-p[r]aṭividhane ca [jana]padasa janasa draśana dhramanuśasti dhrama-pa[ri]p[ru]cha ca tatopayaṁ (F) eshe bhuy[e ra]ti bhoti Devanaṁpriyasa Priyadraśisa raño bhago aṁñi
