Sailendra Nath Mitra

Miscellany – Notes on Aśoka Rescripts

By Sailendra Nath Mitra

In this philological note the author analyses the participial form dusaṃpaṭipādaye occurring in Aśoka’s rock edicts. Previous translators treated the word as an optative or future participle, but the…

Notes on Asoka Rescripts

By Sailendra Nath Mitra

The passage discusses the challenging interpretation of Asoka's Dhauli and Jaugada rescripts, focusing on the phrase "dudhale... atileke." Hultzsch's rendering, "How could my mind be pleased if one…

Notes on Asoka Rescripts

By Sailendra Nath Mitra

In this note, the author comments on certain phrases appearing in the Aśokan edicts, focusing particularly on the term etad athi (or etad atra) and its translation in modern studies. He argues that…

The Queen’s Donation Edict

By Sailendra Nath Mitra

The Queen’s Donation Edict, inscribed on the Allahabad-Kosam pillar, clarifies that it is an edict issued by Emperor Ashoka, not his queen, despite being mislabeled. It begins with the authoritative…

Notes on Asoka Rescripts

By Sailendra Nath Mitra

The Lumbini-Pilgrimage Record in Two Inscriptions

By Sailendra Nath Mitra

The Lumbini-Pilgrimage Record in Two Inscriptions (1928) examines two inscriptions documenting Aéoka’s pilgrimage to Lumbini: the Rummindei Pillar Inscription (incised on a broken pillar near…