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XIX. A Nepalese Vajra
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 March 2011
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The three texts deciphered below appear on a vajra, the property of Mr. G. D. Sofoulis of Shanghai, a photograph of which has been lent to the Egyptian and Oriental Society of Manchester by Mr. F. Evans.
According to the description received the vajra is 37 inches long and from 1¾ to 2 inches wide. It weighs about 5 lb. The blade is made of steel, which is 28½ inches long and is pointed and sharpened on both sides. The inscriptions and the handle are made of pure Chinese or Indian gold and with twenty-four pieces of red and blue stones (corals and others), some of which are lost.
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page 733 note 1 Perhaps duḥkhaccheda°.
page 733 note 2 The first virundha is doubtful.
page 733 note 3 ??
page 733 note 4 aheṃ ?
page 734 note 1 There is little doubt that we have to read tāre ture tāre, ture.
page 734 note 2 dharmānāṃ = dharmānāṃ.
page 734 note 3 The space seems short for three akṣaras.
page 734 note 4 sitātapatre ?
page 734 note 5 Perhaps grhṇā; cf. dadā.