05/08/2026
🙏🇮🇳🙏 Grand Elephant Procession of the Reliquary Containing the Sacred Bodily Relics of the Blessed One 🙏🇮🇳🙏
𑀯𑁂𑀤𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀘𑀸𑀧𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀸𑀬𑀸 𑀭𑁂 𑀯𑀢𑀺𑀫𑀺𑀢𑀪𑀸𑀭𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀬𑀧𑀞𑀫𑀣𑀪𑁄𑀤𑀸𑀦𑀀
वे दि सा चा प दे वा या रे व ति मि त भा रि या य प ठ म थ भो दा नं
वेदिसा चापदेवाया रेवतिमित भारियाय पठम थभो दानं
Brāhmī Inscription (Bharhut):
Vedisā Chāpadevaya Revatimita Bhariyāya Paṭhama Thabho Dānaṃ.
चापदेवा जो वेदिसा के रेवतिमित की पत्नी है उसका पाहिला स्तंभ दान ।
Translation:
"The first pillar was donated by Chāpadevā of Vidisā (Vedisā), the wife of Revatimitra (Revatimita)."
Context:
This inscription is engraved on the Bharhut Great Stupa, dating to the 3rd century BCE, located in Madhya Pradesh, India. It records the donation of the first pillar by Chāpadevā, a woman from Vidisā (Vedisā) and the wife of Revatimitra (Revatimita). The inscription is an important example of the patronage of Buddhist monuments by lay devotees, including women, during the early Buddhist period.
