(A) 1 [Devānaṃ*][p]iye ānapayati
(B) Kosaṃbiyam mahām[ā]ta 2 ..........
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(C) .......... [sa]ma[ge ka]ṭ[e]
(D) sa[ṃ]gh[a]si no l[a]hiye 3
(E) .......... [saṃghaṃ bhā]khati bhikh[u] v[ā] bhikh[u]ni vā [se pi] ca 4 [o*]dāt[ā]ni dusāni [sa]naṃdhāpayitu a[nāvā]sas[i ā]v[ā]sayiy[e]
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(A) [Devānāṃ]priya commands (thus).
(B) The Mahāmātras at Kosambī ..........
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(C) .......... is made united.
(D) .......... should not be received into the Saṃgha.
(E) And also that monk or nun [who] shall break up the Saṃgha, should be caused to put on white robes and to reside in a non-residence.
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(A) 1 ..........
(B) 2 .. [y]ā bhe[ta] ..
(C) .. [gh]e .... mage kaṭe 3 [bhi*]khūna[ṃ] ca bhi[khun]īnaṃ c[ā] ti [p]uta-pa4[po*]tike caṃ[da]m[a-sū]ri[yi]ke
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(D) ye saṃgham 5 bh[ā]khati bhikhu vā bhikhuni vā odātā6ni dus[ān]i sanaṃ[dhāpay]itu anā[va]7sasi vā[sā]petaviy[e]
(E) ichā hi me kiṃ8ti saṃghe samage cila-thitīke siyā ti
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(A) ..........
(B) .......... [cannot] be divided.
(C) The Saṃgha both of monks and of nuns is made united as long as (my) sons and great-grandsons (shall reign, and) as long as the moon and the sun (shall shine).
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(D) The monk or nun who shall break up the Saṃgha, must be caused to put on white robes and to reside in a non-residence.
(E) For my desire is that the Saṃgha may be united (and) of long duration.
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(A) 1 Devā .......... 2 e l ..........
(B) .......... Pāṭa ..........
(C) ye kenapi saṃghe bhetave
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(D) e cuṃ kho [bhikh]ū [va bhikh]uni vā saṃghaṃ bh[ākha]t[i] s[e] odātāni dus[ān]i [sa]ṃnaṃdhāpayiyā ānāvāsasi āvāsayiye
(E) hevaṃ iyaṃ sāsane bhikhu-saṃghasi ca bhikhuni-saṃghasi ca viṃnapayitaviye
(F) hevaṃ Devānaṃpiye āhā
(G) hedisā ca ikā lipī tuphākaṃtikaṃ huvāti saṃsalanasi nikhitā ikaṃ ca lipiṃ hedisameva upāsakānaṃtikaṃ nikhipātha
(H) te pi ca upāsakā anuposathaṃ yāvu etameva sāsanaṃ visvaṃsayitave anuposathaṃ ca dhuvāye ikike mahāmāte posathāye 9 yāti etameva sāsanaṃ visvaṃsayitave ājānitave ca
(I) āvate ca tuphākaṃ āhāle 10 savata vivāsayātha tuphe etena viyaṃjanena
(J) hemeva savesu koṭapviṣavesu etena 11 viyaṃjanena vivāsāpayāthā
(A) Devā[nāṃpriya] ..........
(B) .......... Pata[liputra] ..........
(C) ..... the Samgha [cannot] be divided by any one.
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(D) But indeed that monk or nun who shall break up the Saṃgha, should be caused to put on white robes and to reside in a non-residence.
(E) Thus this edict must be submitted both to the Saṃgha of monks and to the Saṃgha of nuns.
(F) Thus speaks Devānāṃpriya:
(G) Let one copy of this (edict) remain with you deposited in (your) office; and deposit ye another copy of this very (edict) with the lay-worshippers.
(H) These lay-worshippers may come on every fast-day (posatha) in order to be inspired with confidence in this very edict; and invariably on every fast-day, every Mahāmātra (wil) come to the fast-day (service) in order to be inspired with confidence in this very edict and to understand (it).
(I) And as far as your district (extends), dispatch ye (an officer) everywhere according to the letter of this (edict).
(J) In the same way cause (your subordinates) to dispatch (an officer) according to the letter of this (edict) in all the territories (surrounding) forts.
