]bi[n]i[ye] Vikat
â-(3rd)[ye śrî Vardhamânasya pratimâ kâritâ sarva-(4th) satvâ] nam[postvocalic]
hita-
3. [sukhâye] ;
and the translation:--
"Success! During the reign of the great king Kanishka, in the ninth year, 9, in the first month, 1, of ..., on the day 5,--on the above date [an image of glorious Vardhamâna has been caused to be made] for the welfare [and happiness] of [all created beings] by Vikatâ, the house-wife of Bhattimita (Bhattimitra) and [daughter of] Brâhma ...--(this statue being) the nirvartana of the preacher Nâganam[postvocalic]
idi, out of the Kotiya school (gan
a), the Vâniya line (kula), (and) the Vairi branch (śâkhâ)."
If we now turn to the Kalpasûtra, we find that Sutthiya or Susthita, the eighth successor of Vardhamâna, founded the Kautika or Kodiya gana, which split up into four śâkhâs and four kulas. The third of the former was the Vajrî or Vairî, and the third of the latter was the Vânîya or Vânijja. It is evident that the names of the gan
a, kula, and śâkhâ agree with those mentioned in the two inscriptions, Kotiya being a somewhat older form of Kodiya. But it is interesting to note that the further subdivision of the Vairî śâkhâ--the Śirikâ bhatti (Srikâ bhakti) which inscription No. 6 mentions, is not known to the Kalpasûtra. This is a gap such as may by be expected to occur in a list handed down by oral tradition.