Bhandarkar article

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Chris Haskett wrote:
> (Cross-posted to H-Buddhism)
>
> Dear All-
>  I have been directed to an article in Hindi by "Bhandarkar" which is supposed to put forth the argument that the admissions of wrongdoing on the part of the king in the A"sokan rock edicts are in keeping with Jain and/or Buddhist monastic formulae.
>  
>  I am fairly certain this is going to be by DR Bhandarkar (1875-1950) but Aacaarya-vandanaa (1984), his 'birth centenary volume,' gives only his English language writings in the bibliography.  He doesn't appear to cite the article in his book on A"soka either.
>  
>  Does anyone know where I might find this article, or have any notion as to how to go about the next steps in looking for it?  
>  
>  With my many thanks,
>  Chris Haskett
>  PhD cand., LCA, UW-Madison
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*Abhilekha-nikarah :*
*Asoka ke Prakrta stambhalekha evam Giranara, Prayaga, Meharauli, 
Mandasaura, tatha Aihola ke samskrtika abhilekha, vistrtabhumika-sahitah /*

Umasankara *Sarma*

1992 *1. samskarana.*
*Hindi* Book Book 141, [1] p. ; 23 cm.
Dilli : Motilala Banarasidasa,

*Asoka kalina dharmika abhilekha /*

Gaurisankara Hiracanda *Ojha*;  Syamasundara *Dasa*

2002 *Samsodhita samskarana.*
*Hindi* Book Book xviii, 112 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Dilli : Bharatiya Kala Prakasana, ; ISBN: 8186050760 9788186050767

Inscriptions of Asoka, King of Magadha, fl; 259 B.C.; with Hindi and 
Sanskrit translation.

The above may have the article that you want.

Bindu