[INDOLOGY] Epigraphical oddities?

[Matthew Kapstein]

Dear Arlo,

Thank you for confirming that it is Oriya. What does it say?

It’s from a curious international sculptural project in southern France called Les Lapidiales
https://www.lapidiales.org/
which I visited yesterday. Here is some context

The inscriptions are at right and left.

Matthew

Matthew T. Kapstein
Professor emeritus
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL Research University, Paris

Associate
The University of Chicago Divinity School

Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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https://vajrabookshop.com/product/the-life-and-work-of-auleshi/

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501716218/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-i/#bookTabs=1

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771255/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-ii/#bookTabs=1

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-------- Original Message --------
On Wednesday, 04/01/26 at 05:43 Arlo Griffiths <arlogriffiths at hotmail.com> wrote:

> It is modern Oriya language and script.
>
> Location?
>
> Arlo
>
> Dikirim dari iPhone saya
>
>> Pada 1 Apr 2026, pukul 05.09, Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> menulis:
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>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Matthew T. Kapstein
>> Professor emeritus
>> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL Research University, Paris
>>
>> Associate
>> The University of Chicago Divinity School
>>
>> Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
>>
>> https://ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein
>>
>> https://vajrabookshop.com/product/the-life-and-work-of-auleshi/
>>
>> https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501716218/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-i/#bookTabs=1
>>
>> https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771255/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-ii/#bookTabs=1
>>
>> https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/60949
>>
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