On The Antiquity of Nepalese Metalcraft: The Buddha of Guita Bahi
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Inscription fig. 14
Standing Buddha Sakyamuni
Nepal, 6th/7th/8th century
Stone
62 cm.
British Museum,
Brooke Sewell Permanent Fund,
1966, 0217.2
Photo: courtesy British Museum, detail of inscription
© The Trustees of the British Museum
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/
A_1966-0217-2 has this description of the inscription:
A three-line inscription names several donors who dedicate the merit from commissioning this image to the attainment of supreme knowledge (i.e. Buddhahood) by their teachers, kinsfolk and all sentient beings.
This description of the inscription is also quoted in
von Schroeder, Ulrich, 2019, Nepalese Stone Sculptures, two vols, vol II, Buddhist, p. 880, 272E
Zwalf, Wladimir, (ed.) 1985, "Buddhism: Art and Faith", p. 122, no. 160, gives the same description, slightly elaborated:
“The inscription is also still in a Gupta character which seems a little later than many 7th century examples. It names several donors who dedicate the merit from commissioning this image to the attainment of supreme knowledge (i.e. Buddhahood) by their teachers, kinsfolk and all sentient beings.”