[1] The badly corroded inscription in early Brahmi script on the top side of the base reads: (𑀫𑀸)𑀦𑀺𑀪𑀤𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁂(𑀳𑀺) 𑀓𑀸(𑀭𑀺)(𑀢𑀸) (𑀪)𑀢(𑀯)𑀢𑁄 (𑀧𑀢𑀺𑀫) (Mā)nibhadapuge[h]i kā(r)i(t)ā (bha)ga[va]to (patimā) 𑀅𑀞(𑀳𑀺) (𑀪𑀸𑀢𑀼)𑀳𑀺 aṭha(h)i [bhātu]hi 𑀓𑀼𑀡𑀺𑀓𑀢𑁂𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀺𑀦𑀸 𑀢𑁄𑀫𑀺𑀢𑀓𑁂𑀦 𑀓𑀢𑀸 Kuṇikatevāsinā Gomitakena katā "The image of the Holy One was caused to be made by eight brothers, members of the Manibhada congregation.

This inscription thus indicates that the statue represents the Yaksa Manibhadra, and the title "Bhagavat" ("Lord" or "Holy One") suggests that the statue represents a divinity in its own right, which was the subject of worship, independently of Buddhism or Jainism with which it was later associated.

[1][5] The analysis of the statue has suggested that the Parkham Yaksha probably held his left arm akimbo, while holding a bag filled with square coins, as seen in the Manibhadra statue of Pawaya.

[1] According to John Boardman, the hem of the dress is derived from Greek art.

Describing a similar statue, John Boardman writes: "It has no local antecedents and looks most like a Greek Late Archaic mannerism".