Betel nut inscription

[Marcus]

I am working on my article about the betel nut drug activity and in fact discovered something else new. To augment the story I acquired these three cutters. Can anyone please help with the inscription?
Thanks,
Marcus

[Battara]

I'm going to move this to our miscellaneous section.

[Oriental-Arms]

For further reading see Henry Brownrigg "BETELSCHNIDER", The collection of Smuel Eilenberg, in German, Hansjorg Mayer edition Stuttgart

[fernando]

Also availabe in english, with title "BETEL CUTTERS", printed by Thames and Hudson

[Sajen]

Yes, agree, it's a very good reference booklet about betel cutters. :)

[Marcus]

I have ordered a copy of the book. What about the inscription?

[Marcus]

This writing is in 'Gujarati' language spoken in the northwest region of India.
The first two letters can be the name of the shop or the name of the person who made it. The third word is a little unclear.
The last word is the name of the city.

It says: Ka-sa-ra Ji-va-ra-j Shro-pa-ta Jaa-ma-na-ga-r
Phonetically: (C)ut-(Sa)sha-D(ra)ft (Je)ans-(Ve)rse-D(ra)ft-(J)ump (Same as it sounds) (Jaa)-(ma)-Win(ne)r-Dig(ger)