- Support
- Āyaka pillar; h. 354 × w. 48 × d. 29 cm.
- Text
- Middle Indo-Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. h. 105 × w. 55 cm .
- Date
- Sixth regnal year of Siri-Vīrapurisadatta, approximately between 225 and 275 CE.
- Origin
- Erected originally at findspot.
- Provenance
- Discovered between March 1926 and October 1927 at Nagarjunakonda, Site 1, on the West side of the Mahācaitya. Fragments identified at Nagarjunakonda Museum (acc. no. 283, 299) in February 2016.
- Visual Documentation
-
Photo(s):
- photos AL 2017
Photo(s) of estampage(s):- Est. ASI: Vogel
- estampage Leiden N6 (two sheets)
- Editors
- Stefan Baums, Arlo Griffiths, Ingo Strauch and Vincent Tournier.
- Publication history
- Only the last four lines of this inscription were edited by Vogel 1929–30a: 14, 17 (C1) , readings of the preceding lines being incorporated in the critical apparatus of his edition of EIAD 5. We record only variant readings by Vogel for the last four lines, as the first integral edition of this inscription, by Raghunath 2001: 76-7 (6) , is too full of involuntary errors. Our re-edition is based on the Leiden estampage sheets and autopsy of the fragments of the stone.
(1) sidhaṁ
namo
bhagavato
devarājasakatasa
saṁmasa[ṁ]budhasa
dhātuvaraparigahitasa
(2)
(ma)
[hā]cetiye
mahārājasa
virūpakhapatimahās⟨e⟩naparigahitasa
°agiho(3)tāgiṭhomavājapeyāsamedhayājisa
hiraṇakoṭigosatasahasahalasa(4)tasahasapadāyisa
savaṭh⟨e⟩su
°apatihatasaṁkapasa
vāseṭhīputasa
°ikhākusa
(5)
siricāṁtamūlasa
sodarā
bhagini
raṁño
sirivirapurisadatasa
pituchā
mahāsenapatisa
(6)
mahātalavarasa
vāsiṭhīputasa
pūkīyānaṁ
kaṁdasirisa
bhayā
samaṇabamhaṇakavaṇa(7)vaṇijakadinānugahavelamikadānapaṭibhāgavochinadhārapadāyini
savasadhuvāchalā
(8)
mahātalavari
khaṁdasāgaraṁṇakamātā
cāṁtisiri
°apano
°ubhayakula⟨sa⟩
parināmetunaṁ
°atano
ca
(9)
nivāṇasaṁpatisaṁpādake
°imaṁ
khaṁbhaṁ
savalokahitasukhāvahathanāya
ca
patiṭhapitā
ti
(10)
°ācariyānaṁ
°aparamahāvinas[e]liyānaṁ
suparigahitaṁ
°imaṁ
mahācetiyanavakaṁmaṁ
(11)
paṁṇagāmavathavānaṁ
dīghamajhimapaṁcamātukadesakavācakānaṁ
°ācariyānaṁ
°ayirahaṁghāna
(12)
°aṁtevāsikena
dīghamajhimanikāyadharena
bhajaṁtānaṁdena
nithapitaṁ
°imaṁ
navakamaṁ
mahācetiyaṁ
(13)
khaṁbhā
ca
ṭhāpitā
ti
raṁño
sirivarapurisadatasa
sava
6
vāpa
6
diva
10
(1) sidhaṁ namo bhagavato devarājasakatasa saṁmasa[ṁ]budhasa dhātuvaraparigahitasa
(2) (ma) [hā]cetiye mahārājasa virūpakhapatimahās⟨e⟩naparigahitasa °agiho-
(3)tāgiṭhomavājapeyāsamedhayājisa hiraṇakoṭigosatasahasahalasa-
(4)tasahasapadāyisa savaṭh⟨e⟩su °apatihatasaṁkapasa vāseṭhīputasa °ikhākusa
(5) siricāṁtamūlasa sodarā bhagini raṁño sirivirapurisadatasa pituchā mahāsenapatisa
(6) mahātalavarasa vāsiṭhīputasa pūkīyānaṁ kaṁdasirisa bhayā samaṇabamhaṇakavaṇa-
(7)vaṇijakadinānugahavelamikadānapaṭibhāgavochinadhārapadāyini savasadhuvāchalā
(8) mahātalavari khaṁdasāgaraṁṇakamātā cāṁtisiri °apano °ubhayakula⟨sa⟩ parināmetunaṁ °atano ca
(9) nivāṇasaṁpatisaṁpādake °imaṁ khaṁbhaṁ savalokahitasukhāvahathanāya ca patiṭhapitā ti
(10) °ācariyānaṁ °aparamahāvinas[e]liyānaṁ suparigahitaṁ °imaṁ mahācetiyanavakaṁmaṁ
(11) paṁṇagāmavathavānaṁ dīghamajhimapaṁcamātukadesakavācakānaṁ °ācariyānaṁ °ayirahaṁghāna
(12) °aṁtevāsikena dīghamajhimanikāyadharena bhajaṁtānaṁdena nithapitaṁ °imaṁ navakamaṁ mahācetiyaṁ
(13) khaṁbhā ca ṭhāpitā ti raṁño sirivarapurisadatasa sava 6 vāpa 6 diva 10
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- (11) -desaka- -osaka- JPhV . A note in Vogel 1929–30a:17 corrects -osaka- to -desaka-, referring to C 2, l. 9.
- (11) °ayirahaṁghāna °ayirahaṁghānaṁ JPhV .
- (12) bhajaṁtānaṁdena Emend bhadaṁtānaṁdena.
- (13) siriv⟨i⟩rapurisadatasa sirivirapurisadatasa JPhV .
(1) Success! Homage to the Bhagavant, worshipped by
the king(s) of the gods, the Perfect Buddha who is ensconced in the excellent
relic [or: element (i.e., nirvāṇadhātu)]!
(2-13) At the Great Shrine, Cāntisirī — uterine
sister of Great King Vāsiṭṭhīputta Siri-Cāntamūla the Ikṣvāku, favored by Mahāsena who
has Virūpākṣa as his lord, sacrificer of the Agnihotra, the Agniṣṭoma, the Vājapeya
and the Aśvamedha, giver of tens of millions of (pieces of) gold, hundreds of
thousands of cows and hundreds of thousands of plows (of land), whose will is
unimpeded in all matters; paternal aunt of King Siri-Vīrapurisadatta; wife of Great
General, Great Talavara Vāsiṭṭhīputta Kandasiri of the Pūkīyas; giver of an unequalled
and uninterrupted stream of velāmika gifts as
a favor to ascetics, brahmans, beggars, mendicants and the wretched; affectionate to
all good people; Great-Talavara-wife, mother of Khandasāgaraṇṇaka — having dedicated
(the merit) to her own family on both sides, established this pillar, for achieving
the fortune of nirvāṇa for herself and for the sake of bringing about well‐being and
happiness of all people. This construction of the Great Shrine has been received well
by the Aparamahāvinaseliya teachers. This construction[, namely
this] Great Shrine has been completed and the pillars established by the venerable
Ānanda, preserver of the Long and Middle Divisions, pupil of the master, the noble
Haṅgha, resident of the village Paṇṇa, the instructor and transmitter of the Long and
Middle (Divisions) and the Five Matrices.
(13) In the 6th year of King Siri-Vīrapurisadatta,
in the 6th fortnight of the rainy season, on the 10th day.
- bookmark Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan 1979: no. 9
- bookmark Tsukamoto 1996: no. Naga 6
- bookmark Raghunath 2001: 76-7 (no. 6)