- Support
- Āyaka pillar; h. 305 × w. 49 × d. 36 cm.
- Text
- Middle Indo-Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. h. to be measured from Leiden est. × w. to be measured from Leiden est. 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 South side of the Mahācaitya. Identified at Nagarjunakonda Museum (acc. no. 286) in February 2016. Position of pillar does not give good access to inscribed surfaces.
- Visual Documentation
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Photo(s):
- photos AL 2017
Photo(s) of estampage(s):- estampage Leiden N8
- Raghunath (only under 9B)
- Editors
- Stefan Baums, Arlo Griffiths, Ingo Strauch and Vincent Tournier.
- Publication history
- First described by Vogel 1929–30a: 13 (B3) , but without edition of the text. This was first integrally published by Raghunath 2001: 82 (no. 7A) = 91-2 (no. 9B) , with two entries for this single inscription, both marred by numerous involuntary errors. We re-edit the text here from the Leiden estampage, and after autopsy of the stone.
(1)
sidhaṁ
namo
bhagavato
devarājasakatasa
samasaṁbudhasa
dhātuvaraparigahitasa
(2)
mahācetiye
mahārājasa
virūpakhapatimahāsenaparigahītasa
°agihātā[gi]
(3)ṭhomavājapeyāsamedhayājisa
hiraṁṇakoṭigosatasahasahalasatasa[ha]
(sa)
(4)padāyisa
savathesu
°apatihatasaṁkapasa
vāsiṭhīputasa
°ikhākusa
siric(ātamū)lasa
(5)
sodarā
bhagini
raṁño
sirivirapurisadatasa
pit⟨u⟩chā
mahāsenāpatisa
mahātalavara(sa)
(6)
vāsiṭhīputasa
pu[k]iyānaṁ
kaṁdasirisa
bhariyā
samaṇabamhaṇakavaṇavaṇijakadīnān(ugaha)
(7)velāmi⟨ka⟩dānapaṭibhāgavochinadhārapadāyini
savasadhuvachalā
mahātalavari
kha[ṁ]
(dasāgaraṁ)ṇaka(8)mātā
cātisiriṇikā
°apa[no]
°ubhayakulasa
°atichita
-m-
anāgatavaṭam[ā]nake
parinā[m]
(etunaṁ)
(9)
°atano
ca
nivaṇasaṁpatisaṁpādakahitasukhanivāṇathatāyaṁ
[ca]
°imaṁ
khaṁbhaṁ
batiṭha[pi]
(taṁ)
(ti)
(10)
raṁño
sirivirapurisadatasa
saṁva
6
vāpa
6
diva
10
(1) sidhaṁ namo bhagavato devarājasakatasa samasaṁbudhasa dhātuvaraparigahitasa
(2) mahācetiye mahārājasa virūpakhapatimahāsenaparigahītasa °agihātā[gi] -
(3)ṭhomavājapeyāsamedhayājisa hiraṁṇakoṭigosatasahasahalasatasa[ha] (sa) -
(4)padāyisa savathesu °apatihatasaṁkapasa vāsiṭhīputasa °ikhākusa siric(ātamū)lasa
(5) sodarā bhagini raṁño sirivirapurisadatasa pit⟨u⟩chā mahāsenāpatisa mahātalavara(sa)
(6) vāsiṭhīputasa pu[k]iyānaṁ kaṁdasirisa bhariyā samaṇabamhaṇakavaṇavaṇijakadīnān(ugaha) -
(7)velāmi⟨ka⟩dānapaṭibhāgavochinadhārapadāyini savasadhuvachalā mahātalavari kha[ṁ] (dasāgaraṁ)ṇaka-
(8)mātā cātisiriṇikā °apa[no] °ubhayakulasa °atichita -m- anāgatavaṭam[ā]nake parinā[m] (etunaṁ)
(9) °atano ca nivaṇasaṁpatisaṁpādakahitasukhanivāṇathatāyaṁ [ca] °imaṁ khaṁbhaṁ batiṭha[pi] (taṁ) (ti)
(10) raṁño sirivirapurisadatasa saṁva 6 vāpa 6 diva 10
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</ab>- (2) virūpakhapati- virūpākhapati- KR .
- (2) °agihātā- °agihotā- KR . Raghunath made a silent emendation. Emend accordingly.
- (3) hiraṁṇakoṭigosatasahasa- hiraṇakoṭigosatasabasa- KR .
- (4) vāsiṭhīputasa vāsithiputasa KR .
- (4) siric(ātamū)lasa siri cā… KR .
- (5) mahāsenāpatisa mahāsenapatisa KR .
- (5) mahātalavara(sa) mahātalavara(ri) KR .
- (6) pu[k]iyānaṁ pūkiyānaṁ KR .
- (6) bhariyā bharīya KR .
- (6) -bamhaṇa- -bambaṇa- KR .
- (6) dīnān(ugaha)- ni nānā KR .
- (7) -paṭibhāgavochinadhāra- paṭibhā go chita dara KR .
- (7) savasadhuvachalā savasādhuvachala KR . Understand savasādhu-.
- (7) kha[ṁ] (dasāgaraṁ)ṇaka- khaṁ… KR .
- (8) cātisiriṇikā cāṭisiriṇika KR .
- (8) °apa[no] The akṣara no is not written correctly, being a kind of hybrid of <no> and <ṇo>.
- (8) -m-anāgatavaṭam[ā]nake mata gata vata manke KR .
- (8) parinā[m] (etunaṁ) parinam(tue) KR .
- (9) °atano °ātano KR .
- (9) -saṁpādaka- -sampādake KR .
- (9) -nivāṇathatāyaṁ nivāṇa thanāya KR . Parallel formulas suggest we may emend nivāṇathanāya. Cf. e.g. EIAD 13, l. 7; 14, l. 9; EIAD0018, l. 9.
- (9) batiṭha[pi] (taṁ) patiṭha pita KR . Emend patiṭhapitaṁ.
- (10) This last line is not edited by , in either of the two versions.
(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)]!
(2-9)
At the Great Shrine, Cāntisiriṇṇikā — 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 the
past, future and present members of her family on both
sides, established this pillar for achieving the fortune
of nirvāṇa for
herself and for the sake of well-being, happiness and nirvāṇa.
(10) In the 6th year of King Siri-Vīrapurisadatta, in the 6th fortnight of the rainy season, on the 10th day.
- bookmark Vogel 1929–30a: 13 (B3)
- bookmark Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan 1979: no. 11