Metadata

Support
Fragment of an Āyaka pillar; h. 210 ×  w. 49 ×  d. 13 cm.
Text
Middle Indo-Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. h. 60 ×  w. 58 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. 556) in February 2016.
Visual Documentation
Photo(s):
  • photos AL 2017
    • Photo(s) of estampage(s):
  • estampage Leiden N8
  • Vogel
  • Raghunath
    • Editors
    Stefan Baums, Arlo Griffiths, Ingo Strauch and Vincent Tournier.
    Publication history
    First described and edited by Vogel 1929–30a: 13, 18 (B2) . Re-edited here from the Leiden estampage and after autopsy of the stone.

    Edition

    (1) sidhaṁ mahārajasa °asamedhayājisa °anekahiraṁṇakoṭigosatasahasahalasata(2)sahasapadāyisa savathesu °apatihatasaṁkapasa vāsiṭhīputasa °ikhākusa (3) siricā[ṁ]tamūlasa duhutā raṁño sirivirapurisadatasa bhagini mahāsenāpatisa mahā(4)talavarasa mahādaṁḍanāyakasa dhanakānaṁ khaṁdavisākhaṁṇakasa bhayā mahātalavari • (5) °aḍavicātisiri °apano °ubhayakulaṁ parināme⟨tu⟩na °atano ca °ubhayalokahitasukhāvahathanāya (6) bhagavato saṁmasa⟨ṁ⟩budhasa dhātuvaraparigahītasa mahācetīye °imaṁ khaṁbhaṁ patidhapaṁta ti — (7) raṁño sirivirapurisadatasa saṁva 6 vāpa 6 diva 10

    (1) sidhaṁ mahārajasa °asamedhayājisa °anekahiraṁṇakoṭigosatasahasahalasata-
    (2)sahasapadāyisa savathesu °apatihatasaṁkapasa vāsiṭhīputasa °ikhākusa
    (3) siricā[ṁ]tamūlasa duhutā raṁño sirivirapurisadatasa bhagini mahāsenāpatisa mahā-
    (4)talavarasa mahādaṁḍanāyakasa dhanakānaṁ khaṁdavisākhaṁṇakasa bhayā mahātalavari •
    (5) °aḍavicātisiri °apano °ubhayakulaṁ parināme⟨tu⟩na °atano ca °ubhayalokahitasukhāvahathanāya
    (6) bhagavato saṁmasa⟨ṁ⟩budhasa dhātuvaraparigahītasa mahācetīye °imaṁ khaṁbhaṁ patidhapaṁta ti —
    (7) raṁño sirivirapurisadatasa saṁva 6 vāpa 6 diva 10 
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    Apparatus

    • (5) parināme⟨tu⟩na parināme[tū]na JPhV .
    • (6) patidhapaṁta Emend patiṭhāpitaṁ, following Vogel 1929–30a n. 1 .

    Translation

    (1-6) Success! Aḍavi-Cāntisirī — daughter of Great King Vāsiṭṭhīputta Siri-Cāntamūla the Ikṣvāku, sacrificer of the Aśvamedha, giver of many times 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; sister of King Siri-Vīrapurisadatta; wife of Great General, Great Talavara, Great Judge Khandavisākhaṇṇaka of the Dhanakas; Great-Talavara-wife — having dedicated (the merit) to her own family on both sides and for the sake of bringing about well-being and happiness in both worlds for herself, established this pillar at the Great Shrine of the Bhagavant, the Perfect Buddha who is ensconced in the excellent relic [or: element (i.e., nirvāṇadhātu)].
    (7) In the 6th year of King Siri-Vīrapurisadatta, in the 6th fortnight of the rainy season, on the 10th day.

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