- Support
- pillar; h. unavailable × w. unavailable × d. unavailable cm.
- Text
- Middle Indo-Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. h. unavailable × w. unavailable cm .
- Date
- Nineteenth regnal year of Siri-Vīrapurisadatta, approximately between 225 and 275 CE.
- Origin
- Uppugunduru.
- Provenance
- Discovered at an unknown date on a ruined Stūpa site, and left in situ. By 21 January 1958, the “inscribed part of the pillar inscription had been broken away” from its support and was no longer to be found ( Chhabra 1959-60b: 189 ).
- Visual Documentation
-
Photo(s) of estampage(s):
- Chhabra. It seems that this estampage, made by the Superintendent, Nagarjunakonda Excavation Project ( Chhabra 1959-60b: 189 ) may not have entered the collection of the ASI.
- Raghunath
- Editors
- Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier, with contributions by Stefan Baums and Ingo Strauch.
- Publication history
- First edited by Chhabra 1959-60b . Re-edited here from the published estampage.
(1)
sidhaṁ
–
namo
bhagavato
savasatotamasa
saṁmāsaṁbudhaseti
(2)
mahā[r]ājasa
māḍharīputasa
°ikhākuṇaṁ
sirivīrapurisadatasa
(3)
saṁvacharaṁ
10
9
gim[ha]pakhaṁ
4
divasaṁ
10
[3]
dhaṁñakaḍavathavasa
(4)
saṁghilagahapatisa
natuke[na]
vairavāniyaputena
saghilena
(5)
matāya
dhaṁmavānikinīya
bhātuno
ca
nāgilaṁnakasa
bhagini(ya)
(6)
budhaṁnikāya
samudaṁnika[sa]
bhariyāya
sāgaraṁnikāya
bhātubha(7)riyāya
saṁghanikāya
bālak[ā]naṁ
ca
vairasirinakasa
caṁd[a]
? ? ?
(8)
kasa
nāgilaṁnakasa
bālakānaṁ
ca
dhamaṁnikāya
patu
+ + + +
(9)
kāya
nāgasaṁmaṁnikāya
ca
°evaṁ
sanātimitabaṁdha(vagena saha)
.
(10)
+ + + + + + + +
.i .i
?
paṭane
mahā
+ + + + + + + +
(11)
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +
.i
+ + + + + + + +
(1) sidhaṁ – namo bhagavato savasatotamasa saṁmāsaṁbudhaseti
(2) mahā[r]ājasa māḍharīputasa °ikhākuṇaṁ sirivīrapurisadatasa
(3) saṁvacharaṁ 10 9 gim[ha]pakhaṁ 4 divasaṁ 10 [3] dhaṁñakaḍavathavasa
(4) saṁghilagahapatisa natuke[na] vairavāniyaputena saghilena
(5) matāya dhaṁmavānikinīya bhātuno ca nāgilaṁnakasa bhagini(ya)
(6) budhaṁnikāya samudaṁnika[sa] bhariyāya sāgaraṁnikāya bhātubha-
(7)riyāya saṁghanikāya bālak[ā]naṁ ca vairasirinakasa caṁd[a] ? ? ?
(8) kasa nāgilaṁnakasa bālakānaṁ ca dhamaṁnikāya patu + + + +
(9) kāya nāgasaṁmaṁnikāya ca °evaṁ sanātimitabaṁdha(vagena saha) .
(10) + + + + + + + + .i .i ? paṭane mahā + + + + + + + +
(11) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + .i + + + + + + + +
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<pc>–</pc>
<w xml:id="tok1687">namo</w>
<w xml:id="tok1688">bhagavato</w>
<w xml:id="tok1689">savasatotamasa</w>
<w xml:id="tok1690">saṁmāsaṁbudhaseti</w>
<lb n="2"/>
<w xml:id="tok1691">mahā<unclear>r</unclear>ājasa</w>
<w xml:id="tok1692">māḍharīputasa</w>
<w xml:id="tok1693">°ikhākuṇaṁ</w>
<w xml:id="tok1694">sirivīrapurisadatasa</w>
<lb n="3"/>
<w xml:id="tok1695">saṁvacharaṁ</w>
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<num xml:id="tok1697" value="9">9</num>
<w xml:id="tok1698">gim<unclear>ha</unclear>pakhaṁ</w>
<num xml:id="tok1699" value="4">4</num>
<w xml:id="tok1700">divasaṁ</w>
<num xml:id="tok1701" value="10">10</num>
<num xml:id="tok1702" value="3">
<unclear>3</unclear>
</num>
<w xml:id="tok1703">dhaṁñakaḍavathavasa</w>
<lb n="4"/>
<w xml:id="tok1704">saṁghilagahapatisa</w>
<w xml:id="tok1705">natuke<unclear>na</unclear>
</w>
<w xml:id="tok1706">vairavāniyaputena</w>
<w xml:id="tok1707">saghilena</w>
<lb n="5"/>
<w xml:id="tok1708">matāya</w>
<w xml:id="tok1709">dhaṁmavānikinīya</w>
<w xml:id="tok1710">bhātuno</w>
<w xml:id="tok1711">ca</w>
<w xml:id="tok1712">nāgilaṁnakasa</w>
<w xml:id="tok1713">bhagini<supplied reason="lost">ya</supplied>
</w>
<lb n="6"/>
<w xml:id="tok1714">budhaṁnikāya</w>
<w xml:id="tok1715">samudaṁnika<unclear>sa</unclear>
</w>
<w xml:id="tok1716">bhariyāya</w>
<w xml:id="tok1717">sāgaraṁnikāya</w>
<w xml:id="tok1717bis">bhātubha<lb n="7" break="no"/>riyāya</w>
<w xml:id="tok1720">saṁghanikāya</w>
<w xml:id="tok1721">bālak<unclear>ā</unclear>naṁ</w>
<w xml:id="tok1722">ca</w>
<w xml:id="tok1723">vairasirinakasa</w>
<w xml:id="tok1724">caṁd<unclear>a</unclear>
</w>
<gap reason="illegible" quantity="3" unit="character"/>
<lb n="8"/>
<w xml:id="tok1726">kasa</w>
<w xml:id="tok1727">nāgilaṁnakasa</w>
<w xml:id="tok1728">bālakānaṁ</w>
<w xml:id="tok1729">ca</w>
<w xml:id="tok1730">dhamaṁnikāya</w>
<w xml:id="tok1731">patu</w>
<gap reason="illegible" extent="1" unit="akṣara"/>
<gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character"/>
<lb n="9"/>
<w xml:id="tok1738">kāya</w>
<w xml:id="tok1739">nāgasaṁmaṁnikāya</w>
<w xml:id="tok1740">ca</w>
<w xml:id="tok1741">°evaṁ</w>
<w xml:id="tok1742">sanātimitabaṁdha<supplied reason="lost">vagena saha</supplied>
<gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="aksarapart"/>
</w>
<lb n="10"/>
<gap reason="lost" quantity="8" unit="character"/>
<w xml:id="tok1758">
<gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="aksarapart"/>i <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="aksarapart"/>i</w>
<gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
<w xml:id="tok1760">paṭane</w>
<w xml:id="tok1761">mahā</w>
<gap reason="lost" quantity="8" unit="character"/>
<lb n="11"/>
<gap reason="lost" quantity="14" unit="character"/>
<w xml:id="tok1786">
<gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="aksarapart"/>i</w>
<gap reason="lost" quantity="8" unit="character"/>
</ab>- (1) sidhaṁ – sidhaṁ om BCCh . Chhabra’s reading is criticized (p. 191, n. 5) by D.C. Sircar, the editor of the Epigraphia Indica volume in question, who interprets it as “a variant of one found in Kuṣāṇa inscriptions”, and refers to Sircar 1965: 150, n. 3 .
- (2) °ikhākuṇaṁ °ikhākunaṁ BCCh .
- (3) gim[ha]- “The form of the akshara meant to be mha is not regular” ( Chhabra 1959-60b: 191 ). Cf. EIAD 52, l. 3.
- (4) natuke[na] vaira- The <na> seems ambiguous, perhaps because the engraver started to write the <v> of the following syllable.
- (4) saghilena sa(ṁ)ghilena BCCh .
- (5) bhagini(ya) bhagini- BCCh . Sircar (p. 191, n. 5) suggests restoring bhagini(naṁ) .
- (6) samudaṁnika[sa] samudaṁnikāya BCCh .
- (7) caṁd[a] ? ? ? reads two anusvāras in the lacuna. Restore caṁdasaṁmaṁna-.
- (8) patu- It is tempting to restore this word to p⟨i⟩tu(chā) .
- (10) .i .i ? .i.i[ya] BCCh .
- (11) Chhabra 1959-60b ignored the trace of an <i> vowel on what must have been an 11th line.
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Māṭharīputta Siri-Vīrapurisadatta of the Ikṣvākus, in the 4th
fortnight of the hot season, on the 13th day.
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