- Support
- Two adjoining fragments of a pillar; h. (reassembled) 350 × w. 41 × d. 29–36 cm.
- Text
- Middle Indo-Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. 10 lines. Inscribed area: h. 50 × w. 40 cm.
- Date
- Second regnal year of Siri-Ehavalacāntamūla, i.e., approximately between 250 and 300 CE.
- Origin
- Erected originally at findspot.
- Provenance
- Discovered in March 1926 at the pillared hall attached to the monastery at Nagarjunakonda, Site 5 (Iṭikarāḷḷabōḍu hill). Fragments identified at Nagarjunakonda Museum (acc. no. 300 and acc. no. 545) in February 2016.
- Visual Documentation
-
Photo(s):
- AL 2017;
- JM 2017.
Photo(s) of estampage(s):- ASI estampage reproduced by Vogel and Raghunath.
RTI: JM 2017 - Editors
- Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier, with contributions by Stefan Baums and Ingo Strauch.
- Publication history
- First described and edited by Vogel 1929–30a: 3, 23–4 (G) . Re-edited here from the published estampages and after autopsy of the stone.
(1)
[si]dhaṁ
namo
bhagavato
◊
telokadhaṁmadhurāvahasa
mahārā[jasa]
(v)i(rū)
(2)
[pa]khapatimahāsenaparigahitasa
◊
°agihota°agiṭh[o]ma(vājapeya)
(3)°asamedhayayisa
◊
hiraṁṇakoṭigosatasa[ha]
(sahalasata)
(4)sahasapadā°isa
◊
savathesu
[°a]patihatasaṁka[pa]
(sa)
(5)
(vā)seṭhiputa[sa]
[°i]khākunaṁ
siricātamūlasa
◊
suṁn[hā]ya
(mahārāja)
(6)
[sa]
m[ā]ḍha[ri]putasa
°ikhākūnaṁ
sirivīrapur[i]sadatasa
◊
(bha)
[ya]ya
◊
ma(7)hāraja[sa]
siri°ehu[v]u[ḷa]cātamūlasa
mātuya
mahād⟨e⟩vīya
bhaṭidevā[ya]
(8)
(deyadhaṁma)
[°i]maṁ
vihāro
savajātaniyuto
◊
°acariyānaṁ
bahusutīyānaṁ
(9)
pati[ṭhā]
(p)i(to)
◊
?
[v]iko
punaṁ
budhiṁṇa[k]o
raño
sa[ṁ]vacha[raṁ]
(b)i(t)
[i]
(yaṁ)
(10)
gim[hapa]ṁ[kha]
? ?
+ + + + + + + + + + + +
sughāya
ti
(1) [si]dhaṁ namo bhagavato ◊ telokadhaṁmadhurāvahasa mahārā[jasa] (v)i(rū) -
(2) [pa]khapatimahāsenaparigahitasa ◊ °agihota°agiṭh[o]ma(vājapeya) -
(3)°asamedhayayisa ◊ hiraṁṇakoṭigosatasa[ha] (sahalasata) -
(4)sahasapadā°isa ◊ savathesu [°a]patihatasaṁka[pa] (sa)
(5) (vā)seṭhiputa[sa] [°i]khākunaṁ siricātamūlasa ◊ suṁn[hā]ya (mahārāja) -
(6) [sa] m[ā]ḍha[ri]putasa °ikhākūnaṁ sirivīrapur[i]sadatasa ◊ (bha) [ya]ya ◊ ma-
(7)hāraja[sa] siri°ehu[v]u[ḷa]cātamūlasa mātuya mahād⟨e⟩vīya bhaṭidevā[ya]
(8) (deyadhaṁma) [°i]maṁ vihāro savajātaniyuto ◊ °acariyānaṁ bahusutīyānaṁ
(9) pati[ṭhā] (p)i(to) ◊ ? [v]iko punaṁ budhiṁṇa[k]o raño sa[ṁ]vacha[raṁ] (b)i(t) [i] (yaṁ)
(10) gim[hapa]ṁ[kha] ? ? + + + + + + + + + + + + sughāya ti
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</ab>- (1–2) (v)i(rū) [pa]kha- (virūpa)kha- JPhV .
- (2) °agihota°agi °agihotāgi- JPhV .
- (2–3) (vājapeya)°asamedhayayisa -(vājape)yāsamedhay⟨ā⟩yisa JPhV . Vogel suggests to emend -yājisa.
- (4) sahasapadā°isa Vogel suggests emending sahasapadāyisa.
- (5) suṁn[hā]ya sun(hā)ya JPhV .
- (6) °ikhākūnaṁ °ikhākunaṁ JPhV .
- (7) -°ehu[v]u[ḷa]- °e(huvuḷa)- JPhV . The akṣaras <huvuḷa> are damaged as the result of a a crack, but <hu> is still legible.
- (7) mahād⟨a⟩vīya mahādeviya JPhV .
- (8) (deyadhaṁma) ... JPhV . Restoration after EIAD 46, l. 6.
- (9) pati[ṭhā] (p)i(to) patiṭhā(pito) JPhV .
- (9) ? [vi]ko punaṁ budhiṁṇa[k]o ... i ra pu naṁ budhiṇa ... JPhV . The editor of the EI issue suggests reading virapunaṁbudhiṇa, as a proper name. Our reading budhiṁṇa[k]o is however supported by the occurrence of a similar name in EIAD 20, l. 2, for the husband of Bodhisirī. The first unclear akṣara could be either <r. > or <k. >. None of these combinations yields a known name or word.
- (9) raño ... JPhV .
- (9) sa[ṁ]vacha[raṁ] (b)i(t) [i] (yaṁ) [saṁvacharaṁ]..[bitiyaṁ] JPhV .
- (10) gim[hapa]ṁ[kha] [gimhapakhaṁ] JPhV . The anusvāra appears to have been misplaced.
(1)Success! Homage to the Bhagavant, the bearer of the burden of the Dharma for the three worlds.
(1–9)The Great Queen
Bhaṭidevā — daughter-in-law of Great King Vāsiṭṭhīputta
Siri-Cāntamūla of the Ikṣvākus, 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, wife of Great King Māṭharīputta
Siri-Vīrapurisadatta of the Ikṣvākus, mother of Great King
Siri-Ehuvuḷacāntamūla — established as pious gift this
monastery, equipped with everything, for the Bahuśrutīya
masters... again, Budhinnaka.
(9–10)In the second year of the king, in the...
fortnight of summer... for the happiness...
- bookmark Vogel 1929–30b: 61–2
- bookmark Longhurst 1938: 10–1
- bookmark Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan 1979: no. 38
- bookmark Tsukamoto 1996: no. Naga 44
- bookmark Raghunath 2001: 129–30 (no. 27)
Commentary
The text is largely parallel to that of EIAD 45 and 46.