- Support
- Octagonal pillar in two fragments; h. 200 cm; other dimensions unknown.
- Text
- Middle Indo-Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. 12 lines. Inscribed area roughly: h. 110 × w. 30 cm.
- Date
- Eighth regnal year of Siri-Ehavalacāntamūla, i.e., approximately between 250 and 300 CE.
- Origin
- Presumably erected originally at findspot.
- Provenance
- Found in 1976–77 at a Stūpa site near Alluru. Present whereabouts unknown.
- Visual Documentation
-
Photo(s) of estampage(s):
- ARIE 1976-77/B.13 reproduced as pl. II (and again by Srinivasan and Raghunath).
- Editors
- Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier, with contributions by Stefan Baums and Ingo Strauch.
- Publication history
- First described and edited by Srinivasan 1971 . Re-edited here from our photos of the ASI estampage.
(1)
sipaṁm·
hal[ū]r[a]vathave(na)
gāmike[na]
(2)
veṇhusiri[ṇo]
°a[pano]
(bha)yāya
caṁdāya
(3)
balakasa
naṁ[d]i[s]
(i)
[r]
(i)
.ī
?
jakhasiriya
(4)
nāgasiriya
? ?
[vaḷa]
?
sasa
ca
nīga(5)mitasaṁbadhibaṁ[dhavajana]
(sa)
(°i)m[e]na
puṁñopa(6)cayasaṁpadāne[n]
.
.
[i]
?
(°u)
[bha]
(ya)lokasaṁtāraṇo
(7)
[dha]ṁmamay[o]
se[lakhaṁbho]
(s)
[i]
(kha)ra⟨ṁ⟩ge
patithā(8)pito
raṁño
(°ikh)
[ā]
(ku)
[na]ṁ
(sir)
[i]°ehavalacaṁ(9)tamūlasa
saṁvachara
[8]
gipa
5
diva
10
(10)
°ācariyānaṁ
[puvana]ga[sela]sikharagavā[s]
i(11)naṁ
vāsicaṁdanaka[pā]
(naṁ)
? ? ?
(ka)ratalaparima(12)jakānaṁ
°a[r]
(i)ya[sa]ṁgha[sa]
? ? ?
(1) sipaṁm· hal[ū]r[a]vathave(na) gāmike[na]
(2) veṇhusiri[ṇo] °a[pano] (bha)yāya caṁdāya
(3) balakasa naṁ[d]i[s] (i) [r] (i) .ī ? jakhasiriya
(4) nāgasiriya ? ? [vaḷa] ? sasa ca nīga-
(5)mitasaṁbadhibaṁ[dhavajana] (sa) (°i)m[e]na puṁñopa-
(6)cayasaṁpadāne[n] . . [i] ? (°u) [bha] (ya)lokasaṁtāraṇo
(7) [dha]ṁmamay[o] se[lakhaṁbho] (s) [i] (kha)ra⟨ṁ⟩ge patithā-
(8)pito raṁño (°ikh) [ā] (ku) [na]ṁ (sir) [i]°ehavalacaṁ-
(9)tamūlasa saṁvachara [8] gipa 5 diva 10
(10) °ācariyānaṁ [puvana]ga[sela]sikharagavā[s] i-
(11)naṁ vāsicaṁdanaka[pā] (naṁ) ? ? ? (ka)ratalaparima-
(12)jakānaṁ °a[r] (i)ya[sa]ṁgha[sa] ? ? ?
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<supplied reason="lost">°u</supplied>
<unclear>bha</unclear>
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- (1) sipaṁm· Emend sidham·, as suggested by Srinivasan 1971.
- (1) halūrāvathavena halūravaṭhavena PRS .
- (2) veṇhusiri[ṇo] PRS . The vocalic marker <-o> is unclear, as there does seem to be a horizontal mark to the left of the akṣara. Understand veṇhusiriṇā.
- (3) naṁ[d]i[s] (i) [r] (i) .ī ? balakasa naṁ … PRS .
- (4) ? ? [vaḷa] ? … PRS .
- (4–5) sa ca nīgamita- sacatīgamita- PRS .
- (5) -badhibaṁ[dhavajana] (sa) -badhi baṁ[dhava]ja ? sa PRS .
- (5) (°i)m[e]na ? ma[ta] PRS .
- (5) puṁñopacaya- puṁjñopacaya- PRS .
- (6) saṁpadāne[n] . saṁpadāne … PRS .
- (6) (°u) [bha] (ya)lokasaṁtāraṇo … lokasaṁtāraṇ[o] PRS .
- (7) (s) [i] (kha)ra⟨ṁ⟩ge … rage PRS . But cf. l. 10.
- (7–8) patithāpito patiṭhapito PRS .
- (8) (°ikh) [ā] (ku) [na]ṁ raṁño [°ikhākunaṁ] raṁjño PRS .
- (10–11) [puvana]ga[sela]sikharagavā[s]inaṁ (°avanāga)selasikharavāsinaṁ PRS .
- (11) vāsicaṁdanaka[pā] (naṁ) vāsicaṁdanaka… PRS .
- (11) ? ? ? (ka)ratalaparimajakānaṁ ... (ka)ratalaparimajakānaṁ PRS . It is tempting to reconstruct here (°ākāsaka) [rata]laparim[ā]jakānaṁ, by analogy with the compound ākāśapāṇitalasamacitta immediately preceding the compound vāsīcandanakalpa in the formula cited in the commentary.
- (12) °a[r] (i)ya[sa]ṁgha[sa] °aṁriyasaṁgha(sa pujñāye) PRS .
(1–8)Success! The village headman (grāmika) Veṇhusiri (Viṣṇuśrī), resident of
Halūra, as the gift (producing an) accumulation of merit for his wife Candā, his son Nandisiri, ... Jakhasiri (Yakṣaśrī), Nāgasiri ... and his own friends, kinsmen, relatives, and people, established on the mountain top a stone pillar, made of the Dharma, which carries across in both worlds.
(8–12) In the
8th year of King Siri-Ehavalacāntamūla of the Ikṣvākus, in
the 5th fortnight of summer, on the 10th day... for the noble community of the teachers residing on the top of the mountain [named] Eastern Mountain (i.e., the Puvaseliyas), who are (calm) as the sandalwood tree (in the presence of) an axe, and who are able to touch (the element of space?) with the palm of their hands.
- bookmark ARIE 1976–77: 5, no. B.13
- bookmark Tsukamoto 1996: no. Allu 2
- bookmark Raghunath 2001: 140 (no. 32)
Commentary