Metadata

Support
Memorial pillar, bottom fragment; h. 82 ×  w. 41 ×  d. 15 cm. The relief on the upper part of the pillar shows an elephant with a rider.
Text
Middle Indo-Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. h. 33 ×  w. 41 cm .
Date
Undated. Attributable to the period 250-350 CE on palaeographic grounds.
Origin
Nagarjunakonda.
Provenance
Discovered at Site-36, outside of the eastern gate of the citadel. ARIE 1956-57 mentions Site no. NK (V)/55. The precise date of discovery is unknown. Identified at Nagarjunakonda Museum (acc. no. 81) in February 2016.
Visual Documentation
Photo(s):
  • photos AL 2017
  • photos JM 2017
    • Photo(s) of estampage(s):
  • Sircar, Raghunath
  • Sarkar 1982, fig. 2
    • RTI: RTI JM 2017
    Editors
    Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier, with contributions by Stefan Baums and Ingo Strauch.
    Publication history
    First described and edited by Sircar 1963-64a: 13-4 (6.A) . Re-edited here from available documentation and after autopsy of the stone.

    Edition

    (1) sidhaṁ khaṁdhāvārān[e] ◊ °okhaṁdhakasa °amita(2)janasa daṁpadamanasa °olabaka(3)hathigāhakasa mahāsenā(4)patisa kuḷahakānaṁ siricaṁta(5)puḷasa chāyathabho [–]

    (1) sidhaṁ khaṁdhāvārān[e] ◊ °okhaṁdhakasa °amita-
    (2)janasa daṁpadamanasa °olabaka-
    (3)hathigāhakasa mahāsenā-
    (4)patisa kuḷahakānaṁ siricaṁta-
    (5)puḷasa chāyathabho [–] 
    <ab xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
					          <lb n="1"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4040">sidhaṁ</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4041">khaṁdhāvārān<unclear>e</unclear>
               </w>
					          <space type="horizontal" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4043">°okhaṁdhakasa</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4043bis">°amita<lb n="2" break="no"/>janasa</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4046">daṁpadamanasa</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4046bis">°olabaka<lb n="3" break="no"/>hathigāhakasa</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4049">mahāsenā<lb n="4" break="no"/>patisa</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4051">kuḷahakānaṁ</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4051bis">siricaṁta<lb n="5" break="no"/>puḷasa</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4054">chāyathabho</w>
					          <pc>
						            <unclear>–</unclear>
					          </pc>
				        </ab>

    Apparatus

    • (1) khaṁdhāvārān[e] khaṁdhāvārāna DCS .
    • (2) daṁpadamanasa dapadamanasa DCS .
    • (2) olabaku- olabaka- DCS .

    Translation

    Success! Memorial pillar of Siri-Caṁtapuḷa of the Kuḷahakas, the attacker (*avaskandaka?) of war-camps, the tamer of the proud of (his) enemies, the seizer of olabaka (avalambaka) elephants (?), the Great General.

    Secondary bibliography