Early Inscriptions of Āndhradeśa

Metadata

Support: Buddhapāda; h. 5.1 × w. 30.5 × d. 22.9 cm.
Text: Middle Indo-Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. 1 line. The akṣaras measure ½–1¼" in height ( h. 1.3–3.2 cm).
Date: Undated. Attributable to the 3rd century CE on palaeographic grounds.
Origin: Presumably installed originally at findspot.
Provenance: Found at Nagarjunakonda, Site 4 in the course of A.H. Longhurst’s excavations between 1927 and 1931. Identified at the National Museum New Delhi (acc. no. 50.24), in February 2016.
Visual Documentation: Photo(s):
Parul Pandya Dhar 2016
Editors: Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier, with contributions by Stefan Baums and Ingo Strauch.
Publication history: First edited by Vogel 1929–30b . Re-edited here from photographs and after autopsy of the stone.

Edition

(1) sid[dhaṁ] sakasa moḍasa bakanaya budhaya pat[i]padā deyadha⟪ma⟫

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					          <lb n="1"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4537">sid<unclear>dhaṁ</unclear></w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4538">sakasa</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4539">moḍasa</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4540">bakanaya</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4541">budhaya</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4542">pat<unclear>i</unclear>padā</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4543">deyadha<add place="below">ma</add>
               </w>
				        </ab>