Metadata

Support
White marble pillar; h. 207 ×  w. 37 ×  d. 37 cm. Above the inscribed surface is a frieze of lions running from the right to the left.
Text
Middle Indo-Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. h. 26 ×  w. unavailable cm .
Date
Undated. Attributable to the 3rd century CE on palaeographic grounds.
Origin
Ghantasala.
Provenance
Discovered near the Ramaṇamma tank at Ghantasala and copied by Dr. Chhabra on the 1st January 1945. Identified at Ghantasala Museum (acc. no. 27), in February 2016.
Visual Documentation
Photo(s) of estampage(s):
  • Vogel
  • Somasekhara Sarma
    • Editors
    Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier, with contributions by Stefan Baums and Ingo Strauch.
    Publication history
    First edited and described by Vogel 1947-48: (A) and then by Somasekhara Sarma 1974: (A) . His publication, which does not mention Vogel’s, seems nevertheless to be directly based on it for readings and perhaps also for the estampages. Re-edited here from published documentation and after autopsy of the stone.

    Edition

    (1) [s] (i)dhaṁ – °ukhasirivadha(mane) ◊ kaṁṭakasalavathavеna (2) dhaṁmav[ā]niyaputena ◊ budhisirigahapatinā ◊ °imaṁ (3) selamaṁḍapo ◊ sagaṁdhakuḍiv[e]tikat[o]raṇo kārito ti

    (1) [s] (i)dhaṁ – °ukhasirivadha(mane) ◊ kaṁṭakasalavathavеna
    (2) dhaṁmav[ā]niyaputena ◊ budhisirigahapatinā ◊ °imaṁ
    (3) selamaṁḍapo ◊ sagaṁdhakuḍiv[e]tikat[o]raṇo kārito ti 
    <ab xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
					          <lb n="1"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4544">
                  <unclear>s</unclear>
                  <supplied reason="lost">i</supplied>dhaṁ</w>
					          <pc>–</pc>
					          <w xml:id="tok4546">°ukhasirivadha<supplied reason="lost">mane</supplied>
               </w>
					          <space type="horizontal" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4548">kaṁṭakasalavathavеna</w>
					          <lb n="2"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4549">dhaṁmav<unclear>ā</unclear>niyaputena</w>
					          <space type="horizontal" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4551">budhisirigahapatinā</w>
					          <space type="horizontal" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4553">°imaṁ</w>
					          <lb n="3"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4554">selamaṁḍapo</w>
					          <space type="horizontal" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4556">sagaṁdhakuḍiv<unclear>e</unclear>tikat<unclear>o</unclear>raṇo</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4557">kārito</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4558">ti</w>
				        </ab>

    Apparatus

    • (1) -vadha(manе) -vadham[ā]ne JPhV . No trace of <ā> is detectable on the stone in the corresponding part of EIAD 98.
    • (2) -kasala- -kasola- JPhV . But see Vogel 1947-48: 68 .
    • (2) °imaṁ Except for a small part of <°i>, the entire word °imaṁ still visible on the EI estampage is now broken off.

    Translation

    Success! In the estate of Ukhasiri, the notable (gahapati) Budhisiri, son of Dhaṁmavāniya, resident of Kaṁṭakasala, caused to be made this stone maṇḍapa, together with a gandhakuṭī, a railing (vedikā), and a portal (toraṇa).

    Secondary bibliography