Metadata

Support
White marble pillar; h. 257 ×  w. 39 ×  d. 24 cm. Above the inscribed surface is a frieze of boars running from the right to the left.
Text
Middle Indo-Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. h. 29 ×  w. 31 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, 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: (B) and then by Somasekhara Sarma 1974: (B) . Re-edited here from published documentation and after autopsy of the stone.

    Edition

    (1) sidhaṁ – °ukhasirivadhaman[e] ◊ kaṁṭakas[ā]lavatha(vena) (2) dhaṁmavāniyapute[na] ◊ budhisirigahapatinā (°imaṁ) (3) selamaṁḍapo ◊ sagaṁdhak[u]ḍivetikatoraṇo k(ārito) (ti)

    (1) sidhaṁ – °ukhasirivadhaman[e] ◊ kaṁṭakas[ā]lavatha(vena)
    (2) dhaṁmavāniyapute[na] ◊ budhisirigahapatinā (°imaṁ)
    (3) selamaṁḍapo ◊ sagaṁdhak[u]ḍivetikatoraṇo k(ārito) (ti) 
    <ab xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
					          <lb n="1"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4559">sidhaṁ</w>
					          <pc>–</pc>
					          <w xml:id="tok4561">°ukhasirivadhaman<unclear>e</unclear>
               </w>
					          <space type="horizontal" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4563">kaṁṭakas<unclear>ā</unclear>lavatha<supplied reason="lost">vena</supplied>
               </w>
					          <lb n="2"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4564">dhaṁmavāniyapute<unclear>na</unclear>
               </w>
					          <space type="horizontal" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4566">budhisirigahapatinā</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4567">
                  <supplied reason="lost">°imaṁ</supplied>
               </w>
					          <lb n="3"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4568">selamaṁḍapo</w>
					          <space type="horizontal" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4570">sagaṁdhak<unclear>u</unclear>ḍivetikatoraṇo</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4571">k<supplied reason="lost">ārito</supplied>
               </w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4572">
                  <supplied reason="lost">ti</supplied>
               </w>
				        </ab>

    Apparatus

    • (1) -vadhama(n)е -vadhamāne JPhV . No trace of <ā> is detectable on the stone.
    • (2) -kasāla- -kasola- JPhV . But see Vogel 1947-48: 68 .

    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