Metadata

Support
Mutilated lion sculpture; h. 37 ×  w. 46 ×  d. 22.5 cm.
Text
Middle Indo-Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. Engraved on the right side of the lion; h. unavailable ×  w. 29 cm . Vogel has made the following observations : “(...) it is curious that [this] inscription, consisting of a single line of writing, has been done in such a careless manner. Apparently this short epigraph was not intended for permanent record, but was meant only as a notice, indicating for what edifice the piece of sculpture on which it is cut was intended” ( Vogel 1947-48: 2 ).
Date
Datable to the Ikṣvāku period by palaeography, its script has been compared to that of the Jaggayapeta inscriptions by Vogel 1947-48 .
Origin
Ghantasala.
Provenance
Discovered no later than 1945, its findspot unknown. Identified at Ghantasala Museum (w/out acc. no.) 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 described and edited by Vogel 1947-48: 2-3 (C) , then re-edited by Somasekhara Sarma 1974: 3 (C) . Re-edited here from the published estampages and after autopsy of the stone.

    Edition

    (1) °ukhasirivadham[ā]ne budhisirigahapatimaṁḍavasa –

    (1) °ukhasirivadham[ā]ne budhisirigahapatimaṁḍavasa – 
    <ab xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
					          <lb n="1"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4573">°ukhasirivadham<unclear>ā</unclear>ne</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4574">budhisirigahapatimaṁḍavasa</w>
					          <pc>–</pc>
				        </ab>

    Translation

    (Part) of the maṇḍapa of the notable (gahapati) Budhisiri in the estate of Ukhasiri.

    Secondary bibliography