Metadata

Support
Unknown support; h. unavailable ×  w. unavailable ×  d. unavailable cm.
Text
Middle Indo-Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. h. unavailable ×  w. unavailable cm .
Date
Unspecified regnal year of Chāṇtamūla II, between 250 and 300 CE.
Origin
Phanigiri.
Provenance
Discovered in the course of excavations conducted by the State Department of Archaeology and Museums over several seasons from 2001 to 2007. The precise date of discovery is unknown. Present whereabouts unknown.
Visual Documentation
Photo(s):
  • Subrahmanyam et al. 2008: 25 (c, right)
    • Photo(s) of estampage(s):
  • IAR 2004-05, pl. 138
    • Editors
    Stefan Baums, Arlo Griffiths, Ingo Strauch and Vincent Tournier.
    Publication history
    First described and edited by : 35 (5) followed by von Hinüber 2013a: 11 . Re-edited here from published documentation.

    Edition

    (1) … .u ? [ta] (2) … (s) [v] (ā)mi śrī cāntamula (3) … ṣayasya ◊ ripuyuvati (4) … .i + [go]sanasya ◊ svāmi

    (1) … .u ? [ta]
    (2) … (s) [v] (ā)mi śrī cāntamula
    (3) … ṣayasya ◊ ripuyuvati
    (4) … .i + [go]sanasya ◊ svāmi 
    <ab xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
					          <lb n="1"/>
					          <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4820">
                  <gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="aksarapart"/>u</w>
					          <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4822">
                  <unclear>ta</unclear>
               </w>
					          <lb n="2"/>
					          <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4824">
                  <supplied reason="lost">s</supplied>
                  <unclear>v</unclear>
                  <supplied reason="lost">ā</supplied>mi</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4825">śrī</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4826">cāntamula</w>
					          <lb n="3"/>
					          <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4828">ṣayasya</w>
					          <space type="horizontal" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4830">ripuyuvati</w>
					          <lb n="4"/>
					          <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4832">
                  <gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="aksarapart"/>i</w>
					          <gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4834">
                  <unclear>go</unclear>sanasya</w>
					          <space type="horizontal" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4836">svāmi</w>
				        </ab>

    Apparatus

    • (1) ? ? [ta] [mata] OvH'13 . While the second akṣara could be read as a <ma>, it could also be a <va>. The preceding akṣara might be read as a < [n]u>.
    • (2) cāntamula cāntamūla OvH'13 .
    • (4) [go]sanasya The left mark of the <o> is not visible, and the akṣara might also be read < [gā] >.

    Translation

    (...) Lord Śrī-Cāntamula (...) enemies’ girls (...), Lord of °gosana.

    Secondary bibliography

    • bookmark IAR 2003-04: 341 (3) (?)
    • bookmark IAR 2004-05: 206 (7)