Metadata

Support
Buddhapāda; h. 38 ×  w. 38 ×  d. 7.4 (min.), 9.5 (max.) cm. This inscription is engraved on a slab with the carving of ornamented foot-prints. The lower part has a frieze of running animals.
Text
Middle Indo-Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. h. 1.8 ×  w. 27 cm .
Date
Attributable to the 4th century CE on palaeographic grounds. .
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. Identified at the Telangana State Archaeological Museum in February 2016.
Visual Documentation
Photo(s):
  • Subrahmanyam et al. 2008: 25 (e)
  • photos AL 2017
      • IAR 2004-05, pl. 137
    Editors
    Stefan Baums, Arlo Griffiths, Ingo Strauch and Vincent Tournier.
    Publication history
    First described and edited by Subrahmanyam et al. 2008c: 33 (1) . Re-edited here from published documentation and after autopsy of the stone.

    Edition

    (1) sidhaṁ bhayata [kacana]sa natukasa bodhikasa deyadhaṁmaṁ padasa[ṁ]ghaḍa

    (1) sidhaṁ bhayata [kacana]sa natukasa bodhikasa deyadhaṁmaṁ padasa[ṁ]ghaḍa 
    <ab xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
					          <lb n="1"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4843">sidhaṁ</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4844">bhayata</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4844bis">
					          	<unclear>kacana</unclear>sa</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4849">natukasa</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4850">bodhikasa</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4851">deyadhaṁmaṁ</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4852">padasa<unclear>ṁ</unclear>ghaḍa</w>
				        </ab>

    Apparatus

    • (1) bhayata bhaya(ṁ)ta OvH'13 .
    • (1) [kacana]sa + + + sa OvH'13 .
    • (1) deyadhaṁmaṁ deyadhama OvH'13 .
    • (1) padasa[ṁ]ghaḍa pādasaghāḍa OvH'13 . There is in fact not a single <ā> in the inscription, so this lack of representation of the long vowels might be considered a practice of the lapicide.

    Translation

    Success! (This) pair of feet as pious gift of Bodhika, grandson of the venerable Kaccāna (Skt. Kātyāyana).

    Secondary bibliography