Metadata

Support
pillar; h. unavailable ×  w. unavailable ×  d. unavailable cm.
Text
Middle Indo-Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. h. unavailable ×  w. unavailable cm .
Date
Attributable to the Ikṣvāku period on palaeographic grounds, eiad-bibl:Vogelc believes its script could be of a somewhat earlier type than the other Ghantasala inscriptions.
Origin
Ghantasala.
Provenance
Discovered no later than 1945, its findspot unknown. Not identified during fieldwork from February 2016 onward. eiad-bibl:Vogelc noted: “The inscribed slab is now in the house of Sri Gorripāṭi Venkatasubbaya.”
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: 4 (E) , then re-edited by Somasekhara Sarma 1974: (E) . Re-edited here from the published estampages.

    Edition

    (1) gahapatino savarasa putasa mahānāvikasa sivakasa (2) [bha]riyāya gharaniya °utaradataya s[i]dhatham[i]taya sapatikāya (3) [sa]duhutukāya samit[ā]macāya °ayaka[tha]bha [de]yadhama

    (1) gahapatino savarasa putasa mahānāvikasa sivakasa
    (2) [bha]riyāya gharaniya °utaradataya s[i]dhatham[i]taya sapatikāya
    (3) [sa]duhutukāya samit[ā]macāya °ayaka[tha]bha [de]yadhama 
    <ab xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
					          <lb n="1"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok5016">gahapatino</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok5017">savarasa</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok5018">putasa</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok5019">mahānāvikasa</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok5020">sivakasa</w>
					          <lb n="2"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok5021">
						            <unclear>bha</unclear>riyāya</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok5022">gharaniya</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok5023">°utaradataya</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok5024">s<unclear>i</unclear>dhatham<unclear>i</unclear>taya</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok5025">sapatikāya</w>
					          <lb n="3"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok5026">
						            <unclear>sa</unclear>duhutukāya</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok5027">samit<unclear>ā</unclear>macāya</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok5028">°ayaka<unclear>tha</unclear>bha</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok5029">
						            <unclear>de</unclear>yadhama</w>
				        </ab>

    Translation

    (This) āyaka pillar (is) the pious gift of the housewife Utaradatā (Uttaradattā) Sidhathamitā (Siddhārthamitrā), the wife of the mahānāvika Sivaka (Śivaka), son of the notable (gahapati) Sarvara, together with her husband, together with her daughter(s), together with her friends and companions.

    Secondary bibliography