Metadata

Support
Drum slab; h. 140 ×  w. 99 ×  d. 12 cm.
Text
Middle Indo-Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. h. 80 ×  w. 8 cm .
Date
Attributable to the 2nd century CE on palaeographic grounds.
Origin
Buddham or Dupadu.
Provenance
The precise date of discovery is unknown. Identified at Amaravathi Museum and Interpretation Centre (acc. no. AM-35) in February 2016.
Visual Documentation
Photo(s):
  • photos JM 2017
    • Editors
    Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier, with contributions by Stefan Baums and Ingo Strauch.
    Publication history
    First described and edited by ARIE 1956-57: B.15 and in ARIE 1995-96, B.5 , followed by Hanumantha Rao et al. 1998: 124. Despite wild variation of reading, the three publications probably all refer to the same inscription. ARIE 1995-96 cites different provenance; observed at Guntur acc. To ARIE 1956-57 , and at the time ARIE 1995-96 was compiled the stone was still in Guntur. Re-edited here from published documentation and after autopsy of the stone.

    Edition

    (1) [si]dhaṁ – namo bhagavato ◊ parinivutasa [thera]sa [budhisa] vaniyiniya [bha] ? ? [°e]ta[sa] ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (2) ? tunaṁ caṁdāya sidhaṭhiya ce ? ? [ya] ? ? [mara] ? ? ?

    (1) [si]dhaṁ – namo bhagavato ◊ parinivutasa [thera]sa [budhisa] vaniyiniya [bha] ? ? [°e]ta[sa] ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
    (2) ? tunaṁ caṁdāya sidhaṭhiya ce ? ? [ya] ? ? [mara] ? ? ? 
    <ab xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
					          <lb n="1"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok5169">
						            <unclear>si</unclear>dhaṁ</w>
					          <pc>–</pc>
					          <w xml:id="tok5171">namo</w>
				        	<w xml:id="tok5172">bhagavato</w> <space type="horizontal" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok5173">parinivutasa</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok5175">
						            <unclear>thera</unclear>sa</w>
				        	<w xml:id="tok5176"><unclear>budhisa</unclear></w>
					          <w xml:id="tok5178">vaniyiniya</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok5178bis">
                  <unclear>bha</unclear>
               </w>
					          <gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok5178ter">
						            <unclear>°e</unclear>ta<unclear>sa</unclear>
               </w>
					          <gap reason="illegible" quantity="15" unit="character"/>
					          <lb n="2"/>
					          <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok5182">tunaṁ</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok5183">caṁdāya</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok5184">sidhaṭhiya</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok5185">ce</w>
					          <gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok5193">
						            <unclear>ya</unclear>
					          </w>
					          <gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok5196">
						            <unclear>mara</unclear>
					          </w>
					          <gap reason="illegible" quantity="3" unit="character"/>
					          <gap reason="illegible" extent="unknown"/>
				        </ab>

    Apparatus

    • (1) [si]dhaṁ – siddham ARIE .
    • (1) parinivutasa pariniddhanasa ARIE .
    • (1) [thera]sa [budhisa] saṁbudhasa ARIE .
    • (1) vaniyiniya [bha] ? ? [°e]ta[sa] ... vanīyanīya ca … ARIE .
    • (2) ARIE 1995-96 reads: 2 . . ṇa candayasi . . ya ce.

    Translation

    Success! Homage to the Bhagavant [and to?] the completely extinguished one, the venerable Buddhi! (...) of the merchant-wife (...) of Caṁdā Sidhaṭhi (Candrā Siddhārthī) (...)