Octagonal pillar from Nagarjunakonda — reign of Gotamīputta Siri-Vijayasātakaṇṇi, year 6
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Edition
⟨1⟩ (na)mo bhagavato Agapogalasa ⟨2⟩ raṁño gotamiputasa sirivijayasa⟨3⟩takaṁṇṇisa sava 6 gipa 4 diva vesa⟨4⟩khapuṇima
Apparatus
⟨2⟩ raṁño ⬦ raño Sarkar [1970] 1965–1966.
⟨2-3⟩ -satakaṁṇṇisa ⬦ -satakaṇṇisa Sarkar [1970] 1965–1966.
⟨3-4⟩ vesakhapuṇima ⬦ vesākhapuṇima Sarkar [1970] 1965–1966.
Translation
Homage to the Bhagavant, highest man! 6th year of King Gotamīputta Siri-Vijayasātakaṇṇi, 4th fortnight of the hot season, full-moon day of Vaiśākha.
Bibliography
First described and edited by Sarkar [1970] 1965–1966. Re-edited here on the basis of available documents and after autopsy of the stone.
Secondary
Sarkar, H. 1960. “Some aspects of the Buddhist monuments at Nagarjunakonda.” Ancient India: Bulletin of the Archaeological Survey of India 16, pp. 65–84. [URL]. Page 84 (postcript by editor).
No name. N.d. Indian Archaeology: a review. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Pages 1961–62: 77.
No name. 1887–. Annual report on Indian epigraphy. Madras; Calcutta; New Delhi: Government of Madras; Archaeological Survey of India. Pages 1962–63: no. B.147.
Tsukamoto Keishō 塚本啓祥. 1996. インド仏教碑銘の研究 I, Text, Note, 和訳 Indo Bukkyō himei no kenkyū I: Text, Note, Wayaku [A comprehensive study of the Indian Buddhist inscriptions, Part I: Text, Notes and Japanese Translation]. Kyōto-shi 京都市: Heirakuji Shoten 平楽寺書店. Page no. Naga 69.
Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Pages 67–8 (no. 1).
Notes
- 1. According to Raghunath 2001, two visarga-like dots at the end of the inscription serve to denote the end of the record, but we consider these accidental.
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[7] (Faces:) Lines: 4
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