Āyaka pillar from site 1 at Nagarjunakonda — reign of Siri-Vīrapurisadatta, year 6

Editors: Arlo Griffiths, Vincent Tournier.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00006.

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⟨1⟩ sidhaṁ namo bhagavato devarājasakatasa saṁmasa(ṁ)budhasa dhātuvaraparigahitasa ⟨2⟩ [ma](hā)cetiye mahārājasa virūpakhapatimahās⟨e⟩naparigahitasa Agiho⟨3⟩tāgiṭhomavājapeyāsamedhayājisa hiraṇakoṭigosatasahasahalasa⟨4⟩tasahasapadāyisa savaṭh⟨e⟩su Apatihatasaṁkapasa vāseṭhīputasa Ikhākusa ⟨5⟩ siricāṁtamūlasa sodarā bhagini raṁño sirivirapurisadatasa pituchā mahāsenapatisa ⟨6⟩ mahātalavarasa vāsiṭhīputasa pūkīyānaṁ kaṁdasirisa bhayā samaṇabamhaṇakavaṇa⟨7⟩vaṇijakadinānugahavelamikadānapaṭibhāgavochinadhārapadāyini savasadhuvāchalā ⟨8⟩ mahātalavari khaṁdasāgaraṁṇakamātā cāṁtisiri Apano Ubhayakula⟨sa⟩ parināmetunaṁ Atano ca ⟨9⟩ nivāṇasaṁpatisaṁpādake Imaṁ khaṁbhaṁ savalokahitasukhāvahathanāya ca patiṭhapitā ti ⟨10⟩ Ācariyānaṁ Aparamahāvinas(e)liyānaṁ suparigahitaṁ Imaṁ mahācetiyanavakaṁmaṁ ⟨11⟩ paṁṇagāmavathavānaṁ dīghamajhimapaṁcamātukadesakavācakānaṁ Ācariyānaṁ Ayirahaṁghāna ⟨12⟩ Aṁtevāsikena dīghamajhimanikāyadharena bhajaṁtānaṁdena nithapitaṁ Imaṁ navakamaṁ mahācetiyaṁ ⟨13⟩ khaṁbhā ca ṭhāpitā ti raṁño sirivarapurisadatasa sava 6 vāpa 6 diva 10

Apparatus

⟨11⟩ -desaka- ⬦ -osaka- Vogel 1929–1930 • A note in Vogel 1929–1930, p. 17 corrects -osaka- to -desaka-, referring to C 2, l. 9. — ⟨11⟩ Ayirahaṁghāna ⬦ Ayirahaṁghānaṁ Vogel 1929–1930.

⟨12⟩ bhajaṁtānaṁdena • Emend bhadaṁtānaṁdena.

⟨13⟩ siriv⟨i⟩rapurisadatasa ⬦ sirivirapurisadatasa Vogel 1929–1930.

Translation

(1) Success! Homage to the Bhagavant, worshipped by the king(s) of the gods, the Perfect Buddha who is ensconced in the excellent relic [or: element (i.e., nirvāṇadhātu)]!

(2–13) At the Great Shrine, Cāntisirī — uterine sister of Great King Vāsiṭṭhīputta Siri-Cāntamūla the Ikṣvāku, favored by Mahāsena who has Virūpākṣa as his lord, sacrificer of the Agnihotra, the Agniṣṭoma, the Vājapeya and the Aśvamedha, giver of tens of millions of (pieces of) gold, hundreds of thousands of cows and hundreds of thousands of plows (of land), whose will is unimpeded in all matters; paternal aunt of King Siri-Vīrapurisadatta; wife of Great General, Great Talavara Vāsiṭṭhīputta Kandasiri of the Pūkīyas; giver of an unequalled and uninterrupted stream of velāmika gifts as a favor to ascetics, brahmans, beggars, mendicants and the wretched; affectionate to all good people; Great-Talavara-wife, mother of Khandasāgaraṇṇaka — having dedicated (the merit) to her own family on both sides, established this pillar, for achieving the fortune of nirvāṇa for herself and for the sake of bringing about well‐being and happiness of all people. This construction of the Great Shrine has been received well by the Aparamahāvinaseliya teachers. This construction[, namely this] Great Shrine has been completed and the pillars established by the venerable Ānanda, preserver of the Long and Middle Divisions, pupil of the master, the noble Haṅgha, resident of the village Paṇṇa, the instructor and transmitter of the Long and Middle (Divisions) and the Five Matrices.

(13) In the 6th year of King Siri-Vīrapurisadatta, in the 6th fortnight of the rainy season, on the 10th day.

Bibliography

Only the last four lines of this inscription were edited by Vogel 1929–1930, pp. 14, 17 (C1), readings of the preceding lines being incorporated in the critical apparatus of his edition of EIAD 5. We record only variant readings by Vogel for the last four lines, as the first integral edition of this inscription, by Raghunath 2001, pp. 76–7 (6), is too full of involuntary errors. Our re-edition is based on the Leiden estampage sheets and autopsy of the fragments of the stone.

Secondary

Srinivasan, P. R. and S. Sankaranarayanan. 1979. Inscriptions of the Ikshvāku period. Epigraphical Series 14. Hyderabad: Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Page no. 9.

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 6.

Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Pages 76–7 (no. 6).

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[2] Raghunath no.: 6

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: 9

[4] Tsukamoto no.: Naga 6

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[6] Support : Āyaka pillar

[7] (Faces:) Lines: 13

[8] H: 354

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[10] D: 29

[11] H: 105

[12] W: 55

[13] Language(s): MIA

[14] Original locality: Nagarjunakonda Site-1, West side of the Mahācaitya

[15] Present locality: NM 283, 299

[16] Primary bibliography: Vogel 1929-30a: 14, 17 (C1).

[17] Secondary bibliography: Raghunath 2001: 76-7 (6).

[18] Visual documentation: estampage Leiden N6. — Vogel.

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