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

Editors: Anonymous editor.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00008.

Hand description:

Language: Prakrit.

Repository: Early Andhra (tfb-eiad-epigraphy).

Version: (9fa90aa), last modified (35386f0).

Edition

⟨1⟩ sidhaṁ namo bhagavato devarājasakatasa supabudhabo⟨dhino⟩ savaṁñuno sava(sa)[tā]⟨2⟩nukaṁpakasa jitarāgadosamohavipamutasa mahāgaṇivasabhagaṁdhaha(thi)[sa] ⟨3⟩ saṁmasaṁbugasa dhātuvaraparigahitasa mahācetiye kulahakānaṁ bālikā ⟨4⟩ mahāsenāpatisa mahātalavarasa vāsiṭhīputasa hirañaṁkānaṁ khaṁdacalikikaṁmaṇakasa ⟨5⟩ bhayā mahāsenāpatini culacātisiriṇikā °apano °ubhayalokahitasukhani⟨6⟩vāṇathanāya °imaṁ selakhaṁbhaṁ patiṭhapitaṁ ti raṁño sirivirapurisadatasa ⟨7⟩ sava 6 vāpa 6 diva 10

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ supabudhabo⟨dhino⟩ • This restoration is justified by the occurrence of the epithet in similar formulas, for instance in EIAD 4, l. 1 and EIAD 10, l. 1.

⟨3⟩ saṁmasaṁbugasa • The ga is a copying mistake. Emend -budhasa.

⟨4⟩ hirañaṁkānaṁ ⬦ hiraṁñakānaṁ Vogeld • Emend hiraṁñakānaṁ. — ⟨4⟩ khaṁdacalikikaṁmaṇakasa ⬦ khaṁdacalikireṁmaṇaka [sa] Vogeld.

⟨7⟩ sava ⬦ saṁva Vogeld.

Translation

(1–3) Success! Homage to the Bhagavant, worshipped by the king(s) of the gods, who completely realized Awakening, the Omniscient One, who is compassionate with all beings, who conquered and is released from lust, hate and delusion, the bull and rut elephant among great leaders, the Perfect Buddha who is ensconced in the excellent relic [or: element (i.e., nirvāṇadhātu)]!

(3–6) At the Great Shrine, Great-General-wife Little Cāntisiriṇṇikā — child of the Kulahakas; wife of Great General, Great Talavara Vāsiṭṭhīputta Khandacalikiremmaṇaka of the Hiraññakas — established this pillar for the sake of well-being and happiness in both worlds and nirvāṇa for herself.

(6–7) In the 6th year of King Siri-Vīrapurisadatta, in the 6th fortnight of the rainy season, on the 10th day.

Bibliography

First described and edited by Vogeld. Re-edited here from the Leiden estampage and after autopsy of the stone.

Secondary

Srinivasan1979a

Tsukamoto1996

Raghunath2001