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

Editors: Arlo Griffiths, Vincent Tournier.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00008.

Hand description:

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan.

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

Version: (a154659), last modified (77e39b7).

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 Vogel 1929–1930 • Emend hiraṁñakānaṁ. — ⟨4⟩ khaṁdacalikikaṁmaṇakasa ⬦ khaṁdacalikireṁmaṇaka [sa] Vogel 1929–1930.

⟨7⟩ sava ⬦ saṁva Vogel 1929–1930.

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 Vogel 1929–1930, pp. 13, 18–9 (B4). Re-edited here from the Leiden estampage and after autopsy 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. 12.

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 12.

Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Pages 80–1 (no. 7).