Pillar from site 126 at Nagarjunakonda — reign of Siri-Ehavalacāntamūla

Editors: Arlo Griffiths, Vincent Tournier.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00056.

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Language: Middle Indo-Aryan.

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

Version: 2025-04-17 07:44 (77e39b7), last modified 2025-04-17 07:44 (77e39b7).

sidhaṁ ~ ⟨1⟩ na(mo) bhagavato savalokamah(i)tasa no(ḍhagī)saras(ā)misa (ma)[hā]rājasa Asa(me)dha(yājisa) [A](ne)kahira[ṇakoṭi]pa[dāyi](sa) (sirica)tamū(lasa) (putasa) [3×](r)[.] [2×] ⟨2⟩ sirivirapurisadātasa putasa raṁño vasiṭhiputasa (Ikhā)kuna s(i)riEhavalacatam(ū)lasa savacharaṁ v(i)ja[yaṁ] (gi)pa (2)diva 1(raṁño) veja(yika) Āyuvadha(ṇika) ca Apa(no) [1×] ⟨3⟩ (I)hām[u]t(ikaṁ) seyatha At(e)puramahatarikāya bhagava [2×]seṭhibāl(i)kāya ra(ta)visaya (v)i(ḍ)aya [8×]paraha [11×](ka) [2×] ⟨4⟩ bhagavato (noḍhagī)saras(ā)misa devakulaṁ thali(ṁ) (ca) (kāri)tā Akhayanīvi(ṁ) ca kat(ū)ṇa mas(anu)mas(ika)sa (vi)dhi [12×]dh(i)kaseni(ya) (dināri) [10×](dinā)ri dasa 10 ⟨5⟩ panikaseniye dināri dasa 10puvikasen(i)ye dināri dasa 10Eva(ṁ) senis(u) catusu [3×]dinarisa(ta) [14×]par[.] [7×]ta [1×][se]niy(e) (ca) [1×] ⟨6⟩ [2×]sen(iye) [2×](na)sa dakhiṇa(sa) se [1×](ra)chaya (pu) [6×]para(hu)ta [16×](seṭhi) [4×]dinari [1×][.]i(ya) [2×]dha(na) [4×](be) (nana) (vakāye) sadh(ā)tu(ne) ⟨7⟩ (kuvāni)las(i) [2×]va (Ā)gaṁ(tu)k(a)vathavehi [2×]g[.] [1×](ka)ma(ra)t(e)h(i) ca [3×]seṭhipamukha [4×]ni [2×]no(ḍha) [1×](de)va(sa) (te)thikanakhati(k)āpa(hā)raḍhikā bhagaphulasa(ṁ)ṭhapa Apanā ca citanaṁ katavaṁ Eva ca Akaraṁta seṭhipam⟨u⟩kha nigama karayaṁti <flourish>

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ bhagavat(o) ⬦ bhagavate Sircar [1966] 1963–1964. — ⟨1⟩ saval(o)kamah(i)tasa Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 • Cf. EIAD 20, l. 1: savalokacitamahitasa. — ⟨1⟩ (noḍhagīsa)ras(ā)misa ⬦ (noḍagī?)sarasāmisa Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 • One could also read to-. Is there a connection with the place name Toḍatūra in the Jaggayyapeta inscriptions? — ⟨1⟩ (sirica)tamūla(sa) ⬦ (siricatamulasa) Sircar [1966] 1963–1964. — ⟨1⟩ (putasa)[3×](r)[.][2×] ⬦ (putasa) ..... Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 • Sircar [1966] 1963–1964, p. 6 notes: “The word raño and Māḍharīputasa may have been engraved here”.

⟨2⟩ sirivirapurisadātasa _ p(ū)tasa raṁño (s)i(r)i ⬦ sirivirapurisadatasa putasa raṁño Sircar [1966] 1963–1964. — ⟨2⟩ Ehavalacatamūlasa ⬦ Ehavalacatamulasa Sircar [1966] 1963–1964. — ⟨2⟩ v(i)ja[yaṁ]_(gi)pa (2) ⬦ vija[yaṁ gi](mha)pa (2) Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 • For the numeral sign, whose reading is very uncertain, cf. perhaps the strangely formed sign read as 2 in EIAD 53, l. 2. — ⟨2⟩ Āyuvadhaṇi(ka) ca Apan(o) ⬦ Ayuvadhani(ka) ca Apana Sircar [1966] 1963–1964.

⟨3⟩ (I)hām[u]t(ikaṁ) ⬦ sahamati(ṇa) Sircar [1966] 1963–1964. — ⟨3⟩ bhagava [2×] ⬦ bhagava(tāya) Sircar [1966] 1963–1964. — ⟨3⟩ ra(ta)visaya ⬦ ra(tava)saya Sircar [1966] 1963–1964.

⟨4⟩ (noḍhagī)saras(ā)misa ⬦ (noḍagī?)sarasāmisa Sircar [1966] 1963–1964. — ⟨4⟩ devakulaṁ thali(ṁ ca kāri)tā ⬦ devakula thala (ca kāri)tā Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 • In support of our reading thaliṁ, cf. Kāmasūtra 6.5.28 devakulataḍāgārāmāṇām karaṇam | sthalīnām agnicaityānāṁ nibandhanam. — ⟨4⟩ Akhayanīvi(ṁ) ca kat(ū)ṇa ⬦ Akhayanīvi ca katāṇa Sircar [1966] 1963–1964. — ⟨4⟩ mas(anu)mas(ika)sa (vi)dhi [1×] ⬦ masanumasi(ka)sa vadhisa Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 • Sircar must have presumed, and we presume with him, that a stroke which can be interpreted to make -e (masenu-) is in fact an accidental scratch. — ⟨4⟩ dh(i)kaseni(ya dināri) • Sircar [1966] 1963–1964, p. 7 affirms that “the context suggests that 70 dināris were deposited in the śrēṇi in question”. We think too much is lost of the surrounding words to be confident about such a calculation.

⟨6⟩ [2×] sen(iye)[2×](na)sa dakhiṇa(sa) se [1×](ra)chaya ⬦ ……………. sara chaya … Sircar [1966] 1963–1964. — ⟨6⟩ (pu)[6×] para(hu)ta ⬦ ……… paraputa Sircar [1966] 1963–1964. — ⟨6⟩ (seṭhi)[4×] dinari [1×][.]i(ya)[2×] dha(na)[4×](be nana vakāye)_ sadh(ā)tu(ne) ⬦ ……………. ni ……………. vakāye sadha Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 • Sircar’s reading ignores the clear presence of two more akṣaras at the end of the line.

⟨7⟩ (kuvāni)las(i)[2+] va (Ā)gaṁ(tu)k(a)vathavehi [2+] g[.][1+](ka)ma(ra)t(e)h(i)_ ca [3+] seṭhipamukha [4+] ni [2+] no(ḍha)[1+](de)va(sa) ⬦ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sircar [1966] 1963–1964. — ⟨7⟩ (te)thikanakhati(k)āpa(hā)raḍhikā ⬦ . . . . . thika . . . . . . . . . . tarapa (pa)raḍika Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 • Cf. EIAD 60, l. 1 and 139, l. 3–4. — ⟨7⟩ bhagaphulasa(ṁ)ṭhapa ⬦ bhagaphula saṭhapa Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 • Cf. EIAD 60, l. 2 and 139, l. 4. — ⟨7⟩ seṭhipam⟨u⟩kha nigama ⬦ seṭhipamakha nigam(o) Sircar [1966] 1963–1964. — ⟨7⟩ karayaṁti <flourish> ⬦ karayaṁti || Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 • The final flourish is unrecognizable, but certainly not a double daṇḍa.

Translation

(1–2) Success! Homage to the Bhagavant Noḍhagīsarasāmi, who is honoured by all people! In the Victory year of the King Siri-Vāsiṭṭhīputta Siri-Ehavalacāntamūla of the Ikṣvākus, son of ... Siri-Vīrapurisadatta ... grandson (putasa = potasa?) of Great King Siri-Cāntamūla, sacrificer of the Aśvamedha, giver of numerous tens of millions of (pieces of) gold, in the 2nd fortnight of summer, on the 1st day.

(2–7) For the victory and to increase the lifespan of the king, and for (a positive outcome) in this and in the other world for himself/themselves (the donors) — namely: Bhagava..., wife of the chamberlain of the female appartments; Ratavisā, daughter of the Guild’s Chief; Viḍā... — had a temple and a platform (thali) made for the Bhagavant Noḍhagīsarasāmi. And having made a permanent endowment ... month after month ... dināris (are to be deposited ?) in the ...dhika guild, ten — 10 — dināris ... ten — 10 — dināris in the betel-leaf guild, ten — 10 — dināris in the betel-nut guild. Thus, in four guilds ... hundred dināris ... the ... guild and the ... guild ... of the reward ... sacrificed to others ... dināris (in the) ... guild ... sadhātune kuvānilasi ... by those devoted to ritual acts, who (will) arrive and who (presently) reside ... headed by the guilds ... the taithika, nākṣatrika as well as prāharika rites and so forth (are to be performed) for the god Noḍha...; the repair of what is damaged and dilapidated and the embellishment are to be made by themselves. And thus, the townsmen (nigama = Skt. naigama ?) headed by the members of the guild cause to act (accordingly) those who do not act accordingly (?).

Commentary

(7) citanaṁ¹

Bibliography

First edited by Sircar [1966] 1963–1964, pp. 4–7 (1.B). Re-edited here from our photos of the ASI estampages and after autopsy of the stone.

Secondary

No name. 1887–. Annual report on Indian epigraphy. Madras; Calcutta; New Delhi: Government of Madras; Archaeological Survey of India. Pages 1958–59: no. B.78.

Srinivasan, P. R. and S. Sankaranarayanan. 1979. Inscriptions of the Ikshvāku period. Epigraphical Series 14. Hyderabad: Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Page no. 35.

Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Page 154 (no. 38).

Soundara Rajan, K. V. 2006. Nagarjunakonda (1954–60), volume II: The historical period. Memoirs of the archaeological survey of India 75. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Page 243.

Notes

1. For citana ‘embellishment’, see Tsukamoto Keishō 塚本啓祥 1996, l. 11: Etasa ca leṇasa citaṇanimita ‘and for the sake of the embellishment of that cave’.

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[1] Inventory no. EIAD: 56

[2] Raghunath no.: 38

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: 35

[4] Tsukamoto no.: —

[5] Lüders no.:

[6] Support : pllar, octagonal, lime-stone (bottom part)

[7] (Faces:) Lines: 7

[8] H: 167

[9] W: 27

[10] D: 29

[11] H: 34

[12] W: 180

[13] Language(s): MIA

[14] Original locality: Nagarjunakonda Site-126

[15] Present locality: NM, in fortification enclosure

[16] Primary bibliography: Sircar 1963-64a: 4-7 (1.B).

[17] Secondary bibliography: ARIE 1958-59: B.78. — Raghunath 2001: 154 (38). — Soundara Rajan 2006: 243.

[18] Visual documentation: Est. ASI; Sircar — Soundara Rajan 2006: pl. CII (A). — photos JM 2017

[19] Substance of inscription:

[20] Remarks: text written lenghthwise, from bottom to top: cf. 003; only left part of inscription was traced at NM; h and w of surface inscr. measured from estampage at Mysore.

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Is there a connection with the place name Toḍatūra in the Jaggayyapeta inscriptions?</note></app><app loc="1"><lem><unclear>sirica</unclear>tamūla<unclear>sa</unclear></lem><rdg source="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01"><unclear>siricatamulasa</unclear></rdg></app><app loc="1"><lem><unclear>putasa</unclear><gap reason="illegible" quantity="3" unit="character"/><unclear>r</unclear><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="component"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/></lem><rdg source="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01"><unclear>putasa</unclear> .....</rdg><note><bibl><ptr target="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01"/>: <citedRange>6</citedRange></bibl> notes: <quote>The word <hi rend="italic">raño</hi> and <hi rend="italic">Māḍharīputasa</hi> may have been engraved here</quote>.</note></app><app loc="2"><lem>sirivirapurisadātasa <space quantity="1" unit="character"/> p<unclear>ū</unclear>tasa raṁño <unclear>s</unclear>i<unclear>r</unclear>i</lem><rdg source="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01">sirivirapurisadatasa putasa raṁño</rdg></app><app loc="2"><lem>Ehavalacatamūlasa</lem><rdg source="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01">Ehavalacatamulasa</rdg></app><app loc="2"><lem>v<unclear>i</unclear>ja<supplied reason="lost">yaṁ</supplied><space quantity="1" unit="character"/><unclear>gi</unclear>pa <unclear>2</unclear></lem><rdg source="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01">vija<supplied reason="lost">yaṁ gi</supplied><unclear>mha</unclear>pa <unclear>2</unclear></rdg><note>For the numeral sign, whose reading is very uncertain, cf. perhaps the strangely formed sign read as 2 in EIAD <ref target="DHARMA_INSEIAD00053.xml">53</ref>, l. 2.</note></app><app loc="2"><lem>Āyuvadhaṇi<unclear>ka</unclear> ca Apan<unclear>o</unclear></lem><rdg source="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01">Ayuvadhani<unclear>ka</unclear> ca Apana</rdg></app><app loc="3"><lem><unclear>I</unclear>hām<supplied reason="lost">u</supplied>t<unclear>ikaṁ</unclear></lem><rdg source="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01">sahamati<unclear>ṇa</unclear></rdg></app><app loc="3"><lem>bhagava <gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/></lem><rdg source="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01">bhagava<unclear>tāya</unclear></rdg></app><app loc="3"><lem>ra<unclear>ta</unclear>visaya</lem><rdg source="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01">ra<unclear>tava</unclear>saya</rdg></app><app loc="4"><lem><unclear>noḍhagī</unclear>saras<unclear>ā</unclear>misa</lem><rdg source="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01"><unclear>noḍagī?</unclear>sarasāmisa</rdg></app><app loc="4"><lem>devakulaṁ thali<unclear>ṁ ca kāri</unclear>tā</lem><rdg source="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01">devakula thala <unclear>ca kāri</unclear>tā </rdg><note>In support of our reading <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">thaliṁ</foreign>, cf. Kāmasūtra 6.5.28 <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">devakulataḍāgārāmāṇām karaṇam | sthalīnām

agnicaityānāṁ nibandhanam</foreign>.</note></app><app loc="4"><lem>Akhayanīvi<unclear>ṁ</unclear> ca kat<unclear>ū</unclear>ṇa</lem><rdg source="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01">Akhayanīvi ca katāṇa</rdg></app><app loc="4"><lem>mas<unclear>anu</unclear>mas<unclear>ika</unclear>sa <unclear>vi</unclear>dhi <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/></lem><rdg source="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01">masanumasi<unclear>ka</unclear>sa vadhisa</rdg><note>Sircar must have presumed, and we presume with him, that a stroke which can be interpreted to make <foreign>-e</foreign> (<foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">masenu-</foreign>) is in fact an accidental scratch.</note></app><app loc="4"><lem>dh<unclear>i</unclear>kaseni<unclear>ya dināri</unclear></lem><note><bibl><ptr target="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01"/>: <citedRange>7</citedRange></bibl> affirms that <cit><quote>the context suggests that 70 <hi rend="italic">dināris</hi> were deposited in the <hi rend="italic">śrēṇi</hi> in question</quote></cit>. We think too much is lost of the surrounding words to be confident about such a calculation.</note></app><app loc="5"><note>Sircar prints only a long series of dots after <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">dinarisa<unclear>ta</unclear></foreign>.</note></app><app loc="6"><lem><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/> sen<unclear>iye</unclear><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/><unclear>na</unclear>sa dakhiṇa<unclear>sa</unclear> se <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><unclear>ra</unclear>chaya</lem><rdg source="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01">……………. sara chaya …</rdg></app><app loc="6"><lem><unclear>pu</unclear><gap reason="illegible" quantity="6" unit="character"/> para<unclear>hu</unclear>ta</lem><rdg source="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01">……… paraputa</rdg></app><app loc="6"><lem><unclear>seṭhi</unclear><gap reason="illegible" quantity="4" unit="character"/> dinari <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="component"/>i<unclear>ya</unclear><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/> dha<unclear>na</unclear><gap reason="illegible" quantity="4" unit="character"/><unclear>be nana vakāye</unclear><space quantity="1" unit="character"/> sadh<unclear>ā</unclear>tu<unclear>ne</unclear></lem><rdg source="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01">……………. ni ……………. vakāye sadha</rdg><note>Sircar’s reading ignores the clear presence of two more akṣaras at the end of the line.</note></app><app loc="7"><lem><unclear>kuvāni</unclear>las<unclear>i</unclear><gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/> va <unclear>Ā</unclear>gaṁ<unclear>tu</unclear>k<unclear>a</unclear>vathavehi <gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/> g<gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="component"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/><unclear>ka</unclear>ma<unclear>ra</unclear>t<unclear>e</unclear>h<unclear>i</unclear><space quantity="1" unit="character"/> ca <gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/> seṭhipamukha <gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character"/> ni <gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/> no<unclear>ḍha</unclear><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/><unclear>de</unclear>va<unclear>sa</unclear></lem><rdg source="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01">. . . . . . . . . . . . . .</rdg></app><app loc="7"><lem><unclear>te</unclear>thikanakhati<unclear>k</unclear>āpa<unclear>hā</unclear>raḍhikā</lem><rdg source="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01">. . . . . thika . . . . . . . . . . tarapa <unclear>pa</unclear>raḍika</rdg><note>Cf. EIAD <ref target="DHARMA_INSEIAD00060.xml">60</ref>, l. 1 and <ref target="DHARMA_INSEIAD00139.xml">139</ref>, l. 3–4.</note></app><app loc="7"><lem>bhagaphulasa<unclear>ṁ</unclear>ṭhapa</lem><rdg source="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01">bhagaphula saṭhapa</rdg><note>Cf. EIAD <ref target="DHARMA_INSEIAD00060.xml">60</ref>, l. 2 and <ref target="DHARMA_INSEIAD00139.xml">139</ref>, l. 4.</note></app><app loc="7"><lem>seṭhipam<supplied reason="omitted">u</supplied>kha nigama</lem><rdg source="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01">seṭhipamakha nigam<unclear>o</unclear></rdg></app><app loc="7"><lem>karayaṁti <g type="flourish"/></lem><rdg source="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01">karayaṁti ||</rdg><note>The final flourish is unrecognizable, but certainly not a double daṇḍa.</note></app></listApp></div><div type="translation"><p n="1-2"> Success! Homage to the Bhagavant Noḍhagīsarasāmi, who is honoured by all people! In the Victory year of the King Siri-Vāsiṭṭhīputta

Siri-Ehavalacāntamūla of the Ikṣvākus, son of ... Siri-Vīrapurisadatta ... grandson (<foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">putasa</foreign> = <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">potasa</foreign>?)

of Great King Siri-Cāntamūla, sacrificer of the Aśvamedha, giver of numerous tens of millions of (pieces of) gold, in the 2nd fortnight of summer, on the 1st day.</p><p n="2-7"> For the victory and to increase the lifespan of the king, and for (a positive outcome) in this and in the other world for himself/themselves

(the donors) — namely: Bhagava..., wife of the chamberlain of the female appartments; Ratavisā, daughter of the Guild's Chief; Viḍā... — had a temple and a platform (<foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">thali</foreign>) made for the Bhagavant Noḍhagīsarasāmi. And having made a permanent endowment ... month after month ... dināris (are to be deposited ?) in

the ...dhika guild, ten — 10 — dināris ... ten — 10 — dināris in the betel-leaf guild, ten — 10 — dināris in the betel-nut guild. Thus, in four guilds ... hundred dināris ... the

... guild and the ... guild ... of the reward ... sacrificed to others ... dināris (in the) ... guild ... <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">sadhātune kuvānilasi</foreign> ... by those

devoted to ritual acts, who (will) arrive and who (presently) reside ... headed by the guilds ... the <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">taithika</foreign>, <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">nākṣatrika</foreign> as well as <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">prāharika</foreign> rites and so forth (are to be performed) for the god Noḍha...; the repair of what is

damaged and dilapidated and the embellishment are to be made by themselves. And thus, the townsmen (<foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">nigama</foreign> = Skt. <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">naigama</foreign> ?) headed by the members of the guild cause to act (accordingly) those who do not act accordingly (?).</p></div><div type="commentary"><p n="7"><term>citanaṁ</term><note>For <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">citana</foreign> ‘embellishment’, see <bibl><ptr target="bib:Tsukamoto1996_01"/>: no. Nāsik 4</bibl>, l. 11: <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">Etasa ca leṇasa citaṇanimita</foreign> ‘and for the sake of the

embellishment of that cave’.</note></p></div><div type="bibliography"><p>First edited by <bibl><ptr target="bib:Sircar1963-1964_01"/>: <citedRange>4-7 (1.B)</citedRange></bibl>. Re-edited here from our photos of the ASI estampages and after autopsy of the stone.</p><listBibl type="primary"><bibl/></listBibl><listBibl type="secondary"><bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE"/><citedRange>1958-59: no. B.78</citedRange></bibl><bibl><ptr target="bib:Srinivasan+Sankaranarayanan1979_01"/>: <citedRange>no. 35</citedRange></bibl><bibl><ptr target="bib:Raghunath2001_01"/>: <citedRange>154 (no. 38)</citedRange></bibl><bibl><ptr target="bib:SoundaraRajan2006_01"/>: <citedRange>243</citedRange></bibl></listBibl></div></body></text>

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