Memorial pillar from site 56 at Nagarjunakonda — reign of Siri-Ehavalacāntamūla
Editors: Arlo Griffiths, Vincent Tournier.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00057.
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Language: Middle Indo-Aryan.
Repository: Early Andhra (tfb-eiad-epigraphy).
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Edition
⟨1⟩ (raño) siri (E)havalacāṁtamūl(a)sa (sa) [4×] ⟨2⟩ hepa [1×]diva [1×]Ar(a)kabhaṁ(ḍ)arakasa [3×] ⟨3⟩ [1×][.]i [1×](ve) [1×]rakhadhikatasa koṁḍa [2×] ⟨4⟩ (chā) [1×](khaṁ) [1×]
Apparatus
⟨1⟩ (raño) ⬦ ....aka Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 • The editor noted: “The intended word may be arako (Sanskrit āryaka). Even if this is accepted, we can scarcely connect this epithet with the name of the Aira family (cf. above Vol. XXXII [= Sircar [1962] 1957–1958], p. 85, note 3)” (Sircar [1966] 1963–1964, p. 13 n. 7). It seems to us more likely that the intended word was in fact raño, even if the ñ would then be poorly realized. — ⟨1⟩ cāṁtamūl(a)sa ⬦ caṁtamulasa Sircar [1966] 1963–1964. — ⟨1⟩ (sa)[4×] • What remains, in the poor estampage, might be tentatively restored as (sa)[ṁvachara] followed by a number. Sircar suggests restoring (sa)[va], followed by a number.
⟨2⟩ hepa ⬦ hema Sircar [1966] 1963–1964. — ⟨2⟩ diva [1×] ⬦ diva 10 Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 • Sircar’s reading is unlikely, although we do not have an alternative reading to suggest. — ⟨2⟩ Ar(a)kabhaṁ(ḍ)arakasa ⬦ Arakabhaḍarakasa Sircar [1966] 1963–1964.
⟨3⟩ [1×][.]i [1×](ve)[3×] ⬦ yatisamaṇa- Sircar [1966] 1963–1964. — ⟨3⟩ koṁḍa [2×] ⬦ koḍa(rakasa) Sircar [1966] 1963–1964.
⟨4⟩ (chā)[1×](khaṁ)[1×] ⬦ (chāya-khaṁbho |) Sircar [1966] 1963–1964.
Translation
In the ... year of King Siri-Ehavalacāntamūla ... fortnight of winter, ... day. The memorial pillar of Koṇḍa..., treasurer of the noble ones (?), borne on the shoulders by...
Bibliography
First edited by Sircar [1966] 1963–1964, p. 13 (5). Re-edited here from the estampage published by Sircar.
Secondary
No name. 1887–. Annual report on Indian epigraphy. Madras; Calcutta; New Delhi: Government of Madras; Archaeological Survey of India. Pages 1959–60: B.90.
Srinivasan, P. R. and S. Sankaranarayanan. 1979. Inscriptions of the Ikshvāku period. Epigraphical Series 14. Hyderabad: Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Page no. 47.
Sarkar, H. 1982. “The Cāyā-Stambhas from Nāgārjunakoṇḍa.” In: Memorial stones: A study of their origin, significance and variety. Edited by Shadaksharappa Settar and Günther Dietz Sontheimer. I.I.A.H. Series & South Asian Studies 2 & XI/11. Dharwad; Heidelberg: Institute of Indian Art History, Karnatak University; South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, pp. 199–207. Page 204.
Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Page 155 (no. 39) = 160 (no. 44).
Notes
- 1. Sircar assumes bhaṭṭāraka, but an association with bhaṇḍāra and cognate forms with the meaning “treasurer, officer in charge of the treasury” seems more probable due to the clearly visible anusvāra above the akṣara bha.
- 2. For kha(ṁ)dhikata (Sanskrit skandhīkr̥ta), “borne on the shoulder”, see Sircar [1966] 1963–1964, p. 13. We are unable to confirm the reading of the preceding akṣaras suggested by Sircar (yati-samaṇa).
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[1] Inventory no. EIAD: 57
[2] Raghunath no.: 39, 44
[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: 47
[4] Tsukamoto no.: —
[5] Lüders no.:
[6] Support : memorial pillar
[7] (Faces:) Lines: 4
[8] H:
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[10] D:
[11] H:
[12] W:
[13] Language(s): MIA
[14] Original locality: Nagarjunakonda Site-56, about 100 yds. North-east of the antiquity section
[15] Present locality: unknown
[16] Primary bibliography: Sircar 1963-64a: 13 (5).
[17] Secondary bibliography: ARIE 1959-60: B.90. — Sarkar 1982: 204. — Raghunath 2001: 155 (39), 160 (44).
[18] Visual documentation: Sircar
[19] Substance of inscription: the pillar was a chhaya-stambha of Kodaraka
[20] Remarks: Raghunath's 39 is the same inscription as his 44. ASI estampage missing.
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