Fragments from site 34 at Nagarjunakonda — reign of Siri-Vīrapurisadatta

Authors of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths (argr), Vincent Tournier (vito).

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan (pra) [Script (other) (script_other)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00062.

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Edition

Fragment a

[…](virap)urusadatasa sa ⟨Fragment lost⟩ [vachara] […]

Fragment b

[…]bhaga(va) […]

Fragment c

[…]samuda […]

Fragment d

[…]makuda(sa) […]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ (virap)urusadatasa sa ⟨Fragment lost⟩ [vachara] Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 ⬦ (ti)ṭhavita(ṁ) Raghunath 2001 • Raghunath’s reading represents the text found on ARIE, i.e., the end of EIAD 36.

⟨2⟩ bhaga(va) Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 ⬦ baga Raghunath 2001 • Raghunath 2001, p. 190 notes: “Read Bhagavato”.

Translation

(...) year of (...) Vīrapurisadatta (...) the Bhagavant (...)

Commentary

Raghunath wrongly speaks of label inscriptions.

Bibliography

First published by Sircar [1966] 1963–1964, p. 20 (7.B.IV), whose readings are adopted here.

Secondary

ARIE

Srinivasan, P. R. & S. Sankaranarayanan. 1979. Inscriptions of the Ikshvāku period. Epigraphical Series 14. Hyderabad: Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Page no. 32.

Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Pages 190, 210 (no. 74).

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 68.

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[2] Raghunath no.: 74

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: 32

[4] Tsukamoto no.: Naga 68

[5] Lüders no.:

[6] Support : stone, 4 fragments

[7] (Faces:) Lines:

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[9] W:

[10] D:

[11] H:

[12] W:

[13] Language(s):

[14] Original locality: Nagarjunakonda Site-34, Karttikeya temple

[15] Present locality:

[16] Primary bibliography: Sircar 1963-64a: 20 (7.B.IV).

[17] Secondary bibliography: ARIE 1959-60: B.96-99. — Raghunath 2001: 190 (74).

[18] Visual documentation: none

[19] Substance of inscription:

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