# EIAD 62. Fragments from site 34 at Nagarjunakonda — reign of
Siri-Vīrapurisadatta

Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier

Authors of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths, Vincent Tournier

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00062

Repository: Early Āndhradeśa (tfb-eiad-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSEIAD00062.xml

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan [Script (unspecified)]

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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.