Memorial pillar from site 36 at Nagarjunakonda

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_INSEIAD00068.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ sidhaṁ khaṁdhāvārān(e) _Okhaṁdhakasa Amita-
⟨2⟩ janasa daṁpadamanasa Olabaka-
⟨3⟩ hathigāhakasa mahāsenā-
⟨4⟩ patisa kuḷahakānaṁ siricaṁta-
⟨5⟩ puḷasa chāyathabho (⁓)

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ khaṁdhāvārān(e) ⬦ khaṁdhāvārāna Sircar [1966] 1963–1964.

⟨2⟩ daṁpadamanasa ⬦ dapadamanasa Sircar [1966] 1963–1964. — ⟨2⟩ olabaku- ⬦ olabaka- Sircar [1966] 1963–1964.

Translation

Success! Memorial pillar of Siri-Caṁtapuḷa of the Kuḷahakas, the attacker (*avaskandaka?) of war-camps, the tamer of the proud of (his) enemies, the seizer of olabaka (avalambaka) elephants (?), the Great General.

Bibliography

First described and edited by Sircar [1966] 1963–1964, pp. 13–4 (6.A). Re-edited here from available documentation and after autopsy of the stone.

Secondary

ARIE

Srinivasan, P. R. & S. Sankaranarayanan. 1979. Inscriptions of the Ikshvāku period. Epigraphical Series 14. Hyderabad: Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Page no. 56.

Sarkar, H. 1982. “The Cāyā-Stambhas from Nāgārjunakoṇḍa.” In: Memorial stones: A study of their origin, significance and variety. Edited by Shadaksharappa Settar & 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 203.

Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Page 167 (no. 50).

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[1] Inventory no. EIAD: 68

[2] Raghunath no.: 50

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: 56

[4] Tsukamoto no.: —

[5] Lüders no.:

[6] Support : memorial pillar, bottom fragment

[7] (Faces:) Lines: 5

[8] H: 82+

[9] W: 41

[10] D: 15

[11] H: 33+

[12] W: 41

[13] Language(s): MIA

[14] Original locality: Nagarjunakonda Site-36, eastern gate of the citadel

[15] Present locality: NM 81

[16] Primary bibliography: Sircar 1963-64a: 13-4 (6.A).

[17] Secondary bibliography: ARIE 1959-60: B.89. — Sarkar 1982: 203. — Raghunath 2001: 167 (50).

[18] Visual documentation: Sircar. — Sarkar 1982, fig. 2. — Raghunath

[19] Substance of inscription: chāyathabha of Cantapula

[20] Remarks: ARIE 1956-57 mentions site no. NK (V)/55

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