# EIAD 68. Memorial pillar from site 36 at Nagarjunakonda

Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier

Authors of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths, Vincent Tournier

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00068

Repository: Early Āndhradeśa (tfb-eiad-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSEIAD00068.xml

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

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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).