Memorial pillar from site 60 at Nagarjunakonda

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

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan (pra).

Version: 2025-09-30 03:30 (ed06ce4), last modified 2025-06-21 15:14 (9768830).

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⟨1⟩ [si](dhaṁ) (<>)mahāse(nāpa)tisa mahātala[va](ra)[sa]

⟨2⟩ [*](raka)ha(ko)ḍuvakasa Aya(bhuti)sa

⟨3⟩ chāy(ekha)bha (<>)

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [si] ⟨Fragment left⟩ (dhaṁ)(-) ⬦ ... Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 • Sircar however notes: ““The damaged word here may be sidhaṁ.”” — ⟨1⟩ mahātala[va](ra)[sa] ⬦ mahātala... Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 • Sircar notes: ““the lost aksharas are no doubt -varasa.””

⟨2⟩ [1×](raka)- ⬦ (Arakama)- Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 • Sircar notes: ““Better read Arakasa separately from the compound.””

⟨3⟩ chāy(ekha)bha ⬦ chayakhabho Sircar [1966] 1963–1964.

Translation

Success! Memorial pillar of the Great General, the Great Talavara ...rakahakoḍuvaka Ayabhuti (Āryabhūti).

Bibliography

First described and edited by Sircar [1966] 1963–1964, pp. 16–7 (6.C.II). Re-edited here from the estampage published by Sircar and after autopsy of the stone.

Secondary

ARIE

Srinivasan, P. R. and S. Sankaranarayanan. 1979. Inscriptions of the Ikshvāku period. Epigraphical Series 14. Hyderabad: Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Page no. 62.

Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Page 176 (no. 58).

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[2] Raghunath no.: 58

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: 62

[4] Tsukamoto no.: —

[5] Lüders no.:

[6] Support : memorial pillar

[7] (Faces:) Lines: 3

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[10] D: 24

[11] H: 25

[12] W: 35

[13] Language(s): MIA

[14] Original locality: Nagarjunakonda Site-60, sector S IV, division 189, trench E 2

[15] Present locality: NM, in fortification enclosure

[16] Primary bibliography: Sircar 1963-64a: 16-7 (6.C.II).

[17] Secondary bibliography: ARIE 1958-59: B.83. — Raghunath 2001: 176 (58).

[18] Visual documentation: Sircar

[19] Substance of inscription: memorial pillar of the commander-in-chief

[20] Remarks: ARIE: Pillar with sculpture in Site No.60 Sector S IV, Division 189, Trench E.2

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