# EIAD 78. Memorial pillar from Gangaperuru

Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier

Authors of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths, Vincent Tournier

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00078

Repository: Early Āndhradeśa (tfb-eiad-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSEIAD00078.xml

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [1+][1×]r[.] Ācariyana(ṁ) _putasa ⟨2⟩ (na)radasagotasa sivadā(sa)
gogaha(ṇa)⟨3⟩sagām(e) saga(gatasa) chāy(ā)khaṁbh(o)

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [1×] r[.] ⬦ [.]ura Srinivasan 1965–1966; (pari) Parabrahma Sastry
1977. — ⟨1⟩ Ācariyana(ṁ) ⬦ Ācariyanaṁ Srinivasan 1965–1966; Ācariya
Parabrahma Sastry 1977.

⟨2⟩ naradasagotasa ⬦ sudasa gonasa Srinivasan 1965–1966; bhārādasa
gotasa Parabrahma Sastry 1977. — ⟨2⟩ sivadā(sa) • We expect
sivadā(sa)⟨sa⟩, a clear instance of haplography. — ⟨2⟩ gogaha(ṇa) ⬦
gogahane Srinivasan 1965–1966; (gārgabha) Parabrahma Sastry 1977.

⟨3⟩ saga(gata)sa ⬦ sagaha(ta)sa Srinivasan 1965–1966; -sa ge [2×](sa)
Parabrahma Sastry 1977. — ⟨3⟩ chāy(ā)khaṁbh(o) ⬦ chāyakhaṁ(bha)
Srinivasan 1965–1966; chāya khaṁbha Parabrahma Sastry 1977.

## Translation

Memorial pillar of Sivadāsa of the Nārada gotra, son of the (...)
masters, who died (lit. went to the heavens, svargagata) in battle, (on
the occasion of) a cattle raid.

## Bibliography

First edited by Srinivasan 1965–1966 and then by Parabrahma Sastry 1977,
p. 1 (1). Although no reference is made to any previous edition,
Parabrahma Sastry’s 1977 publication almost certainly concerns the same
inscription as that published by Srinivasan. It is re-edited here from
published documentation.

### Secondary

ARIE

Parabrahma Sastry, P. V. 1975. Department of archaeology and Museums,
Andhra Pradesh: Annual report on epigraphy, 1967. Epigraphical Series
10. Hyderabad: Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Page no. 366.

Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the
Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Page 178
(59A).