Pillar from the Yakṣa Kubera Temple of site 64 at Nagarjunakonda

Editors: Arlo Griffiths, Vincent Tournier.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00085.

Hand description:

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan.

Repository: Early Andhra (tfb-eiad-epigraphy).

Version: 2025-04-17 07:44 (77e39b7), last modified 2025-04-17 07:44 (77e39b7).

⟨1⟩ vidhikasa

Translation

Of Vidhika.

Commentary

(1) ¹

Bibliography

First described in No name 1887–, pp. 1959–60: no. B.74. Re-edited here from the published estampage and after autopsy of the stone.

Secondary

Sarkar, H. 1968–1971. “Chronological aspects of Mason's marks at Nāgārjunakoṇḍa.” Bharati (Bulletin of the Department of Ancient History, Culture, and Archaeology) 12–14, pp. 226–235. Page 227.

Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Page 187 (no. 66).

Notes

1. Two pillars are reported in ARIE 1959-60 to bear the same pilgrim’s record (B.74 and 75); we were able to photograph only B.74 in Mysore, and it shows the same inscription as Sarkar’s plate II. Note occurrence of the proper name Vidhika in EIAD 20 and 86.

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[2] Raghunath no.: 66

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: —

[4] Tsukamoto no.: —

[5] Lüders no.:

[6] Support : pillar

[7] (Faces:) Lines: 1

[8] H: 150

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[11] H: 16

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[13] Language(s): MIA

[14] Original locality: Nagarjunakonda Site-64, Yaksha-Kubera temple

[15] Present locality: NM, in fortification enclosure

[16] Primary bibliography: ARIE 1959-60: B.74.

[17] Secondary bibliography: Sarkar 1968-71: 227. — Raghunath 2001: 187 (66).

[18] Visual documentation: Est. ASI. — Sarkar 1968-71, pl. II.

[19] Substance of inscription: vidhikasa

[20] Remarks: Two pillars are reported in ARIE 1959-60 to bear the same pilgrim's record (B.74 and 75); we were able to photographe only B.74 in Mysore, and it shows the same inscription as Sarkar's plate II. It bears a representation of bow+arrow.

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