Beam, doorstep or maṇḍapa pillar from site 23 at Nagarjunakonda

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Edition

Graffiti Block 1

⟨1⟩ bu (na)

⟨2⟩ hathikasa

⟨3⟩ budharakhitasa

Graffiti Block 2

nagutara

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ bu (na)bu … Raghunath 2001 • This could could possibly be an abbreviation for buddhāya namo.

Translation

Veneration to the Buddha (?). Of the hathika (?) Budharakhita (Buddharakṣita).

Nagutara (Nāgottara).

Bibliography

The three graffiti of block 1 noticed in No name 1887–, pp. 1959–60. The fourth graffito, or block 2, perpendicular to the others, was added in No name 1887–, pp. 1976–77: B.2. Re-edited here from available documentation and after autopsy of the stone.

Secondary

Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Page 189 (no. 73).