# EIAD 92. Beam, doorstep or maṇḍapa pillar from site 23 at
Nagarjunakonda

Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier

Authors of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths, Vincent Tournier

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00092

Repository: Early Āndhradeśa (tfb-eiad-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSEIAD00092.xml

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

Commit: 2026-09-22 13:22 (151ff65), last modified 2026-09-21 18:13
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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 ARIE. The fourth graffito, or
block 2, perpendicular to the others, was added in ARIE. 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).