# EIAD 99. Lion sculpture from Ghantasala

Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier

Authors of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths, Vincent Tournier

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00099

Repository: Early Āndhradeśa (tfb-eiad-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSEIAD00099.xml

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ Ukhasirivadham(ā)ne budhisirigahapatimaṁḍavasa ⁓

## Translation

(Part) of the maṇḍapa of the notable (gahapati) Budhisiri in the estate
of Ukhasiri.

## Bibliography

First described and edited by Vogel [1956] 1947–1948, pp. 2–3 (C), then
re-edited by Somasekhara Sarma 1974, p. 3 (C). Re-edited here from the
published estampages and after autopsy of the stone.

### Secondary

ARIE

Srinivasan, P. R. & S. Sankaranarayanan. 1979. Inscriptions of the
Ikshvāku period. Epigraphical Series 14. Hyderabad: Govt. of Andhra
Pradesh. Page no. 75.

Tsukamoto Keishō 塚本啓祥. 1996. インド仏教碑銘の研究 I, Text, Note,
和訳 Indo Bukkyō himei no kenkyū I: Text, Note, Wayaku [A comprehensive
study of the Indian Buddhist inscriptions, Part I: Text, Notes and
Japanese Translation]. Kyōto-shi 京都市: Heirakuji Shoten 平楽寺書店.
Page no. Ghan 3.

Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the
Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Page 192 (no.
80).