# EIAD 193. Slab with image of Mucilinda from Dhulikatta

Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier

Authors of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths, Vincent Tournier

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00193

Repository: Early Āndhradeśa (tfb-eiad-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSEIAD00193.xml

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ piṭhanaṁdiputasa duhutaya sayonija dānaṁ

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ piṭhanaṁdiputasa duhutaya sayonija dānaṁ ⬦ pitha nandi puthasa
duhuthuya sayonija sanam KS; pitha nandi puthasa – duruthuya sayonija
danam No name N.d.; piṭha naṅdi puthasa duhuthuya sayonija dānam BIA.

## Translation

gahapatino pathalasa mathuya samaya danam

## Bibliography

No visual documentation seems to have been published for the present
inscription, for which nearly identical readings have been published.
Not having identified the slab bearing this inscription, we are unable
to verify the published readings. The text we propose here is an attempt
to interpret and normalize the published readings.

### Primary

[KS] Krishna Sastry, V. V. 1983. The proto and early historical cultures
of Andhra Pradesh. Archaeological Series 58. Hyderabad: Govt. of Andhra
Pradesh. [URL]. Page 145.

[ARDAM] ARDAM 1975–76. Annual report of the Department of Archaeology &
Museums: Government of Andhra Pradesh 1975-1976. Edited by V. V. Krishna
Sastry. Hyderabad: The Government of Andhra Pradesh, 1986. Page 8.

[BIA] Hanumantha Rao, B. S. L., N. S. Ramachandra Murthy, B.
Subrahmanyam & Īmani Śivanāgireḍḍi. 1998. Buddhist inscriptions of
Andhradesa. Secunderabad: Ananda Buddha Vihara Trust. Page 115, item 2.