Slab from Dhulikatta

Authors of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths (argr), Vincent Tournier (vito).

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan (pra) [Script (other) (script_other)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00194.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ gahapatino pathalasa māḍhariputasa Āyāgo dāna(ṁ)

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ pathalasa Krishna Sastry 1983 ⬦ piṭhalasa Hanumantha Rao et al. 1998. — ⟨1⟩ māḍhariputasa ⬦ mathari puthasa Krishna Sastry 1983; maḍhari putasa Hanumantha Rao et al. 1998. — ⟨1⟩ Āyāgo ⬦ Ayago Krishna_Sastry1983 eiad-bibl:Hanumantha_Rao1998. — ⟨1⟩ dāna(ṁ) ⬦ danam Krishna Sastry 1983; dānam Hanumantha Rao et al. 1998.

Translation

An āyāka as gift of the notable Pathala Māṭharīputa.

Bibliography

First described and edited by Krishna Sastry 1983, pp. 145, 226 and in No name N.d., pp. 1975–76 (1986): 8. Virtually the same reading has been published also in No name N.d., pp. 1975–76 (1986): 8. A very similar reading is provided in Hanumantha Rao et al. 1998, p. 115 (no. 4). The inscription is re-edited here from available documentation and after autopsy of the stone.

Secondary

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 (no. 4).

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[2] Raghunath no.: —

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: —

[4] Tsukamoto no.: —

[5] Lüders no.:

[6] Support : drum slab

[7] (Faces:) Lines: 1

[8] H: 106

[9] W: 116

[10] D: 14

[11] H: 48

[12] W: 4

[13] Language(s): MIA

[14] Original locality: Dhulikatta, 8 km from Peddabankur

[15] Present locality: AM&IC AM-20

[16] Primary bibliography: Krishna Sastry 1983: 145, 226.

[17] Secondary bibliography: Hanumantha Rao et al 1998: 115 (no. 2).

[18] Visual documentation: Krishna Sastri 1983, pl. 61-62. — photos JM 2017

[19] Substance of inscription: gahapatino pathalasa mathariputasa ayago danam

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