Kanheri Stone Path Between Cave 16 and 17 Inscription

Author of digital edition: Kelsey Martini (kema).

Contributors: Kelsey Martini (kema), Vincent Tournier (vito).

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

Repository: Satavahana (tfb-satavahana-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKI00020.

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSKI00020.xml.

Version: 2026-08-16 19:50 (8c6fcee), last modified 2026-07-17 15:36 (581605e).

Edition

⟨1⟩ 卍cemulakasa heraṇikasa rohiṇi-

⟨2⟩ mitasa putasa dhamaṇakasa patho

⟨3⟩ deyadhaṁma

Apparatus

⟨3⟩ deyadhaṃma ⬦ deyadhama G.

Translation

A path, the meritorious gift of Dhammaṇṇaka, the son of Rohiṇimitta, a minter of Cemulla

Commentary

Another son of Rohiṇimitta acts as donor in KI00018.

Bibliography

Primary

[G] Gokhale, Shobhana. 1991. Kanheri inscriptions. Pune: Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute. Page 66, item 20.

Secondary

Naik, A. V. 1948. “Inscriptions of the Deccan: an epigraphical survey (Circa 300 B.C.-1300 A.D.)” BDCRI 9 (1/2), pp. 1–160. [URL]. Pages 52, 97 no. 193.

Hettiarachchy, Jayadevanandasara. 1973. “Buddhism in the Northern Deccan under the Śātavāhana Rulers (c. 30 B.C. - 225 A.D.)” Doctoral Thesis, University of London. London. Page 193.

Neelis, Jason. 2010–11–19. “Early Buddhist Transmission and Trade Networks: Mobility and Exchange within and beyond the Northwestern Borderlands of South Asia.” In: Early Buddhist Transmission and Trade Networks. Leiden: Brill. [URL]. Page 25 n. 75.

Ghosh, Suchandra. 2023. “Interrogating ’Heraṇika’ in the Inscriptions of the Western Deccan (c. 200 BC-300 AD).” In: Look at the Coins! Papers in Honour of Joe Cribb on his 75th Birthday (eds. Helen Wang and Robert Bracey. Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 174–176. Page 175.

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