Kanheri Cave 22 Verandah Inscription
Editors: Kelsey Martini, Vincent Tournier.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSKI00026.
Hand description:
Language: Middle Indo-Aryan.
Repository: Satavahana (tfb-satavahana-epigraphy).
Version: (e852375), last modified (8a353da).
Edition
⟨1⟩ sidha therāṇa bhayat(āṇa gha)ma [2+] [ṇa] ⟨2⟩ Atevā(s)iṇ(i)ya pavajitik(ā)ya s(i) [3+] ⟨3⟩ l(eṇa) cāt(u)[dise] (bh)i[khu]saghe pat(i)ṭhap(i)[ta de]⟨4⟩yadhama [2×] (sa) dayeṇa sa [1×] (ya ṇa) [1×] [2+] ⟨5⟩ layeṇa [5×]<svastikLeft>
Apparatus
⟨1⟩ sidha □ therāṇa bhayat(āṇa gha)ma [2+] [ṇa] ⬦ sidhaṁ therāṇāṁ sagha G •
⟨2⟩ >Atevā(s)iṇ(i)ya pavajitik(ā)ya s(i) [3+] ⬦ [4+] antevāsiniya pavajitikāyā G •
⟨3⟩ l(eṇa) cāt(u)[dise] (bh)i[khu]saghe pat(i)ṭhap(i)[ta de] ⬦ G • Gokhale does not read this line at all.
⟨4⟩ yadhama [2×] (sa) dayeṇa sa [1×] (ya ṇa) [1×] [2+] ⬦ deyadhama [3+]saghaṁ pāniya((podhi)) G •
⟨5⟩ layeṇa [5×]<svastikLeft> ⬦ layana G •
Translation
(1–4) "Success! A cave established for the universal order of monks: the meritorious gift of the renunciant S[i]+++, apprentice of the venerable elder [Gha]ma++.
Bibliography
Primary
[G] Gokhale, Shobhana. 1991. Kanheri inscriptions. Pune: Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute. Page 77, item 26.
Secondary
Naik, A. V. 1948. “Inscriptions of the Deccan: an epigraphical survey (Circa 300 B.C.-1300 A.D.)” Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute 9 (1/2), pp. 1–160. [URL]. Page 19.
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l. 4-5 is unintelligible but likely consisted of either a listing of co-donors or a merit assignation formula.