Kanheri Cave 80 Right Wall Inscription
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Edition
⟨1⟩ saghasa h(i) (su) [************]
⟨2⟩ pāl(a) nāvikeṇ(a) vase [***********]
⟨3⟩ teṇa bha⟨⟨tu⟩⟩ṇā c(e)va (Ama)[*] [*][bha]tuṇ(ā) ceva (ne)ga(meṇa)
⟨4⟩ Aḍaṇa(bha)tu(ṇā) ceva negam(e)ṇa (v)ituk(eṇa) □ (saha)-
⟨5⟩ (ca) mā(tu)ya pava(I)tik(ā)ya (ja)mayāya yeva A(kha)-
⟨6⟩ (ya)nivi □ la (sa) tu (ra cha) hi□(sa ma sa)vasat(ā)ṇa hitasu-
⟨7⟩ ghathā A(kha)yanivi ca d(i)[nā]<svastikaLeft>
Apparatus
⟨1⟩ saghasa h(i) (su) [12+] ⬦ sa [4+] G.
⟨2⟩ vase [11+] ⬦ vasa [4+] G.
⟨3⟩ teṇa bha⟨⟨tu⟩⟩ṇā c(e)va (Ama)[1×] [1+][bha]tuṇ(ā) ceva (ne)ga(meṇa) ⬦ tanāttaṇā ca vi [3+] su [3+] maha [3+] G.
⟨4⟩ Aḍaṇa(bha)tu(ṇā) ceva negam(e)ṇa (v)ituk(eṇa) □ (saha) ⬦ Aṭanasa saghārtha ca negama navinakeṇa [3+] saha G.
⟨5⟩ pava(I)tik(ā)ya (ja)mayāya ⬦ po[ḍhi][6+] deyadhama G. — ⟨5⟩ A(kha)⟨6⟩(ya)nivi □ la (sa) tu (ra cha) hi□(sa ma) ⬦ Akhanivi ca leṇaṁ datāni G.
Bibliography
Primary
[G] Gokhale, Shobhana. 1991. Kanheri inscriptions. Pune: Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute. Page 102, item 44.
Secondary
Strauch, Ingo. 2021. “Money for rituals: and related inscriptions from Āndhradeśa.” In: Power, presence and space: South Asian rituals in archaeological context. Edited by Henry Albery, Jens-Uwe Hartmann and Himanshu Prabha Ray. Archaeology and Religion in South Asia. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 193–214. Page 206.
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Commentary
According to West at least two lines preceded l. 1. Only a single akṣara is visible on the eye copy and none remain visible on the stone now.
⟨6⟩ la (sa) tu (ra cha) hi□(sa ma). This most likely signifies either the basis of the akṣayanivi or the manner in which funds are to be dispersed, however we are unable to currently explain it.