Kanheri Epitaph Inscription 19
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Apparatus
⟨2⟩ An(dh)akāvirā ⬦ Andhakavīrā G • G notes that the last compound points to the fact that the monk originated from Andhra. Understand Andhakavīrā[ṇaṁ]?
Translation
… of the venerable Noble Sāmin, chief of the Andhakas (?).
Bibliography
Primary
[G] Gokhale, Shobhana. 1991. Kanheri inscriptions. Pune: Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute. Page 132, item E19.
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Commentary
Gokhale does not acknowledge the space in the first line.
It might be the case that this inscription was left unfinished, as one would expect a third line, but there is no trace of it in the documentation available.