Kanheri Epitaph Inscription 21

Editors: Kelsey Martini, Vincent Tournier.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKI00071.

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Language: Middle Indo-Aryan.

Repository: Satavahana (tfb-satavahana-epigraphy).

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⟨1⟩ therāṇaṁ kh(emakar)[āṇaṁ] ⟨2⟩ jayiṇaṃ tiṇha[ṃ][A](ra)ha⟨3⟩(nta)satāṇaṃ thūbh(aṃ)<svastikaLeft>

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ kh(emakar)[āṇaṁ] ⬦ bha(danta) [4+] G • This hypothetical reading is supported by KI00062, l. 2: khemakarāṇaṁ

⟨2⟩ jayiṇaṃ ⬦ jāyiṇaṃ G • Understand jhāyiṇaṃ. Cf. KI00052, l. 2. — ⟨2⟩ [A](ra)ha⟨3⟩(nta)satāṇaṃ ⬦ (A)raha(ntā)ṇaṃ G.

⟨3⟩ thūbh(aṃ)<svastikaLeft> ⬦ thūbhaṃ G.

Translation

Stūpa of the three hundred arhats, [accomplished] meditators, [headed by?] the venerable Khemaṃkara.

Commentary

(2) tiṇhaṃ This is the Gen. Pl. of the numeral three, see KI00075, l. 1: pañcaṇha(ṃ) and references provided there.

Bibliography

Primary

[G] Gokhale, Shobhana. 1991. Kanheri inscriptions. Pune: Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute. Page 132, item E21.

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