# KnI 8. Large slab from the Kanaganahalli stūpa — reign of
Vāsiṭṭhīputta Siri-Puḷumāvi, year 35

Vincent Tournier

Author of digital edition: Vincent Tournier

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKanaganahalli00008

Repository: Kanaganahalli (tfb-kanaganahalli-epigraphy)

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSKanaganahalli00008.xml

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ sidha ∥ na(mo) bhagavato samasabudhasa _ Adhālakamahā⟨2⟩ce(t)iyasa
(ra)ño vāseṭhiputasiripulumāvisa ⟨3⟩ savachare 30 5 gi(m)h[ā]na pakhe 2
10 _ korukulana ⟨4⟩ bhikhuniya _ dhamasiriyāya _ Agarik(o)
paṭasa⟨5⟩tharo ca deyadhama _ saha A(mā)p(itu)hi _ saha ca me ⟨6⟩
upajāEhi bhayatava(ra)nabhutihi _ sahi ca bhayata⟨7⟩(s)ihehi _
savasatāna ca hitasughatha

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ sidha ⬦ sidha N&vH; siddha F.

⟨2⟩ Adhālakamahāce(t)iyasa ⬦ śudhalakamahāce(t)iyasa F;
Adh(ā)lakamahāce[t]iyasa N&vH. — ⟨2⟩ vāseṭhiputasiripulumāvisa ⬦
vāseṭhi(p)utasiripulumāvisa F; vāseṭhi(p)uta siri pulumāvisa N&vH.

⟨3⟩ gi(m)h[ā]na ⬦ (gimhana) F; gi[m]h[ā]na N&vH.

⟨4⟩ bhikhuniya ⬦ bhikhuniye F; bhikhuniye N&vH.

⟨4-5⟩ Agarik(o) paṭasatharo ⬦ Akhar(i)kapaṭa satharo F; Agarak(o)
paṭasatharo N&vH • The i is marked by a vertical wave, instead of a
semi-circular stroke. This unusual shape is explained by the limited
space left by the long descender of the akṣara ka in the preceding line.
Unusual i and ī markers, adapting to similar constraints, may be
observed elsewhere, for instance in EIAD 40 (Tsukamoto Keishō 塚本啓祥
1996, № Naga 19), ll. 7 (in nī) and 8 (in ni).

⟨5⟩ A(mā)p(itu)hi ⬦ A(māpitu)hi F; A(māpitū)hi N&vH.

⟨6⟩ bhayatava(ra)nabhutihi ⬦ bhayatava(ra)nabhutihi F; bhayata
va(ra)nabhutihi N&vH.

⟨6-7⟩ sahi ca bhayata(s)ihehi ⬦ saha ca bhayata (s)ihehi F; saha ca
bhayata(s)ihehi N&vH.

⟨7⟩ savasatāna ⬦ savasatāna N&vH; savasa(ta)na F.

## Translation

Success! Homage to the Bhagavant, the Perfectly and Completely Awakened
One! In year 35 of King Vāseṭṭhīputta Siri-Puḷumāvi, in fortnight 2 of
the summer, ⟨on day⟩ 10. An agarika and a covering of slabs: the pious
gifts—for the Adhālaka Great Shrine—of ⟨me⟩, bhikkhunī Dhammasirī, of
the Korukullas, together with ⟨my⟩ mother and father, with my preceptor
the reverend Varaṇabhūti, and with reverend Sīha; for the well-being and
happiness of all beings.

## Bibliography

This edition, based on photographs, by Vincent Tournier. Encoded in XML
by Fu Fan in March 2025.

### Primary

[N&vH] Nakanishi, Maiko & Oskar von Hinüber. 2014. Kanaganahalli
inscriptions. Annual report of the International Research Institute for
Advanced Buddhology at Soka University for the Academic Year 2013, Vol.
17, Supplement. Tokyo: International Research Institute for Advanced
Buddhology, Soka University. Pages 31–33, section I, item 8.

[MASI] Poonacha, K. P. 2011. Excavations at Kanaganahalli (Sannati),
taluk Chitapur, dist. Gulbarga, Karnataka. Memoirs of the Archaeological
Survey of India 106. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Page
458, item 75, plate CXXXVI, figure 8, plate CXLIV, item A.

Tournier, Vincent. 2020. “Buddhist lineages along the Southern Routes:
on two nikāyas active at Kanaganahalli under the Sātavāhanas.” In:
Archaeologies of the Written: Indian, Tibetan, and Buddhist Studies in
Honour of Cristina Scherrer-Schaub. Edited by Vincent Tournier, Vincent
Eltschinger & Marta Sernesi. Series Minor 89. Naples: Università degli
Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”, pp. 859–912. [URL]. Pages 878–880.

[F] Falk, Harry. 2009. “Two Dated Sātavāhana Epigraphs.” IIJ 52, pp.
197–206.