# KnI 11. Octagonal chattra-pillar fragment from the Kanaganahalli stūpa
— reign of Gotamīputta Siri-Yaññasātakaṇṇi, year 10

Vincent Tournier

Author of digital edition: Vincent Tournier

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKanaganahalli00011

Repository: Kanaganahalli (tfb-kanaganahalli-epigraphy)

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSKanaganahalli00011.xml

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

Commit: 2026-10-22 02:04 (be11620), last modified 2026-09-17 05:18
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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [ya]ñasātakaṇ(i)sa saṁvachare (10) gimhānaṁ ⟨2⟩ [pakhe] (5)
(sa)t(i)ka(ṇa) mahadatasa dāna chata ⟨3⟩ mahācetiye ⁓

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ [pakhe] (5) (sa)t(i)ka(ṇa) mahadatasa ⬦ ta(kā)na mahaḍatasa N&vH •
The individual mentioned here appears to be the same as Sa(ṁ)tika
Mahāsenadatta, occurring as donor in KnI0099, KnI0100. In KnI0263, the
donor is similarly called mahadata-, which may be short for
Mahāsenadatta. Also, in both inscriptions, the ending satikana, as
opposed to satikena in KnI0100 (and probably in KnI0099) may be
understood as standing for satikāna, a genitive plural of belonging.

## Translation

… In the 10th year of ⟨King⟩ ⟨Gotamīputta Siri-⟩Yaññasātakaṇṇi, in the
5th fortnight of summer. An umbrella for the Great Shrine: the gift of
Mahādatta of the Sa(ṁ)tika ⟨family⟩.

## Commentary

None of the three fragments reproduced in Nakanishi & von Hinüber 2014
were documented by either Robert Arlt or Vincent Tournier. The
identification of Poonacha 2011, № 256 as a fragment of the same
inscribed object is due to Robert Arlt.

## Bibliography

This edition, based on photographs, by Vincent Tournier. Encoded in XML
by Fu Fan in April 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 35–36, section I, item 11.

[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. Item
256.