# KnI 12. Octagonal chattra-pillar from the Kanaganahalli stūpa — reign
of Gotamīputta Siri-Yaññasātakaṇṇi, year 11

Vincent Tournier

Author of digital edition: Vincent Tournier

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKanaganahalli00012

Repository: Kanaganahalli (tfb-kanaganahalli-epigraphy)

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSKanaganahalli00012.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⟩ sidhaṁ ∥ raño gotamiputasa _ siriyañasātakaṇisa _ sa(va) 10 1 ⟨2⟩
hematāna _ pakhe 1 diva 1 _ bhikhusa _ dhamakadhikasa _ bodhikayasa ⟨3⟩
chata deyadhama _ sahā mātāpitūhi _ sahā ca _ bhātūbhaginihi ⟨4⟩
savalokahitāya

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ sidhaṁ ⬦ siddhaṁ N&vH.

## Translation

Success! In the 11th year of King Gotamīputta Siri-Yaññasātakaṇṇi, in
the 1st fortnight of the winter season, on the 1st day. An umbrella: the
pious gift of Bodhikaya, the expounder of the Dharma—together with his
parents and with his brother⟨s⟩ and sister⟨s⟩—for the well-being of the
whole world.

## 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 36–37, section I, item 12.

[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
467, item 143, plate XLIV, item B, plate CXLIV, item B.