KnI 14. Lower drum slab from the Kanaganahalli stūpa — reign of Māṭharīputta Siri-Puḷumāvi author of digital edition Vincent Tournier European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Munich DHARMA_INSKanaganahalli00014.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 DHARMAbase

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namo bhagagavato budhasa raño māḍhariputasa siripulumāvisa savachare divasaṁ 5 sidakapavatakasa Uvāsakasa devavāṇijaputasa hāgāṇa kaṇhasirisa samātukasa sabhātukasa saputakasa dejadhama cetiyapaṭo savalokahitāya

bhagavato bhagavato māḍhariputasa The mā is engraved above a previously traced akṣara, such as a ka or more likely a second ño written by dittography. divasaṁ 5 diva 10 5 sidakapavatakasa sādakapavatakasa The vocalic marker of the first akṣara, although it is damaged, rather clearly curves rightwards. Sidaka possibly stands for Skt. siddhaka, pointing to a kind of tree. See , s.v. Uvāsakasa dhava

Hommage to the Bhagavant, the Buddha! In the … year of King Māṭharīputta Siri-Puḷumāvi, … on the 5th day. A slab with an engraved shrine: the pious gift of Kaṇhasiri of the Hāga family, an upāsaka from Mount Siddhaka, the son of the merchant -deva—together with his mother, his brothers, his sons—for the well-being of the whole world.

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

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