# KnI 26. Pupphagahani from the Kanaganahalli stūpa

Vincent Tournier

Author of digital edition: Vincent Tournier

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKanaganahalli00026

Repository: Kanaganahalli (tfb-kanaganahalli-epigraphy)

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSKanaganahalli00026.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⟩ manikārasa mahamar(i)tino sabhāriyasa saputakasa sadu(h)[utakasa]
(sajā)mātukasa dāna cetiya pu(pha)gaha⟨2⟩nik(a)

## Apparatus

⟨1-2⟩ cetiya pu(pha)gahanika ⬦ (cetiyapu)[pha](gaha)[ni] N&vH • who seem
to have missed the two akṣaras engraved below line 1, for lack of space.

## Translation

A shrine⟨-bearing slab and a?⟩ pupphagahani: the gift of the jeweller
Mahāmariti, together with his wife, his son⟨s⟩, his daughter⟨s⟩, and his
son⟨s⟩-in law.

## Commentary

As remarked by Nakanishi & von Hinüber 2014, p. 47, Mahāmariti occurs as
the donor of a drum-slab bearing a representation of a shrine and
referred to as cediya in KnI0093. Here, the pupphagahani does not bear
any such representation, so the meaning of cetiya pu(pha)gahanika is a
bit puzzling. I therefore suppose this phrasing may jointly refer to the
two structural elements dedicated by the donor, and translate
accordingly.

## 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. Page 47, section II.2, item 7.

[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
456, item 65b, plate CXXXV, item 8.