KnI 99. Octagonal pillar fragment from the Kanaganahalli stūpa

KnI 99. Octagonal pillar fragment from the Kanaganahalli stūpa author of digital edition Vincent Tournier European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Munich DHARMA_INSKanaganahalli00099.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 DHARMAbase

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namo bhagavato budhasato ca thabho be damurīkārapitaṁ saṁghasatikena mahāsenadatena

to ca thabho be damurī todathuthibadama The tentative reading damurī may be compared to damurā, occurring on several floor slabs from Kesanapalli, see EIAD 231, 233, 234. The derivation of this term remains unclear. satikena mahāsenadatena kena māhisakasa My reconstruction is supported by KnI0100 and by the fragment KnI0292, l. 2, reading satikena mah.

Hommage to the Bhagavant, the Buddha! … a pillar and two floor slabs (?) were ordered to be made, by Saṅgha-…, and Mahāsenadatta—the Sa(ṁ)tika …

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

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