# KnI 196. Lower drum slab from the Kanaganahalli stūpa

Vincent Tournier

Author of digital edition: Vincent Tournier

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKanaganahalli00196

Repository: Kanaganahalli (tfb-kanaganahalli-epigraphy)

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSKanaganahalli00196.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⟩ gahapatino viḍaganāgilasa putasa gahapatino Upāsa(kasa)
(b)[o](dh)[ig](ū)tasa[…]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ viḍaganāgilasa ⬦ viniganāgilasa N&vH • The reading of the second
akṣara by the previous editors seems influenced by the fact that the
akṣara rests on a horizontal stroke. That this is a ḍa is confirmed by
its unambiguous tracing in KnI0095. — ⟨1⟩ (b)[o](dh)[ig](ū)tasa ⬦ paya
[1+] tasa N&vH • This reading is supported by the closely parallel text
of KnI0198.

## Translation

… of the upāsaka, the notable Bodhigutta, the son of the notable
Viḍanāgila ...

## Bibliography

This edition, based on photographs, by Vincent Tournier. Encoded in XML
by Fu Fan in June 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 109, section V.2, item 1.