# KnI 273. Buddhapāda from the Kanaganahalli stūpa

Vincent Tournier

Author of digital edition: Vincent Tournier

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKanaganahalli00273

Repository: Kanaganahalli (tfb-kanaganahalli-epigraphy)

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSKanaganahalli00273.xml

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-10-22 02:04 (be11620), last modified 2026-09-19 17:49
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## Edition

⟨1⟩ <nandyāvarta> [si](dha) bodhiparigāhakasa vāṇiyasa budhila_sa
payasaghādo deyadhama 卐

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ <nandyāvarta> [si](dha) ⬦ […] net IAR. — ⟨1⟩ bodhiparigāhakasa ⬦
bodhiparigrahakasa IAR • This epithet may be compared to
sihāsanaparigahaka- occurring in EIAD 468 and on a potsherd from
Salihundam. Cf. Strauch forthcoming, Sal039 . Allusions to the
bodhi-tree or to bodhi-tree shrines may be found in KnI 278:
bodhirukhapeḍhikā_c(e)tiA, EIAD 20, l. 3: sīhaḷavihāre _
bodhirukhapāsādā; EIAD 592: saghadāsīya bodhiya (d)umaṁ. — ⟨1⟩ vāṇiyasa
⬦ vaniyasa IAR. — ⟨1⟩ payasaghādo ⬦ payasa pato IAR. — ⟨1⟩ deyadhama ⬦
deyadhama IAR.

## Translation

Success! A pair of ⟨Buddha⟩ foot[-prints]: the pious gift of the
merchant Buddhila, who is in possession (or: in charge) of the
Bodhi⟨-tree⟩.

## Commentary

First edited in IAR 2000-01, p. 77.

## Bibliography

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

### Primary

[IAR] IAR 2000-01. Indian Archaeology 2000-01: A Review. New Delhi:
Archaeological Survey of India, 2006. Page 77.