# KnI 278. Fragment of a base or plinth from the Kanaganahalli stūpa

Vincent Tournier

Author of digital edition: Vincent Tournier

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKanaganahalli00278

Repository: Kanaganahalli (tfb-kanaganahalli-epigraphy)

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSKanaganahalli00278.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⟩ […] [1×] _ bodhirukhapeḍhikā _ c(e)tiA [1×] […]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ bodhirukhapeḍhikā • The substantive peḍhikā (then spelt peḍhīkā) is
also found in composition in KnI0289, l. 1, and in KnI0312, l. 2. Cf.
AMg peḍhiyā = Skt. pīṭhikā (see also pīṭhī), meaning “seat, base,
pedestal”. See, for instance, NWS, s.v. Sircar 1966, s.v. gives
“platform”. Could this point architecturally to a base? On the stool
being mentioned in the context of Awakening, see for instance DN-a
I.57-58.

## Translation

Plinth of the bodhi-tree ... ⟨at?⟩ the ... shrine.

## Bibliography

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