# KnI 342. Memorial stone from Kanaganahalli/Sannati

Vincent Tournier and Andrew Ollett

Authors of digital edition: Vincent Tournier, Andrew Ollett

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKanaganahalli00342

Repository: Kanaganahalli (tfb-kanaganahalli-epigraphy)

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSKanaganahalli00342.xml

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ muḍāṇa mahāgāmiku ⟨2⟩ mārasa Otikasa ⟨3⟩ bhaṭibālikāya ⟨4⟩
Ahimarikāya ⟨5⟩ purisadatāya

## Apparatus

⟨3-5⟩ bhaṭibālikāya Ahimarikāya purisadatāya • Cf. EIAD 670, l. 1:
Ahimar(i)kāna bhaṭibā(l)ikāya mah(ī)pūrisadatāya.

## Translation

Of Purisadattā (Puruṣadattā), the ahimarikā and the noble daughter
(bhaṭṭibālikā) of Otika, the mahāgāmikumāra of the Muḍas.

## Bibliography

This edition by Vincent Tournier and Andrew Ollett. Encoded in XML by Fu
Fan in August 2025.

### Primary

ARIE 1966–67. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1966-67. Edited by
G. S. Gai. Mysore: Chief Epigraphist [ASI], 1972. Item B.223.

Nagaraja Rao, M. S. 1985. “Brāhmī inscriptions and their bearing on the
great stūpa at Sannati.” In: Indian epigraphy: Its bearing on the
history of art. Edited by Frederick M. Asher & Govind Swamirao Gai. New
Delhi: Oxford & IBH; American Institute of Indian Studies, pp. 41–45.
Page 42, item 7, plate 61.

Sarma, I. Karthikeya & J. Varaprasada Rao. 1993. Early Brāhmī
inscriptions from Sannati. New Delhi: Harman. [URL]. Page 84, item B.5,
plates 17-A.