# KnI 416. Slab from Sannati — reign of Vāseṭṭhīputta Sivasiri-Puḷumāvi

Vincent Tournier

Author of digital edition: Vincent Tournier

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKanaganahalli00416

Repository: Kanaganahalli (tfb-kanaganahalli-epigraphy)

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSKanaganahalli00416.xml

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

Commit: 2026-10-22 02:04 (be11620), last modified 2026-09-19 19:28
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## Edition

⟨Face A⟩ ⟨1⟩ [vāseṭhi]puto _ sivasiripuḷu(m)[āvi] ⟨2⟩ […](n)[.]su _
kinādikesu _ kadamūla[phala] ⟨3⟩ […] [1×] ya _ ya [1×] te(lasa) ⟨4⟩ […]
[1×] (tā)pāna _ karetena _ na va(s)i[…] ⟨Face B⟩ ⟨1⟩ […] Atāpasana vā _
na vasitava _ d(ā)rapal(e)[…] ⟨2⟩ […]tavo _ sudhāvāsikena
Ekaratiparivuthe(na)[…] ⟨3⟩ […][4+][.]i[12+][…]

## Apparatus

⟨A.1⟩ sivasiripuḷu(m)[āvi] ⬦ siva siri puḍum[āvi] N&vH.

⟨A.2⟩ […](n)[.]su _ kinādikesu ⬦ (na)sukinādikesu N&vH. — ⟨A.2⟩
kadamūla[phala] • Reconstruction suggested by Nakanishi & von Hinüber
2014, and supported by KnI0417, l. 3: kaṁdamūlaphaḷanivāro.

⟨A.3⟩ [1×] ya _ ya [1×] ⬦ yaya [1+] N&vH.

⟨A.4⟩ [1×] (tā)pāna ⬦ tapāna N&vH. — ⟨A.4⟩ va(s)i[…] • Nakanishi & von
Hinüber 2014suggest restoring vasi[tavo].

⟨B.1⟩ Atāpasana ⬦ Atāpasena N&vH. — ⟨B.1⟩ d(ā)rapal(e) ⬦ darahal(e/o)
N&vH.

⟨B.2⟩ Ekaratiparivuthe(na) ⬦ Ekaratiparivuthe[na] N&vH.

⟨B.3⟩ […][4+][.]i[12+][…] • No mention is made of the third line in Face
B by either Sarma & Varaprasada Rao 1993 or Nakanishi & von Hinüber
2014.

## Translation

Vāseṭṭhīputta Sivasiri-Puḷumāvi ⟨orders:⟩ “… ¿ferments? and so on, …
bulbs, roots… sesame oil … he who does … must not live here.

… and who is not an ascetic must not live here. The doorman should … he
who is clothed in white and who has stayed ⟨here?⟩ for one night…

## Commentary

This and KnI0417 may bear two copies of a royal edict — or two distinct
edicts issued by the same king — addressed to what we argue, on
terminological ground, is a non-Buddhist ascetic community.

## Bibliography

This edition by Vincent Tournier. Encoded in XML by Fu Fan in July 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 20, item C.

[ARIE] ARIE 1996–97. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1996-97.
Edited by M. K. Bhadri. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 2006.
Item B1.

[S&VR] Sarma, I. Karthikeya & J. Varaprasada Rao. 1993. Early Brāhmī
inscriptions from Sannati. New Delhi: Harman. [URL]. Page 76, item A3.