Kanheri Cave 2 Inscription, Right Side of Back WallEpiDoc EncodingKelseyMartiniintellectual authorship of editionKelseyMartiniVincentTournierEuropean Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994DHARMADHARMA_INSKanheri00003.xmlCC BY-SA 4.02019-2026DHARMAbase
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kalīyanā suvaṇakerasa samida
tasa saha saṁghāṇa panika deyadhaṁmaṁ
suvaṇakerasasuvaṇakorasasuvaṇakorasaUnderstand suvaṇakārasasamidatasasāmidatasasaṁghāṇasaghanasaghanaBoth B+B and G suggest to emend saghena. Both the eye copy and photographs show -ghā-, while the photographs suggest that -ṇa is correct. The reading of the last akṣara could also be -ne. See Commentary.
A panika: The meritorious gift of Sāmidatta, a goldsmith from Kalyan, together with/for the Saṁgha
Regarding l. 2 saghaṇa, it is tempting to accept the gen. pl. saghāṇa as indicating the beneficiaries of the gift, however this does not account for the preceding saha, which would call for an instrumental. The personal name Saṁgha is very common in the inscriptions of the Deccan, as it is, for instance, in the Niya documents.