# Kanheri Cave 3 Octagonal Column Graffiti Inscription

Kelsey Martini and Vincent Tournier

Authors of digital edition: Kelsey Martini, Vincent Tournier

Contributor: Kelsey Martini

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKanheri00011

Repository: Early Western Deccan (tfb-earlywesterndeccan-epigraphy)

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSKanheri00011.xml

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-09-17 08:03 (159f390), last modified 2026-09-17 05:29
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## Edition

⟨1⟩ saṃvat 921 Asvi ⟨2⟩ na suddha 7 [1×][2+] ⟨3⟩ (ka) suta [1×] vata
[2+] ⟨4⟩ [3+] sā [1×] [2+]

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ na suddha 7 [1×][2+] ⬦ [2+] na suddha 7 mi G.

⟨3⟩ (ka) suta [1×] vata [2+] ⬦ [2+] ka suta vata G.

⟨4⟩ [3+] sā [1×] [2+] • Gokhale does not acknowledge this line, however
its existence is clear on the eye-copy.

## Bibliography

### Primary

[G] Gokhale, Shobhana. 1991. Kanheri inscriptions. Pune: Deccan College
Post Graduate and Research Institute.

### Secondary

Alone, Y.S. 2022. “India’s Deccan Upland: Historical and Cultural
Geography of Western Indian Buddhist Caves.” Scientific Culture 8 (3),
pp. 15–33. Page 19.