# Kanheri Cave 74 Left Wall Inscription

Kelsey Martini and Vincent Tournier

Authors of digital edition: Kelsey Martini, Vincent Tournier

Contributor: Kelsey Martini

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKanheri00042

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

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSKanheri00042.xml

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ sidha ra(ño) ma[ḍhariputasa] sv(ā)misa(ka)[se]⟨2⟩[nasa savachare 8]
(gi) pa (5 di)v(ā) 10 et(ā)ya⟨3⟩[pūvāya kali](ya)[ṇe] vathavasa
v(e)ṇhu(nadi)puta⟨4⟩[sa negamasa] [3+] (ti)sa bhājāya hālaṇikā le⟨5⟩[ṇa
patiṭhāpita sa]h(ā) Āyyakena lā[.]i(na) sa(ha) sa⟨6⟩[hā] [6+] [sa]h(a)
p(u)t(e)ṇa dhāmaye(ṇa saha)⟨7⟩[8+] [1×] buddhakayena sahā v[.]ta [1+]
⟨8⟩ [8+] [sa]hā [3+] [.]i [4+]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ sidha ra(ño) ⬦ sadha ra [1×] B&B; sadha ra[ño] M; sadha ra [3×] G •
The expected i-mātra on first akṣara is clear on the eye copy.

⟨2⟩ [nasa savachare 8] (gi) pa (5 di)v(ā) 10 et(ā)ya ⬦ [nasa] [11+]
(di)vā 10 etāyi B&B; [nasa] [11+] (di)vā 10 etāyi M; [nasa] [5+] (di)vā
10 etāyi G.

⟨3⟩ [pūvāya kali](ya)[ṇe] vathavasa v(e)ṇhu(nadi)puta ⬦ [17+] vaṭhaveya
veṇhunadiputra B&B; [11+] vaṭhaveya veṇhunadiputra M; [9+] vaṭhaveya
veṇhunadiputra G.

⟨4⟩ [sa negamasa] [3+] (ti)sa ⬦ [sa] [8+] sa B&B; [sa] [8+] sa M; [sa]
[6+] sa G.

⟨5⟩ lā[.]i(na) sa(ha) sa ⬦ lā [3+] sa [5+] B&B; lā [3+] sa [5+] M; lā
[4+] sa [4+] G.

⟨6⟩ [hā] [6+] [sa]h(a) p(u)t(e)ṇa dhāmaye(ṇa saha) ⬦ [10+] dhāmaye [10+]
B&B; [10+] dhāmaye [10+] M; [6+] vasatena dhāmaye saha G. — ⟨6⟩ [8+]
[1×] buddhakayena sahā v[.]ta [1+] ⬦ [4+] buddhakayena sahā vi [4+] B&B;
[5+] buddhakayena sahā vi [5+] M; [7+] buddhakayena sahā vi [6+] G.

⟨8⟩ [8+] [sa]hā [3+] [.]i [4+] • Prior editors do not acknowledge this
line.

## Translation

⟨1–3⟩ Success! On the tenth day of the fifth fortnight of the hot season
in the eighth year of the king Maḍhariputa Svāmisakaseṇa. On the above
(date)..

⟨3–5⟩ A cave was established of (by) Hālanikā the wife of the market
councillor [3+]ti, son of Venhunadi, a resident of Kalyan.

⟨5–7⟩ Together with the noble Lā[.]i(na), together with….together with
the son Dhāmaya…(together with) Buddhakaya, together with…together with…

## Commentary

The restorations in the beginnings of l. 1-5 are based on comparison
with the parallel KI00041.

## Bibliography

### Primary

[B&B] Burgess, James & Georg Bühler. 1883. Report on the Elura cave
temples and the Brahmanical and Jaina caves in Western India: Completing
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[G] Gokhale, Shobhana. 1991. Kanheri inscriptions. Pune: Deccan College
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Rapson, Edward James. 1908. Catalogue of the coins of the Andhra
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Hettiarachchy, Jayadevanandasara. 1973. “Buddhism in the Northern Deccan
under the Śātavāhana Rulers (c. 30 B.C. - 225 A.D.)” Doctoral Thesis,
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