# Kanheri Cave 80 Right Wall Inscription

Kelsey Martini and Vincent Tournier

Authors of digital edition: Kelsey Martini, Vincent Tournier

Contributor: Kelsey Martini

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKanheri00044

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

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSKanheri00044.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⟩ saghasa h(i) (su) [12+] ⟨2⟩ pāl(a) nāvikeṇ(a) vase [11+] ⟨3⟩ teṇa
bha⟨⟨tu⟩⟩ṇā c(e)va (Ama)[1×] [1+][ bha]tuṇ(ā) ceva (ne)ga(meṇa) ⟨4⟩
Aḍaṇa(bha)tu(ṇā) ceva negam(e)ṇa (v)ituk(eṇa) □ (saha)⟨5⟩(ca) mā(tu)ya
pava(I)tik(ā)ya (ja)mayāya yeva A(kha)⟨6⟩(ya)nivi □ la (sa) tu (ra cha)
hi□( sa ma sa)vasat(ā)ṇa hitasu⟨7⟩ghathā A(kha)yanivi ca d(i)[nā]卍

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ saghasa h(i) (su) [12+] ⬦ sa [4+] G.

⟨2⟩ vase [11+] ⬦ vasa [4+] G.

⟨3⟩ teṇa bha⟨⟨tu⟩⟩ṇā c(e)va (Ama)[1×] [1+][ bha]tuṇ(ā) ceva (ne)ga(meṇa)
⬦ tanāttaṇā ca vi [3+] su [3+] maha [3+] G.

⟨4⟩ Aḍaṇa(bha)tu(ṇā) ceva negam(e)ṇa (v)ituk(eṇa) □ (saha) ⬦ Aṭanasa
saghārtha ca negama navinakeṇa [3+] saha G.

⟨5⟩ pava(I)tik(ā)ya (ja)mayāya ⬦ po[ḍhi][6+] deyadhama G. — ⟨5⟩
A(kha)⟨6⟩(ya)nivi □ la (sa) tu (ra cha) hi□( sa ma) ⬦ Akhanivi ca leṇaṁ
datāni G.

## Commentary

According to West at least two lines preceded l. 1. Only a single akṣara
is visible on the eye copy and none remain visible on the stone now.

⟨6⟩ la (sa) tu (ra cha) hi□( sa ma ). This most likely signifies either
the basis of the akṣayanivi or the manner in which funds are to be
dispersed, however we are unable to currently explain it.

## Bibliography

### Primary

[G] Gokhale, Shobhana. 1991. Kanheri inscriptions. Pune: Deccan College
Post Graduate and Research Institute. Page 102, item 44.

### Secondary

Strauch, Ingo. 2021. “Money for rituals: akṣayanīvī and related
inscriptions from Āndhradeśa.” In: Power, presence and space: South
Asian rituals in archaeological context. Edited by Henry Albery,
Jens-Uwe Hartmann & Himanshu Prabha Ray. Archaeology and Religion in
South Asia. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 193–214. Page 206.