# Kanheri Cave 81 Right Wall Inscription

Kelsey Martini and Vincent Tournier

Authors of digital edition: Kelsey Martini, Vincent Tournier

Contributor: Kelsey Martini

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKanheri00045

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

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSKanheri00045.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⟩ [15+]sa sethisa ⟨2⟩ (ra)[11+](p)usamitasa ⟨3⟩ (hu)[12+] [1×]
nekamasa ga⟨4⟩hapati[sa] [10+] sa leṇaṁ pā⟨5⟩(ṇiya)[poḍhi ca][19+][1×]
deyadhama ⟨6⟩ cā(tu)[dise bhikhusaṁghe patiṭhāpita mātā]pitaro Udi⟨7⟩sa
(ma) [2×] [8+] mato sasu ⟨8⟩ (la ta s)[.][2×] ta t(e)su [4+](pa)[1×](ce)
dāto

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [15+]sa sethisa ⬦ [5+]sa sethisa G.

⟨2⟩ (ra)[11+] ⬦ mi[5+] G.

⟨3⟩ (hu)[12+] [1×] nekamasa ga ⬦ [5+][1×] nekamasa ga G. — ⟨3⟩
ga⟨4⟩hapati[sa] [10+]sa leṇaṁ ⬦ gahapati [5+] leṇaṁ G.

⟨4⟩ pā⟨5⟩(ṇiya)[poḍhi ca][19+][1×] deyadhama ⬦ po[ḍhi][6+] deyadhama G.

⟨6⟩ cā(tu)[dise bhikhusaṁghe patiṭhāpita mātā]pitaro Udi ⬦
[6+][mātā]pitaro Udisa G.

⟨7⟩ sa (ma)[2×][8+] mato sasu ⬦ [6+]ta[6+]sasa G.

⟨8⟩ (la ta s)[.][2×] ta t(e)su [4+](pa)[1×](ce) dāto ⬦ [4+]
rata[4+]po[ḍhi] ca dinā G.

## Bibliography

### Primary

[G] Gokhale, Shobhana. 1991. Kanheri inscriptions. Pune: Deccan College
Post Graduate and Research Institute. Page 52, item 6.

### 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.