# Kanheri Cave 59 Right Wall Verandah Inscription

Kelsey Martini and Vincent Tournier

Authors of digital edition: Kelsey Martini, Vincent Tournier

Contributor: Kelsey Martini

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKanheri00047

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

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSKanheri00047.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⟩ […]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ parigahito ⬦ parigahitā G.

## Translation

...possessed (by…).

## Commentary

It is difficult to determine the number of missing akṣaras at the
beginning of the line, but it is clear that this is the end of a
sentence, the earlier part of which was completely abraded by erosion
caused by water. The translation of Gokhale “(The monk) blessed by the
feet of the Master” (presumably based on the proximity of this
inscription to a pair of carved footprints) may be entirely dismissed.

## Bibliography

### Primary

[G] Gokhale, Shobhana. 1991. Kanheri inscriptions. Pune: Deccan College
Post Graduate and Research Institute. Page 102, item 47.