# Kanheri Epitaph Inscription 15

Kelsey Martini and Vincent Tournier

Authors of digital edition: Kelsey Martini, Vincent Tournier

Contributor: Kelsey Martini

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKanheri00065

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

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSKanheri00065.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⟩ (the)rāṇaṃ Ay(y)a(mahāse)[ṇānaṃ][…]⟨2⟩(A)raha[ntāṇaṃ][3×][…] ⟨3⟩
[2×](thūbhaṁ)

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ (the)rāṇaṃ Ay(y)a(mahāse)[ṇānaṃ][…] ⬦ (the)rāṇaṃ Āyya G.

⟨2⟩ (A)raha[ntāṇaṃ][3×][…] ⬦ Arahantāṇaṃ G.

⟨3⟩ [2×](thūbhaṁ) ⬦ satāṇaṃ G.

## Translation

Stūpa of the venerable Noble Mahāsena, an arhat.

## Bibliography

### Primary

[G] Gokhale, Shobhana. 1991. Kanheri inscriptions. Pune: Deccan College
Post Graduate and Research Institute. Page 125, item E15.