# Kanheri Epitaph Inscription 19

Kelsey Martini and Vincent Tournier

Authors of digital edition: Kelsey Martini, Vincent Tournier

Contributor: Kelsey Martini

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKanheri00069

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

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSKanheri00069.xml

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ therā□aṃ Āyyasā⟨2⟩miṇaṃ An(dh)akāvirā

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ An(dh)akāvirā ⬦ Andhakavīrā G • G notes that the last compound
points to the fact that the monk originated from Andhra. Understand
Andhakavīrā[ṇaṁ]?

## Translation

… of the venerable Noble Sāmin, chief of the Andhakas (?).

## Commentary

Gokhale does not acknowledge the space in the first line.

It might be the case that this inscription was left unfinished, as one
would expect a third line, but there is no trace of it in the
documentation available.

## Bibliography

### Primary

[G] Gokhale, Shobhana. 1991. Kanheri inscriptions. Pune: Deccan College
Post Graduate and Research Institute. Page 132, item E19.