Vedikā pillar, Kanaganahalli stūpa — reign of Vāsiṭṭhīputta Siri-Sātakaṇṇi, year 6
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Repository: Satavahana (tfb-satavahana-epigraphy).
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⟨1⟩ [sidhaṁ ] r[a]ñ[o] v(ā)siṭh(ī)putasa s(i)ris(ā)dakaṇi(sa) (sa)va(cha)r(e) (6) gi(mh)āṇa pakha 4 divasa 5 Utarāhakena sathavāhena sama(ṇe)na U(j)ukā patā catāri ca pāyakā (de)ya(dhama) ⟨2⟩ savabudhapūcāya mātāpituno pūcāya savalokahi[ta](s)ughāya
Apparatus
⟨1⟩ v(ā)siṭh(ī)putasa ⬦ v[ā]s[ī]ṭh[i]pu(tasa) N+vH. — ⟨1⟩ s(i)ris(ā)dakaṇi(sa) ⬦ s(i)r(i) sadakan(i)[sa] N+vH. — ⟨1⟩ (sa)va(cha)r(e) ⬦ [savacha]r(a) N+vH. — ⟨1⟩ gi(mh)āṇa ⬦ gi(mh)āna N+vH. — ⟨1⟩ sama(ṇe)na ⬦ sama(l)[e]ṇa N+vH • The editors’ comparison, to argue against the reading ṇe of the third akṣara in Poonacha 2011, of the akṣara with lo in l. 2 is not convincing. — ⟨1⟩ U(j)ukā patā ⬦ U(d)uk(o)pat(o) N+vH • Their remark that “the reading uju- [proposed by MASI] can safely be ruled out” is incorrect, in light of the new documentation. Indeed, while the middle horizontal stroke of the ja is faint, it is nonetheless visible. Cf. Nakanishi and von Hinüber 2014, p. 16. — ⟨1⟩ pāyakā ⬦ pāyaka N+vH.
⟨2⟩ savabudhapūcāya ⬦ savabudhap(u)cāya N+vH • This reading is confirmed by the next occurrence of pūcāya, for pūjāya. — ⟨2⟩ mātāpituno ⬦ mātāpituna N+vH. — ⟨2⟩ pūcāya ⬦ puyāya N+vH. — ⟨2⟩ savalokahi[ta](s)ughāya ⬦ savalokah[ita](s)ughāya N+vH.
Translation by Vincent Tournier
Success! In the 6th year of King Vāsiṭṭhīputta Siri-Sātakaṇṇi, on the 4th fortnight of the hot season, on the 5th day. A straight slab and four uprights are a pious gift [made] by the caravan leader Samaṇa (Skt. Śramaṇa?), in honour of all buddhas, in honour of his father and mother, and for the well-being and happiness of the whole world.
Bibliography
This edition, based on photographs, by Vincent Tournier. Encoded in XML by Fu Fan in May 2025.
Primary
[N+vH] Nakanishi, Maiko and Oskar von Hinüber. 2014. Kanaganahalli inscriptions. Annual report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University for the Academic Year 2013, Vol. 17, Supplement. Tokyo: International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University. Pages 34–35, section I, item 10.
[MASI] Poonacha, K. P. 2011. Excavations at Kanaganahalli (Sannati), taluk Chitapur, dist. Gulbarga, Karnataka. Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India 106. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Page 451, item 15, plate CXXXI, item 5, plate CXLVI, items A-C.
ARIE 2014-2015. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 2014-15. Edited by K. Munirathnam. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 2016. Item B.81.
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