KnI 11. Octagonal chattra-pillar fragment from the Kanaganahalli stūpa — reign of Gotamīputta Siri-Yaññasātakaṇṇi, year 10

Author of digital edition: Vincent Tournier (vito).

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan (pra) [Southern Brāhmī (other) (brāhmī_southern_other)].

Repository: Satavahana (tfb-satavahana-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKnI00011.

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSKnI00011.xml.

Version: 2026-08-03 20:48 (d1750c9), last modified 2026-07-17 15:36 (581605e).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [ya]ñasātakaṇ(i)sa saṁvachare (10) gimhānaṁ

⟨2⟩ [pakhe] (5) (sa)t(i)ka(ṇa) mahadatasa dāna chata

⟨3⟩ mahācetiye ⁓

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ [pakhe] (5) (sa)t(i)ka(ṇa) mahadatasa ⬦ ta(kā)na mahaḍatasa N&vH • The individual mentioned here appears to be the same as Sa(ṁ)tika Mahāsenadatta, occurring as donor in KnI0099, KnI0100. In KnI0263, the donor is similarly called mahadata-, which may be short for Mahāsenadatta. Also, in both inscriptions, the ending satikana, as opposed to satikena in KnI0100 (and probably in KnI0099) may be understood as standing for satikāna, a genitive plural of belonging.

Translation

… In the 10th year of ⟨King⟩ ⟨Gotamīputta Siri-⟩Yaññasātakaṇṇi, in the 5th fortnight of summer. An umbrella for the Great Shrine: the gift of Mahādatta of the Sa(ṁ)tika ⟨family⟩.

Commentary

None of the three fragments reproduced in Nakanishi & von Hinüber 2014 were documented by either Robert Arlt or Vincent Tournier. The identification of Poonacha 2011, № 256 as a fragment of the same inscribed object is due to Robert Arlt.

Bibliography

This edition, based on photographs, by Vincent Tournier. Encoded in XML by Fu Fan in April 2025.

Primary

[N&vH] Nakanishi, Maiko & 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 35–36, section I, item 11.

[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. Item 256.

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