KnI 147. Āyāga frieze from the Kanaganahalli stūpa

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_INSKnI00147.

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Version: 2026-08-03 20:48 (d1750c9), last modified 2026-07-29 17:04 (e6f6c92).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [sidha] (bo)ḍ(h)ik(ā)vihārakā(ṇ)a _ therāna bhayatahaghāna _ Atevā(sisa) _ kanhasirisa _ salohitāE ca (sa)_b[u]dhajāya (de)yadha(ṁ)ma _ Ama(p)i[tūhi ca sava](sa)tā[na ca _ h](i)[tasughatha]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [sidha] ⬦ [siddha] N&vH. — ⟨1⟩ (bo)ḍ(h)ik(ā)vihārakā(ṇ)a ⬦ (ba)ḍ(h)i(la)vihā(ra)kāna N&vH • who comment: “The name of the monastery is not entirely clear. A reading baḍ(h)ayivihāra cannot be ruled out; baḍha-° is more likely than baḍa-°. This is the only name of a monastery identifiable in the inscriptions from Kanaganahalli. The “bodhikavihāra” (MASI, p. 324b) does not exist.” — ⟨1⟩ therāna ⬦ therā(ṇ)a N&vH. — ⟨1⟩ bhayatahaghāna ⬦ bhayata haghāna N&vH. — ⟨1⟩ Atevā(sisa) ⬦ Atevā[si](sa) N&vH. — ⟨1⟩ (de)yadha(ṁ)ma ⬦ (de)yadhama N&vH. — ⟨1⟩ Ama(p)i[tūhi _] ⬦ Am(āp)i […] N&vH. — ⟨1⟩ [sava](sa)tā[na ca _ h](i)[tasughatha] ⬦ […] tā(na)[…] N&vH • This tentative reconstruction, based on the parallel in KnI0008 — with which this inscription also shares the rare compound Amāpitūhi — is consistent with the number of missing akṣaras.

Bibliography

This edition, based on photographs, by Vincent Tournier. Encoded in XML by Fu Fan in June 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 91–92, section III.2, item 2.

[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 457, item 69, plate CXXXVI, item 2, plate XXXIV, item A, plate CXXV, items D-F.

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