Kañcūka, Kanaganahalli stūpa

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Edition

⟨1⟩ rāmagāmilo Aṭhabhāga thu(bh)o upariṁ

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ thu(bh)o ⬦ thuvo N+vHThere is a clear opening in the lower part of the second akṣara, which imposes reading bho. It is tempting to see in it a poorly realised vo, but the spelling thūbha is in fact commonly attested in the later memorial inscriptions of Kanheri. See KI 5159, 6162.⟨1⟩ upariṁ ⬦ upari N+vH.

Bibliography

This edition, based on photographs, by Vincent Tournier. Encoded in XML by Fu Fan in June 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. Page 101, section III.2, item 31.

[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 467, item 132, plate CXL, item 24, plate L, item B, plate CXX.