Slab, Sannati – reign of Vāseṭṭhīputta Sivasiri-Puḷumāvi

Editor: Vincent Tournier.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKnI00416.

Hand description:

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan.

Repository: Satavahana (tfb-satavahana-epigraphy).

Version: (0aa97b7), last modified (96b1d60).

Edition

⟨Face A⟩ ⟨1⟩ [vāseṭhi]puto sivasiripuḷu(m)[āvi] ⟨2⟩ […](n)[.]su kinādikesu kadamūla[phala] ⟨3⟩ […] [1×] ya ya [1×] te(lasa) ⟨4⟩ […] [1×] tāpāna karetena na va(s)i[…] ⟨Face B⟩ ⟨1⟩ […] Atāpasana vā na vasitava darapal(e/o)[…] ⟨2⟩ […]tavo sudhāvāsikena Ekaratiparivuthe(na)[…] ⟨3⟩ […][4+][.]i[12+][…]

Apparatus

⟨A.1⟩ sivasiripuḷu(m)[āvi]siva siri puḍum[āvi] N+vH.

⟨A.2⟩ […](n)[.]su _ kinādikesu ⬦ (na)sukinādikesu N+vH. — ⟨A.2⟩ kadamūla[phala] • Reconstruction suggested by Nakanishi and von Hinüber 2014, and supported by KnI0417, l. 3: kaṁdamūlaphaḷanivāro.

⟨A.3⟩ [1×] ya _ ya [1×]yaya [1+] N+vH.

⟨A.4⟩ [1×] tāpāna ⬦ tapāna N+vH. — ⟨A.4⟩ va(s)i[…] N+vHNakanishi and von Hinüber 2014suggest restoring vasi[tavo].

⟨B.1⟩ Atāpasana ⬦ Atāpasena N+vH. — ⟨B.1⟩ darapal(e/o)darahal(e/o) N+vH.

⟨B.2⟩ Ekaratiparivuthe(na)Ekaratiparivuthe[na] N+vH.

⟨B.3⟩ […][4+][.]i[12+][…] • No mention is made of the third line in Face B by either Sarma and Vara Prasada Rao 1993 or Nakanishi and von Hinüber 2014.

Translation by Vincent Tournier

Commentary

Bibliography

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 20, item C.

[ARIE] ARIE 1996-1997. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1996-97. Edited by M. K. Bhadri. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 2006. Item B1.

[S+VR] Sarma, I. Karthikeya and J. Vara Prasada Rao. 1993. Early Brāhmī inscriptions from Sannati. New Delhi: Harman. [URL]. Page 76, item A3.