# Inscription of the time of Ehuvala Chāntamūla year 24

Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Author of digital edition: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Contributor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Identifier: DHARMA_INSVaria90023

Repository: Varia Epigraphy (varia-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSVaria90023.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

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## Summary

The previous identifier was INSEI35_1_4.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ꩜ siddham mahārājasya Ikṣvākūnāṁ śrī-Ehavala-cantamūlasya
samvatsaraṁ caturvvīśaṁ varṣa-pakṣaṁ catu(rttha)ṃ divasaṁ pañcamaṃ
śrī-(parvvate) (vijaya)-p¡u!⟨ū⟩rryāṁ ma(hā)devī-(pa)rive(ṇ)e
Iru(sakā?)nāṁ (kula)-prasū(tasya) ba(raṇa?)kīyānāṁ ¡I!⟨Ī⟩(śvarada)ttasya
putreṇa syandaka-parvvata-śreṣṭhinā ku(mā)ranandinā saha bharyyāya
śreṣṭhinīya putreṇa ca Iśvarabharttinā śeṣeṇa ca
svajana-sambandhi-varggeṇa Iyaṁ (bha)gavot¿o?⟨a⟩ḥ
sar¡tva!⟨vva⟩sat⟨t⟩votta(masya) sarvva-guṇa-pāram¿i?⟨ī⟩-prāptasya
samyak-sambuddha(s)ya śailamayī pratimā pratiṣṭhāpitā Ātmanaḥ
sarvva-sat⟨t⟩vānāñ ca hita-(su)khārtthaṁ bhavati cātra ślok¿ā?⟨aḥ⟩∥

1. Anuṣṭubh

deya-dharmmam idaṁ kṛtvā
yat puṇyaṁ samupārjjitaṁ|
tena puṇyeṇa loko ’yaṁ
nirvvāṇam adhigacchatu∥

## Commentary

Buddhist stone inscription; Sircar [1966] 1963–1964, p. 11: "the
inscriptions begins with the siddham symbol followed by the word
siddham. This is rather unusual espacially in an early inscription"
[...] "An interesting feature of this Buddhist inscription is that it
ends in a stanza of the nature of the benedictory verses generally found
at the end of copper-plate grants. It expresses the wish in the Mahāyāna
style that the world might attain Nirvāṇa as a result of whatever merit
was achieved as a consequence of Kumāranandin’s donation of the
deya-dharma, i.e., the gift of the slab bearing the representations of
the Buddha, which had no doubt been installed for worship".

## Bibliography

### Primary

[S] Sircar, Dines Chandra. [1966] 1963–1964. “More inscriptions from
Nagarjunikonda.” EI 35, pp. 1–36. Item 4, pages 11–13.