Octagonal pillar from Nagarjunakonda — reign of Gotamīputta Siri-Vijayasātakaṇṇi, year 6

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⟨1⟩ (na)mo bhagavato _ Agapogalasa

⟨2⟩ raṁño gotamiputasa _ sirivijayasa-

⟨3⟩ takaṁṇṇisa _ sava 6 gipa 4 diva vesa-

⟨4⟩ khapuṇima

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ raṁño ⬦ raño Sarkar [1970] 1965–1966.

⟨2-3⟩ -satakaṁṇṇisa ⬦ -satakaṇṇisa Sarkar [1970] 1965–1966.

⟨3-4⟩ vesakhapuṇima ⬦ vesākhapuṇima Sarkar [1970] 1965–1966.

Translation

Homage to the Bhagavant, highest man! 6th year of King Gotamīputta Siri-Vijayasātakaṇṇi, 4th fortnight of the hot season, full-moon day of Vaiśākha.

Commentary

⟨4⟩¹

Bibliography

First described and edited by Sarkar [1970] 1965–1966. Re-edited here on the basis of available documents and after autopsy of the stone.

Secondary

Sarkar, H. 1960. “Some aspects of the Buddhist monuments at Nagarjunakonda.” Ancient India: Bulletin of the Archaeological Survey of India 16, pp. 65–84. [URL]. Page 84 (postcript by editor).

No name. N.d. Indian Archaeology: a review. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Pages 1961–62: 77.

ARIE

Tsukamoto Keishō 塚本啓祥. 1996. インド仏教碑銘の研究 I, Text, Note, 和訳 Indo Bukkyō himei no kenkyū I: Text, Note, Wayaku [A comprehensive study of the Indian Buddhist inscriptions, Part I: Text, Notes and Japanese Translation]. Kyōto-shi 京都市: Heirakuji Shoten 平楽寺書店. Page no. Naga 69.

Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Pages 67–8 (no. 1).

Notes

1. According to Raghunath 2001, two visarga-like dots at the end of the inscription serve to denote the end of the record, but we consider these accidental.

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[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: —

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[6] Support : octagonal pillar, bottom part

[7] (Faces:) Lines: 4

[8] H: 116

[9] W: 31

[10] D: 22.5

[11] H: 21.5

[12] W: 29

[13] Language(s): MIA

[14] Original locality: Nagarjunakonda Site-126 (?)

[15] Present locality: NM 79

[16] Primary bibliography: Sarkar 1965-66.

[17] Secondary bibliography: Sarkar 1960: 84 (postcript by editor). — ARIE 1962-63: B.147. — Raghunath

2001: 67-8 (1).

[18] Visual documentation: Sarkar; Raghunath.

[19] Substance of inscription: gift of a pillar

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