Āyāka pillar from site 1 at Nagarjunakonda — reign of Siri-Vīrapurisadatta, year 6

Authors of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths (argr), Vincent Tournier (vito).

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan (pra) [Script (other) (script_other)].

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⟨1⟩ sidhaṁ namo bhagavato saṁmasaṁbu⟨dha⟩sa dhātuvaraparigahitasa mahācetīye
⟨2⟩ mahāsenāpatisa mah(ā)talavarasa vāsiṭhīputasa pūkīyānaṁ mahākaṁdasirisa
⟨3⟩ bhayā mahāsenāpatisa mahātalavarasa viṇhusirisa mātā mahātalavari Apano
⟨4⟩ Ubhayakulaṁ parināmet(u)⟨na⟩ Atano Ubhayalokahitasukhanivāṇatha⟨nā⟩ya ca Imaṁ
⟨5⟩ selakhaṁbhaṁ patiṭhapitaṁ _mahārajasa sirivirapurisadatasa saṁva 6 vāpa 6 diva 10

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ mahācetīye ⬦ mahācetiye Vogel 1929–1930.

⟨2⟩ mahākaṁdasirisa • Or should we edit {mahā}kaṁdasirisa?

⟨4⟩ -nivāṇatha⟨nā⟩ya ⬦ -nivāṇathaya Vogel 1929–1930 • The restitution is imposed by unanimous evidence from parallel passages: EIAD 4, l. 11 Ubhayalokahitasukhāvahathanāya; 8, l. 5-6 -sukhanivāṇathanāya; 11, l. 8 Ubhayalokahitasukhāvahathanāya; 13, l. 7 Ubhayalokahitasukhanivāṇathanāya; 15, l. 5 Ubhayalokahitasukhāvahathanāya; 18, l. 8 Ubhayalokahitasukhanivāṇathanāya; 21, l. 2 Ubhayalokahitasukhanivāṇathanāya. — ⟨4⟩ parināmet(u)⟨na⟩ • The u is unusually round, and it is not impossible that ū was intended.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Success! Homage to the Bhagavant, the Perfect Buddha who is ensconced in the excellent relic [or: element (i.e., nirvāṇadhātu)]!

⟨1–5⟩ At the Great Shrine, the wife of Great General, Great Talavara Vāsiṭṭhīputta Big Kandasiri of the Pūkīyas, mother of Great General, Great Talavara Viṇhusiri, Great-Talavara-wife, having dedicated (the merit) to her own family on both sides, established this stone pillar for the sake of well-being and happiness in both worlds and nirvāṇa for herself.

⟨5⟩ In the 6th year of King Siri-Vīrapurisadatta, in the 6th fortnight of the rainy season, on the 10th day.

Bibliography

First described and edited by Vogel 1929–1930, pp. 14, 20–1 (C5). Re-edited here from the Leiden estampage and after autopsy of the stone.

Secondary

Srinivasan, P. R. & S. Sankaranarayanan. 1979. Inscriptions of the Ikshvāku period. Epigraphical Series 14. Hyderabad: Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Page no. 16.

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 16.

Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Pages 80–1 (no. 6A).

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[2] Raghunath no.: 6A

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: 16

[4] Tsukamoto no.: Naga 16

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[11] H: 45

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[15] Present locality: west Āyāka platform, reconstructed Mahāstūpa at

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[16] Primary bibliography: Vogel 1929-30a: 14, 20-1 (C5).

[17] Secondary bibliography: Raghunath 2001: 80-1 (6A).

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