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)].

Repository: Early Andhra (tfb-eiad-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00011.

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⟨1⟩ [*****************](naka) [*********]
⟨2⟩ [**********][Apa] ⟨Fragment left⟩ t(i)hatasaṁkapasa vāsiṭhiputasa Ikhā(ku)[sa]
⟨3⟩ [siricātam]ū[la]sa sodarā bhagini raño māḍharīputasa sirivirapurisadatasa
⟨4⟩ pituchā mahāsenapatisa mahātalavarasa vāsiṭhīputasa pūkīyānaṁ kaṁdasirisa
⟨5⟩ bhariyā samaṇabamaṇakavaṇavaṇijakadīnānugahavelāmikadānapaṭibhāgavo-
⟨6⟩ chinadhārapadāyini savasādhuvachalā mahādānapatini mahātalavari khaṁdasāgaraṁṇakamātā
⟨7⟩ cātisiri Apano Ubhayakulasa Atichita m anāgatavaṭamānakānaṁ parināmetunaṁ
⟨8⟩ Ubhayalokahitasukhāvahathanāya Atano ca nivāṇasaṁpatisaṁpādake
⟨9⟩ savalokahitasukhāvahathanāya ca Imaṁ khaṁbhaṁ patithapitaṁ ti ⁓
⟨10⟩ raṁño sirivīrapurisadatasa sava 6⟨⟨vāpa 6⟩⟩diva 10

Translation

... Cāntisirī — uterine sister of ... Vāsiṭṭhīputta Siri-Cāntamūla the Ikṣvāku ... whose will is unimpeded (in all matters); paternal aunt of King Māṭharīputta Siri-Vīrapurisadatta; wife of Great General, Great Talavara Vāsiṭṭhīputta Kandasiri of the Pūkīyas; giver of an unequalled and uninterrupted stream as a favor to ascetics, brahmans, beggars, mendicants and the wretched; affectionate to all good people; great donor; Great-Talavara-wife, mother of Khandasāgaraṇṇaka — having dedicated (the merit) to the past, future and present members of her family on both sides, established this pillar for the sake of well‐being and happiness in both worlds, for achieving the fortune of nirvāṇa for herself and for the sake of bringing about well-being and happiness of all people. In the 6th year of King Siri-Vīrapurisadatta, in the 6th fortnight of the rainy season, on the 10th day.

Bibliography

First edited by Raghunath 2001, pp. 85–6, 197 (no. 8A); wrongly identified by the same author with Vogel 1929–1930’s C2 (our EIAD 5). We re-edit the text here from our own photos, and after autopsy of the stone.

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[2] Raghunath no.: 8A

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: —

[4] Tsukamoto no.: —

[5] Lüders no.:

[6] Support : Āyāka pillar

[7] (Faces:) Lines: 10

[8] H: 200 (±)

[9] W: 50

[10] D: 36

[11] H: 73

[12] W: 59

[13] Language(s): MIA

[14] Original locality: Nagarjunakonda Site-1, original position unknown

[15] Present locality: NM 794

[16] Primary bibliography: Raghunath 2001: 85-6 (8A).

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[18] Visual documentation: Raghunath.

[19] Substance of inscription: gift of a pillar for welfare and happiness

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