Āyaka pillar from site 1 at Nagarjunakonda — reign of Siri-Vīrapurisadatta, year 6
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⟨1⟩ sidhaṁ namo bhagavato devarājasakatasa supabudhabodhino savaṁñuno savasatānukaṁpakasa ⟨2⟩ jitarāgadosamohavipamutasa mahāgaṇivasabhagaṁdhahathisa saṁmasaṁbudhasa dhā⟨Fragment right⟩[tuvaraparigahitasa] ⟨3⟩ mahācetīye mahārajasa virūpakhapatimahāsenaparigahitasa °agihotā(g)i[ṭh](o)⟨Fragment right⟩[mavājapeyāsamedha]⟨4⟩yājisa hiraṁṇakoṭigosatasahasahalasatasahasapadāyisa savathesu °apati(ha)[tasaṁ](ka)⟨Fragment right⟩[pasa] ⟨5⟩ vāsiṭhiputasa °ikhākusiricāṁtamūlasa sodarā bhagini raṁño māḍharīputasa sirivirapurisadatasa pitu(chā) ⟨6⟩ ma(hā)senāpatisa mahātalavarasa vāsiṭhiputasa pūkīyānaṁ kaṁdasirisa bhariyā samaṇabam(haṇa)kavaṇa⟨7⟩vaṇijaka[dīnānugahavelāmikadānapa](ṭ)ibhāgavochinadhārapadāyini sa(va)sādhuva(cha)lā ma(h)[ādānapa](tini) mahātalavari ⟨8⟩ khaṁdasāgaraṁ(ṇa)[kamātā] [cāṁtisiri] [°apano] [°ubhayaku](l)[a](sa) °atichi(ta) (m) (a)[nāga]tavaṭamānakānaṁ pa⟨9⟩rināmetuna °ubhaya[lokahitasukhāvahathanāya] [°atano] [ca] [nivāṇa]sapatisaṁpādake °imaṁ ⟨10⟩ khaṁbhaṁ savalokahitasukh[āvahathanāya] [patiṭhapitaṁ] ti <symbol>raṁño sirivirapurisadātasa saṁva 6diva 10
Translation
(1–2) Success! Homage to the Bhagavant, worshipped by the king(s) of the gods, who completely realized Awakening, the Omniscient One, who is compassionate towards all beings, who conquered and is released from lust, hatred and delusion, the bull and rut elephant among great leaders, the Perfect Buddha who is (ensconced in the excellent) relic [or: element (i.e., nirvāṇadhātu)]!
(3–10) At the Great Shrine, (Cāntisirī) — uterine sister of Great King Vāsiṭṭhīputta Siri-Cāntamūla the Ikṣvāku, favored by Mahāsena who has Virūpākṣa as his lord, sacrificer of the Agnihotra, the Agniṣṭoma, (the Vājapeya and the Aśvamedha,) giver of tens of millions of (pieces of) gold, hundreds of thousands of cows and hundreds of thousands of plows (of land), 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 of velāmika gifts as a favor to ascetics, brahmans, beggars, mendicants and the wretched; affectionate to all good people; 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 bringing about well-being and happiness in both worlds) and for achieving the fortune (of nirvāṇa) for herself and (for the sake of bringing about) the well-being and happiness of all people.
(10) In the 6th year of King Siri-Vīrapurisadatta, in the 6th fortnight of the rainy season, on the 10th day.
Bibliography
First described by Vogeld, but without edition of the text. We edit the text for the first time, based on the three sheets of the Leiden estampage and after autopsy of two fragments of the stone.
Secondary
Srinivasan1979a
No name. 1887–. Annual report on Indian epigraphy. Madras; Calcutta; New Delhi: Government of Madras; Archaeological Survey of India. Pages 1995–96: no. B.9.
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[2] Raghunath no.: —
[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: 28
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[6] Support : Āyaka pillar
[7] (Faces:) Lines: 10
[8] H: ±395
[9] W: 58
[10] D: 46
[11] H: to be measured from Leiden est.
[12] W: to be measured from Leiden est.
[13] Language(s): MIA
[14] Original locality: Nagarjunakonda Site-1, East of the Mahācaitya
[15] Present locality: NM 290, 291
[16] Primary bibliography: text unpublished
[17] Secondary bibliography: Vogel 1929-30a: 13 (A2). — ARIE 1995-96: B.9.
[18] Visual documentation: estampage Leiden N15 (three separate sheets).
[19] Substance of inscription: erection of a pillar
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Omniscient One, who is compassionate towards all beings, who
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sacrificer of the Agnihotra, the Agniṣṭoma, (the Vājapeya and
the Aśvamedha,) giver of tens of millions of (pieces of)
gold, hundreds of thousands of cows and hundreds of
thousands of plows (of land), whose will is unimpeded in all
matters; paternal aunt of King Māṭharīputta
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