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

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).

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⟨1⟩ sidhaṁ namo bhagavato saṁmasaṁbudhasa dhātuvaraparigahītasa Imamhi mahācetiye
⟨2⟩ mahārajasa hiraṁṇakoṭigosatasahasahalasatasahasapadāyisa
⟨3⟩ savathesu Apatihatasaṁkapasa vāsīṭhīputasa Ikhākusa siricāṁtamūlasa
⟨4⟩ sodarā bhagini raṁñoṁ māḍharīputasirivirapurisadatasa pituṁcha mahasenāpatisa
⟨5⟩ mahātalavarasa vāseṭhīputasa pūkīyanaṁ kaṁdasirisa bhariya samaṇabamhaṇakavaṇavaṇijaka-
⟨6⟩ dīnānugahavelāmi⟨ka⟩dānapaṭibhāga[voch]i[nadhārapadāyini] [savasā]dhuvachalā mahātalavari
⟨7⟩ khaṁdasāgaraṁṇakamātā (c)ā[t]i[s]i[ri] [******************][*]parināmetunaṁ
⟨8⟩ Ata(no) ca nivā […]
⟨9⟩ ta […]

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ mahārajasa • Emend mahārājasa.

⟨4⟩ mahasenā- • Emend mahāsenā-.

Translation

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

⟨1–9⟩ At this Great Shrine, Cāntisirī — uterine sister of Great King Vāsiṭṭhīputta Siri-Cāntamūla the Ikṣvāku, 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 ... of nirvāṇa for herself ...

Bibliography

First described by Vogel 1929–1930, p. 14 (D2), but without edition of the text. This was first integrally published by Raghunath 2001, pp. 97–8 (no. 10B) = 101 (no. 10D), with two entries for this single inscription, both marred by numerous involuntary errors. We re-edit the text here from the Leiden estampage.

Secondary

Srinivasan, P. R. & S. Sankaranarayanan. 1979. Inscriptions of the Ikshvāku period. Epigraphical Series 14. Hyderabad: Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Page no. 34.

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[1] Inventory no. EIAD: 17

[2] Raghunath no.: 10B, 10D

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: 34

[4] Tsukamoto no.: —

[5] Lüders no.:

[6] Support : Āyāka pillar

[7] (Faces:) Lines: 9

[8] H: 270

[9] W: 48

[10] D: 38

[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, North side of the Mahācaitya

[15] Present locality: NM 787

[16] Primary bibliography: Raghunath 2001: 97-8 (10B) = 101 (10D).

[17] Secondary bibliography: Vogel 1929-30a: 14 (D2).

[18] Visual documentation: estampage Leiden N9. — Raghunath (different ones under 10B and

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[19] Substance of inscription: erection of a pillar

[20] Remarks:

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