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

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Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00018.

Language: Prakrit.

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⟨1⟩ sidhaṁ na(mo) [bhagavato] [devarāja](sakata)sa s(u)pab(u)dhabodhino savaṁñuno savasa(tā)nukaṁpakasa jitarāga⟨2⟩dosamohavipamutas(a) [mahāgaṇivasabhagaṁdhahathisa] [saṁmasaṁbudhasa] [dhā](t)uvaraparigahitasa °imaṁmhi ⟨3⟩ mahācetiye mahārājasa virūpakhapatimahāsenaparigahitasa °agihotāgiṭhomavājapeyāsame⟨4⟩dhayājisa hiraṁṇakoṭigosatasahasahalasatasahasapadāyisa savathesu °apatiha⟨ta⟩saṁkapasa ⟨5⟩ vāsiṭhīputasa °ikhākusa siricāṁtamūlasa sodarā bhagini raṁño sirivirapurisadatasa pituchā mahāsenāpatisa ⟨6⟩ mahātalavarasa vāsiṭhiputasa kadasirisa bhariyā samaṇabamhaṇakavaṇavaṇijadīnānugahavelāmikadānapaṭi⟨7⟩bhagavochiṁnadhārapadāyini savasādhuvachalā mahādānapatini mahātalavari khaṁdasāgaraṁṇakamātā cāṁtisiriṁ °apano ⟨8⟩ °ubhayakulasa °atichita m anāgatavaṭamānakānaṁ parināmetuna °ubhayalokahitasukhanivāṇathanāya ⟨9⟩ °atano ca nivāṇasaṁpatisaṁpādake °imaṁ khaṁbhaṁ savalokasukhanivāṇathanāya patiṭhapitaṁ ti <symbol>raṁño ⟨10⟩ sirivirapurisadatasa saṁva 6⟨vāpa 6⟩diva 10

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(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 with all beings, who conquered and is released from lust, hate 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)]!

(2–9) At this 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 Siri-Vīrapurisadatta; wife of Great General, Great Talavara Vāsiṭṭhīputta Kandasiri; 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 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 and nirvāṇa, and for achieving the fortune of nirvāṇa for herself, for the sake of the happiness and nirvāṇa of all people.

(9–10) 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. This was first integrally published by Raghunath2001, an edition which lacks the middle portions of l. 1-2 and is marred by numerous involuntary errors. We re-edit the text here from the Leiden estampage sheets, and after autopsy of the stone.

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[1] Inventory no. EIAD: 18

[2] Raghunath no.: 10C

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: 6

[4] Tsukamoto no.: —

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[6] Support : Āyaka pillar

[7] (Faces:) Lines: 10

[8] H: 221

[9] W: 56

[10] D: 47

[11] H: 95

[12] W: 63

[13] Language(s): MIA

[14] Original locality: Nagarjunakonda Site-1, East side of the Mahācaitya

[15] Present locality: NM 282

[16] Primary bibliography: Raghunath 2001: 99-100 (10C).

[17] Secondary bibliography: Vogel 1929-30a: 13 (A3).

[18] Visual documentation: estampage Leiden N15 (two sheets). — Raghunath.

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

[20] Remarks: Measurements concern only the fragment that was found, i.e. main part of inscription found; Raghunath's estampage too lacks the extra fragment preserved in the Leiden estampage.

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