Pillar from monastic hall of site 1 at Nagarjunakonda — reign of Siri-Vīrapurisadatta

Editors: Arlo Griffiths, Vincent Tournier.

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Language: Middle Indo-Aryan.

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

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Part A

⟨1⟩ ma[hā](r)⟨Fragment right⟩[ājasa] […] ⟨2⟩ Agiho⟨Fragment right⟩[tāgiṭhomavājapeyāsamedhayājisa] ⟨3⟩ [A]nekahiraṁṇakoṭigo⟨Fragment right⟩[satasahasahahalasatasaha]⟨4⟩[sapad](ā)yi(sa) ⟨Fragment right⟩[…]

Part B

⟨1⟩ [1+]⟨Fragment left⟩[3×]⟨Fragment right⟩[…] ⟨2⟩ savathesu Apat[i](ha)[tasa]⟨Fragment right⟩[ṁkapasa] [vāseṭhiputasa] ⟨3⟩ (I)khākusa siricaṁtamūlasa sa⟨Fragment right⟩[hodarā] [bhagi]⟨Fragment left⟩ni [mahāsenāpatisa] ⟨4⟩ [ma]⟨Fragment left⟩hātalavarasa vasiṭhīputa(sa) ⟨Fragment right⟩[pūkīyānaṁ] ⟨Fragment left⟩ka(ṁ)dasirisa (bha)⟨Fragment right⟩[riyā] ⟨5⟩ [mahā]⟨Fragment left⟩talava(r)i (kha)ṁ[dasāgaraṁnagamatā] cātisiri Apano ⟨Fragment right⟩[jāmātukasa] ⟨6⟩ [raṁño] ⟨Fragment left⟩mā(ṭha)[r](ī)[putasa] [Ikhakunaṁ] [si](ri)vira(p)uri[sa](data)sa ⟨Fragment right⟩ ⟨7⟩ [Ayuvadhanike] [vijayave]⟨Fragment left⟩(ja)yike Api (ca) Apa(no) ⟨Fragment right⟩ ⟨8⟩ [3×]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ ma[hā](r)⟨Fragment right⟩[ājasa] ⬦ ma... Sarkar [1971] 1969–1970.

⟨4⟩ [sapad](ā)yi(sa) ⬦ ...yi... Sarkar [1971] 1969–1970.

⟨2⟩ Apat[i](ha)[tasa]⟨Fragment right⟩[ṁkapasa] ⬦ Apat[ihatasaṁkapasa] Sarkar [1971] 1969–1970.

⟨3⟩ (I)khākusa • Compare EIAD 28(I)khākukulasa. — ⟨3⟩ sa⟨Fragment right⟩[hodarā][bhagi]⟨Fragment left⟩ni ⬦ sa[hodara][bhagi]ni Sarkar [1971] 1969–1970.

⟨4⟩ vasiṭhīputa(sa) ⬦ vāsiṭhīputa[sa] Sarkar [1971] 1969–1970. — ⟨4⟩ ka(ṁ)dasirisa _(bha)⟨Fragment right⟩[riyā] ⬦ ka[ṁ]dasirisa Sarkar [1971] 1969–1970.

⟨5⟩ [mahā]talava(r)i (kha)ṁ[dasāgaraṁnagamatā] ⬦ [mahā]talavari … Sarkar [1971] 1969–1970. — ⟨5⟩ cātisiri ⬦ cāṁtisiri Sarkar [1971] 1969–1970.

⟨6⟩ mā(ṭha)[r](ī)[putasa][Ikhakunaṁ][si](ri)vira(p)uri[sa](data)sa ⬦ māṭha[riputasa][si]rivirapu[risadata]sa Sarkar [1971] 1969–1970 • The latter restoration does not account for the space available, and comparison with EIAD 28 allows to restore ikhakunaṁ.

⟨7⟩ Api (ca) Apa(no) ⬦ Apica Apaṇo Sarkar [1971] 1969–1970.

⟨8⟩ [3×] ⬦ (si)rivirapu(risadatasa) Sarkar [1971] 1969–1970 • We see no trace of the akṣaras rivirapu, and do not expect the word sirivirapurisadatasa to be found in this part of the formula.

Translation

... Cāntisirī — uterine sister of (Great King Vāsiṭṭhīputta) Siri‐Cāntamūla the Ikṣvāku, ... of Great King ... (sacrificer) of the Agnihotra, (the Agniṣṭoma, the Vājapeya and the Aśvamedha) giver of many times ten 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 ... ; wife of (Great General,) Great Talavara Vāsiṭṭhīputta Kandasiri (of the Pūkīyas); (Great-)Talavara-wife, (mother of) Khandasāgaraṇṇaka — in order to (increase the lifespan) and leading (to victory) after victory of (her son‐in‐law King) Māṭharīputta Siri‐Vīrapurisadatta (of the Ikṣvākus) ... and also ... of her own ...

Commentary

Vogel 1931–1932 edited separately the 5 fragments of the same inscription. In light of the improvements allowed by Sarkar [1971] 1969–1970’s reconstruction of the inscription, variants of the first edition have not been recorded. But Sarkar’s reconstruction is still problematic. In l. 4, of the first fragment, we expect savathesu to have occurred after -padāyisa. This suggests that either the positioning of the fragments in Sarkar’s image is wrong, or it is Sarkar’s hypothesis of M13 and M6 belonging together that is erroneous. We are inclined to prefer the second interpretation, and hence separate Sarkar’s text into section A and B, while provisionally keeping all these fragments together under one inscription number. Compare EIAD 28 for apparently parallel text.

(B.2) Apat[i](ha)[tasa]⟨Fragment right⟩[ṁkapasa]¹

(B.5) Apano²

Bibliography

Fragments first described and edited individually by Vogel 1931–1932, pp. 66–8 (M6, M7, M13, M17, M19, [M20]), then pieced together by Sarkar [1971] 1969–1970, who gives the first reconstruction of the inscription. Re-edited here after Sarkar’s plate VI.

Secondary

Srinivasan, P. R. and S. Sankaranarayanan. 1979. Inscriptions of the Ikshvāku period. Epigraphical Series 14. Hyderabad: Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Page no. 29.

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. Pages no. Naga 40.2 (and nos. Naga 24, 25, 31, 35, 37, 38).

Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Pages 109 (no. 13B), 122 (no. 18A), 124 (no. 21), 128 (no. 26).

Notes

1. Note the unusual shape of t, with a loop.
2. Note unusually round shape of pa.

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[1] Inventory no. EIAD: 25

[2] Raghunath no.: 13B (18A, 21, 26)

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: 29

[4] Tsukamoto no.: Naga 40.2 (24, 25, 31, 35, 37, 38)

[5] Lüders no.:

[6] Support : pillar

[7] (Faces:) Lines: 12

[8] H:

[9] W:

[10] D:

[11] H:

[12] W:

[13] Language(s): MIA

[14] Original locality: Nagarjunakonda Site-1, Vihāra

[15] Present locality: unknown

[16] Primary bibliography: Vogel 1931-32: 66-8 (M6, M7, M13, M17, M19, [M20]). — Sarkar 1969: 176-7 (vi).

[17] Secondary bibliography: Raghunath 2001: 109 (13B), 122 (18A), 124 (21), 128 (26).

[18] Visual documentation: Vogel. — Sarkar 1969, pl. I (vi).

[19] Substance of inscription: gift

[20] Remarks: Fragmentary inscription, reconstituted by Sarkar. Both Tsukamoto and Raghunath include separate entries for four resp. three fragments, and for the reconstituted

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