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

Editors: Arlo Griffiths, Vincent Tournier.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00058.

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Language: Middle Indo-Aryan.

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⟨1⟩ sidhaṁ ~mahārajasa [virūpakhapatimahā]senaparigahitasa Agiho⟨2⟩t(a)githomavāja[peyāsamedhayājisa] hiranakoḍigosata⟨3⟩sahasahala[satasahasapadāyisa] savathesu Apati⟨4⟩hatasa(ṁ)kapasa v(ā)se[ṭhīputasa] [Ikhākusa] [siri]catamūlasa bhagini⟨5⟩ya mahātalava[rasa] [vāsiṭhīputasa] [kaṁda](si)risa bha(riyā)ya ma⟨6⟩hatalavariya [9×]maharajasa

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ mahārajasa ⬦ mahārājasa Vogel 1929–1930. — ⟨1⟩ [virūpakhapatimahā]sena- ⬦ … sena- Vogel 1929–1930 • Here, and in the following lines, the text is restored on the basis of EIAD 13, which opens in a similar way.

⟨1–2⟩ Agihot(a)githoma- ⬦ Agihotāgiṭhoma- Vogel 1929–1930.

⟨2⟩ -vāja[peyāsamedhayājisa] ⬦ -vāja … Vogel 1929–1930. — ⟨2⟩ hiranakoṭigosata ⬦ hiranakoḍigosata Vogel 1929–1930.

⟨3⟩ hala[satasahasapadāyisa] ⬦ hala … Vogel 1929–1930.

⟨4⟩ hatasakapasa ⬦ hatasa(ṁ)kapasa Vogel 1929–1930. — ⟨4⟩ v(ā)se[ṭhīputasa Ikhākusa siri]catamūlasa ⬦ v(ā)se … cātamūlasa Vogel 1929–1930.

⟨5⟩ mahātalava[rasa vāsiṭhīputasa kaṁda](si)risa ⬦ mahātalava[rasa] … (si)risa Vogel 1929–1930 • Our restoration assumes that the epithet pūkīyānaṁ, frequently occurring after vāsiṭhīputasa, was here omitted, as it is in EIAD 18, l. 6.

⟨6⟩ hatalavariya ⬦ hātalavariya Vogel 1929–1930 • The occurrence of maharajasa at the end of the line diverges from the usual formula, and as a result we cannot propose a secure reconstruction. — ⟨6⟩ maharajasa ⬦ mah⟨ā⟩r⟨ā⟩jasa Vogel 1929–1930.

Translation

Success! (...), sister of Great King Vāsi(ṭhīputa) (Siri-)Cāntamūla the Ikṣvāku, favored by favored by (Mahā)sena (who has Virūpākṣa as his lord, sacrificer) of the Agnihotra, the Agniṣṭoma, the Vāja(peya 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, wife of Great Talavara (Vāsiṭṭhīputta Kanda)siri, Great-Talavara-wife ... of Great King.

Bibliography

First described and edited by Vogel 1929–1930, pp. 13, 17–8 (B1). Re-edited here from published documentation and after autopsy of the stone.

Secondary

Srinivasan, P. R. and S. Sankaranarayanan. 1979. Inscriptions of the Ikshvāku period. Epigraphical Series 14. Hyderabad: Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Page 33.

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. Page no. Naga 10.

Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Page 156 (no. 40).

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[2] Raghunath no.: 40

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: 33

[4] Tsukamoto no.: Naga 10

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[6] Support : Āyaka pillar

[7] (Faces:) Lines: 6

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[11] H: 32

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[13] Language(s): MIA

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

[15] Present locality: NM 284

[16] Primary bibliography: Vogel 1929-30a: 13, 17-8 (B1).

[17] Secondary bibliography: Raghunath 2001: 156 (40).

[18] Visual documentation: estampage Leiden N8. — Vogel; Raghunath

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