Memorial pillar from site 14 at Nagarjunakonda

Authors of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths (argr), Vincent Tournier (vito).

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan (pra) [Script (other) (script_other)].

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⟨1⟩ [magala]raṇavathavasa kulaputa(sa)
⟨2⟩ [*]rabāna rajamisir(i)ka(la) [*]
⟨3⟩ (gā)masama(ka)sa _p(u)ta(sa)
⟨4⟩ si(ba)sa _peramaḍibhaḍa[sa] […]
⟨5⟩ paḍitasa _chāyāthaṁ[bho]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [magala]raṇavathavasa ⬦ [ga]raṇavathavasa Sircar [1963] 1961–1962 • Sircar restores maga⟨la⟩raṇa-. Parallel passages in EIAD 70, 71, 72 and 73, show that Sircar’s idea was basically correct, but we do not think there is any need to suppose scribal omission of the syllable la.

⟨2⟩ rabāna ra(ja)misir(i)ka(la)[1×] ⬦ [ma?]rabāna rājamisirikula[kasa] Sircar [1963] 1961–1962.

⟨3⟩ (gā)masama(ka)sa ⬦ damasama(ka)sa Sircar [1963] 1961–1962.

⟨3-4⟩ p(u)ta(sa) si(ba)sa ⬦ p(u)ta(si)sa(ba)sa Sircar [1963] 1961–1962.

⟨5⟩ chāyāthaṁ[bho] ⬦ chāy[ā]thaṁ[bho] Sircar [1963] 1961–1962.

Translation

Memorial pillar of Siba, a fallen soldier [fighting under the leadership] of Peramaḷi, resident of Magalaraṇa, son of a noble family (kulaputra), son of ... of the ...rabas.

Commentary

⟨4⟩ peramaḍi¹

Bibliography

First described and edited by Sircar 1955, p. 43; edited again by Sircar [1963] 1961–1962, pp. 209–10 (II). Re-edited here from the available visual documentation and after autopsy of the stone.

Secondary

ARIE

No name. N.d. Indian Archaeology: a review. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Pages 1954–55: 23.

Srinivasan, P. R. & S. Sankaranarayanan. 1979. Inscriptions of the Ikshvāku period. Epigraphical Series 14. Hyderabad: Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Page no. 59.

ARIE

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 59.

Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Pages 162, 206 (no. 46).

Notes

1. Sircar [1963] 1961–1962, p. 210 interprets this as the name of a general and finds it reminiscent of the name Permāḍi borne by Chālukya Vikramāditya VI and others.

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[2] Raghunath no.: 46

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: 59

[4] Tsukamoto no.: Naga 59

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[6] Support : memorial pillar

[7] (Faces:) Lines: 5

[8] H: 102

[9] W: 28

[10] D: 16

[11] H: 19

[12] W: 24

[13] Language(s): MIA

[14] Original locality: Nagarjunakonda Site-14

[15] Present locality: NM 204

[16] Primary bibliography: Sircar 1961-62b: 209-10 (II).

[17] Secondary bibliography: ARIE 1954-55: B.9. — IAR 1954-55: 23. — Sircar 1955: 43. — Raghunath 2001: 162 (46).

[18] Visual documentation: Sircar 1955 (II); 1961-62b (II). — ARIE 1995-96: B.6

[19] Substance of inscription: memorial pillar was raised in memory of Sisaba

[20] Remarks: Raghunath's Site-113 is an error. IAR is clear about provenance of this item.

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