Maṇḍapa pillar from the Yakṣa Kubera temple of site 64 at Nagarjunakonda

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

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00067.

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Version: 2026-08-26 06:33 (99dfc27), last modified 2026-08-26 06:33 (99dfc27).

Edition

Graffiti a

vasusaṅghat[.] […]

Graffiti b

siṁhavattiḥ stha

Graffiti c

Aṭhabhujasa

Graffiti d

devapura paviḥ laya.........ka........... raḥ....... masi

Graffiti e

bhaya

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ vasusaṅghat[.] ⬦ vasu saṁghāt. Raghunath 2001.

Bibliography

First edited by Raghunath 2001, pp. 166 (49), 189 (71). Raghunath’s 71 seems to be a partial repetition of his entry 49. Re-edited here from our own photographs after autopsy of the stone.

Secondary

ARIE

Soundara Rajan, K. V. 2006. Nagarjunakonda (1954–60), volume II: The historical period. Memoirs of the archaeological survey of India 75. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Page 234.

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[1] Inventory no. EIAD: 67

[2] Raghunath no.: 49, 71

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: —

[4] Tsukamoto no.: —

[5] Lüders no.: —

[6] Support : maṇḍapa pillar, limestone

[7] (Faces:) Lines: 5 or 6 graffiti on 2 faces

[8] H: 176

[9] W: 36

[10] D: 27

[11] H: n.a.

[12] W: n.a.

[13] Language(s): Sanskrit and MIA

[14] Original locality: Nagarjunakonda Site-64, sector III, Yaksha-Kubera temple

[15] Present locality: NM, in fortification enclosure

[16] Primary bibliography: Raghunath 2001: 166 (49), 189 (71).

[17] Secondary bibliography: ARIE 1959-60: B.79.

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[19] Substance of inscription:

[20] Remarks: Raghunath’s 71 seems to be a partial repetition of his entry 49.

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