Memorial pillar from site 113 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_INSEIAD00072.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ (ma)va(la)raṇa_vathava(sa) (se)nāpat(i)

⟨2⟩ [*]karadaru_kumārasa _[****]bha(ḍa)naṁ

⟨3⟩ paḍitana(ṁ) (chā)yākhaṁbho

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ (ma)va(la)raṇa ⬦ (mavala)raṇa Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 • Sircar suggests to emend magavalaraṇa.

⟨2⟩ [1×] ⬦ -(sa) Sircar [1966] 1963–1964. — ⟨2⟩ [4×] ⬦ (pasa)..... Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 • Sircar notes: “The intended word appears to be pasādita- or pasāditānaṁ as in Nos I-II above.”

⟨3⟩ (chā)yākhaṁbho ⬦ chayakhaṁbho Sircar [1966] 1963–1964.

Translation

Memorial pillar of the killed soldiers (...) of the General Karadarukumāra, resident of Mavalaraṇa (= Magalaraṇa).

Bibliography

First described and edited by Sircar [1966] 1963–1964, p. 16 (6.B.III). Re-edited here from the estampage published by Sircar.

Secondary

ARIE

Srinivasan, P. R. & S. Sankaranarayanan. 1979. Inscriptions of the Ikshvāku period. Epigraphical Series 14. Hyderabad: Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Page no. 57.

Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Page 172 (no. 54).

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[2] Raghunath no.: 54

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: 57

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[11] H: 14

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[13] Language(s): MIA

[14] Original locality: Nagarjunakonda Site-113

[15] Present locality: NM, in fortification enclosure

[16] Primary bibliography: Sircar 1963-64a: 16 (6.B.III).

[17] Secondary bibliography: ARIE 1956-57: B.31. — Raghunath 2001: 172 (54).

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