Memorial stela from site 59 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_INSEIAD00075.

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

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⟨1⟩ (pa)toyatakasa
⟨2⟩ Āvesanikasa
⟨3⟩ (ta)mal(o)yakarasa
⟨4⟩ m(ū)labhutasa
⟨5⟩ chāyapaṭo

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ (pa)toyatakasa ⬦ pa(va)yātakasa Sircar [1966] 1963–1964.

⟨3⟩ (ta)mal(o)yakarasa ⬦ tamaṇiyakarasa Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 • The first akṣara could also be read na.

⟨5⟩ chāyapaṭo ⬦ chāyatha(bha) Sircar [1966] 1963–1964.

Translation

Memorial slab (chāyāpaṭa) of the tamaloya-maker (?) Mūlabhuta, artisan (āvesanika) from (?) Patayataka.

Bibliography

First described and edited by Sircar [1966] 1963–1964, p. 16 (6.C.I). Re-edited here from available documentation and after autopsy of the stone.

Secondary

ARIE

Srinivasan, P. R. & S. Sankaranarayanan. 1979. Inscriptions of the Ikshvāku period. Epigraphical Series 14. Hyderabad: Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Page no. 58.

Sarkar, H. 1982. “The Cāyā-Stambhas from Nāgārjunakoṇḍa.” In: Memorial stones: A study of their origin, significance and variety. Edited by Shadaksharappa Settar & Günther Dietz Sontheimer. I.I.A.H. Series & South Asian Studies 2 & XI/11. Dharwad; Heidelberg: Institute of Indian Art History, Karnatak University; South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, pp. 199–207. Pages 204–5.

Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Pages 174–5 (no. 57).

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 192.

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[2] Raghunath no.: 57

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: 58

[4] Tsukamoto no.: —

[5] Lüders no.:

[6] Support : memorial stela

[7] (Faces:) Lines: 5

[8] H: 122

[9] W: 43

[10] D: 12

[11] H: 26.5

[12] W: 23

[13] Language(s): MIA

[14] Original locality: Nagarjunakonda Site-59, near svastika stūpa, sector IV, division 83, trench A 2

[15] Present locality: NM, w/out no.

[16] Primary bibliography: Sircar 1963-64a: 16 (6.C.I).

[17] Secondary bibliography: ARIE 1958-59: B.82. — Sarkar 1982: 204-5. — Raghunath 2001: 174-5 (57).

[18] Visual documentation: Sircar; Raghunath.

[19] Substance of inscription: erected in honour of the foreman of the artisans

[20] Remarks: the support is not a pillar

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