Pillar from Ghantasala

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).

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⟨1⟩ sidhaṁ ⁓Ukhasirivadhaman(e) _kaṁṭakas(ā)lavatha[vena]

⟨2⟩ dhaṁmavāniyapute(na) _budhisirigahapatinā [Imaṁ]

⟨3⟩ selamaṁḍapo _sagaṁdhak(u)ḍivetikatoraṇo k[ārito] [ti]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ -vadhama[n]е ⬦ -vadhamāne Vogel [1956] 1947–1948 • No trace of ā is detectable on the stone.

⟨2⟩ -kasāla- ⬦ -kasola- Vogel [1956] 1947–1948 • But see Vogel [1956] 1947–1948, p. 68.

Translation

Success! In the estate of Ukhasiri, the notable (gahapati) Budhisiri, son of Dhaṁmavāniya, resident of Kaṁṭakasala, caused to be made this stone maṇḍapa, together with a gandhakuṭī, a railing (vedikā), and a portal (toraṇa).

Bibliography

First edited and described by Vogel [1956] 1947–1948, p. (B) and then by Somasekhara Sarma 1974, p. (B). Re-edited here from published 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. 74.

Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Page 192 (79).

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. Ghan 2.

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[2] Raghunath no.: 79

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: 74

[4] Tsukamoto no.: Ghan 2

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[6] Support : white marble pillar

[7] (Faces:) Lines: 3

[8] H: 257

[9] W: 39

[10] D: 24

[11] H: 29

[12] W: 31

[13] Language(s): MIA

[14] Original locality: Ghantasala

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

[16] Primary bibliography: Vogel 1947-48 (B). — Somasekhara Sarma 1974 (B).

[17] Secondary bibliography: ARIE 1944-45: B.91. — Raghunath 2001: 192 (79).

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