EIAD 126. Octagonal colonnette from Ghantasala

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

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan (pra) [Script (unspecified) (script_unspecified)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00126.

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSEIAD00126.xml.

Version: 2026-09-22 13:22 (151ff65), last modified 2026-09-21 18:13 (3db1cff).

Edition

⟨1⟩ Uvās(i)kāya Ehana-

⟨2⟩ mātūyā sivalay(e)

⟨3⟩ dānaṁ

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ sivalay(e) ⬦ sivaliya ARIE • Cf. sivalā in EIAD 317. What we interpret as a vocalic marker -e is unsure, and might be an accident. We expect an ending -yā, but -ye could be possible as well.

Translation

Gift of the lay follower Sivalā (Śivalā), mother of Ehana.

Bibliography

First described and edited in ARIE. Re-edited here from our photographs and after autopsy of the stone.

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[1] Inventory no. EIAD: 126

[2] Raghunath no.: —

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.:

[4] Tsukamoto no.: —

[5] Lüders no.:

[6] Support : octagonal colonette

[7] (Faces:) Lines: 3

[8] H: 97

[9] W: diam. 15

[10] D:

[11] H: 8

[12] W: 20

[13] Language(s): MIA

[14] Original locality: Ghantasala

[15] Present locality: Ghantasala Museum, no. 2

[16] Primary bibliography: ARIE 1956-57: B.41.

[17] Secondary bibliography:

[18] Visual documentation:

[19] Substance of inscription: 1. °uvāsikāya °ehanā 2 mātūyā sivaliya 3. dānaṁ

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