Pilaster with Buddha image from stūpa at Gummadidurru

Editors: Arlo Griffiths, Vincent Tournier.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00137.

Hand description:

Language: Sanskrit.

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

Version: (a154659), last modified (77e39b7).

Edition

⟨1⟩ <dextrorotatory-spiral>Ācāryyamaudgalyāyaṇasya priyaśiṣyāsyācā(r)yya[dha]⟨2⟩rmmadevasya śiṣyeṇa śrāmaṇakarāhuleṇa bhagavataḥ ⟨3⟩ pratimā pratiṣṭhāpitā sarvvasatvānām anuttarajñā⟨4⟩nāvāptaye yad atra puṇyaṁ tad bhavatu satvāna(ṁ)

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ <dextrorotatory-spiral> • This liminal auspicious sign is transcribes as svasti in eiad-bibl:Subba_Rao1928, and omitted by eiad-bibl:Ramachandran. — ⟨1⟩ Ācāryyamaudgalyāyaṇasya ⬦ Ācāryamougalyāyaṇasya Subba Rao 1928. — ⟨1⟩ priyaśiṣyāsyācā(r)yya ⬦ priyaśiṣyāsyācārya Subba Rao 1928.

⟨2⟩ śrāmaṇakarāhuleṇa ⬦ śrāmaṇakarāhulena Ramachandran 1946–1947. — ⟨2⟩ bhagavataḥ ⬦ bhagavato Ramachandran 1946–1947.

⟨3-4⟩ anuttarajñānāvāptaye ⬦ anuttarajīvāvāptaye Subba Rao 1928.

⟨4⟩ yad atra ⬦ yadhatra Subba Rao 1928. — ⟨4⟩ puṇyaṁ ⬦ puṇyam Subba Rao 1928; puṇyam Ramachandran 1946–1947. — ⟨4⟩ tad bhavatu ⬦ sarvvam caitya Subba Rao 1928. — ⟨4⟩ satvāna(ṁ)satvānāṁ Ramachandran 1946–1947; saṅghasya Subba Rao 1928.

Translation

(This) image of the Bhagavant was established by the śrāmaṇaka Rāhula, pupil of master Dharmadeva, beloved pupil of master Maudgalyāyana, for the attainment of the supreme knowledge by all beings. What merit is here, may that be for (all) beings.

Bibliography

First described and edited by Subba Rao 1928, pp. 62–4 (13) followed by Ramachandran 1946–1947, p. (III) and Ramachandran 1953, p. 29. Re-edited here from published documentation and after autopsy of the stone.

Secondary

Hanumantha Rao, B. S. L., N. S. Ramachandra Murthy, B. Subrahmanyam and Īmani Śivanāgireḍḍi. 1998. Buddhist inscriptions of Andhradesa. Secunderabad: Ananda Buddha Vihara Trust. Page 131.

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. Gumm 1.

Gupta, S. S. 2008. Sculptures and antiquities in the Archaeological Museum, Amarāvatī. New Delhi: D.K. Printworld. Page 97 (682).