EIAD 258. Dome slab fragment from the Amaravati stūpa

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

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan (pra) [Southern Brāhmī (other) (brāhmī_southern_other)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00258.

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Version: 2026-07-17 15:34 (ce35bbc), last modified 2026-07-17 15:34 (ce35bbc).

Edition

⟨1⟩ […](ti)h(ā)gam(a)l(a)kasa gahapa(ti)sa[…]

⟨2⟩ […]pu(ta)sa [**] r(e)vatasa [*] bal(i)kā(ya)[…]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ (ti)h(ā)gam(a)l(a)kasa ⬦ nili gamilakasa C; nili gamilakasa S.

⟨2⟩ [2×] r(e)vatasa [1×] bal(i)kā(ya) ⬦ ja revatasa ja bal(i)kāya C; ja revatasa ja bal(i)kāya S.

Translation

of the daughter of Revata ... son ... of the notable from -tihāgamala...

Bibliography

This edition, based on photographs, by Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier. Encoded in XML by Fu Fan in March 2025.

Primary

[C] Chanda, Rama Prasad. 1919–1920. “Some unpublished Amaravati inscriptions.” EI 15, pp. 258–275. Page 267, item 25.

[S] Sivaramamurti, C. 1942. Amaravati sculptures in the Madras Government Museum. Reprints 1956, 1977, etc. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum New Series, General Section, 4. Madras: Government Museum. [URL]. Page 167, items II A, 8, page 278, item 32.

Secondary

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 222, item Amar 6.

ARIE 1912–13. G.O. No. 961, 2nd August 1913. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for [Epigraphy], Southern Circle, for the year 1912-1913. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1913. Item B.486.

Francis, N. J. 2016. A source book of the early Buddhist inscriptions of Amarāvatī. Golden jubilee series. Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study. Page 91, item 105.

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