EIAD 262. Railing pillar 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_INSEIAD00262.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ […] (sa) cadasa ca mātūya […]

⟨2⟩ […] naṁ navakamikā padhānapari [*][…]

⟨3⟩ […] ṇo dhamakadhiko Ayapārapo ca <triratna>

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ mātūya ⬦ mātuyā C S.

⟨2⟩ padhānapari ⬦ S; ḍadhānaḍāri C • Chanda 1919–1920 systematically misread the pas of this inscription. It is tempting to restore padhānapari[gahita], by analogy with the occurrence of padhānaparigāhi[ta] in an inscription from Peddaveggi EIAD 597, or perhaps instead padhānapari[gāhaka]. The compound padhānapariggāhaka indeed occurs thrice in the Theragāthā-aṭṭhakathā. See, for instance Th-a II.72: ekadivasaṁ padhānapariggāhakena therena tasmiṁ araññāyatane bhikkhū uddissa vuttaṁ padhānānuyogaṁ pariggaṇhanto.

⟨3⟩ ayapārapo ⬦ ayaḍāraḍo C; ayapārapo⟨⟨ta⟩⟩ S • Sivaramamurti 1942 remarks that the engraver secondarily added this akṣara. We do not see however any trace of ta on the estampage, and -pārapo—a curious name, to be sure—has at least the merit of being in the nom. sg. and to accord with dhamakadhiko.

Translation

… of the mother of Canda … the overseer⟨s⟩ of works, ⟨namely⟩… engaged in spiritual exertion … -ṇa … and the Dharma-expounder Ārya-Pārapa

Commentary

For a previous text on engraved, in a significantly earlier script, on this pillar, see EIAD 1020.

Bibliography

This edition 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 “Some unpublished Amaravati inscriptions.”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 270, item 40.

[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 275, item 11, items I E, 13.

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 223, item Amar 10.

ARIE 1906–07. G.O. No. 503, 27th June 1907. Epigraphy. Reviewing the annual progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for -, Southern Circle, for the year 1906-1907. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1907. Item B.547.

Francis, N. J. 2016. A source book of the early Buddhist inscriptions of Amarāvatī. Golden jubilee series. Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study. Pages 94–95, item 112.

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