Kanheri Cave 64 Verandah Inscription

Authors of digital edition: Kelsey Martini (kema), Vincent Tournier (vito).

Contributor: Kelsey Martini (kema).

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan (pra) [Script (other) (script_other)].

Repository: Satavahana (tfb-satavahana-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKI00037.

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSKI00037.xml.

Version: 2026-08-16 19:50 (8c6fcee), last modified 2026-07-17 15:36 (581605e).

Edition

⟨1⟩ si (ri sa ra) [**] [*] [****][…]
⟨2⟩ [*] [.]i va sa ga(ha)[patisa] [**][…]
⟨3⟩ sa s(ā)makasa dhat(u)ya [***][…]
⟨4⟩ [*] nāṇa Āt(e)vas(i)ṇa(ya) [*] [*][…]
⟨5⟩ (dh)iya deyadhama leṇa pāniya(ka)[…]

Apparatus

⟨3⟩ sa s(ā)makasa dhat(u)ya [3+][…] ⬦ sa samakasa dhutu(sa) G.

⟨4⟩ [1×] nāṇa Āt(e)vas(i)ṇa(ya) [1×] [1+][…] ⬦ [5+] ka vasatasa G.

⟨5⟩ sa s(ā)makasa dhat(u)ya [3+][…] ⬦ leṇa deyadhama [4+] pāniya G • Although we expect pāniyapoḍhi, the curved bottom of the vertical stem of an akṣara is clearly visible (as are traces of the horizontal stem). This can be compared with KI00003, l. 2 pani□ka.

Translation

Commentary

Gokhale only reads L. 3-5, presumably because that is all that is currently preserved. West informs us that 2-3 additional lines have been peeled away from the top of this inscription.>

Bibliography

Primary

[G] Gokhale, Shobhana. 1991. Kanheri inscriptions. Pune: Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute. Page 66, item 18.

Secondary

Naik, A. V. 1948. “Inscriptions of the Deccan: an epigraphical survey (Circa 300 B.C.-1300 A.D.)” BDCRI 9 (1/2), pp. 1–160. [URL]. Page 19.

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