Kanheri Epitaph Inscription 19

Editors: Kelsey Martini, Vincent Tournier.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKI00069.

Hand description:

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan.

Repository: Satavahana (tfb-satavahana-epigraphy).

Version: (3d490f2), last modified (b1e2f22).

Edition

⟨1⟩ therāaṃ Āyyasā⟨2⟩miṇaṃ An(dh)akāvirā

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ An(dh)akāvirā ⬦ Andhakavīrā G • G notes that the last compound points to the fact that the monk originated from Andhra. Understand Andhakavīrā[ṇaṁ]?

Translation

… of the venerable Noble Sāmin, chief of the Andhakas (?).

Commentary

Gokhale does not acknowledge the space in the first line.

It might be the case that this inscription was left unfinished, as one would expect a third line, but there is no trace of it in the documentation available.

Bibliography

Primary

[G] Gokhale, Shobhana. 1991. Kanheri inscriptions. Pune: Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute. Page 132, item E19.