Kanheri Cave 80 Right Wall Inscription

Version: (159f390), last modified (3d6ac09).

Edition

⟨1⟩ saghasa h(i) (su) [************]

⟨2⟩ pāl(a) nāvikeṇ(a) vase [***********]

⟨3⟩ teṇa bha⟨⟨tu⟩⟩ṇā c(e)va (Ama)[*] [*][ bha]tuṇ(ā) ceva (ne)ga(meṇa)

⟨4⟩ Aḍaṇa(bha)tu(ṇā) ceva negam(e)ṇa (v)ituk(eṇa) □ (saha)-

⟨5⟩ (ca) mā(tu)ya pava(I)tik(ā)ya (ja)mayāya yeva A(kha)-

⟨6⟩ (ya)nivi □ la (sa) tu (ra cha) hi□( sa ma sa)vasat(ā)ṇa hitasu-

⟨7⟩ ghathā A(kha)yanivi ca d(i)[nā]卍

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ saghasa h(i) (su) [12+] ⬦ sa [4+] G.

⟨2⟩ vase [11+] ⬦ vasa [4+] G.

⟨3⟩ teṇa bha⟨⟨tu⟩⟩ṇā c(e)va (Ama)[1×] [1+][ bha]tuṇ(ā) ceva (ne)ga(meṇa) ⬦ tanāttaṇā ca vi [3+] su [3+] maha [3+] G.

⟨4⟩ Aḍaṇa(bha)tu(ṇā) ceva negam(e)ṇa (v)ituk(eṇa) □ (saha) ⬦ Aṭanasa saghārtha ca negama navinakeṇa [3+] saha G.

⟨5⟩ pava(I)tik(ā)ya (ja)mayāya ⬦ po[ḍhi][6+] deyadhama G. — ⟨5⟩ A(kha)⟨6⟩(ya)nivi □ la (sa) tu (ra cha) hi□( sa ma) ⬦ Akhanivi ca leṇaṁ datāni G.

Commentary

According to West at least two lines preceded l. 1. Only a single akṣara is visible on the eye copy and none remain visible on the stone now.

⟨6⟩ la (sa) tu (ra cha) hi□( sa ma ). This most likely signifies either the basis of the akṣayanivi or the manner in which funds are to be dispersed, however we are unable to currently explain it.

Bibliography

Primary

[G] Gokhale, Shobhana. 1991. Kanheri inscriptions. Pune: Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute. Page 102, item 44.

Secondary

Strauch, Ingo. 2021. “Money for rituals: akṣayanīvī and related inscriptions from Āndhradeśa.” In: Power, presence and space: South Asian rituals in archaeological context. Edited by Henry Albery, Jens-Uwe Hartmann & Himanshu Prabha Ray. Archaeology and Religion in South Asia. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 193–214. Page 206.