KnI 10. Vedikā pillar from the Kanaganahalli stūpa — reign of Vāsiṭṭhīputta Siri-Sātakaṇṇi, year 6

Author of digital edition: Vincent Tournier (vito).

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

Repository: Satavahana (tfb-satavahana-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKnI00010.

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Version: 2026-08-03 20:48 (d1750c9), last modified 2026-07-17 15:36 (581605e).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [sidhaṁ _] r[a]ñ[o] v(ā)siṭh(ī)putasa _ s(i)ris(ā)dakaṇi(sa) _ (sa)va(cha)r(e) (6) _ gi(mh)āṇa pakha 4 _ divasa 5 Utarāhakena _ sathavāhena _ sama(ṇe)na _ U(j)ukā patā _ catāri ca pāyakā _ (de)ya(dhama)

⟨2⟩ savabudhapūcāya _ mātāpituno _ pūcāya _ savalokahi[ta](s)ughāya

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ v(ā)siṭh(ī)putasa ⬦ v[ā]s[ī]ṭh[i]pu(tasa) N&vH. — ⟨1⟩ s(i)ris(ā)dakaṇi(sa) ⬦ s(i)r(i) sadakan(i)[sa] N&vH. — ⟨1⟩ (sa)va(cha)r(e) ⬦ [savacha]r(a) N&vH. — ⟨1⟩ gi(mh)āṇa ⬦ gi(mh)āna N&vH. — ⟨1⟩ sama(ṇe)na ⬦ sama(l)[e]ṇa N&vH • The editors’ comparison, to argue against the reading ṇe of the third akṣara in Poonacha 2011, of the akṣara with lo in l. 2 is not convincing. — ⟨1⟩ U(j)ukā patā ⬦ U(d)uk(o)pat(o) N&vH • Their remark that “the reading uju- [proposed by MASI] can safely be ruled out” is incorrect, in light of the new documentation. Indeed, while the middle horizontal stroke of the ja is faint, it is nonetheless visible. Cf. Nakanishi & von Hinüber 2014, p. 16. — ⟨1⟩ pāyakā ⬦ pāyaka N&vH.

⟨2⟩ savabudhapūcāya ⬦ savabudhap(u)cāya N&vH • This reading is confirmed by the next occurrence of pūcāya, for pūjāya. — ⟨2⟩ mātāpituno ⬦ mātāpituna N&vH. — ⟨2⟩ pūcāya ⬦ puyāya N&vH. — ⟨2⟩ savalokahi[ta](s)ughāya ⬦ savalokah[ita](s)ughāya N&vH.

Translation

Success! In the 6th year of King Vāsiṭṭhīputta Siri-Sātakaṇṇi, on the 4th fortnight of the hot season, on the 5th day. A straight slab and four uprights are a pious gift ⟨made⟩ by the caravan leader Samaṇa (Skt. Śramaṇa?), in honour of all buddhas, in honour of his father and mother, and for the well-being and happiness of the whole world.

Bibliography

This edition, based on photographs, by Vincent Tournier. Encoded in XML by Fu Fan in May 2025.

Primary

[N&vH] Nakanishi, Maiko & Oskar von Hinüber. 2014. Kanaganahalli inscriptions. Annual report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University for the Academic Year 2013, Vol. 17, Supplement. Tokyo: International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University. Pages 34–35, section I, item 10.

[MASI] Poonacha, K. P. 2011. Excavations at Kanaganahalli (Sannati), taluk Chitapur, dist. Gulbarga, Karnataka. Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India 106. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Page 451, item 15, plate CXXXI, item 5, plate CXLVI, items A-C.

ARIE 2014–15. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 2014-15. Edited by K. Munirathnam. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 2016. Item B.81.

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