Octagonal chattra-pillar, fragment, Kanaganahalli stūpa — reign of Gotamīputta Siri-Yaññasātakaṇṇi, year 10

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Edition

⟨1⟩ [ya]ñasātakaṇ(i)sa saṁvachare (10) gimhānaṁ

⟨2⟩ [pakhe] (5) (sa)t(i)ka(ṇa) mahadatasa dāna chata

⟨3⟩ mahācetiye ~

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ [pakhe] (5) (sa)t(i)ka(ṇa) mahadatasata(kā)na mahaḍatasa N+vHThe individual mentioned here appears to be the same as Sa(ṁ)tika Mahāsenadatta, occurring as donor in KnI0099, KnI0100. In KnI0263, the donor is similarly called mahadata-, which may be short for Mahāsenadatta. Also, in both inscriptions, the ending satikana, as opposed to satikena in KnI0100 (and probably in KnI0099) may be understood as standing for satikāna, a genitive plural of belonging.

Translation

… In the 10th year of ⟨King⟩ ⟨Gotamīputta Siri-⟩Yaññasātakaṇṇi, in the 5th fortnight of summer. An umbrella for the Great Shrine: the gift of Mahādatta of the Sa(ṁ)tika ⟨family⟩.

Commentary

None of the three fragments reproduced in Nakanishi and von Hinüber 2014 were documented by either Robert Arlt or Vincent Tournier. The identification of Poonacha 2011, № 256 as a fragment of the same inscribed object is due to Robert Arlt.

Bibliography

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

Primary

[N+vH] Nakanishi, Maiko and 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 35–36, section I, item 11.

[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. Item 256.