Image of a seated Buddha, Kanaganahalli stūpa

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Edition

⟨1⟩ bhagavā _ budho vesabhū _ vāgāḍhicanaṁ _ visaghena saputakena kāritā _ selavaḍhakisa Āsadevisa

⟨2⟩ panatukena _ samināgasa _ nātukena _ māḍhasa putena _ rāyāmacena bodhigutena

⟨3⟩ kato

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ kāritāUnderstand kārito.

Translation

The Bhagavant, Buddha Vessabhū (Skt. Viśvabhū), commissioned by the upāsaka Visāgha (Skt. Viśākha) of the Vāgāḍhica family, together with his son⟨s⟩. Made by Bodigutta the royal officer, the son of Māḍha, grandson of Sāmināga, and great-grandson of Āsadeva, the sculptor.

Bibliography

This edition, based on photographs, by Vincent Tournier. Encoded in XML by Fu Fan in May 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 77–78, section II.7, item 3.

[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 460, item 82, plate CXXXVII, item 5, plate CXXVIII, item B.