Image of a seated Buddha, Kanaganahalli stūpa

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Edition

⟨1⟩ sidha _ nam(o) bhagavato _ sama_saṁbudho _ sakamuni _ sidhath(o) _ [vākāṭicāna] visāghanena _ saputakena kārito

⟨2⟩ kanhilena _ katā paṭimāO catāri (ya?)

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ sama_saṁbudho ⬦ samasabudho N+vH. — ⟨1⟩ sidhath(o)sidhatha N+vH.

⟨2⟩ paṭimāO ⬦ paṭimāE N+vH • The inverted-s shape of the final akṣara is characteristic of the O. The ending -āO moreover makes better sense as a Nom. Pl. Fem. ending than -āE. — ⟨2⟩ catāri (ya?)catāri N+vH.

Translation

Success! The Bhagavant, Perfectly and Completely Awakened One Sakamuni Siddhattha (Skt. Śākyamuni Siddhārtha), commissioned by the upāsaka Visāgha (Skt. Viśākha) of the Vāgāḍhica family, together with his son[s]. Four images were made by Kanhila.

Bibliography

This edition, based on photographs, by Vincent Tournier. Encoded in XML by Fu Fan in June 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. Page 79, section II.7, item 7.

[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 84, plate CXXXVII, item 7, plate XL, item C, plate CXXVII, item B.