Image of a seated Buddha, Kanaganahalli stūpa

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Edition

⟨1⟩ sidha _ bhagavā _ bodhisato _ Ayito _ Anāgato _ budho _ Upāsakena vākāḍhicāna

⟨2⟩ visāghena _ saputakena _ kārito _ savalokasa hitasughāca

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ vākāḍhicāna ⬦ vākāḍ(h)icāna[ṁ] N+vH.

⟨2⟩ hitasughāca • Understand hitasughāya.

Translation

Success! The Bhagavant, Bodhisattva Ayita (Skt. Ajita), the future Buddha, commissioned by the upāsaka Visāgha (Skt. Viśākha) of the Vāgāḍhica family, together with his son[s], 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 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. Pages 79–80, section II.7, item 8.

[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 461, item 85, plate CXXXVII, item 8, plate CXXVII, item D.