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⟩ vākāḍhicānavākāḍ(h)icāna[ṁ] N+vH.

⟨2⟩ hitasughācaUnderstand 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.