Vedikā pillar, Kanaganahalli stūpa

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Edition

⟨1⟩ p[.]tiga(ṁ)bhigāya bhikuniya veliya-

⟨2⟩ yāy(a) pāyako sasujiko d(e)yadhaṁma

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ p[.]tiga(ṁ)bhigāyapatigaligāya PThis seems to point to a hereby unattested toponym.⟨1⟩ bhikuniyabhikunīya P.

⟨1-2⟩ veliyayāy(a)cetiyayāya PThere would be a space for an akṣara at the beginning of l. 2, but we suspect an irregularity in the stone or previous damage may have dissuaded the lapicide to engrave that space. For names starting in velī- see Tsukamoto Keishō 塚本啓祥 1996, № Kuda 21, № Nasi 18 l. 1.

⟨2⟩ sasujikosasūjiko P. — ⟨2⟩ d(e)yadhaṁmadeya dhamma P.

Bibliography

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

Primary

[P] 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 156.