Slab, Sannati — reign of Vāseṭṭhīputta Sivasiri-Puḷumāvi
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Edition
⟨Face A⟩
⟨1⟩ [vāseṭhi]puto _ sivasiripuḷu(m)[āvi]
⟨2⟩ […](n)[.]su _ kinādikesu _ kadamūla[phala]
⟨3⟩ […] [*] ya _ ya [*] te(lasa)
⟨4⟩ […] [*] (tā)pāna _ karetena _ na va(s)i[…]
⟨Face B⟩
⟨1⟩ […] Atāpasana vā _ na vasitava _ d(ā)rapal(e)[…]
⟨2⟩ […]tavo _ sudhāvāsikena Ekaratiparivuthe(na)[…]
⟨3⟩ […][****][.]i[************][…]
Apparatus
⟨A.1⟩ sivasiripuḷu(m)[āvi] ⬦ siva siri puḍum[āvi] N&vH.
⟨A.2⟩ […](n)[.]su _ kinādikesu ⬦ (na)sukinādikesu N&vH. — ⟨A.2⟩ kadamūla[phala] • Reconstruction suggested by Nakanishi & von Hinüber 2014, and supported by KnI0417, l. 3: kaṁdamūlaphaḷanivāro.
⟨A.3⟩ [1×] ya _ ya [1×] ⬦ yaya [1+] N&vH.
⟨A.4⟩ [1×] (tā)pāna ⬦ tapāna N&vH. — ⟨A.4⟩ va(s)i[…] • Nakanishi & von Hinüber 2014suggest restoring vasi[tavo].
⟨B.1⟩ Atāpasana ⬦ Atāpasena N&vH. — ⟨B.1⟩ d(ā)rapal(e) ⬦ darahal(e/o) N&vH.
⟨B.2⟩ Ekaratiparivuthe(na) ⬦ Ekaratiparivuthe[na] N&vH.
⟨B.3⟩ […][4+][.]i[12+][…] • No mention is made of the third line in Face B by either Sarma & Varaprasada Rao 1993 or Nakanishi & von Hinüber 2014.
Translation
Vāseṭṭhīputta Sivasiri-Puḷumāvi ⟨orders:⟩ “… ¿ferments? and so on, … bulbs, roots… sesame oil … he who does … must not live here.
… and who is not an ascetic must not live here. The doorman should … he who is clothed in white and who has stayed ⟨here?⟩ for one night…
Bibliography
This edition by Vincent Tournier. Encoded in XML by Fu Fan in July 2025.
Primary
[N&vH] Nakanishi, Maiko & 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 20, item C.
[ARIE] ARIE 1996–97. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1996-97. Edited by M. K. Bhadri. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 2006. Item B1.
[S&VR] Sarma, I. Karthikeya & J. Varaprasada Rao. 1993. Early Brāhmī inscriptions from Sannati. New Delhi: Harman. [URL]. Page 76, item A3.
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<p>This and <ref target="DHARMA_INSKnI00417.xml">KnI0417</ref> may bear two copies of a royal edict — or two distinct edicts issued by the same king — addressed to what we argue, on terminological ground, is a non-Buddhist ascetic community.</p>
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Commentary
This and KnI0417 may bear two copies of a royal edict — or two distinct edicts issued by the same king — addressed to what we argue, on terminological ground, is a non-Buddhist ascetic community.