Octagonal pillar from Nagarjunakonda — reign of Gotamīputta Siri-Vijayasātakaṇṇi, year 6

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namo bhagavato °agapogalasa raṁño gotamiputasa sirivijayasatakaṁṇṇisa sava 6 gipa 4 diva vesakhapuṇima

raṁñoraño-satakaṁṇṇisa-satakaṇṇisavesakhapuṇimavesākhapuṇima

Homage to the Bhagavant, highest man! 6th year of King Gotamīputta Siri-Vijayasātakaṇṇi, 4th fortnight of the hot season, full-moon day of Vaiśākha.

According to , two visarga-like dots at the end of the inscription serve to denote the end of the record, but we consider these accidental.

First described and edited by . Re-edited here on the basis of available documents and after autopsy of the stone.

: 84 (postcript by editor)1961-62: 771962-63: no. B.147: no. Naga 69: 67-8 (no. 1)