Memorial pillar from site 61 at Nagarjunakonda — reign of Siri-Ehavalacāntamūla, year 13 author of digital edition Arlo Griffiths Vincent Tournier DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSEIAD00052

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First digital edition made by École française d'Extrême-Orient (Paris, France), realized in collaboration with the HiSoMA Research Centre (Lyon, France) and hosted by TGIR Huma-Num (France) as Early Inscriptions of Āndhradeśa, in 2015-2017.

Early Inscriptions of Āndhradeśa DHARMA_INSEIAD00052

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sidham· -sāmisa rāño vāseṭhiputasa Ikhākusa siriEhavulacatamūlasa savachara terasama gimhaṇaṁ pakha paṁcama 5divasa satama 7raño māḍharipūtasa Ikhākuṇaṁ sirivirapūrisadatasa mahisija mahavalabhīkāya yakhīlinikāya putasa mahāsenapatisa kumārasa ElīEhavūladāsaṁṇakasa chāyāthabho thāpito :-
gimhaṇaṁgīmhaṇaṁ-pūrisadatasa-pūrusadatasamahisijaSircar notes Probably we should not take it as mahisi-Jamaha° and proposes to emend mahisiya. We think ja could stand for ya.chāyāthabhochayathaṁbho:–The punctuation is indicated by a curved stroke preceded by visarga-like sign.

Success! In the thirteenth year of the Lord King Vāsiṭṭhīputta Siri-Ehavulacāntamūla the Ikṣvāku, in the fifth — 5th — fortnight of summer, on the seventh — 7th — day.

The memorial pillar of the Great General, Prince Elī Ehavūladāsaṇṇaka, son of Mahāvallabhikā Yakhīlinikā — chief queen of the King Māṭharīputta Siri-Vīrapurisadatta of the Ikṣvākus — was erected.

gimhaṇaṁThe shape of ha is not regular. Cf. EIAD 29, l. 3 and note.

First described and edited by : 10-1 (3). Re-edited here from the published estampages and after autopsy of the stone.

1958-59: 6-7, no. B.79: no. 43: 202-3: 146-7 (no. 35): 604