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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.

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 EIAD file transformed to follow the DHARMA encoding structure. Metadata extracted to be checked and updated according DHARMA workflow. Done through XSLT.
sidhaṁ namo bhagavato saṁmasaṁbudhasa dhātuvaraparigahitasa mahācetīye mahāsenāpatisa mahātalavarasa vāsiṭhīputasa pūkīyānaṁ mahākaṁdasirisa bhayā mahāsenāpatisa mahātalavarasa viṇhusirisa mātā mahātalavari °apano °ubhayakulaṁ parināmetuna °atano °ubhayalokahitasukhanivāṇathanāya ca °imaṁ selakhaṁbhaṁ patiṭhapitaṁ mahārajasa sirivirapurisadatasa saṁva 6 vāpa 6 diva 10
mahācetīyemahācetiyemahākaṁdasirisaOr should we edit mahākaṁdasirisa?-nivāṇathanāya-nivāṇathayaThe restitution is imposed by unanimous evidence from parallel passages: EIAD 4, l. 11 °ubhayalokahitasukhāvahathanāya; 8, l. 5-6 -sukhanivāṇathanāya; 11, l. 8 °ubhayalokahitasukhāvahathanāya; 13, l. 7 °ubhayalokahitasukhanivāṇathanāya; 15, l. 5 °ubhayalokahitasukhāvahathanāya; 18, l. 8 °ubhayalokahitasukhanivāṇathanāya; 21, l. 2 °ubhayalokahitasukhanivāṇathanāya.parināmetunaThe u is unusually round, and it is not impossible that ū was intended.

Success! Homage to the Bhagavant, the Perfect Buddha who is ensconced in the excellent relic [or: element (i.e., nirvāṇadhātu)]!

At the Great Shrine, the wife of Great General, Great Talavara Vāsiṭṭhīputta Big Kandasiri of the Pūkīyas, mother of Great General, Great Talavara Viṇhusiri, Great-Talavara-wife, having dedicated (the merit) to her own family on both sides, established this stone pillar for the sake of well-being and happiness in both worlds and nirvāṇa for herself.

In the 6th year of King Siri-Vīrapurisadatta, in the 6th fortnight of the rainy season, on the 10th day.

First described and edited by : 14, 20-1 (C5). Re-edited here from the Leiden estampage and after autopsy of the stone.

: no. 16: no. Naga 16: 80-1 (no. 6A)