Āyāka pillar from site 1 at Nagarjunakonda — reign of Siri-Vīrapurisadatta, year 6 author of digital edition Arlo Griffiths Vincent Tournier DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSEIAD00016

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sidhaṁ namo bhagavato devarājasakatasa supabudhabodhino savaṁñuno savasatānukaṁpakasa jitarāgadosamohavipamutasa mahāgaṇivasabhagaṁdhahathisa saṁmasaṁbudhasa dhātuvaraparigahitasa mahācetīye mahārajasa virūpakhapatimahāsenaparigahitasa Agihotāgiṭhomavājapeyāsamedhayājisa hiraṁṇakoṭigosatasahasahalasatasahasapadāyisa savathesu Apatihatasaṁkapasa vāsiṭhiputasa Ikhākusiricāṁtamūlasa sodarā bhagini raṁño māḍharīputasa sirivirapurisadatasa pituchā mahāsenāpatisa mahātalavarasa vāsiṭhiputasa pūkīyānaṁ kaṁdasirisa bhariyā samaṇabamhaṇakavaṇavaṇijakadīnānugahavelāmikadānapaṭibhāgavochinadhārapadāyini savasādhuvachalā mahādānapatini mahātalavari khaṁdasāgaraṁṇakamātā cāṁtisiri Apano Ubhayakulasa Atichita m anāgatavaṭamānakānaṁ parināmetuna Ubhayalokahitasukhāvahathanāya Atano ca nivāṇasapatisaṁpādake Imaṁ khaṁbhaṁ savalokahitasukhāvahathanāya patiṭhapitaṁ ti .raṁño sirivirapurisadātasa saṁva 6diva 10

Success! Homage to the Bhagavant, worshipped by the king(s) of the gods, who completely realized Awakening, the Omniscient One, who is compassionate towards all beings, who conquered and is released from lust, hatred and delusion, the bull and rut elephant among great leaders, the Perfect Buddha who is (ensconced in the excellent) relic [or: element (i.e., nirvāṇadhātu)]!

At the Great Shrine, (Cāntisirī) — uterine sister of Great King Vāsiṭṭhīputta Siri-Cāntamūla the Ikṣvāku, favored by Mahāsena who has Virūpākṣa as his lord, sacrificer of the Agnihotra, the Agniṣṭoma, (the Vājapeya and the Aśvamedha,) giver of tens of millions of (pieces of) gold, hundreds of thousands of cows and hundreds of thousands of plows (of land), whose will is unimpeded in all matters; paternal aunt of King Māṭharīputta Siri-Vīrapurisadatta; wife of Great General, Great Talavara Vāsiṭṭhīputta Kandasiri of the Pūkīyas; giver of an unequalled and uninterrupted stream of velāmika gifts as a favor to ascetics, brahmans, beggars, mendicants and the wretched; affectionate to all good people; Great-Talavara-wife, mother of Khandasāgaraṇṇaka — , having dedicated (the merit) to the past, future and present members of (her) family on both sides, (established) this pillar (for the sake of bringing about well-being and happiness in both worlds) and for achieving the fortune (of nirvāṇa) for herself and (for the sake of bringing about) the well-being and happiness of all people.

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

First described by : 13 (A2), but without edition of the text. We edit the text for the first time, based on the three sheets of the Leiden estampage and after autopsy of two fragments of the stone.

: no. 281995-96: no. B.9