Pillar from site 9 at Nagarjunakonda — reign of Siri-Vīrapurisadatta author of digital edition Arlo Griffiths Vincent Tournier DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSEIAD00030

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sidhaṁ .mahārājasa Asamedhayājisa Anekahiranakoṭipadāyisa siricaṁtamūlasa putasa raṁño māḍhariputasa Ikhākuṇa sirivirapurisadatasa vasasatāya savacharaṁ vijayaṁ vāsapakhaṁ prathamaṁ 1divasaṁ bitiyaṁ sagagatasa raṁño Agihotāgiṭhomavājapeyasamedhayājisa hiraṇakoṭigosatasahasahalasatasahasapadāyisa savathesu Apatihatasaṁkapasa vāsiṭhiputasa Ikhākusa sāmisiricaṁtamulasa sahodarāhi matāhi mahādevihi Anatasiriya khaṁdasiriya vijhabodhisiriya mitasiriya •samusiriya •nāgavasusiriya •maṁgusiriya •khaṁdakoṭisiriya mahisarasiriya kondamatisiriya •mulasiriya Ayakoṭusiriya •maduvisiriya •nāgasiriya •rāmasiriya golasiriya •velisiriya •bodhisiriya khadasiriya setilasiriya perajatisiriya paṁḍitasiriya sivanāgasiriya samudasiriya •bapisiriya •nadisiriya Ayasiriya kaṁnhasiriya sivanāgasiriya Abhatarikāhi ca sarasikāya kusumalatāye ca chāyāthabho .
sidhaṁ –sidhaṁ-hirana--hiraṇa--hiraṇa-raṁñorañosirivirapurisadatasasirivirapurisadatasaIkhākuṇaIkhākunaṁIkhākunavasasatāya savacharaṁvijayaṁvasasanaya saṁvachara viṁsayaṁprathamaṁ 1prathamaṁdivasaṁdivasabitiyaṁbītiyaṁraṁñoraño-vājapeyasamedha--vājapeyasamedha--vājapeyāsamedha-Apatihata-Apatihata--mulasa-mūlasasahodarāhi matāhisahadarāhi matāhiemending sahodarāhisahodarāhi mātāhimahādevihimahādevihiAnatasiriyasunītisiriyakhaṁdasiriyakhaṁdasīriyavijhabodhisiriyavijhaṭhavisiriyamitasiriyamisasiriyasamusiriyasamusiriya notes that the intended reading may be samudasirīya as in l. 11.maṁgusiriyanāgasiriyakondamati-ratumati-mulasiriyamūlasiriyarāmasiriyakāmasiriya notes the possibility of reading rāmasiriya.velisiriyakhalisiriyabodhisiriyaEdhisiriyakhadasiriyakhadasiriyakhaṁdasiriyasetilasiriyasatilisiriyaperajatisiriyaparajatatisiriyabapisiriyabāpisiriyaAlthough we see no trace of a ā, it is tempting to understand here bapi- as bāpi = vāpi, in light of the fact that this name is surrounded by two names based on water bodies.kaṁnhasiriyaratusiriyaThe correct reading kaṁnha- was already suggested in an editorial note to : 64, n. 1.AbhatarikāhisubhatarikāhikusumalatāyebhūsumalatāyaEmending kusumalatāya. It seems impossible to read bhū and unnecessary to assume that anything else was intended than ku, although the shape of the akṣara is admittedly peculiar.ca chāyāthabhoIyaṁ thaṁbho

Success! In the victorious year of king Māṭharīputta Siri-Vīrapurisadatta of the Ikṣvākus — may he live one hundred years! —, son of Great King Siri-Cantamūla, sacrificer of the Aśvamedha, giver of numerous tens of millions of (pieces of) gold, in the first — 1st — fortnight of the rainy season, on the second day.

(This is) the memorial pillar for the King Vāsiṭṭhīputta Lord Siri-Cāntamūla the Ikṣvāku, who has gone to the heavens, 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, hundreds of thousands of plows (of land), whose will was unimpeded in all matters, (established) by (his) uterine sisters, mothers, (and) queens Anatasirī, Khandasirī, Vijhab(o)dhisirī, Mitasirī, Samusirī, Nāgavasusirī, Maṅgusirī, Khandakoṭisirī, Mahisarasirī, Kondamatisirī, Mūlasirī, Ayakoṭusirī, Manduvisirī, Nāgasirī, Rāmasirī, Golasirī, Velisirī, Bodhisirī, Khadasirī, Setilasirī, Perajatisirī, Paṇḍitasirī, Sivanāgasirī, Samudasirī, Bāpisirī, Nadīsirī, Ayasiri, Kaṇhasirī, Sivanāgasirī, and the intimate friends (ābhyantarikā) Sarasikā and Kusumalatā.

A number of punctuation signs appear, here represented as •. None of these was read by , only a few of them observed by : 3, 4 n. 1 and 7.

savacharaṁ vijayaṁSee EIAD 56, l. 2, and the term vijayasaṁvachara/vijayasaṁvatsara in EIAD 2, ll. 2-3; 187, l. 29; 188, l. 31. For the possibility for the term vijaya pointing to Jupiter’s sixty-year cycle, see : 2, : 318-22, and : 323-5.

mulasiriyaA male Mūlasiri is known from the Jaggayyapeta inscriptions (EIAD 31-33), his name being spelt with mula- in one of the cases (EIAD 32, l. 4).

First described and edited by : 63-4 (L); re-edited by : 1-4 (1.A); our edition based on RTI and autopsy of the stone.

1959-60: no. B.93: 70-72: 318-22: 323-5: no. 3: 200-2: no. Naga 49: 115-7 (no. 16)