Frieze from Amaravati EpiDoc Encoding Arlo Griffiths intellectual authorship of edition Arlo Griffiths Vincent Tournier DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSEIAD00338

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 encoded the inscription

vāniyiniya nākacaṁpakāyā palakeṇa cadasirinā sirinā dhutukā seṭhanikāya budhilaya ca dhaña Evaṁ Uṇhisa tahi nivāṇa-magasa hetu kātuṇa ni

vāniyiniya vāniyiniyā nākacaṁpakāyā nākacaṁpakiyā palakeṇa cadasirinā sirinā cadasirisa siri dhutukā seṭhanikāya dhanikasaṭhanikāya Sivaramamurti's reading saṭhanikāya is equally possible. proposed dhanikaseṭhinikāya. There definitely does not seem to be any vowel marker above ṭha. dhaña dhaña Evaṁ dhamaṁ Uṇhisa tahi Unisinhi nivāṇa- nivide hetu kātuṇa ni hetukanantana

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Only partially deciphered in . First comprehensive attempt at decipherment in . This digital edition by Arlo Griffiths & Vincent Tournier from a published estampage and from photographs of the stone.

85XLIII (3)LVIII (29) 299108 1541292 IAmar 86 212256 147221