Kanheri Cave 2 Large Stūpa Inscription

Kanheri Cave 2 Large Stūpa Inscription EpiDoc Encoding Kelsey Martini intellectual authorship of edition Kelsey Martini Vincent Tournier DHARMA Munich DHARMA_INSKI00001

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ṇṇavaidya bhānā bhāskara bhāravi velladeva boppaI bhaṭṭa bisa suvvaI bo hoI

ṇṇa naṇṇa bhānā rāṇo bhānu bhāskara bhāskaraḥ bhāskaraḥ bhāravi bhāraviḥ bhāraviḥ velladeva celladeva celladeva bhaṭṭa bisa bhaṭṭa vesu bhaṭṭa vesu suvvaI AvvaI suvaI bohoI po hoI

B+B states “The inscriptions, which shows some Sanskrit nominatives, and ends with two Prakrit words, seems to record merely the name of some Brahmans who visited the caves". This interpretation would put this inscription in line with the later Pahlavi inscriptions at the site (KI00104 - KI00106).

bohoI. It is tempting to compare this with Pkt. pahuvaï, "to reach". The Socotra graffiti commonly end with a variation of the Skt. p.p. prāpta (see Strauch 2012: 282 for examples).

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