Kanheri Epitaph Inscription 19

Kanheri Epitaph Inscription 19 EpiDoc Encoding Kelsey Martini intellectual authorship of edition Kelsey Martini Vincent Tournier DHARMA Munich DHARMA_INSKI00069

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therāaṃ Āyyasā miṇaṃ Andhakāvirā

Andhakāvirā Andhakavīrā G notes that the last compound points to the fact that the monk originated from Andhra. Understand Andhakavīrāṇaṁ?

… of the venerable Noble Sāmin, chief of the Andhakas (?).

Gokhale does not acknowledge the space in the first line.

It might be the case that this inscription was left unfinished, as one would expect a third line, but there is no trace of it in the documentation available.

132 E19