Epigraphia Indica Vol 21

SR No.: 032575
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hirananda Shastri
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1931
Total Pages: 398
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 18 MB

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No. 11.)
ADDITIONAL PRAKRIT INSCRIPTIONS FROM NAGARJUNIKONDA.
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vasasanayat (L, 1. 3; M 3,1. 5), a term of uncertain meaning. vāsa-pakha (L, 1. 3) or vā. pa. (M 4, 1. 2; cf. M 3,1. 5; M 12, 1.4) Skt. varsha-paksha' a fort
night of the rainy season'. Väsithi pula or Vasethi puta (G 2, 11. 4 and 7; G3, 1. 6; L, 1.5; M 1,1. 4; M 2, 1. 1; M6, 1. 3;
M8, 1.3; M 9, 1. 3). Vijhathavisiri (L, 1. 7), a personal name. Cf. the name Vijha=Skt. Vindhya, Lüders' List,
no. 579. Virūpalk) khapati-Mahasena-parigahita (G 2, 1. 2; G 3, 1. 2). vihāra (G2, 1. 7). vi(m)saya (L, 1. 3) 'twentieth'. vejayike (M 1, 1.7; M 2, 1. 3; M 17, 1. 2) and vijaya-vejayike (M5, 1. 4). Saka in footprint-slab inscription (Ep. Ind., vol. XX, p. 37)=Skt. Saka 'Scythian'. sagagata (L, 1. 3), i.e. sagga-gata=Skt. svarga-gata.gone to heaven'. sa-chätusāla (M3, 1. 6). Satilisiri (L, 1. 10), a personal name. Cf. the name Sätila, Lüders' List, no. 259. Samudasiri (L, 1. 11), i.e. Samuddasiri=Skt. Samudrasri, a personal name. Samusiri (L, 1. 7), a personal name. Sarasikā (L, 1. 13), a personal name. savajātaniyuta (G 2, 1. 6; G 3, l. 11; cf. M 4, 1. 1 and M 14, 1. 1). savathesu a patihata-sa mkap(p)a (G 2, 1.4; G 3, II. 5-6; L, 1. 5; M 2, 1. 1 ex conj.; M6, 1. 1 ex
conj.; M8, 1. 3 er conj. ; cf. M 9, 1. 2). savaniyuta (M 10, 1. 4). salrn)vachhara (G2, 1. 8; G3, 1. 13) or sarva (M3, 1. 5; M 4, 1. 2). sahodara (L, 1. 6; M1, 1. 3; M6, 1. 2). sāmi (L, 1. 6 ex conj.) Skt. svāmin. A royal title found associated also with the name of the
Andhra king Siri-Pulumāvi. Cf. Amarāvati inscription no. 1, Burgess, Buddhist Stupas of
Amaravati, p. 100, pl. LVI, no. 1. Sidhathaka (N, 11. 1-2), i.e. Siddhatthaka=Skt. Siddharthaka, a personal name. Sidhatha nnikā (N, 1. 3), i.e. Siddhatthannikā, a personal name. Siri-Ehuvula-Chātamüla (G2, 1. 8) or - Ehuvuļa- (G 3, 11. 12-13). Siri-Chaṁtamula (G 2, 1. 5; G3, 1. 7; L, 11. 2, 6; M1, 1.2; M6, 1. 2), Siri-Virapurisadat(t)a (G2, 1.5; 63, 11. 8-9; L. 1. 2; M1, 1, 7; M 2, 1. 3 ex conj.; M 3, 1. 5;
M 4, 1. 2; M 9, 1. 4 ex conj.; M 17, 1. 1; M 19, 1. 1 ex conj.). Sivanāgasiri (L, 11. 11 and 12), a personal name. Sunitisiri (L, 1. 6), a personal name. runha (G 2, 1. 5; G 3,1. 7; cf. F, 1. 3 and G, 1. 5)=Skt. snusha' a daughter-in-law'. subhatari kā (L, 1. 12), a word of uncertain meaning. hira rina-koţi-go-satasahasa-hala-satasahasu-padāyi (G 3, 11. 4-5; L, II. 4-5).
POSTSCRIPT. For the sake of completeness it should be mentioned that two words, apparently consist. ing of seven and two aksharas respectively, occur on an uncarved stone slab found near Stupa No. 9. A third inscription, evidently a single word of four aksharas, is cut on the base of a carved slab belonging to the same monument. The lettering of these short epigraphs is partly indistinct and I have not succeeded in making out their meaning.
1 Can it be nasasataza 1-Ed.