6 Site-I_Ayaka pillar C 1 year 6

J.Ph. Vogel - EI, XX, p 17, Āyaka-pillar C 1 (Additional passage);
K. Raghunath I.V. p. 76 (No 6)
The inscription is engraved on an Ayaka pillar found on the west side of the Mahachaitya
at Nagarjunakonda.

TEXT (Vogel).

(l. 1) Sidhaė namo bhagavato devarāja-sakatasa saėma-saėbudhasa dhātuvara-parčgahitasa
(l. 2) mahāchetiye mahārājasa Virópākhapatiė Mahāsenā-parčgahitasa Agiho
(l. 3) t-Āgiōhāma-Vājapey-Āsamedha-yājisa hiraía-koōi-go-satasahasa-halasa-
(l. 4) ta sahasa padāyisa savadhāsu apatihata-sāėkapasa Vāseōhčputasa Ikhākusa
(l. 5) Siri-Chāėtamólasa sodarā bhagini raėão Siri-Virapurisadatasa pituchha mahāsenapatisa
(l. 6) mahātalavarasa Vāsithiputasa Pókiyānaė Kamdasirisa bhayā samaía-bambana-kavaía-
(l. 7) vanijaka-din-ānugaha-velāmikānam-paōi bhāgavochhina-dhāra-padāyinis-sava-sādhu-vachhala-
(l. 8) mahātalavari Kamdasāgaroėíaka-māmetu atano cha
(l. 9) nivāía-saėpati-saėpādake imaė khaėbhaė sava-loka-hita-sukh-āvahathanāya cha patithapitā ti
(l. 10) āchariyānaė Aparamahāvinaseliyānaė suparigahitaė imaė mahāchetiya-navakaėma[ė]
(l. 11) Paėíagāma-vathavānaė Dčgha-Majhima-pa[ė]cha-mātuka-osaka-vāchakānaė āchariyānaė Ayčra-haėghāna[ė]
(l. 12) a[ė]tevāsikena Dčgha-Majhima-nikāya-dharena bhajaėt-Ānaėdena nithapitaė imaė navakamaė mahāchetiyaė
(l. 13) khaėbhā cha ōhāpitā ti raėão Siri-Virapurisadatasa sava 6 vā pa 6 diva 10
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Cf. the corresponding passage in line 8 of the āyaka-pillar inscription C 2, infra.
L.6 Read bharyā samaía-bamhana-kavaía
L. 10 Ragh. read si[arogajotaė instead suparigahitaė
L. 11. (For -osaka) - read: desaka- (C 2, l. 9).
L. 12. Read: bhadaėt-Ānaėdena (C 2, l. 10).

TEXT (Raghunath)

1. Sidhaė name bhagavato devarājasakatasa saėma sambudhasa dhātuvara parčgahitasa
2. Mahāchetiye mahārājasa virópākhapatiė mahāsenā parčgahitasa agiho
3. t-āgiōhāma vājapey-āsamedha-yāji-sa-hiraía-koōi-go-satasaha-sa-hala-sa
4. ta sahasa padāyisa savadhāsu apatčhata sāmkapasa vāsetõiputasa Ikhākusa
5. Sirichāmtamólasa sodarābhgini raėão sirivirapurisadatasa pituchha mahāsenapatisa
6. mahātalavarasa Vāsithiputasa pókiyānaė kamdasirisa bhayā samana-bambana-kavaía
7. vaíijaka dinānugaha velāmikānam pati bhāgavochhina dhārapadāyinis savasādhu-vachhala
8. mahātalvari kamdasāgaroėíaka māmetu atanocha
9. nivāía saėpati sampadake imaė khambham savaloka hita sukhāvahathanāya cha patitõapitāti
10. āchariānaė Aparaėahāvinaseliyānaė si[arogajotaėimaė mahāchetiya-navakaėma(ė)
11. paėía gāma vathavānaėdčgha-majhima-pa(m)chamātukaosaka vāchakānaė āchariyānaė Ayčra-haėghāna(ė)
12. a(ė)tevāsikena Dčgha-majhima-nikāya-dharena bhajamt-Ānaėdena nithapitaė imaė navakamaėmahāchetivaė
13. khaėbhā cha thāpitāti ramã siri virapurisadatasa saya 6 vāpa 6 diya 10
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L.4 Read: Savathesa apratihata.(Skt)
L.5 May be sodarābhagini (DL)
L.8 May be mahātalavari (DL)
L.11 Read: 'Desaka'
L.12 Read: Bhadamru Anandena
L.13 Read: (sit) stapitāę