57 Site 56 Memorial pillar inscription (No 39)

D. C. Sircar - EI, V. XXXV No. 5 p 13
K. Raghunath I.V. p. 155 (No 39)
This inscription is engraved on a memorial pillar found near a mandapa about 100 yards north east of the antiquity section, at Nagarjunakonda.

TEXT. (DS).

1 . . . . . . aka-siri-Ehavala-Chaìtamulasa [sa] . . . . . .
2 . . . . hema . . . diva 10 araka-bhaäarakasa . . . . . .
3 yati-samaía-khaìdhikatasa Koäa[rakasa]
4 [chhàya-khaìbho |]
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From impressions.
L. 1. The intended word may be arako (Sanskrit àryaka). Even if this is accepted, we can scarcely connect this epithet with the name of the Aira family (cf. above, Vol. XXXII, p. 85, note 3); apparently at the end of stk. there was here something like sava followed by numerical symbols indicating the year of the date when the inscription was engraved (DS).

TEXT (Raghunath)

1. ...............aka Siri Ehavala-Chamtamóla(sa)............
2. ...............hama..........diva 10 araka-dhaäàrakasa................
3. yati-samaía-khaìdhikatasa koäà(rakasa).
4. (chhàyà-khaìbho)
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L 1. The intended word May be 'araka' (Skt. aryaka) even if this is accepted, we can scarcely connect this epithet with the name of the 'Aira' family (cf. sp. Ind., XXXII, p. 85, note 3.) Apparently there was, her something like 'saya' followed by numerical symbols indicating the year of the data when the inscription was angraved.