62 Memorial pillar inscription (No 44)

D.C. Sirvar E.I. Vol. XXXV. pt I. p. 13
K. Raghunath I.V. p. 160 (No 44)
This inscription is engraved on a memorial pillar found near a mandapa about 100 yards north of the Antiquity section at Nagarjunakonda.

TEXT (Raghunath)

1. ............oka siri-ehavala-chamtamulasa(sa).............
2. .............hema...........diva 10 àrada-bhaäàrakasa................
3. yati-samaía-khamdhikatasa koäa(rakasa)
4. (chhàyà-khaìbho !)
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L 1. ...aka instead oka (DS), 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 (of. Ep. Ind., XXXII, p. 85, note. 3) Apparently there was, here something lide 'Sava' followed by numerical symbols indicating the year of the date when the inscription was engraved. (identical notes for both)
L 2. DS have àrada for àraka