80 Site 1 Stone frieze inscription (61)
J.Ph. Vogel - EI, XX, p 25.
K. Raghunath I.V. p. 180 (No 61)
This inscription is engraved on a stone frieze showing a figure of the
Dharmachakra
flanked, either side, by the mithuna fugures, near the Mahachaitya at
Nagarjunakonda.
TEXT. (Vogel).
(l. 1) Sidhaė namo bhagavato aga-pogalasa Budhasa Chhadakapavatich[e]na Paduma-[vā]-niya
gharaniya sagaya saputakānaė Hagas[i]r[i]sa sagasa Nagatarasa cha sabhaja[sa]
(l. 2) saputikāna[ė] cha deyadham[o] paōo unisa cha mahāchetiye patiōh[ā]vito
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The transcript and translation of inscriptions J and K should be regarded as
provisional.
TEXT (Raghunath)
1. Sidham Namo bhagavato agapogalasa Budhasa Chhadaka-pavatich(e)na paduma (vā)niya
gharaniya sagaya saputakānaė Hagas(i)r(i)sa sagasa nagatarasa cha sabhaja(sa)
2. Saputikāna(ė) cha deyadham(o)pata uni cha Mahāchetiye patithavito !
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L 2. Read Patithppito (Skt. Pratistapito).