Report On Elura Cave Temples and Bramhanical and Jaina Caves in Western India

SR No.: 011091
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jas Burgess
Publisher: Trubner and Company London
Publication Year: 1883
Total Pages: 209
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 14 MB

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KANHERI INSCRIPTIONS.
Language, Pali. Letters, Andhra Date, the period between Satakani of the Nanaghat and Gotamiputa Sâtakamni I., as is shown by the archaic form of the letter da and the prevalence of round strokes in sa, pa, ha, and ya.
No. 14 (West's No. 19), outside the verandah of Cave No. XXXVI.
1. Sidham raño Ma[Ma]ahariputasa Svâmi-Sakasenasa
2. savachhare 8 gi pa 5 diva 10 etâya puvâya ka
3. liyanakasa nekamasa Venhunamdisa pûtasa nega
4. masa gahapatisa... tisa l[e]na pa[ti]thâpi
5. ta saliâ âyyak[e]na. sena saha pitu[na] Venhuna6. dina sahâ mâtuye Bodhisamaya saha bhâ
7. [tunâ..] hathinâ sahâ [sa]vena [n]i[kâyeneti]
-"Success! On the tenth day of the fifth fortnight of the hot season, in the eighth year of the king, the lord Sakasena, the son of the queen of the Mathara (Madhara) race. On the above (day) the merchant and householder. . . . . ti, the son of the merchant Vishnunandin (Veuhunanidi), an inhabitant of Kalyana, made a cave, (he being associated) with the venerable . . . . ., with his father Visnunandin, with his mother Bhadhisamâ, with his brother . . . . hastin (hathi), and with the whole multitude (of his relatives)."
Sakasena appears plainly on Mr. West's eye copy, while on Dr. Burgess's facsimile it looks like Sikasena. Bhagvânlâl's emendation (Jour. Bom. Br. R. As. Soc., vol. xii, p. 408) Sirisena requires confirmation. According to Bhagvanlal's facsimile the name of the donor ends in tta, according to Dr. Burgess's in ti (Sivablati). Regarding the place which Madhariputa Sakasena holds among the Andhra kings, see Bhagvanlal's remarks, loc. cit., and vol. xiii, pp. 306, 307.
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No. 15 (West's No. 44), on the left-hand side wall outside the verandah of Cave No. LXXXI.
1. Sidham ||
2. Raño Gotamiputasa Sâmi-Siriyaña-Satakanisa sata[va]chhare 16 gi-2
3. mh[a]na pakha 1(?) divase 5 Kâlayânavâṭhavasa negamasa Ana
4. daputasa usâ[pâ]sakasa Aparenusa sa[pa]rivârasa sahâ
5. kudubiniya Ânadamatu Ju()vârinik[a]ya saha balakena Anadeņa
6. saha cha sunh[a]hi Ana... la. sipecha(?) dhamadev[i]ya
7. saha [cha]... vena Ahavi(?) apana âmâpitaro udisa 3
8. pâva[te] Kanhasele lenai kodhi cha deyadhama[m] châtudise 9. bhikhusaghe padithapita sâvasat[a]nam hitasughatha []
10. etasa cha akhayanivi datâ kâhâpanân[i] satâni be 200
11. saghasa yeva hathe palike sate etha cha adhapana
12. khetiyasa kheta gâme Magalathâne bhojâ kapati eto
13. samgheņa dâtavam chivarika solasaka paliko cha mâse utukâle []
-"Success! On the 5th day of the 1st (?) fortnight of the hot season, in the year 16
of the king, the son of the queen of the Gautama (race), the lord Siriyaña Satakani. The lay-worshipper Aparena, the son of Ananda (Anada), a merchant residing in Kalyana,
1 See Arch. Report, vol. iv. p. 70.
L. 2. Possibly Siriyamña; the last sa of Satakanisa stands below the line.
3 L. 7. The letters in the middle of the line are very indistinct and uncertain; perhaps puhariapena or alena to be read.