No. 31. Inscription of Ehuvula Chаntamуla, 333 A. D.
D. C. Sircar - EI, V. XXXV No. 1. B.

(DS) This inscription (this is A. R. Ep., 1958-59, No. B 78. Ind. Arch., 1958-59, p. 8, wrongly describes the pillar bearing the inscription as a dhvaja-stambha relating to the god Bhageщvara.) is engraved lengthwise on a lime stone pillar found at the site named by the excavators as the Burning Ghат. There are eight lines of writing, the last of them being a little less than six feet long and the others a little above four feet in length. The writing covers three sides of the pillar, lines 1-3 being incised on one side, lines 4-5 on the next side and lines 6-7 on the third side. The preservation of the writing is unsatisfactory, the letters in most parts being more or less rubbed off. A number of letters in each one of the lines cannot be read at all.

TEXT(D.S.)

Sidhaм |
1 namo bhagavate(to) sava-loka-mahitasa [Noдagи ?]sarasаmisa [|*] [mahа]rаjasa [asamedha-yаjisa aneka-hiraнa-koтi-padаyisa siri-Chatamulasa putasa] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 siri-Virapurisadatasa putasa raмгo Vasiтhiputasa [Ikhа]kuna siri-Ehavala-Chatamulasa savachharaм Vija . . . [mha]-pa [2] diva 1 [raгo] veja[yi]ka ayu-vadhani[ka] cha apana
3 saha-mati[нa] seyatha atepura-mahatarikаya Bhagava[tаya] seтhi-bаlikаya Ra[tava]saya viдaya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 bhagavato [Noдagи ?]sarasаmisa devakula thala [cha kаri]tа akhaya-nиvi cha katанa masanumasikasa vadhisa . . . . . . . . . dhika-seniya [dinаri] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [dinаri] dasa 10
5 panika-seniye dinаri dasa 10 puvika-seniye dinаri dasa 10 [|*] eva[м] senisu chatusu . . . . . . . . dinari-sa[ta] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sara chhaya . . . . . . paraputa . . . . . . . ni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vakаye sadha
7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . thika . . . . . . . tarapa [Pa]raдika Bhagaphula Saтhapa [|*] apanа cha chitanaм katavaм [|*] eva cha akaraмta seтhi-pamakha nigam[o] karayaмti ||
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From impressions. The word Sidhaм is engraved in the left margin near the beginning of line 2.
L. 1. The words raгo and Mадharиputasa may have been engraved here.(D.S.)
L. 2. (For Vija . . . ) the two damaged aksharas here are no doubt -yaм gi-.(D.S.)
L. 4. (For . . dhika-seniya [dinаri]) the context suggests that 70 dinаris were deposited in the щrенi in question; (for . . [dinаri] dasa) - the name of the guild here cannot be deciphered.(D.S.)
L. 7. The word (karayaмti) is used in the sense of Sanskrit kаrayeyuх; the punctuation seems to be indicated by a few vertical strokes.(D.S.)