Аbhиra Vasuшенa inscription, year 30
D.C. Sircar E. I. Vol. XXXIV. pt. II, p. 210
K. Raghunath I.V. p. 163 (No 47)
This inscription is engraved on a stone pedestal in the site of long rows of
pillars of a mandapa on the band of the river Krishna, in the north-east corner
of the Nagarjunakonda, now kept in the Museum.
K. Raghunath reading
TEXT
1. Namo bhagavato devaparamadevasya purанapuruшasya Nаrаyaнasya (rа)rajan
Vаseштhиputrasya Аbhиrasya Vasusenasya samvatsara 30 vаpa 6 sidhaм
2. divasa(se) 1 mahаgrаmikeнa(na) mahаtalavarana mahаdanдanаyakena kauщika
gotrena paribiдehанам щivasebenara saкjayapuriнa yorаjibhiх
3. Аnantakena щakena Rudradаmena Vanavаsakena ca Viшнu-Rudra-Sivalаnaкda
Sаtakarннinа sthаnаtopina cаlito(ta) (e)шa bhagavам Rumbara-bhavo Аштaмjasavаmo
4. Sedagirиya sthаpito parvatasya ca prаkаro citаpito vаpica mahаnaкdа sodhitа
taдаgаnica 2 seдagиrиyaм Muдerаyaca khанitаni talavанanica
5. ropitаni yoшa brаhmaмаrthe mitrаrthe ca prанаpi na parиkshati guнataщcha
sarvvаtithi(х) kрtajгaх satykavrata щatrugaнаva mardи (I)rujur(vvata)
nyаsenprmem
6. (штho)yo (dhа)mikа(х) sаdhjanаbhinandi (1*) ulekhagaschаsya
sambaka-cardhamаna(ko) Bharadvаjasagotreнa amаtyena Tiшyasarmeнa
bhagavach-chaktyах kрtaм (1 *) svasti go-vrаt(ebh)yaхi .
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L 1. Earlies Dr. Subrahmanyam took at to be 9 (ct. I. A. R, 1958-59,p. 8)
however, Dr. Sircar, converted it to 30 m the assunation that the muubra
sesembles. The letter "le" (E. IXXXIV-19 p.). But the plates indicate no such
letter. It is a compressed tirm of the numoral '20' the too horizontal line out
the risht vertical line make a sight auple and the letter is obosed from all
sides, so as rather to resemble the letter "ba" with the lost are notched. It
can also be lidered. supertieially to bulged torms of "tha" (it Dari, 283). The
form agrees with many Variants of the numeral 20 (is In, 27-28, no 3, 2, 3, 5
and 14; ala Buhler, indische palaeograplic, pt IX, col. 13; G. H. Ojha,
Bharatiya praehinalipimala, pt. L XII, col. 4, 9; Ep. lud XXI, 82, or XXXIII,
295, line II. We may be permitted to draw the readers attention to the
Chinnahanjam inscription of Gotamiputra Yajna Satakarmi, were the mummeds 20 or
7 at giver-cf. Jour, of Indian history, XLIII, 242, pt, line 3 (Jih) 1. K. sarma
reads this as 20 year in Indica, Vol. VII, 1 p. 5
L 3. Read: Astabhuaja Swami (Makh, 197 a Bowbay).
L 5. Dr. Sircar read it as "yo (yes) ca", but we take it to be yasa the
nominative singular of yetad. The visarga, when to by a conspant in the scutence,
is dropped, hev the phrase reads 'Yeшa brаhmaнa'. Verse in upajati, metre
L 6. The intended reading may be go-brаhmanebhyoх