177(55). Amarаvatи buddhist stone inscription. (No. 489 of 1913).

TEXT. (RCh.)

1 Sidhaм [Щ]akagiri-nev[а]saka-Mahа[na]vakama[ka]sa bhaya [la]ka . . . . . Budha b[i] . tu[sa] . . . . . . . [ne]va sa ka sa [gо]-ya[na] yа ra
2 heghasa Sihagi[ri] navakamakasa[тu] maru[gi]ta sa sa ya ta ra . . ka sa ka tu sa . lu ra na ka su ka [тha] ka su[na]ga pa va tа
3 Mahаnavakasa . da ka ya ra su [ba] sa che ta ka pa ra la cha tu[makara] la ha ka ya mа tu ya na cha ya Budha . . chadaya cha
4 . . . . . . . . kha ha . . . . . . . . ma la ya va sa na [ta] ra ma . . . ba dha ya . . . udhapamanapaтa pa pi ta aya Pusa

Most of the letters of this long inscription, the longest in the present series, are badly mutilated. In the first line a Mahа-navakamaka, 'great overseer of works,' dwelling in Bakagiri, in the second line, a Navakamaka, 'Overseer of works' of Siha-giri (Siмha-giri), and in the third line another Mahаnavavaka find mention. It records the placing of an udha-pamana-paтa. No translation has been attempted.  (RCh.)

[F.W. Thomas read-
1 Sidhaм Pi(Si ?)giri-nev[а]sakasa ma[hа-na]va[kamaka]sa [bhayaya] . . . ma Budhasаviyаya . . . . . . . . [ne]v[а]sikasa Gomayi[sa] ayа(yi ?)ra
2 heghasa Sihagiri-[na]vakamakasa Dhamarakhitasa A(Su ?)nu-tara-v[i]h[а]rasa Katusalaturanakasa Kaтanakisa (=kuтuмbisa ?) Nаgapavatа
3 mahа-navakamakasa ayа(yi ?)ra-Bhupasa dheuфraparalava . . . . . . . . vasuya Haraya mаtuya Nachaya Badhaya cha Cha[м]daya cha
4 Rа[y]iya cha [Khu]pasi[ya] . . . . . . . . bаliya cha sa-[na]tiri-mi-ta . . . . . . . Badhaya уmarikа (=ovаraka ?) udhapamana paтiтhapita aya-Pusa -Ed.]