Siddham. The Asian Inscription Database | IN03068 Nǟgama Pillar Inscription

The inscription was found on a pillar in the premises of the mosque in Nǟgama, a village in Nǟgampaha Kōrale, about twenty-five miles south of Aurādhapura. It was examined by the Archaeological Commissioner, H. C. P. Bell, in 1895. The inscription originally consisted of 84 lines, divided equally between the four sides of the pillar, but the top two lines on each side are now missing, the top of the pillar having broken off. The text is dated to the seventh year of the reign of the king Siri San̆g-bo and records a grant of immunities to Koḷayunugama, a village which had been given by Udā Mahāpā to one (Ki)tambavä Mahayā as pamaṇu or ‘descendible’ property. Wickremasinghe suggests that the biruda Siri San̆g-bo refers in this instance to Kassapa IV.

Diplomatic Edition
Critical Edition

Side A

[line 1] [Siri San̆g-

[line 2] -bo Mapur-]

[line 3] -mukā sat-va-

[line 4] -nne Poso-

[line 5] -nä pura dasa-va-

[line 6] -k davas Udā

[line 7] Mahāpāṇa-

[line 8] -n-vahanse

[line 9] Mahayā (Ki)ta-

[line 10] -mbavähaṭ

[line 11] hasin pa-

[line 12] -maṇu koṭ va-

[line 13] -dāḷa Taṇa-bi-

[line 14] -mhi āvū Ko-

[line 15] (-ḷayunu-)gämä

[line 16] attāṇi-ka-

[line 17] -ṇu hindvan-

[line 18] -naṭ ā Mekā-

[line 19] -ppar-Vädǟ-

[line 20] -rum Mugayin

[line 21] (Ma)ṇu-varä van

Side B

[line 1] .. .. .. .. ..

[line 2] .. .. .. .. ..

[line 3] .. [Ki]Ii(n̆g) Ga-

[line 4] [-va]yim (i)sā

[line 5] Mahāle Ag-

[line 6] -boyārakṣa-

[line 7] -maṇan-varä va-

[line 8] -n Kuṇ̆ḍasalā-

[line 9] Ag-boyim

[line 10] isā me tuvā-

[line 11] -k denamo-ek-

[line 12] -tän-samiye-

[line 13] -n vadāḷeyin

[line 14] me gamaṭ väri

[line 15] perenāṭṭu

[line 16] no vadnā ko-

[line 17] -ṭ isā gäl

[line 18] gon mivun no

[line 19] gannā koṭ

[line 20] isā man̆giva

[line 21] (pegi)va no ..

Side C

[line 1] .. .. .. .. ..

[line 2] .. .. .. .. ..

[line 3] .. .. (van) .. ..

[line 4] .. no vadnā (ko-)

[line 5] -ṭ isā minī-ko-

[line 6] -ṭā me gama van

[line 7] no gannā ko(ṭ)

[line 8] isā rat-kol-

[line 9] kämiyan no va-

[line 10] -dnā koṭ i-

[line 11] -sā melātti

[line 12] no vadnā ko-

[line 13] -ṭ isā me ga-

[line 14] -maṭ Abhaya-

[line 15] -turā Bagiri-

[line 16] veherä ma-

[line 17] (-ha-piḷima-ge-)

[line 18] (-hi .. ṇǟ)-ha-

[line 19] -ṭ .. .. .. te-

[line 20] -l ba(du) havurudu

[line 21] patā sandu ..

Side D

[line 1] .. .. .. .. ..

[line 2] .. .. .. .. ..

[line 3] (-hä) danvā .. ..

[line 4] vehera-kämi(ya)-

[line 5] -naṭ kiyā sa-

[line 6] -hā genä me ba-

[line 7] (-du di vaḷanda)nu ko-

[line 8] -ṭ isā vadā(ḷe-)

[line 9] [-yin] attāṇi-

[line 10] kaṇu hind-va-

[line 11] -nnaṭ ā pe-

[line 12] -re kī metuvāk

[line 13] denamo me ga-

[line 14] -maṭ abhaya

[line 15] sand-hā at-

[line 16] -tāṇi-kaṇu pe-

[line 17] -rähär dunma-

[line 18] -hayi meyat

[line 19] u(la)n̆gnā kaḷa ke-

[line 20] -nekun äta ka-

[line 21] -vuḍu balu vanuyi

Side A

[line 1] [Siri San̆g-

[line 2] -bo Mapur-]

[line 3] -mukā sat-va-

[line 4] -nne Poso-

[line 5] -nä pura dasa-va-

[line 6] -k davas Udā

[line 7] Mahāpāṇa-

[line 8] -n-vahanse

[line 9] Mahayā (Ki)ta-

[line 10] -mbavähaṭ

[line 11] hasin pa-

[line 12] -maṇu koṭ va-

[line 13] -dāḷa Taṇa-bi-

[line 14] -mhi āvū Ko-

[line 15] (-ḷayunu-)gämä

[line 16] attāṇi-ka-

[line 17] -ṇu hindvan-

[line 18] -naṭ ā Mekā-

[line 19] -ppar-Vädǟ-

[line 20] -rum Mugayin

[line 21] (Ma)ṇu-varä van

Side B

[line 1] .. .. .. .. ..

[line 2] .. .. .. .. ..

[line 3] .. [Ki]Ii(n̆g) Ga-

[line 4] [-va]yim (i)sā

[line 5] Mahāle Ag-

[line 6] -boyārakṣa-

[line 7] -maṇan-varä va-

[line 8] -n Kuṇ̆ḍasalā-

[line 9] Ag-boyim

[line 10] isā me tuvā-

[line 11] -k denamo-ek-

[line 12] -tän-samiye-

[line 13] -n vadāḷeyin

[line 14] me gamaṭ väri

[line 15] perenāṭṭu

[line 16] no vadnā ko-

[line 17] -ṭ isā gäl

[line 18] gon mivun no

[line 19] gannā koṭ

[line 20] isā man̆giva

[line 21] (pegi)va no ..

Side C

[line 1] .. .. .. .. ..

[line 2] .. .. .. .. ..

[line 3] .. .. (van) .. ..

[line 4] .. no vadnā (ko-)

[line 5] -ṭ isā minī-ko-

[line 6] -ṭā me gama van

[line 7] no gannā ko(ṭ)

[line 8] isā rat-kol-

[line 9] kämiyan no va-

[line 10] -dnā koṭ i-

[line 11] -sā melātti

[line 12] no vadnā ko-

[line 13] -ṭ isā me ga-

[line 14] -maṭ Abhaya-

[line 15] -turā Bagiri-

[line 16] veherä ma-

[line 17] (-ha-piḷima-ge-)

[line 18] (-hi .. ṇǟ)-ha-

[line 19] -ṭ .. .. .. te-

[line 20] -l ba(du) havurudu

[line 21] patā sandu ..

Side D

[line 1] .. .. .. .. ..

[line 2] .. .. .. .. ..

[line 3] (-hä) danvā .. ..

[line 4] vehera-kämi(ya)-

[line 5] -naṭ kiyā sa-

[line 6] -hā genä me ba-

[line 7] (-du di vaḷanda)nu ko-

[line 8] -ṭ isā vadā(ḷe-)

[line 9] [-yin] attāṇi-

[line 10] kaṇu hind-va-

[line 11] -nnaṭ ā pe-

[line 12] -re kī metuvāk

[line 13] denamo me ga-

[line 14] -maṭ abhaya

[line 15] sand-hā at-

[line 16] -tāṇi-kaṇu pe-

[line 17] -rähär dunma-

[line 18] -hayi meyat

[line 19] u(la)n̆gnā kaḷa ke-

[line 20] -nekun äta ka-

[line 21] -vuḍu balu vanuyi