Siddham. The Asian Inscription Database | IN03073 Äṭavīragollǟva Pillar Inscription

The inscription is engraved on a pillar which was found lying by the side of the pin-pāra, the village-road of Äṭavīragollǟva, about eleven miles from Madawacci in Kaḍawat Kōrale. It was first read by Dr. Goldschmidt and then by Dr. Müller, who published a rough transcript, with a translation of the first side only, in 1883. The Archaeological Commissioner, H. C. P. Bell, re-examined it in 1890. Engraved on four sides of a quadrangular pillar, the inscription is written in the Sinhalese alphabet of the 10th century A.D. The stone is split at the top, resulting in the obliteration of several lines of the inscription on the first and fourth sides of the pillar. The inscription is dated to the tenth year of the reign of king Abhā Salamevan and records a grant of immunities to the village Velangama belonging to the Sirisan̆gbo-rad-pirivena (possibly the Sirisaṅghabōdhi-parivēṇa built by Aggabōdhi I in the 7th century A.D.). From the inscription, we also learn that Abhā Salamevan was the son of the king Abhā Siri Saňg-bo, who ransacked the Pāṇḍya country and obtained a victory in the ninth year of his reign. Here, the biruda Abhā Siri San̆g-bo refers to Sēna II, whose son was Kassapa IV. However, Wickremasinghe identifies the Abhā Salamevan in this inscription with Dappula V, a grandson of Sēna II. Either Wickremasinghe is mistaken in this identification or the inscription should read ‘grandson’ instead of ‘son’.

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Side A

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

[line 2] .. .. .. (va) i ..

[line 3] .. .. .. .. ya .. ..

[line 4] .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

[line 5] .. .. .. ṭ Ok[ā-va-]

[line 6] [-s rad pa]rapure[n]

[line 7] [baṭ La]k-div p[o-]

[line 8] [-ḷoyo]n parapu[re-]

[line 9] [-n hi]mi-vū A[bhā Si-]

[line 10] [-ri Sa]n̆gbo Mahara-

[line 11] [-d-hu] tumā sat lä-

[line 12] [-n̆gū] nava vana havu-

[line 13] [-rudu-]yehi Pāṇ̆ḍi-raṭ

[line 14] [pä]härä diya lad ma-

[line 15] [-ha]rad-hu daru Abhā

[line 16] Salamevan maha-

[line 17] [ra]d-hu tumā sat lä-

[line 18] [-n̆gū] dasa-vana havu-

Side B

[line 1] -ruduyehi .. .. ..

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

[line 3] -sa bimä Denā-[ve-]

[line 4] -herä Sirisa[n̆g-]

[line 5] -bo-rad-piri[ven]

[line 6] bad Velan-[gä-]

[line 7] -mä attā[ṇi-kaṇu]

[line 8] hindvā devā [va-]

[line 9] -dāḷa ek-(tä)[n-]

[line 10] samiyen [Me-kā-]

[line 11] -ppar-Vädǟru[m]

[line 12] Talā Aräk-[nā Va-]

[line 13] -dǟrum van [Mekā-]

[line 14] -ppar Tambu[ru-ga-]

[line 15] -mu Kitim i[sā Me-]

[line 16] -kāppar Ti .. [-ve-]

[line 17] -herä Sin̆gim .. ..

[line 18] -nā van Ki(lin̆g-)

[line 19] -bo Sa(ki)m isā

[line 20] Mahāle (Vaṭarak)

[line 21] Kasbāraksa-

[line 22] -maṇan-varä Ku(n̆da-)

[line 23] -salā (Sin̆gim) ..

[line 24] ätuḷu-vä äp [me-]

[line 25] -tuvāk denamo [e-]

[line 26] -k-se-vä [me gamaṭ]

[line 27] magiv (pediv) ku-

[line 28] -Iī melā(tsī) rad-ko-

Side C

[line 1] -l-kämiyan no [va-]

[line 2] -dnā koṭ isā u-

[line 3] -lavāḍu perenā-

[line 4] -ṭṭiyam no vadnā [i-]

[line 5] -sā raṭ-ladu pas-

[line 6] -laddan no vad-

[line 7] -nā isā deruva-

[line 8] -nǟ dekam-tän no

[line 9] vadnā isā aräk-

[line 10] -kan pera(lä)kka-

[line 11] -n no vadnā isā

[line 12] dunu(vā)-balatun

[line 13] no vadnā isā

[line 14] piyo-vadāranna-

[line 15] -n (däli-)gattan

[line 16] (ya)mun̆guru-(ga)tuva-

[line 17] -n no vadnā i-

[line 18] -sā kiri-geri ga-

[line 19] -m-gon no gan-

[line 20] -nā isā gäl mi-

[line 21] -vun väriyan vä-

[line 22] -ri sāl no gan-

[line 23] -nā isā tuṇ̆ḍi(se)

[line 24] .. .. .. .. .. (no)

[line 25] vadnā isā (ri-)

Side D

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

[line 2] .. .. .. gamaṭ ..

[line 3] .. .. .. (vāla) .. ..

[line 4] .. .. .. sā vadā[ḷa]

[line 5] [ek-tä]n-sa[mi-]

[line 6] [-yen] ā metu[vā-]

[line 7] [-k de]namo ..

[line 8] .. .. .. .. .. ..

[line 9] .. .. .. .. .. ..

[line 10] .. āvūtāk .. ..

[line 11] .. .. .. vā me at-

[line 12] tāṇi-kaṇu ..

[line 13] .. .. .. .. .. ..

[line 14] (ānǟ pavat-)

[line 15] -nā koṭ me a-

[line 16] -ttāṇi perä-

[line 17] -hära denu ladi