Siddham. The Asian Inscription Database | IN03075 Mayilagastoṭa Pillar Inscription

The inscription is engraved on three sides of a quadrangular pillar. It was discovered sometime in or before 1876 by J. H. Dawson, an Irrigation Officer, at Mayilagastoṭa, a village about 8 miles from Tissamahārāma in the Hambantoṭa district. The pillar was afterwards brought afterwards to the Colombo Museum. The first and second sides of the pillar each feature 35 lines written in the Sinhalese alphabet of the tenth or early eleventh century A.D. Further lines are inscribed on the third side of the pillar but they are now illegible. The inscription records the dedication of certain lands and a grant of immunities to Uḍa-Tisa-pirivena, situated near Mahagama on the left bank of Kirind-ho. No date is given in the inscription but it is described as having been issued by the ǟpā Mihindu, who subsequently became king Mahinda IV. The use of the title ǟpā indicates that the grant was made in the early part of this king’s career, when he was a mere governor. This record has been useful for identifying Mahinda IV of the Mahāvaṁsa with Siri Saňg-boy Abahay of the Mihintale tablets (IN03030).

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Critical Edition

Side A

[line 1] (Svasti śri)

[line 2] Sirivat api-

[line 3] -riyat guṇa mu-

[line 4] (-ḷi)n uturat-vä a-

[line 5] -n Kät-kula pāmi-

[line 6] -li kaḷa Okā-vas-

[line 7] parapuren baṭ

[line 8] rad-purumuvanaṭ

[line 9] ag-mehesun-

[line 10] (vū) Lak-div-poḷo-

[line 11] -yona-parapuren

[line 12] himi San̆g Gon

[line 13] biso rädna kus-

[line 14] -hi (upan) Abhā Sa-

[line 15] -lamevan maha-rad-hu

[line 16] urehi dā Kätä-

[line 17] kula kot viyat

[line 18] daham niya (yut)

[line 19] ǟpā Mihinduhu-

[line 20] visin Kirind-(ho)

[line 21] (vam terhi) Maha-(ga-)

[line 22] (-ma) uvanisā pihi-

[line 23] -ṭi siri(bara) Ma(ha-ve-)

[line 24] -her-nakāhi (dam-)

[line 25] rad pa(ra)pur (vaṭnu)

[line 26] (povas) tamā (kä-)

[line 27] (-rū Uḍa-) Tisa pirive-

[line 28] -n (sähävi-yaṭ ra-)

[line 29] (-d-pamaṇiyen bi-)

[line 30] -m (devayi bu) .. ..

[line 31] .. .. .. .. samva-

[line 32] (-t-)paha(ṇa hindu-)

[line 33] (-vā) .. .. .. .. (dun)

[line 34] (tänaṭ) melāt-

[line 35] -si (rad-)kol-kämi-

Side B

[line 1] -yan no

[line 2] vadnā i-

[line 3] -sā gam-

[line 4] gon (rada-)

[line 5] (haru) bili

[line 6] bat gäl

[line 7] mivun vä-

[line 8] -riyan no

[line 9] gannā

[line 10] isā man̆gi-

[line 11] -va piya-gi-

[line 12] -va no vad-

[line 13] -nā isā (dā-)

[line 14] väḍmehi

[line 15] misa (maha-)

[line 16] (-himi)n ä-

[line 17] -tuḷa(tä) si(ṭa)

[line 18] (sanäsenu)

[line 19] (satuṭin)

[line 20] no (gayanu)

[line 21] isā me (veva-)

[line 22] (-sthā) no (vara-)

[line 23] -dvā rad-ko-

[line 24] -l-sam-daru-

[line 25] -van-visin

[line 26] me samvatā

[line 27] raknā isā

[line 28] me samvatā

[line 29] (no raknā kä-)

[line 30] (-miyanaṭ) vara-

[line 31] (-d a) .. .. ..

[line 32] .. .. (i.. bä-)

[line 33] -vin ǟpā

[line 34] Mihinduhu

[line 35] .. .. .. .. ..