Siddham. The Asian Inscription Database | IN03203 Colombo Museum Fragmentary Pillar Inscription

This inscription is engraved on all four sides of a fragmentary stone pillar in the collection of the National Museum in Colombo. The provenance of the pillar has not been recorded. It appears to have been repurposed, sometime after it was originally inscribed and erected, as a riser in a flight of steps, resulting in the loss of some letters from the inscription. The text originally continued on the lower half of the pillar, which has been lost. The inscription can be dated on palaeographic grounds to the early tenth century. From the surviving portion of the text, it is clear that the record registered a grant of immunities by a king who had the viruda name of Abhā Salamevan and who is described as a brother of King Sirisaṅgbo Kasub (Sirisaṅghabodhi Kassapa). Senarath Paranavitana argues that the latter monarch is probably Kassapa IV, since he was the only monarch of the name who ruled in this period and had the viruda title Sirisaṅgbo. However, Kassapa IV is not known to have any younger brothers who succeeded him on the throne. Hence the identity of the Abhā Salamevan of the present inscription remains unclear.

Diplomatic Edition
Critical Edition

Side A

[line 1] Svasti

[line 2] Siri-Lak-[di-]

[line 3] -vhi pihi[ṭi]

[line 4] yasa isi[rä]

[line 5] Ruhuṇ-da[na-]

[line 6] -vu Mala-ma(ṇḍu-)

[line 7] -lu tamaha[ṭ]

[line 8] ekat ko[ṭ]

[line 9] paribhoga [ka-]

[line 10] -ḷa Sirisa[ṅg-]

[line 11] bo Kasub (ma-)

[line 12] -ha-radhu [so-]

[line 13] -hovur A[bhā]

[line 14] Salameva[n]

[line 15] mapurmu[kā]

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Side B

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

[line 2] -galrad [S]e-

[line 3] -nu varä Me[y]-

[line 4] -kāppar [B]e-

[line 5] -ndvā Pi a[k]-

[line 6] -kā isā Baḷa-

[line 7] -ṅotgamu U-

[line 8] -rā isā Ma[ha-]

[line 9] -le Udayā [Ra-]

[line 10] -ksamaṇan

[line 11] varä kuḍasa-

[line 12] -lā Deṭyasa-

[line 13] -yā ätuḷ-vä

[line 14] metuvāk sa-

[line 15] -mdaruvan vi-

[line 16] -sin Maha(vo)-

[line 17] -ṭiyehi Sama-

[line 18] -dätiye väḍ[ä]

[line 19] siṭi Bosat

[line 20] pāṇan ge (ra-)

[line 21] -kaval räka

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Side C

[line 1] .. .. .. .. sa-

[line 2] -tar seṇāk

[line 3] hulu Senna-

[line 4] -ru-gamaṭ pe-

[line 5] -renāṭṭiya-

[line 6] -m no-vadanā

[line 7] koṭ isā me-

[line 8] -lācci rat-

[line 9] kol-kämiya-

[line 10] -n no-vadnā

[line 11] isā raṭ-la-

[line 12] -du pas-ladu-

[line 13] -van no-vad-

[line 14] nā isā piyo-

[line 15] -vadāranuva-

[line 16] -n dunuvā ba-

[line 17] -latun no-va-

[line 18] -dnā isā de-

[line 19] ruvanä de-ka-

[line 20] -m-tän väs-

[line 21] -san no-vad

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Side D

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

[line 2] .. .. .. isa

[line 3] .. .. gama va-

[line 4] (-n ke)nekun

[line 5] (äta) gam-vä-

[line 6] (-ssan) lavā

[line 7] (piṭat) karā

[line 8] (ganut) misä

[line 9] (gamaṭ) vädä no-

[line 10] (gan)nā isā

[line 11] (me-ga)maṭ pe-

[line 12] (-re si)rit ho-

[line 13] (-ye)n vad-

[line 14] (-nā) diya no-va-

[line 15] -(la)kanu koṭ

[line 16] (i)sā Heḷ-ku-

[line 17] -(li) Demeḷ-ku-

[line 18] -(li) nind koṭ

[line 19] (vadā)ḷa ek-

[line 20] (tän)-samiyen

[line 21] (ā metu)vāk sa-

[line 22] -(m-daruva)mo

∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗

Side A

[line 1] Svasti

[line 2] Siri-Lak-[di-]

[line 3] -vhi pihi[ṭi]

[line 4] yasa isi[rä]

[line 5] Ruhuṇ-da[na-]

[line 6] -vu Mala-ma(ṇḍu-)

[line 7] -lu tamaha[ṭ]

[line 8] ekat ko[ṭ]

[line 9] paribhoga [ka-]

[line 10] -ḷa Sirisa[ṅg-]

[line 11] bo Kasub (ma-)

[line 12] -ha-radhu [so-]

[line 13] -hovur A[bhā]

[line 14] Salameva[n]

[line 15] mapurmu[kā]

∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗

Side B

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

[line 2] -galrad [S]e-

[line 3] -nu varä Me[y]-

[line 4] -kāppar [B]e-

[line 5] -ndvā Pi a[k]-

[line 6] -kā isā Baḷa-

[line 7] -ṅotgamu U-

[line 8] -rā isā Ma[ha-]

[line 9] -le Udayā [Ra-]

[line 10] -ksamaṇan

[line 11] varä kuḍasa-

[line 12] -lā Deṭyasa-

[line 13] -yā ätuḷ-vä

[line 14] metuvāk sa-

[line 15] -mdaruvan vi-

[line 16] -sin Maha(vo)-

[line 17] -ṭiyehi Sama-

[line 18] -dätiye väḍ[ä]

[line 19] siṭi Bosat

[line 20] pāṇan ge (ra-)

[line 21] -kaval räka

∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗

Side C

[line 1] .. .. .. .. sa-

[line 2] -tar seṇāk

[line 3] hulu Senna-

[line 4] -ru-gamaṭ pe-

[line 5] -renāṭṭiya-

[line 6] -m no-vadanā

[line 7] koṭ isā me-

[line 8] -lācci rat-

[line 9] kol-kämiya-

[line 10] -n no-vadnā

[line 11] isā raṭ-la-

[line 12] -du pas-ladu-

[line 13] -van no-vad-

[line 14] nā isā piyo-

[line 15] -vadāranuva-

[line 16] -n dunuvā ba-

[line 17] -latun no-va-

[line 18] -dnā isā de-

[line 19] ruvanä de-ka-

[line 20] -m-tän väs-

[line 21] -san no-vad

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Side D

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

[line 2] .. .. .. isa

[line 3] .. .. gama va-

[line 4] (-n ke)nekun

[line 5] (äta) gam-vä-

[line 6] (-ssan) lavā

[line 7] (piṭat) karā

[line 8] (ganut) misä

[line 9] (gamaṭ) vädä no-

[line 10] (gan)nā isā

[line 11] (me-ga)maṭ pe-

[line 12] (-re si)rit ho-

[line 13] (-ye)n vad-

[line 14] (-nā) diya no-va-

[line 15] -(la)kanu koṭ

[line 16] (i)sā Heḷ-ku-

[line 17] -(li) Demeḷ-ku-

[line 18] -(li) nind koṭ

[line 19] (vadā)ḷa ek-

[line 20] (tän)-samiyen

[line 21] (ā metu)vāk sa-

[line 22] -(m-daruva)mo

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