Bodhgayā (बोधगया), Bihār. Inscription (INBG00016) on the inner side of a coping stone of the vedikā (OBBG00016) recording an endowment for offerings made in the gaṃdhakuṭī (“the perfumed chamber of the Buddha”, i.e. the sanctum of the Mahābodhi temple). Edition here that of Tsukamoto 1996 (based on Bloch 1912), see Concordance for bibliographic data.
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| Inscription ID | INBG00016 |
| Title | Bodhgaya gandhakuti inscription on inner side of coping stone |
| Alternative titles | Bodhgayā (बोधगया), Bihār. Gaṃdhakuṭī inscription on vedikā. |
| Parent Object | OBBG00016 |
| Related Inscriptions | INBG0001 |
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| Author | Tsukamoto Keisho |
| Print edition recorded by | Daniela De Simone |
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| Digitally edited by | Daniela De Simone |
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| Metadata recorded by | Daniela De Simone |
| Authority for metadata | Bloch 1912, p. 153: "...the style of writing employed in the inscription, allows us to put down the date at about the 6th of 7th century A.D." (See Bibliography) |
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| Language | संस्कृतम् |
| Reigning monarch | Not recorded |
| Commissioner | Not recorded |
| Topic | Endowment for offerings made in the gandhakuṭi. |
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| Min | 500 |
| Max | 600 |
| Comment | The term gandhakuṭi is discussed in Norman (1910), Strong (1977) and Falk (2008), see Bibliography. |
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| Description | Two lines. |
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| Bibliography | |
| References | Cunningham, A. (1873). ASIR 1871-72 (vol. III). Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, p. 99, pl. XXIX D. Mitra, R. (1878). Buddha Gaya, the Hermitage of Śakya Muni. Calcutta: Bengal Secretary Press, p. 192, pl. LI. Indraji, B. (1880). Indian Antiquary IX, pp. 142-143. Cunningham, A. (1892). Mahâbodhi or the Great Buddhist Temple under the Bodhi Tree at Buddha-Gaya. London: W.H. Allen & Co., pp. 23, 58, pl. XXVII 1. Bloch, T. (1912). Notes on Bodh Gayā. ASIAR 1908-09. Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing, pp. 153-155. Lüders, H. (1912). A List of Brāhmi Inscriptions from the Earliest Times to about A.D. 400 with exceptions of those of Asoka. Epigraphia Indica 1909-10, vol. X, p. 97, n. 950. Barua, B. (1934). Gayā and Buddha-Gayā, vol. II. Calcutta: Indian Research Institute, pp. 70-71. Tsukamoto, K. (1996). A comprehensive Study of the Indian Buddhist Inscriptions, part I. Kyoto: Heirakuji-shoten, pp. 140-141, Bodh-Gayā 16. |
| Add to bibliography | For a discussion on the term gaṃdhakuṭī see: Norman, H. C. (1910). 'Gandhakuti, the Buddha's private abode'. Journal and Proceedings of of the Asiatic Society of Bengal New Series, vol. IV , pp. 1-5. Strong, J. (1977). 'Gandhakuṭi: the perfumed chamber of the Buddha'. History of Religions, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 390-406. Falk, H. (2008). 'Another reliquary vase from Wardak and consecrating fire rites in Gandhāra'. Religion and Art: New Issues in Indian Iconography and Iconology. Proceedings of the 18th Conference of the European Association of South Asian Archaeologists, London, 2005, vol. I. London: The British Association for South Asian Studies, pp. 63-80. |
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