Bodhgayā (बोधगया), Bihār. Brāhmī letter ‘ka’ (INBG0002b) on the base of one of pillars of the so-called caṅkramaṇa or Buddha’s cloister walk (OBBG0002b). See Concordance for bibliographic data.
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| Inscription ID | INBG0002b |
| Title | Bodhgaya letter 'ka' inscribed on pillar base of the Buddha's cloister walk |
| Alternative titles | Bodhgayā Brāhmī letter 'ka' inscribed on pillar base of the caṅkramaṇa |
| Parent Object | OBBG0002b |
| Related Inscriptions | INBG0001 INBG0002a |
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| Author | Daniela De Simone |
| Print edition recorded by | Daniela De Simone |
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| Metadata recorded by | Daniela De Simone |
| Authority for metadata | Grierson, G.A. (1897). 'Report on investigation at Bōdh-Gayā'. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1896. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, pp. 52-61. |
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| Comment | Brāhmī letters are inscribed on the bases of other caṅkramaṇa pillars too. The letters probably represent mason's marks. |
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| Description | 'ka' engraved on base of pillar (see Cunningham 1892, p. 16, pl. X 1). |
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| References | Cunningham, A. (1892). Mahâbodhi or the Great Buddhist Temple under the Bodhi Tree at Buddha-Gaya. London: W.H. Allen & Co., p. 16, pl. X 1. Grierson, G.A. (1897). 'Report on investigation at Bōdh-Gayā'. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1896. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, pp. 52-61. Bühler, G. (1898). On the Origin of the Indian Brāhma Alphabet. Strassburg: Karl J. Trübner, pp. 31-33. 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. 95, n. 938. Barua, B. (1934). Gayā and Buddha-Gayā, vol. II. Calcutta: Indian Research Institute, p. 66. Tsukamoto, K. (1996). A Comprehensive Study of the Indian Buddhist Inscriptions, part I. Kyoto: Heirakuji-shoten, pp. 136-137, Bodh-Gayā 2. |
| Add to bibliography | For a discussion on the caṅkramaṇa see: Boperachchi, O. (2016). Seven Weeks after the Buddha's Enlightenment: Contradictions in Texts, Confusions in Art. New Delhi: Manohar. Willis, M. (2016). ‘Bodhgayā: from tree to temple’, in Modes of Representing Sacred Sites in East Asian Buddhist Art. Kyoto: The Institute for Research in Humanities. De Simone, D., Balogh, D., and Bretfeld, S. (2020). 'The āsana: where the Buddha sat', in G. Hidas, S. van Schaik, D. De Simone, and M. Willis (eds.) Precious Treasures from the Diamond Throne: Finds from the Site of the Buddha’s Enlightenment. London: The British Museum Press (in press). |
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