OBBG00016 Bodhgayā coping stone with and an inscription mentioning gaṃdhakuṭī

Author: Daniela De Simone

Bodhgayā (बोधगया, often Bodh Gaya), Bihār.

Community: Bodhgayā epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
May 27, 2020
INBG00016 Bodhgaya gandhakuti inscription on a coping stone

Author: Tsukamoto Keisho

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.

 

Community: Bodhgayā epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
January 28, 2019