South Indian Inscriptions, Vol.40.

⟨SIIv40p0i0001⟩ No. 1. (A.R. No. B. 294 of 1929.) Idaiyar, Tirukkoyilur Taluk, South Arcot District, Tamil Nadu.

On a pillar in the ardha-maṇḍapa of the Marudiśvara temple in the village.

Vijayanagara: Rāmadēva Maharāya.

This is dated Śaka 1544, Rudhirōdgāri, Paṅguni 1.

Records the installation of the processional idols and the grant of land for providing food offerings and worship to the idols by Veligōṭi Raṅgappa-Nāyanigāru, son of Rāyappa-Nāyanigāru and grandson of Veṅkaṭappa-Nāyanigaru of Rēcharla-gōtra, when king was ruling from Ghanagiri.

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⟨1⟩ śubhamastu svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivāhana śakava¨rṣaṁbulu 1544 ·agunēṭi rudhirōdgāri saṁvatsara saṁ(phaṁ)guni māsaṁ 1 tēdīlu śrīmadrājādhirāja rājaparamēśvara śrīvīrapratāpa śrīvīrarāmadēva mahārāyalugāru ghanagiri nagaramaṁdu ratnasiṁhāsanārūḍhulai pṛthvīsāṁmrājyaṁ śēyucuṁḍagānu rēca¨rlagōtraṁ

⟨2⟩ veligōṭi veṁkaṭappanāyani pautṛlu rāmappanāyani putrulu raṁgappanāyanigāru peṁnayaḍaperumāḷaku vutsavavibhavāluṁnnupūjanaivēdyālaku mānyasaumyamuṁnnu kaṭṭaḍi śēśina kramameṭlaṁnnanunuṁnu pūrvaṁ ·ī kōvilaku ·utsava vigrahāluṁ ku-

⟨3⟩ ḍḍagānu ·utsava vigrahālu pratiṣṭhaśēyiṁci ·ī kōvilaku sthānaṁgā • • • • • naḍdayaḍlu kāṁḍlu bhōgātivāṁḍlanuṁnu ·amarika muṁci pūja naivēdyālaku yeḍa māḍasthaḷaṁ nāḍu vārakāṁpulu karaṇālu kaccirāyaṁḍu ·īśvaruṁḍi ·ī ·utsavaṁ guḍisthāna[ṁ]vāru kaikoḷavāṁḍu vīrala saṁmmatinidēvanēṁdala sthalamaṁduvarimaḍinēla ·iruvayyāraḍugula kolanu 700 guṁṭalunnusthā[naṁ] vāriki pū¨rvaṁ-

⟨4⟩ naḍacina • • • • • vaiguṁṭalunnu yippuḍu kaṭṭaḍaśēśinamu [guṁṭalunnu • • • • • sāhitaṁ] • • • • • ṁḍaku śēvagāni 24 ·aḍugulakolanu 60 guṁṭala lekhanu ·āruśēvagā¨rlakunnu 60 guṁṭalu cēnu yaṁddu varimaḍinēlanuṁnnu kaṭṭaḍi śēstimi ganaka yī dharmaṁ ·ā caṁdrā¨rkasthāyigānu pūja naivēdya mahōtsavālu ·ādikēśavaperumāḷlu kānanvadhaṁ celēṭlu śēyanavadhariṁce śrī

⟨SIIv40p0i0002⟩ No. 2. (A.R. No. B. 296 of 1929.) Idaiyar, Tirukkoyilur Taluk, South Arcot District, Tamil Nadu.

On the south wall of the central shrine in the Ādikēśava temple.

This is dated Saumya, Pushya. ⟨Page 12⟩

This inscription records the construction of a temple and installation of an image of Kēśava-Perumāḷ by Mallala-Koṇḍayya of Mukku-gōtra for the merit of his parents. In characters of the 16th century A.D.

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⟨1⟩ saumya saṁvatsara puṣyamāsa pū¨rvaṁlayamaipō·ina guḍi navapradi(ti)ṣṭagānuṁḍi vaccina mu[kku] gōtrulaina mallalakoṁḍayya tama tallitaṁḍri

⟨2⟩ dēvinēṁḍu ·akkammaṁmmagāriki puṇyaṁgānu guḍi kaṭṭiṁci kēśavaperumāḷanu dhammaṁgānu pradi(ti)ṣṭaśe·iṁcenu | surayya vrālu |

⟨SIIv40p0i0003⟩ No. 3. (A.R. No. B. 307 of 1929.) Tiruppalaivanam, Ponneri Taluk, Chingleput District, Tamil Nadu.

On the north wall of the central shrine in the Tiruppālēśvara temple.

Damaged and fragmentary. Seems to register the provision made for the sacred bath and offerings to the deities Śambhu and Dēvī, on the full moon day of Kārttīka by Nārāyaṇa, son of Venkaṭādri and Lakshmi of the Hārīta-gōtra and of Sāḷuva family. In characters of the 16th century A.D.

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⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • prathita guṇalasatvāḷva vaṁśōdarāna vidvadbṛṁdāśra • • • • •

⟨2⟩ śrīmaddhārītagōtra pravarajanamatāsēvinu nā vēṁkaṭādri¨rlakṣmīga¨rbhōdbhuva sakala janānaṁdamācaṁdratāraṁ ||

⟨3⟩ yēṇadōśṛṇuta sumati nārāyaṇākhyēna kṛptaṁ kaiṁkaryaṁ śaṁbhudēvyō satkā¨rtikēca prati śaśi divasaṁ vīranāhvā[ya]sya

⟨4⟩ bā • nābhiṣēkaḥ pratidinamucitaḥ prāptamadhyāvākālaḥ māmaparatyāṁ śarvāṁtaryāmi tiviyajātaḥ guṇa-

⟨5⟩ raṁbhya kā¨rtikyāṁ pā(pau)¨rṇimāyāmadhivasati śvāta śivarātri • • • vīṇānāṁdedānaṁ vārē pāṁcaśaurō

⟨6⟩ • • śe pakṣaye • • • • • vyā • • rāmu • • • • • • • • • • nadi ·āstrata • • • • • siddhasvā • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • • nirmiṁcana • • • • • • • • • • mṛṁderkamastiti • tama[kha]mōdāgatai[ma] sa • • • jā

⟨8⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ma • rātri pūjōtsa • • • • • • • • • • nū

⟨9⟩ • • • • • • • • • • kṣatsama • • • • • • • • • • jayōḥ • • • • • • • • • • raimathvācāryā śeyābdē satāśavivasataścaṁdra ⟨Page 13⟩

⟨10⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ssarvakāmānvi • • • tu vibhaśarāma • • • sāya • • nitya • • • • •

⟨SIIv40p0i0004⟩ No. 4. (A.R. No. B. 356 of 1929.) Tiruppalaivanam, Ponneri Taluk Chingleput District, Tamil Nadu.

Round the belt of the central shrine in the Tirruppālēśvara temple.

This is dated Śaka 1601 (expired), Siddhārthi, Kārttīka 15.

Records the gift of land and money for providing the midday offerings and conducting worship to the god Pālēśvarasvāmi by the people of the nāḍu, dēśam and the merchants including the Kaikkōḷa-sale of the village, as requested by the priest Rāmadāsu of the temple.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī vijayābhyudaya śālivāhana śakava¨rṣaṁbbulu [1601] cenana piṁmmaṭanagu śiddārthi saṁvaccaraṁ kā¨rtika māsaṁ 15 || nāḍu śrīmadakhilāṁḍakōṭibrahmāṁḍanāyaku layina śrī tirupālēśvarasvāmiki nāḍu[ṟu]dēśaṁvāruṁnnu kaikoḷa sālevāragāṁḍlavāru modalaina va¨rtakulu vrāśi yiccina mukhyadāna śāsanakramaṁ svāmiki pratidinaṁ madyāhnakālamaṁddu ·abhiṣēka naivēdya dīpārādhnakaiṁkarya • • nayi vutsavaṁlō saptami ·ārabhya 37 dinālu vubhayamunnu śukravāraṁ tōraṇadīpālunnu naḍpiṁcavalenu yiṁdku mukhmā(khyā)dāyaṁ kaṭṭaḍa śāyavalenani sāḷāpaṁtulu rāmadāsu mātō telpukone[ga]namemu ·aṁdaramunu sammatiṁci • • • • • majivātakā • • • meṭla sātu mākhāṇaṁlō sunnapu guṁṭanaṁ vuppaḷā[ṁ]nunnu makhama kaṭṭaḍaceśina vivaraṁ ·aynisuṁkapadi rūkhanū ·aḷālagona 1 • • • • • lekhakaikoḷa sātavāru sthalaṁlōnasēna • • • • • vinaṁ lekhanū yī bo || makhama kaṭṭaḍa cestimi ganuka yī malipālannisāḷo paṁtula rāmadāsu ·ācaṁdrā¨rkasthāyigānu paṁcagalavāraṁ yī co || rāmadāsu • • • • • • • • • • • yī nāmakhamana japiṁcakapōyinā tama pū¨rrvikulayna peddalaku drōhaṁ [ceśina] pāpāna vāraṇāsilō brahmahatya śrī hatya cēśina pāpāna pōgalavāraṁ (yiccina) vrāsiyiccina makha dāna śāsanaṁ ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0005⟩ No. 5. (A.R. No. B. 366 of 1929.) Tiruppalaivanam, Ponneri Taluk Chingleput District, Tamil Nadu.

On the pedestal of the metallic image of Chandraśēkhara in the Tirruppālēśvara temple.

This is dated Śaka 1681, Pramādi, Vaiśākha śu. 7, corresponding to 1759 A.D., May 3, Thursday. ⟨Page 14⟩

Records the gift of the images of Chandraśēkhara and his consort in the Pāliśvara temple by Raghunāyakularāju, son of Kumāra-Venkaṭrāju and grandson of Veṅkaṭrāju of Kottūru. The donor is endowed with a number of titles such as Dharaṇī-varāha, Kaṭāri-sāḷuva and Kaḷyāṇapuravarādhīśvara and Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī vijayābhyudaya śālivāhana śakava¨rṣaṁbbulu 1681 ·agunēṭi pramādi saṁvatsara vaiśākha śuddha 7 lu śrī

⟨2⟩ ·akhilāṁḍakōṭi braṁhmāṁḍanāyakulaina pāliśvarasvāmi saṁnnidhini caṁdraśēkharasvāmini dēvini śrīmanmahāmaṁḍalēśvara dharaṇīvarāhamēdinī

⟨3⟩ mīsaragaṁḍa kaṭārisāḷva budarāditya babbarabāhu cāṇūramallapaṁcca ghaṁṭānināda kalyāṇapuravarādhīśvara kottūri

⟨4⟩ veṁkaṭrāju vāri pautṛlaina kumāra veṁkaṭrājuvāri putṛlaina raghunāyakula rājuvāru nirmiṁccina dharmaṁ śrī

⟨SIIv40p0i0006⟩ No. 6. (A.R. No. B. 368 of 1929.) Tiruppalaivanam, Ponneri Taluk Chingleput District, Tamil Nadu.

On a pillar in the mahā-maṇḍapa of the Tiruppālēśvara temple.

This is dated Kāḷayukti, Māgha ba. 2.

Records the construction of a maṇḍapa by Peddarāja, son of Ōbaḷrājayya of Kōḷūru. In characters of the 18th century A.D. The donor is given some of the titles that appear in the inscription no. 5 above.

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⟨1⟩ kāḷayukta

⟨2⟩ saṁvatsara

⟨3⟩ māgha ba-

⟨4⟩ huḷa vidiyalu śrī ma-

⟨5⟩ hāmaṁḍalēśvara mēdinī-

⟨6⟩ mīsaragaṁḍa kaḍā(ṭhā)ri sāḷva

⟨7⟩ kōḷūri ·ōbuḷrājayya

⟨8⟩ komāruḍu peddarāju

⟨9⟩ kaṭṭiṁccina maṁḍapa kaiṁkaryaṁ

⟨10⟩ sadāsēva [||*] ⟨Page 15⟩

⟨SIIv40p0i0007⟩ No. 7. (A.R. No. B. 385 of 1929.) Nungambakkam, Madras Taluk, Madras District, Tamil Nadu.

Granite pillar in the observatory in the village.

This is dated Kali 4897. (1795 A.D.)

Records the construction of the hall by the (East India) company under the Supervision of Mikkil Ṭoppiṉ (Michael Topping), to view the celestial objects.

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⟨1⟩ kalyābdaṁbulu 4897 saṁvatsara-

⟨2⟩ mulō yiṁgirījukuṁ panivāru

⟨3⟩ ·ākāśamulō vuṁḍe rūpulanu

⟨4⟩ grahiṁcuṭakanukūlaṁgā yi-

⟨5⟩ śālanu rājaśrī mikkil ṭoppin mu-

⟨6⟩ khāṁtraṁgā nirmāṇiṁcināru [||*]

⟨SIIv40p0i0008⟩ No. 8. (A.R. No. B. 430 of 1929.) Velukūru, Chittoor Taluk, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh.

On the south wall of the deserted Īśvara temple in the village.

Vijayanagara: Sadāśiva.

This is dated Śaka 1486, Raktākshi, Pushya ba. 10, corresponding to 1564 A.D., December 28, Thursday.

Records the gift of land for providing food offerings and conducting worship to the god Mārgasahāyadēva in the temples of Trimūrtīśvaradēva and Mādhavanārāyaṇa-Perumāḷ of Vēḷukūru by Pratāparāyalu, son of Śri-Bhanūji Voḍayalu of Durvā-gōtra.

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⟨1⟩ śubhamastu svasti śrī man mahāmaṁḍalēśva[ra] rājādhirāja rājaparamēśvara śrīvīra-

⟨2⟩ pratāpa śrī sadāsivadēva mahārāyaluṁgāru prithvirājyaṁ śēyucuṁḍaṁgānu śālivāhana śaka-

⟨3⟩ va¨rṣaṁbulu 1486 ·agunēṭi raktākṣi saṁvatsara puṣya ba 10 lu du¨rvā gōtra pavitrālayina śrī-

⟨4⟩ ¨rma mahārājādhirāja rā śrī bhānujīvoḍayala komāruṁḍu pratāparāyaluṁgāru ⟨Page 16⟩

⟨5⟩ vēḷukūri tirumū¨rttīśvara dēvunikinni mādhavanārāyaṇa perumāḷakunu rātri saṁdhi naivēdyānakuṁgānu

⟨6⟩ māku dhāravōsi ·iccina bhūdāna • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ rāyalu manaku ·amaranāyaṁkarāna • • • • • • • • • • tiruvēṁgaḷa nalūru ·anē grāma

⟨8⟩ nadi tīramaṁdu mā¨rgasahāyadēvuni saṁnidhini bhānuji voḍayala • • • • • gāri • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ lenani sahiraṇyōdaka dānadhārāpū¨rvakamugānu ·istiṁ ganaka ·ī grāmanaku kaṭina yella vitunnu • • •

⟨10⟩ • • • • • • • • • • nani saṁkramaṇa puṇyakālamaṁddu • • • • •

⟨11⟩ • • • • • nu [voḍayala] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨12⟩ • • • • • nuḍuloṁdenaiṁci • • ·utsava • • • puṇyamuna daivamu • • • • •

⟨13⟩ • • • • • • • • • • yistimi • ·ācaṁdrā¨rkasthāyigānu naḍavaṁga-

⟨14⟩ nu • dānātrye • • • pālanaṁ dānātsva¨rgamavāpnōti pāla • •

⟨15⟩ paradattānupālanaṁ svadattāpahārēṇa svadattaṁ niṣphalaṁ bhavētu | • • •

⟨16⟩ harēti vasuṁdharāṁ ṣaṣṭhi¨rvaṣasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyatē krimi

⟨SIIv40p0i0009⟩ No. 9. (A.R. No. B. 431 of 1929.) Velukūru, Chittoor Taluk, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab fixed before the Mādhavanārāyaṇa perumaḷ temple in the village.

Vijayanagara: Śrīraṅgarāyadēva.

This is dated Śaka 1566, Tāraṇa, Āśvija śu. 12, corresponding to 1644 A.D., October 3, Thursday.

Records the gift of a village Vēlkūru along with its hamlets as sarvamānya, situated in Yiruvāra-paṭṭu in Chittūru-sīma to Vēdamārga-Pratishṭhāpanāchārya Kandāḷa Bhāvanāchārya by the king.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī vijayādbha(bhyu)daya śāli-

⟨2⟩ vāhana śakavaruṣaṁbbulu 15-

⟨3⟩ 66 ·agunane[ḍi] tāraṇa saṁ-

⟨4⟩ vvatsara ·āśvija śu 12 lu śrīma-

⟨5⟩ tē rāmānujāya namaḥ śrīmadvēda-

⟨6⟩ mā¨rga pratiṣṭāpanācāryulayi-

⟨7⟩ na vubhaya vēdāṁttācāryulayi- ⟨Page 17⟩

⟨8⟩ na kaṁdāḷa bhāvanācāryulayya-

⟨9⟩ vāriki śrīmadrājādhirāja rāja-

⟨10⟩ paramēśvara śrīvīrapratāpa śrī-

⟨11⟩ vīra śrīraṁgarāyadēvamahā-

⟨12⟩ rāyalayyagāru vēlūraratna

⟨13⟩ siṁhāsanārūḍhulayi pṛthvī-

⟨14⟩ visāmrājyaṁ śēyucuṁ-

⟨15⟩ ḍaṁgānu cittūri śīmalōnu yi-

⟨16⟩ ruvārapaḍḍugrāmamulalō vēlū-

⟨17⟩ kūri grāmaṁ ·aṁduku cellē pallelu

⟨18⟩ sahānu yī śu 12 lu nāṁḍu

⟨19⟩ dhārāgra¨rvvitaṁggānu sama¨rppi-

⟨20⟩ ṁccināraṁ ganaku putrapautrapā-

⟨21⟩ raṁparyayaṁgānu ·ācaṁdrā-

⟨22⟩ ¨rkasthāhigānu ·anubhavi-

⟨23⟩ ṁccigalavāru ·idē bhūdāna-

⟨24⟩ śilāśāsanaṁ | svadattā dvigu-

⟨25⟩ ṇaṁ puṇyaṁ paradattānupāla-

⟨26⟩ naṁ paradattāpahārēṇa sva-

⟨27⟩ dattā niṣpalaṁ bhavēt

⟨28⟩ śrīrāmajayaṁ

⟨SIIv40p0i0010⟩ No. 10. (A.R. No. B. 435 of 1929.) Vāvilitōṭa, Chittoor Taluk, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a rock near the Varadarāja-perumāḷ temple in the village.

Vijayanagara: Śrīraṅgarāyadēva.

This is dated Śaka 1568, Vyaya, Mārgaśira śu. 5, corresponding to 1647 A.D., January 5, Saturday.

Damaged. Records the gift of land by Daḷavāyi Apā-Nāyini, the agent of the king.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī vijayā-

⟨2⟩ dbhu(bhyu)daya śālivāha- ⟨Page 18⟩

⟨3⟩ na śakava¨rṣaṁbulu 1568

⟨4⟩ ·agunēṭi vyaya saṁvatsara

⟨5⟩ mā¨rgaśira śuddha 5 lu śrīmadrājā-

⟨6⟩ dhirāja rājaparamēśvara śrīvīrapra-

⟨7⟩ tāpa śrīvīraśrīraṁgarāyadēvama-

⟨8⟩ hārāyalaya(yya)vāri kāryāka¨rta-

⟨9⟩ laina daḷavāyi ·apānāyani[ṁ]-

⟨10⟩ gāru pālitōṭa ceruvu • •

⟨11⟩ ḍa śeśina pupikaṁccaṁ •

⟨12⟩ • • • • • • • • • • guṁṭa • • • • •

⟨13⟩ nnu tōṭalaku guṁṭa palisaṁte

⟨14⟩ kha ku kūḍina • • • • • • • • • •

⟨15⟩ ma pani mukhānaku [dayaśeśi] ·i-

⟨16⟩ ma pani mukhānaku [dayaśeśi] ·i

⟨17⟩ ·i dharmānaku yavaru ·avarōdhaṁ

⟨18⟩ talacinā ·ivūri tōṭa ·āḍi • •

⟨19⟩ nimaṁ ·iccinavāḍu ·i • • mā-

⟨20⟩ nyālu reḍikaraṇāla vaśaṁ sesina-

⟨21⟩ nāṭa • • • • • • • • • • khaṁ ceyiṁccagalavā-

⟨22⟩ ru ·i dha¨rmanaku dapinavāḍu mātru-

⟨23⟩ gamanaṁ cēsinavāḍu śrīrāma

⟨SIIv40p0i0011⟩ No. 11. (A.R. No. B. 533 of 1929.) Mallipūḍi, Tanuku Taluk, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab built into a wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the Vishṇu temple in the village.

Eastern Chāḷukya: Sarvalōkāśraya Vishṇuvardhana.

This is dated Śaka 1219 (Nidhi-Sōma-Surya), Iśvara, Makara-saṅkrānti, Uttarāyaṇa.

States that Pṛithvī-vallabha Dēvakumāra, son of the king Mahādēva, gave 50 cows and a piece of land for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Agastyēśvara. (Pub. S.I.I. Vol. X, No. 481).

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⟨1⟩ śākābdē nidhi sōma sū¨ryyaga-

⟨2⟩ ṇitē dēvētviṣāmīśvarē saṁkrā- ⟨Page 19⟩

⟨3⟩ ṁtiṁ makarēdhitanvati mahādēva

⟨4⟩ kṣitiśātmajaḥ | [pṛthvī]vallabhabhūpati

⟨5⟩ ¨rbbahutaraśrēyasyagastyēśvarasthā-

⟨6⟩ nē dīpamakhaṁḍamāśaśiraviprādā-

⟨7⟩ ttadhānyagraṇiḥ || śakava¨rṣaṁbulu

⟨8⟩ 1219 gunēṁṭi ·uttarāyaṇa

⟨9⟩ saṁkrāṁtini svasti sa¨rvvalōkāśra-

⟨10⟩ ya śrī viṣṇuva¨rddanamahārājulai-

⟨11⟩ na pṛtivallabhadēva kumārulu

⟨12⟩ ·agastēśvara śrīmahādēvaraku

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⟨13⟩ ·akhaṁḍadīpānaku kōṁḍi sakale-

⟨14⟩ bōyuni vaśāna peṭṭina mōdālu 50

⟨15⟩ ·ī dīpānaku peṭṭina kṣētramu komā-

⟨16⟩ ranā seṭṭi beṭṭi dakṣaṇana kha 1 pa-

⟨17⟩ tmaṭṭi polāna valumōpa ·ātrōva

⟨18⟩ tū¨rppuna kha 1 ·ī dīpānaku ·ācaṁdrā-

⟨19⟩ ¨rkasthāyigānu ·accuvāṁḍu

⟨SIIv40p0i0012⟩ No. 12. (A.R. No. B. 533a of 1929.) Mallipūḍi, Tanuku Taluk, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.

Slab found in Vishṇu temple in the village.

Kākatīya: Gaṇapati.

Records the construction of a Śiva temple viz., Gaṇapēśvara or Gaṇapatīśvara in honour of the king at Dvipa, and also gifted revenue of several villages and 25 cows to the temple for burning a perpetual lamp.

Further it records that certains dues had to be paid by every boat touching at Naṅgegaḍḍa to the temple.

Pub: Ep. Ind., Vol. III, pp 82 ff.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ śrīkāṁtaśśriyamātanōtu bhavatāṁ krōḍākṛti-

⟨2⟩ ¨rvvāridhērajñātvāśu samuddhṛtāṁ laghatayōddha-

⟨3⟩ ¨rttukṣitiṁdaṁṣṭrayā | yāstāvadvevṛdhēni pīḍita tanu ⟨Page 20⟩

⟨4⟩ brahmāṁḍakhaṁḍē bhṛśaṁ svasthānasthitiyācanōcita

⟨5⟩ padaistuṣṭāvayāvannasā || jayati śirasi śaṁbhō

⟨6⟩ riṁdu lēkhāmayūkhairamṛtavisarasāraiḥ kṣā-

⟨7⟩ layaṁtī jagaṁti śiśiraviśada gaṁgāvāribhṛjjū-

⟨8⟩ ṭa bhāsvatkanaka kalaśa lagnārājatīva praṇālī || gajā-

⟨9⟩ syaḥ pātuvō yasya bhāṁti dānānti kālinaḥ | mahā-

⟨10⟩ dri nijjharōpāṁta kāntanilōpalō ·iva || ·astyū¨rjjitaṁ

⟨11⟩ kākativaṁśa janāṁnakēśvarāṇāṁ kula rājadhāni ·āṁ-

⟨12⟩ dhrāvanīmaṁḍanammakoṁḍa nāmābhirāmaṁ nagaraṁ dha-

⟨13⟩ ritryāṁ || tatra sthitaḥ prōladarādhinādhaḥ svabāhudi¨ryyē-

⟨14⟩ ṇa dharāṁ rarakṣa | yasya pratāpa jvalanē samantā ccattrukṣi-

⟨15⟩ tiśāśśalabābabhūvuḥ || kēcinmaṁttena guṁḍavati • bhṛtaḥ kha-

⟨16⟩ ḍgēnaniḥ khaṁḍitāḥ kēcittailapadēvavadgajahayaṁ yuddhā-

⟨17⟩ jirētyājitāḥ kēciddūramapōhitāḥ samaratō gō-

⟨18⟩ viṁdadaṁḍēśavatkēcitsvasvapadēṣu yēnanihitāścō-

⟨19⟩ dodayakṣmēśavat || tasmātprōla narēśā nmuppaladēvyā-

⟨20⟩ ṁbabhūvatuḥ putrau || ripunṛ pamadēbhasiṁhau ru-

⟨21⟩ dra mahādēva bhūpatīkhyātau || pituḥ parōkṣē vasudhā-

⟨22⟩ ṁ śaśāsa rudrakṣamābhṛdbhuvanaikavīraḥ | yasya pratā-

⟨23⟩ pōlbaṇa dāvavahniḥ pratya¨rtthi pṛthvīśavanaṁdadāha || ·unmṛ-

⟨24⟩ ṣṭāni purāṇi yēna kathayaṁtyā pū¨ryya tattajja-

⟨25⟩ naistattannāmabhiroruṁgallu nagarē ni¨rmmāpitā vā-

⟨26⟩ ṭikāḥ kiṁcasvēṣu kṛtēṣu tēṣvadha purēṣvāpū¨ryyanū-

⟨27⟩ ttējaneḥ śrīrudrēśvara saṁjñayā viracitāḥ prakhyātadē-

⟨28⟩ vālayāḥ || pōṣaṇaistōṣaṇai¨rddaṁḍaiḥ pālanairupalāla-

⟨29⟩ naiḥ saṁva¨rdditāḥ prajā yēna pitrēva dharaṇī bhṛtā || diva-

⟨30⟩ ṁgatērudranṛpē babhāra bhuvaṁ mahādēva vibhu¨rvvinēśuḥ pra-

⟨31⟩ tāpabhānāvudi tēyadiyē lējāṁsibhānāvivabhūpa-

⟨32⟩ tīnāṁ || tasmānmahādēvamahāmahīśādbayyāṁbikāyā ma-

⟨33⟩ bhavatprabhāvā¨rna | sa¨rvvaṁ sahā sa¨rvvadurīṇapāṭiḥ kulapradīpō

⟨34⟩ gaṇapatyadhīśaḥ || yasyōnmatta gajēṁdra gaṁḍa vigaladdānāṁbu-

⟨35⟩ vṛṣṭiplutētvaṁgattuṁga turaṁga niṣṭura khuraiḥ kṛṣṭē tathā-

⟨36⟩ nēkathāyutyētrēripu hasti mastakagaḷanmuktauṣu bījākṛ-

⟨37⟩ tājātāḥ kī¨rttilatāśśaśāṁka viśadāvēlaṁti digbhitti ghanijābhu- ⟨Page 21⟩

⟨38⟩ ja vijitānāṁ ni¨rjjatānāṁ parai¨rvvā śaraṇamupagatānāṁ

⟨39⟩ sōmasū¨ryyānvayānāṁ nikhila narapatī nāmāśraya ssa-

⟨40⟩ nsadāyaḥ pratidina parivṛddha prājyarājyō vibhāti || ·asyabhṛtyaḥ

⟨41⟩ priyō bhāti gaṇapatyavanibhṛtaḥ | śrīmajjāya camūnāthaḥ

⟨42⟩ kathyatēyaṁ tadanvayaḥ || vikrāṁti mānayya kulē prasiddhē prādu-

⟨43⟩ ¨rbbabhūvātra kalō sa bhīmaḥ | duśśāsanaśśāsita ·ēva śatru¨rddu¨ryyō-

⟨44⟩ dhanānōyōdi sukhēna yēna || bhuvōvataṁsē velanāṁḍu dēśē krō-

⟨45⟩ yyūru saṁjñaṁ kula sannivāsaṁ grāmaṁ sabhīmōdhana-

⟨46⟩ dōpamānaścakāravitteralakōpamānaṁ || racyāṁbikā

Second Face.

⟨47⟩ yāṁ prababhūvurasmāttējilla nārāyaṇa sūrayā-

⟨48⟩ khyāḥ | śakti prajādairivayaistribhiścajigāya śatrūnebhu-

⟨49⟩ vibhōdibhūpaḥ || jillassamullāsita bāhuvī¨ryya

⟨50⟩ kannāradēvaṁ samarē vijitya | tēbhēnijēśāccibikāta-

⟨51⟩ patrādyaśēṣa cihnaidhvajanipatitvaṁ || tasyānujassa-

⟨52⟩ ṁtatamēvabha¨rttunnārāyaṇaḥ kā¨ryyaparāya-

⟨53⟩ ṇōbhūt | yaścōḍi bhūpasya ripūnaśēṣāṁścakārabhṛ

⟨54⟩ tyānnaya vikramābhyāṁ || yaḥ kṛṣṇavēṇīlavaṇābdhi saṁ-

⟨55⟩ gadvīpaṁpuraitaddhanadēnasṛṣṭaṁ parai¨rdurāpaṁvasa-

⟨56⟩ tāṁ manōjñaṁ cakāra du¨rggaṁ prabhuṇā niyuktaḥ || pū-

⟨57⟩ ¨rṇnābhya¨rṇnataṭāka vāḥputalihacchālīkṣu kēdārakaṁ nā-

⟨58⟩ nā puṣpaphalābhiśōbhitamahārāmābhirāmaspha-

⟨59⟩ laṁ | saudhāṭṭālakaha¨rmyagōpura bṛhatprākārabhāsva-

⟨60⟩ tpuraṁ dvīpaṁ nhūpanivāsayōgyamakarōdyaḥ prāgasē-

⟨61⟩ vyaṁnṛṇāṁ || cōḍasamudrataṭākaṁ cōḍēśvaradhāma

⟨62⟩ cātrahidvīpē | yaścakrīpati nāmnābhīmēśvaramaṁdirē

⟨63⟩ pitṛnāmnā || ·atraivaprāsādānviṣṭōśca karālabhairavasyā-

⟨64⟩ pi || yaścākarōnmanōjñāncaṁtuladēvyāmahārā-

⟨65⟩ ḥ || ·athavaḍlakuṟṟu nāmagrāmē yaścākarōtpituṇna-

⟨66⟩ mnā | bhīmasamudra taṭākaṁ bhīmēśvaranāmaramya

⟨67⟩ śivabhavanaṁ || nārāyaṇāya tasmai pauruṣaparitō-

⟨68⟩ ṣitaḥ patiḥ prādāt | dvīpasyādhipatitvaṁ svāmitvaṁcā-

⟨69⟩ pi goṁṭupallīnāṁ || ·a¨rtthau¨rjjākamati śūraṁ jñātvādē- ⟨Page 22⟩

⟨70⟩ śādhikāradhērēyaṁ | cakrēsēnādhipamapi nārāya-

⟨71⟩ ṇamēvacōḍinaranāthaḥ || tasmājñātāḥ khyātanārā-

⟨72⟩ yaṇākhyānnārāṁbāyāṁ sūnavōbhānubhāsa-

⟨73⟩ ḥcōḍi¨rbbhīmapinnacōḍi¨ryyaśasvināmnā brammaścēti

⟨74⟩ catvāra ·ētē || ·aphāmadhīśā ·iva bāḍabāśrayāḥ

⟨75⟩ prabhōrupāyā ·iva kā¨ryyasādhakāḥ | karā ·ivāśliṣṭa

⟨76⟩ ramāmuradviṣō vibhāṁti catvāra ·imē bhaṭōttamāḥ ||

⟨77⟩ cōḍhappadhvīśabhūpasya caturāśājayāvahāḥ ·abhū-

⟨78⟩ vancāhuvī¨ryyēṇa catvārō bhaṭapuṁgavāḥ || viṣṇōḥ

⟨79⟩ śrīrivagīrivāṁbuja bhuvaśśaṁbhōrivādrēsutā | kāma-

⟨80⟩ syēvaratiśśacīvasurapasvāhēvaśōcidhṛtēḥ śītāṁśōri-

⟨81⟩ varāhiṇī guṇanidhau śśrīpinna[cō*]ḍiprabhō¨rddāmāṁbākulapā-

⟨82⟩ likā samabhavadgāra¨rtthināṁ kāmadhuk || nārāṁbāpēramāṁ-

⟨83⟩ bāca sutējātētayōrubhē || putrāstayōbhavanvṛddha jā-

⟨84⟩ yanārāyaṇāhvayāḥ || bhrātṛṣu triṣu tēṣvēṣamadhyamē-

⟨85⟩ pyuttamōguṇaiḥ | rājatē jāyasēnāniḥ pāṁḍavēṣvivama-

⟨86⟩ dhyayaḥ || kālēsminapaśēkharō gaṇapati kṣōṇīpati¨rllīlayā-

⟨87⟩ jitvā cōḍakaḷiṁgasēvaṇa bṛhkatka¨rṇnāṭa lāṭādhi¨rpārakṣanda-

⟨88⟩ kṣiṇa siṁdhuviṁdyanagayō¨rmmadhyakṣamāmaṁḍalaṁ sagnida-

⟨89⟩ ṁvelanāṁḍu dēva makhilaṁ svāyattamēvākarōt || strī-

⟨90⟩ ratna puṁratna gajāśvaratna nānāśilāratnacayaṁ samaṁttārata-

⟨91⟩ ·āhṛtyacāsmādvelanāṁḍu dēśātprādēśayatsvaṁ puramē-

⟨92⟩ vabhūpaḥ || ·adharūpavilāsavibhramairasamānabhuvanatra-

Third Face.

⟨93⟩ yēpyamūgaṇapatyavanīpativyadhāddayitēnā kama-

⟨94⟩ pēramāhvayē || tadanujayati saumyākāramā-

⟨95⟩ kāralakṣmyāssuvinayanayadākṣyasthai¨ryyagāṁbhī-

⟨96⟩ ¨ryyaśau¨ryyaiḥ | śiśumapigarimāṇaṁ prāpitaṁ

⟨97⟩ jāyānākhyannarapatirabhinaṁdyasvānuca¨ryyē-

⟨98⟩ nyayujta || tataḥ prasannaścaritai¨ryyudāsmai pādātvatī-

⟨99⟩ śaḥ khalu jāyanāya | ·āṁddōlikācchatrāsanā-

⟨100⟩ dhacihnassēnādhipatyaṁ gajasādhanityaṁ || surēśvarēṇē-

⟨101⟩ vanijēśvarēṇa sēnādipatyādhikṛ tōvibhāti | jāyaḥ

⟨102⟩ kumārōvibudhaiḥ parītaḥ saṁprāptaśaktiḥ paravī- ⟨Page 23⟩

⟨103⟩ rahaṁtā || yasyāsidhārāprabalāhitānāṁdē-

⟨104⟩ vāṁganāsaṁgamanaikadūtī | yannītiranyakṣi-

⟨105⟩ tipālalakṣmī saṁdhānadūtī nijavallabhasya || śatrū-

⟨106⟩ naśēṣānsamarēṣu śūrāniliṣyataḥ khaḍgamukha-

⟨107⟩ syayasya | yō vairigōdhūmagharaṭṭanāmnāvya-

⟨108⟩ rājataprākkabalassajātaḥ || kṣīṇatvaṁ pratipakṣamē-

⟨109⟩ tinitarāmē kōdvijādhīśvaraḥ prāyaḥ kṣīṇavasuṁ-

⟨110⟩ prayāti vasumatpā¨rśvēsadaikobudhaḥ | mūḍhassanka-

⟨111⟩ ti bhaṭṭinānyanudayōhyēkaḥ kavi¨rvva¨rttateyaddānaṁ

⟨112⟩ kimitīvaya śśrutigatāddānastavōllajjate || saṁpā-

⟨113⟩ ditai¨ryyadāvatsutakṛtinidhivanadhimahāsuragē-

⟨114⟩ haiḥ || sataṭākai¨ryyassaptabhirētaissaṁtānavānbhavati ||

⟨115⟩ sōyaṁ jāyacamūpati¨rggaṇapati kṣōṇīśanāmnā-

⟨116⟩ svayaṁ sadbhaktyāganapēśvarāhvaya mahādēvasya-

⟨117⟩ liṁgākṛtēḥ | dvīpēsminsvapitāmahēnaracitē nārāya-

⟨118⟩ ṇēnūnnataṁ prāsādanniramāpayadruvamamuṁ

⟨119⟩ kailāsaśailōpamaṁ || guṇa śara bhava mita śākē kha-

⟨120⟩ ra va¨rṣē mādhavē sitē gau¨ryya | tithyaṁ vyadhātprati-

⟨121⟩ ṣṭāṁjāya śrīgaṇapatīśvarasyāsya || divigaṇa-

⟨122⟩ patīśvara śrīmahādēvaraku padinenimadi viṣa-

⟨123⟩ yamula ·ubhaya nānādēsiyunaṁgegaṭṭanicci-

⟨124⟩ na ·āyamukalamunaṁ beṭṭi cinnamu || gaṇapa-

⟨125⟩ tidēvamahārājulaku buṇyamugānu jāya-

⟨126⟩ panāyakuṁḍu peṭṭina vṛttulu ·ennuṁbaṟutanu

⟨127⟩ puṭlu 3 | peddamaddālini pūṭlu 3 | ku ṟu maddālini pu-

⟨128⟩ ṭlu 2 | ·āyasaṁpūṁḍini puṭlu 2 | nēṁtalakōḍūra-

⟨129⟩ nu puṭlu 2 | mrānikoṁḍanu puṭlu 3 | cikulapa-

⟨130⟩ llini puṭlu 2 | koṁḍipaṟutanu puṭlu 2 | paṁcuṁba-

⟨131⟩ ṟutanu puṭlu 2 | beveṁḍrunu puṭlu 2 | donepūṁḍi

⟨132⟩ ni puṭlu 4 | koramūranu puṭlu 2 | ·ōḍavāṁgulape-

⟨133⟩ ṭṭina polamu kētepallini puṭlu 2 | preṁkaṭipuṭlu 2

⟨134⟩ jāyapanāyakuṁḍu ·akhaṁḍadīpamunakuṁ be-

⟨135⟩ ṭṭina mōdālu 25 | ⟨Page 24⟩

⟨SIIv40p0i0013⟩ No. 13. (A.R. No. B. 533b of 1929.) Mallipūḍi, Tanuku Taluk, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.

Slab found in Vishṇu temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1673, Khara, Jyēsṭha ba. 5, Sunday, Irregular.

Records the installation of the liṅga in the temple of Gaṇapēśvara by Subbana, son of Nāgireḍḍi and Aṅkkamāṁba. The donor was the younger brother Venkaṭarāma and elder brother of Jaggayya of the Bhōga family. The liṅga was the work of Akkābattuḍu (the Kāsāchāri), son of Māgulūri Mallikhārjuna and Vīramma.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivāhana śakava-

⟨2⟩ ¨rṣaṁbbulu 1673 yagunēṭi kharanāma saṁhvatsara jyē-

⟨3⟩ ṣṭha ba 5 ·a śrīmadbhōgādi vaṁśapārāvārākā sudhākaru-

⟨4⟩ ṁḍḍunu tippānareḍḍiki prapautṛṁḍunu mū¨rttireḍḍiki pau-

⟨5⟩ truṁḍunu nāgireḍḍiki suputruṁḍunu ·aṁkkamāṁbbāga¨rbha-

⟨6⟩ śuktimauktikuṁḍḍunu vēṁkkaṭarāmāvarajuṁḍḍunu jaggayyā-

⟨7⟩ khyāggrajuṁḍḍunu bhrātṛvyāccaṁnnāhvaya paripālita

⟨8⟩ yevvarājyaṁḍḍunu nija suguṇa maṇi gaṇa mālikālaṁ-

⟨9⟩ kṛtāśāṁgganā baṁdhura kaṁdharuṁḍḍagu subbaṁnna dhātrīvaru-

⟨10⟩ ṁḍḍu śrīmadgaṇapēśvaramahādēva liṁggaṁbbunu sāṁ-

⟨11⟩ gaṁbbugā śāśvata dharmaniṣṭhaṁ pratiṣṭhagāviṁccēnū ||

⟨12⟩ śrīmadbhogādhivaṁśa(śā)mṛtanidhividhunā subbayakṣmādhipe(pē)nā śrī-

⟨13⟩ nāgēśātmaje(jē)na prakaṭitayaśasā jaggayākhyāgrajēna śrī-

⟨14⟩ gāṇāpatyaliṁggaṁ sakala surayutaṁ sthāpitaṁ jyēṣṭha-

⟨15⟩ māsē paṁccamyāṁ kṛṣṇapakṣe kharaśaradiravē¨rvāsare vaibhavēna ||

⟨16⟩ śrī kāśācāri māgulūri mallikhā¨rjuḍu bhārya vīraṁ-

⟨17⟩ mmā komāruḍu ·akkābattuḍu nirmāṇaṁ cēśānu ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0014⟩ No. 14. (A.R. No. B. 534 of 1929.) Mallipūḍi, Tanuku Taluk, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab found in Vishṇu temple in the village.

Registers the erection of a pillar in the Nāṭya-maṇḍapa of the god Kumarasvāmidēva by a certain Sōmiseṭṭi Pōtāsāni. In characters of 17th century A.D. ⟨Page 25⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī kumārasvāmidē-

⟨2⟩ vara nāṭyamaṁḍḍapamu-

⟨3⟩ naṁddu sōmiseṭṭi pōtā-

⟨4⟩ sāni peṭṭiṁccina kaṁbbhamu [||*]

⟨SIIv40p0i0015⟩ No. 15. (A.R. No. B. 535 of 1929.) Mallipūḍi, Tanuku Taluk, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a third slab found in Vishṇu temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1215, Uttarāyaṇa-Saṁkrānti.

Records the grant of half a lamp to the temple of Śri-Agastīśvara by Koppaya, son of Aḍhapa Vallesāni.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī svasti śakava¨rṣa-

⟨2⟩ ṁbulu 1215 gunē-

⟨3⟩ ṁṭi ·uttarāyaṇa

⟨4⟩ saṁkrāṁtti nimitta-

⟨5⟩ muna ·agastīśvaradē-

⟨6⟩ vuniki ·āḍhapavalle sā-

⟨7⟩ ni koḍuku koppaya ·aradī-

⟨8⟩ pamunaku (ṭu)mallepū-

⟨9⟩ ṁḍi prōlēbōyini (vi)-

⟨10⟩ stamu

⟨SIIv40p0i0016⟩ No. 16. (A.R. No. B. 536 of 1929.) Mallipūḍi, Tanuku Taluk, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a fourth slab found in Vishṇu temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1203, Uttarāyaṇa-Saṁkrānti.

Registers the grant of 8 cows by Anna-Pērakā, wife of Devara-Paṇḍita for the maintenance of half a lamp in the temple of Nagarīśvara. The cows were kept in the custody of Anne-peddi family. ⟨Page 26⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śakava¨rṣaṁbulu 1203 nē-

⟨2⟩ ṁṭi ·uttarāyaṇa saṁkrāṁti

⟨3⟩ nimittamuna paṭṭesānadē-

⟨4⟩ vara paṁḍitula peṁḍlamu

⟨5⟩ ·annaperaka nagarīśvaradē[va]ra-

⟨6⟩ ku ·aradīpamunaku ·anne-

⟨7⟩ peddi vaṁśamunaṁbeṭṭina gō-

⟨8⟩ vulu 8 ·ācaṁdrā¨rkamuga

⟨9⟩ naḍapuvāru [||*]

⟨SIIv40p0i0017⟩ No. 17. (A.R. No. B. 537 of 1929.) Mallipūḍi, Tanuku Taluk, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a fifth slab found in Vishṇu temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1225, Uttarāyaṇa-Saṁkrānti.

Registers the grant of two perpetual lamps to the temple of Agastyēśvara at Niravadyapura by Kōmana-Peggaḍa and Rāmana-Peggaḍa, the sons of Gaṇanātha-Peggaḍa.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śakava¨rṣamulu

⟨2⟩ 1225 gu • • • • •

⟨3⟩ tsara ·uttarāyaṇa

⟨4⟩ saṁkrāṁntini niravadya-

⟨5⟩ puramaṁdula ·agastyē-

⟨6⟩ śvara śrīmahādēvuni-

⟨7⟩ ki [ga]ṇanāthapeggaḍaṁ

⟨8⟩ gāri koḍkulu koma-

⟨9⟩ na peggaḍaṁgāru na

Second Face.

⟨10⟩ rāmanapeggaḍanu reṁḍu

⟨11⟩ ·akhaṁḍadīpamu-

⟨12⟩ lunnu ·ācaṁdrā¨rkka-

⟨13⟩ sthāyigānu mu- ⟨Page 27⟩

⟨14⟩ ṭṭiṁccuvāṁḍu śu-

⟨15⟩ bhamastu śrī

⟨SIIv40p0i0018⟩ No. 18. (A.R. No. B. 538 of 1929.) Mallipūḍi, Tanuku Taluk, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar in Vishṇu temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1203, Uttarāyaṇa-Sankranti.

Registers the gift of a pillar to the temple of Śri-Bhōgīśvara Mahādēva of Oṅgōlu and also 15 cows by Kannama-Reddi and Tammi-Reddi for the merit of their parents.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śakavaruṣaṁbulu 1203

⟨2⟩ gunēṁṭi ·uttarāyaṇa saṁkrāṁtti ni-

⟨3⟩ mittamuna śrī voṁgōlini śrībhōgīśvara

⟨4⟩ śrīmanmahādēvara mukha maṁḍḍapamu-

⟨5⟩ naku kannamareḍḍi tammireḍḍi tamataṁ-

⟨6⟩ ḍri kāmireḍḍiki tama talli māramaku

⟨7⟩ • reḍḍisāniki dha¨rmmavugāṁ beṁṭṭina

⟨8⟩ kaṁbhamu ·ācaṁdrā¨rkkasthāyigā śrī

Second Face.

⟨9⟩ peṭṭina mōdā-

⟨10⟩ lu 15 [vī]niṁjē-

⟨11⟩ vārunamu • [pama]-

⟨12⟩ valnānatāmu

⟨13⟩ peyavanaka-

⟨14⟩ na 1 kāsenu

⟨15⟩ ·ācaṁdrā¨rkkaṁmu

⟨16⟩ ·acuvāru-

⟨17⟩ valnasēnu sella ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0019⟩ No. 19. (A.R. No. B. 539 of 1929.) Mallipūḍi, Tanuku Taluk, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. ⟨Page 28⟩

On another pillar in Vishṇu temple in the village.

Fragmentary. Registers the grant of two perpetual lamps by Viśvēśvara-Peggaḍa to the temple of Muktēśvara. In characters of the 13th century A.D.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ [vi]śvēśvarapeggaḍaṁgā-

⟨2⟩ ru peṭṭina ·akhaṁ-

⟨3⟩ ḍa dīpālu reṁṭikini

⟨4⟩ yī [·ūru] ·annipeddi

⟨5⟩ ṁgāri koḍku sōmaya-

⟨6⟩ vaśamunanu komma-

⟨7⟩ ranu paḍumaṭi po-

⟨8⟩ lāna ·emalāna-

⟨9⟩ lōna mukteśvara

Second Face.

⟨10⟩ munnu ·āyuse-

⟨11⟩ ri lakṣaṇāna ·elū-

⟨12⟩ ṁḍa cēnu puṭṭuṁḍu

⟨13⟩ • • na • • da • yu

⟨14⟩ • • ru sa • • • • •

⟨15⟩ • • ḍa • • • mūṁḍu

⟨16⟩ puṭlu lekha 3

⟨17⟩ • • • • • polamulōnu ca

This inscription is not connected with the first face.

⟨SIIv40p0i0020⟩ No. 20. (A.R. No. B. 540 of 1929.) Jeṭṭipālem, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up in the compound of the temple of Hanumān in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1537, Ānanda, Margaśira śu. 7, corresponding to 1614 A.D., November 27, Sunday.

Records the construction of a platform (Vēdi) for the god Hanumanta of the village of Jeṭṭipālem by Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭlaṁgāru, son of Ayilambhaṭlu and grandson of Vaḍlamāni-Vīraṁbhaṭlaṁgāru for the merit of his parents. ⟨Page 29⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīrāmā

⟨2⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivā-

⟨3⟩ hana śakava¨rṣaṁbbulu 1537 ·agu-

⟨4⟩ nēṭi ·ānaṁda saṁvvatsara mā¨rggasira

⟨5⟩ śuddha 7 lu yajana yājana ·adhyena ·adhyā-

⟨6⟩ paka dānadānapratigrahaṣalku¨rnu nira-

⟨7⟩ tulaina vaḍḍamāni vīraṁbhaṭlaṁgāri pau-

⟨8⟩ tṛṁḍaina ·a·ilaṁbhaṭlaṁgāri putṛṁḍaina

⟨9⟩ veṁkaṭabhaṭlaṁgāru jeṭṭipālepu grāmā-

⟨10⟩ nana tama taṁḍri ·ayalaṁbhaṭlaṁgārikiṁ-

⟨11⟩ ni tama talli timmakaṁgārikiṁnni puṇyamu-

⟨12⟩ gānu hanumaṁtta nivēdiṁni veyiṁcci

⟨13⟩ ·ācaṁdrā¨rkkasthā·igānu pratiṣṭha śē-

⟨14⟩ yiṁccenū śrīśrī jēyunu

⟨SIIv40p0i0021⟩ No. 21. (A.R. No. B. 541 of 1929.) Jeṭṭipālem, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab built into the compound wall of Hanumān temple.

This is dated Śaka 1545, Rudhirōdgārin, Āshāḍha, śu. 11, corresponding to 1623 A.D., June 28, Saturday.

Damaged. Mentions probably a gift by in Veṅkaṭabhaṭlaṁgāru, son of Ayitambhaṭlu and grandson of Vaḍlamāni Vīraṁbhaṭlaṁgāru of Jeṭṭipālem for the merit of his parents, Ayilaṁbhaṭla and Tirumalamma (Timmakka of the above inscription).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīrāmā

⟨2⟩ śāli vāhana śakava¨rṣaṁbbulu 1545 ·a-

⟨3⟩ gunēṭi rudhurōdgāri saṁvvatsara ·ā-

⟨4⟩ ṣāḍha śuddha 11 lu yajana yājana

⟨5⟩ ·adhyayana ·adhyāpakadāna dānapra-

⟨6⟩ tigraha ṣaṭkarma niratulaina vaḍḍamā-

⟨7⟩ ni vīraṁbhaṭlaṁgāri pautṛlaina ·a·i-

⟨8⟩ taṁbhaṭlaṁgāri putṛlaina vēṁkkaṭa- ⟨Page 30⟩

⟨9⟩ bhaṭlaṁgāru jeṭṭipālepu grāmā-

⟨10⟩ nanu tama taṁḍri ·ayilaṁbhaṭlaṁgā-

⟨11⟩ rikinni tamatalli tirumalammaṁgārikinni

⟨12⟩ tama tōḍanibuṭṭina ·anna koṁḍku bhaṭlu

⟨13⟩ • • • • • • • • • • kini tama komāruḍu yaṟṟa

Damaged.

⟨SIIv40p0i0022⟩ No. 22. (A.R. No. B. 542 of 1929.) Yazali, Repalle Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab built into the ceiling of the Kāśi-Viśvēśvara temple.

This is dated Śaka 15 • ., Bahudhānya, Āshāḍha • .

Incomplete. Mentions the chief Veligoti Raya[panā]yaniṅgāru of Rēcherla-gōtra, and his secretary (Rāyasaṁ) [Pu]rushōttamayya who made some grant in the name of his master.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • bhyuda-

⟨2⟩ ya śālivāhana

⟨3⟩ [śa]kava¨rṣaṁbulu 15 •

⟨4⟩ • ·agunēṁṭi bahudhā • [nya]

⟨5⟩ • [saṁ]vatsara ·āṣāḍha •

⟨6⟩ • • madrēca¨rlla gōtrō • • • • •

⟨7⟩ na veligōṭi rāya • • • • •

⟨8⟩ yaniṁgāri rāyasa

⟨9⟩ [pu]ruṣōttamayyagāru

⟨10⟩ • • • yaniṁgāri peṭa pra-

⟨11⟩ • • • • • dnenimi dīpādaka

⟨12⟩ • • • lavārini yiccina

⟨13⟩ • • • dharma • • •

⟨SIIv40p0i0023⟩ No. 23. (A.R. No. B. 1 of 1930.) Peddapāḍu, Chicacole Taluk, Ganjam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab lying in front of the Karanam's house.

Gajapati: Bhānudēva, 14th year. ⟨Page 31⟩

This is dated Śaka 1287, Karkāṭaka, śu. 5. Friday.

Damaged. Seems to register the grant of land for providing food offerings to the god Sōmanātha by Nandanamahārāju. Mentions Mallinātha.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • 1287 gunēṁṭi śrīvīrārivīra śrībhā[nu]

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • pade • ya • • • • • śrāhika¨rkkaṭa śu 5 śu

⟨3⟩ • • • • • śrīmallinātha • • • • • ma • • • • • sudhānaṁdanamahe •

⟨4⟩ • • • • • lu • ma • puṣya kāmyā¨rtthaṁmugānu tāmalesa • • na śrīsōmanā-

⟨5⟩ dēvaraku peṭṭina dattamu ·ī mupadirāyani(ṭē)va • • • • • mu-

⟨6⟩ damu danaguṇamṛ tamaḍi pu • bhīmayabattuni pu • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • venaka saṭṭavunnemākariki • • • koni • • • • • maḷlu • ḍu •

⟨8⟩ • • • mēraku pōlamu pu 5 ga ·iru 7 nnu ·ācaṁdrā¨rkkamugā bhō-

⟨9⟩ garāgamusellaṁgaldu || ·iṁdulaku caṁdrāsū¨ryyalu sākṣulu

⟨10⟩ svadattaṁ paradattaṁvvāyōparedi vasuṁdharā | ṣaṣṭi

⟨11⟩ ¨rva¨rṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyatē krimi śrīśrī

⟨SIIv40p0i0024⟩ No. 24. (A.R. No. B. 2 of 1930.) Ippili, Chicacole Taluk, Ganjam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone lying in a garden near the Karanam's house.

Eastern Gaṅga: Chōḍagaṅgadēva, 63rd year.

This is dated Śaka 1059, Siṁha, ba. 14 Wednesday.

Records the gift of money for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Karaṁjīśvara at Ippili by a certain Rēvi-Nāyaka, son of Kommana-Nāyaka and Eṟakama-Nāyakuṟālu. The donor gets the titles of Śrīkaraṇa and • • • • • vidhyādhara.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī sakava¨rṣaṁbulu 10[59] • • • • • cōḍa-

⟨2⟩ gaṁggadēvara prava¨rddaṁmāna vijayarājya saṁvatsaraṁ-

⟨3⟩ bulu 63 gu śrāhi siṁha kriṣṇa 14 yu budhavāramu vyatipāta

⟨4⟩ • • • • • muna ·ippili karaṁjīśvara dēvaraku yiṁddula kōmmana

⟨5⟩ nāyakuni ·eṟakamanāyakuṟāli koḍuku śrīkaraṇa ma • • • • •

⟨6⟩ vidyadhara viśyamārayaṇṇaina sommula rēvināyaku peṭṭi-

⟨7⟩ na ·akhaṇḍava¨rtti dīpamu 1 ṇḍiki mā¨rḍa | ṇḍiki • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 32⟩

⟨SIIv40p0i0025⟩ No. 25. (A.R. No. B. 4 of 1930.) Urajam, Chicacole Taluk, Ganjam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone set up in front of the Dhavaḷēśvara temple.

Eastern Gaṅga: Anantavarmadēva.

This is dated Śaka 1056 • • • • .

Damaged. Mentions the name of the king and date.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ sakava¨rṣaṁbulu 105[6] yina

⟨2⟩ danaṁttava¨rmmadēvara prava-

⟨3⟩ ¨rddhamāna vijayarājya saṁvatsaraṁ

⟨4⟩ sāhivripa • vara • lo

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ta • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • sa • • • • • dri • • sa • • • • •

⟨SIIv40p0i0026⟩ No. 26. (A.R. No. B. 5 of 1930.) Juttāḍa, Viravalli Taluk, Vizagapatam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab built into the floor in front of the Veṅkatēśvara temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 123 • , Pushya ba. 8, Friday, Uttarāyaṇa-saṁkrānti.

Seems to register the grant of land for burning half a lamp to the temple of Janārdana.

Another fragment inscription in late characters appears to record the gift of money for erection of a pillar by an individual at the instance of dancer Gaṁggasāni.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śubha śakavaruṣaṁbulu 123 • gunē[ṇḍi] pusya(ṣya) bahuḷa 8 [śu]kravārana

⟨2⟩ na ·uttarāyaṇa paṁkrānti nimittamu śrījanā¨rddhana [dēvaraku] ·aradīpamura-

⟨3⟩ kāṁgaralapāṭi pola • • na [yi]ddu kammari[gu • vo] dakṣiṇamu paṭa • • •

⟨4⟩ kṣētramu konuṭa [·ane] • koṇisidi dasa • • • mu kālōstamu • • •

⟨5⟩ stāhigā vritripeṭṭenu ·idi śrī vaiṣṇavarakṣa śrīśrīśrī

Another slab in the same place.

⟨1⟩ naṭṭavu gaṁggasāni • ·ānati ta • ḍu • • • • • rāyaṁḍu ·elu-

⟨2⟩ dginavanaṁ veddi tiraganuka ·i kaṁbhamu • • • mā bhaṁḍārānaku vema-

⟨3⟩ ya sānasammataṁganu ·ācaṁdrā¨rkasthā·igānunistimi tallisipasāti • pūra ⟨Page 33⟩

⟨SIIv40p0i0027⟩ No. 27. (A.R. No. B. 6 of 1930.) Juttāḍa, Viravalli Taluk, Vizagapatam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone lying in front of the Veṅkatēśvara temple.

Matsya: Bhīmarāja's 3rd regnal year.

This is dated in King's 3rd regnal year, Uttarāyaṇa-Saṅkrānti, Thursday.

Records the grant of land by Bhīmi-seṭṭi, son of Prōli-seṭṭi of Sādāpuram for a burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of the goddess Vindhyavāsini of Duttāḍa for the merit of Mastya family. This inscription contains the praśasti of the Matsya family that contains reference to Kāsyapa gōtra, lord of Mūkundagiri, Mallapa-triṇētra, samasta-rājāśraya, satya-mārttaṇḍa etc.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti sa[ma]dhigata nimmala matsyakulatilaka mu-

⟨2⟩ kuṁdagirinātha kāśyapagōtranā[ṣa]ggamahati-

⟨3⟩ ṣānvaya timilapaḍapupaṇa mallapa triṇē-

⟨4⟩ tra śaraṇāgatavajrapaṁjara samasta rājāśraya

⟨5⟩ satyamā¨rttaṇḍa kalikāla dha¨rmmajaraṇa raṁggarā-

⟨6⟩ ghava śrīmanmahāmaṁḍalēśvara bhīmarājula pra-

⟨7⟩ va¨rddhamāna vijayarājya saṁvatsaraṁbulu 3-

⟨8⟩ ṇdagu śrāhinuttarāyana saṁkrāṁtiyu bṛhaspati-

⟨9⟩ vāramunāṇḍu sādāpuramuna prōliseṭṭi koḍu-

⟨10⟩ ku bhīmiseṭṭi ḍuttāḍaviṁdhyavāsiki juttāḍa polamu-

⟨11⟩ na proṁtasariyalōpalaṁ beddapuṭṭiyiriviḍinē-

⟨12⟩ larājulacēta vilcikoni yakhaṁḍadīpamuna-

⟨13⟩ ku nācaṁ¨rdrākkasthāyigā nicenidi matsyavaṁśamu-

⟨14⟩ na rājula dha¨rmmavu dīniki nēvvarēni vilōmamu sēya-

⟨15⟩ dalaṁccinavāru gaṁggakaṟavēyu(yi)kavulalanu vē-

⟨16⟩ vuru brahmaṇalanu vadhiyiṁcci tana peddakoḍu-

⟨17⟩ ku kapālamunaṁ guḍicina dōṣamunaṁ bōvaṁgga-

⟨18⟩ lavāṇḍutthammayākṛtaṁ dha¨rmmaṁ yōnyadhā

⟨19⟩ [ka]¨rttumudyatassabrahmahāsurāpaścagōṣnu-

⟨20⟩ ścaivakṛ taghnakaḥ

⟨SIIv40p0i0028⟩ No. 28. (A.R. No. B. 7 of 1930.) Juttāḍa, Viravalli Taluk, Vizagapatam District, Andhra Pradesh. ⟨Page 34⟩

On a broken pillar lying behind the Veṅkatēśvara temple.

Matsya: Vallabharāja.

This is dated Śaka 1385 (Śara-nāga-Viśva), Svabhānu, Jyēshṭha, Pūrṇimā, Thursday, corresponding to 1463 A.D., June 16.

Records the performance of an Agnishṭōma sacrifice, as per the injunctions of the Śāstras, by the king on the bank of the river Danta.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śākābde śaranāga

⟨2⟩ viśvagaṇitē va¨rṣē

⟨3⟩ svabhānvāha[yē]

⟨4⟩ jyēṣṭapūnnati-

⟨5⟩ ṇḍa divasvati gu-

⟨6⟩ rōvāsa • • vama-

⟨7⟩ tsyānvayaḥ | ·agni-

⟨8⟩ ṣṭōmamacikara

⟨9⟩ dvidhiyutaṁ dhū-

⟨10⟩ taughadaṁttāna-

⟨11⟩ dītīrē vallabharā-

⟨12⟩ ja[ku]rājabhō śrī-

⟨13⟩ vallabhassaṁtti • •

⟨SIIv40p0i0029⟩ No. 29. (A.R. No. B. 8 of 1930.) Balighaṭṭam, Srungavarapukota Taluk, Vizagapatam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar in the Brahmaliṅgēśvara temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1357, Rākshasa, Kārttīka, ba. 30, lunar eclipse, corresponding to 1435 A.D., November 20.

Fragmentary. Registers the some grant made by Gaṅgānēḍu for the merit of his parents, Annasāni and Eṟṟamanēḍu, on the occasion of lunar eclipse.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śakavaruṣaṁbulu

⟨2⟩ 1357 ·agu nēṁṭi rākṣasa

⟨3⟩ saṁvatsara kāttika ba 30 ⟨Page 35⟩

⟨4⟩ [sōma]grahaṇa puṇyakā-

⟨5⟩ lamaṁdu guṁḍe[ti] • gaṁga

⟨6⟩ nēḍu gāru tama talli

⟨7⟩ [taṁ] ḍṟlaina ·annasāniṁgā-

⟨8⟩ rikinni ·eṟṟamanēḍu-

⟨9⟩ kini • • • • • • • • • •

⟨SIIv40p0i0030⟩ No. 30. (A.R. No. B. 9 of 1930.) Balighaṭṭam, Srungavarapukota Taluk, Vizagapatam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar in the Brahmalingēśvara temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1357, Rākshasa, lunar eclipse.

Damaged. Records the construction of a Kalyāṇa-vēdi in the temple by Gaṅga Śauri, son of Guṇḍileṅka Eṟṟaya.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śākābde daśaboṇavāsā •

⟨2⟩ • ma • • • • • haretadabā-

⟨3⟩ su • • • • • rākṣasābda samahe

⟨4⟩ kāḷyaṇa vedeyaṁbā • ·āka-

⟨5⟩ guṁḍileṁka ·eṟṟaya gaṭṭi-

⟨6⟩ taḥ | śrīgaṁggaśauriyu

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • • legoṭṭa sōmanagra-

⟨8⟩ haṇakālāmaṁ[ddu] dāmmika • • •

⟨SIIv40p0i0031⟩ No. 31. (A.R. No. B. 10 of 1930.) Balighaṭṭam, Srungavarapukota Taluk, Vizagapatam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar in the Brahmalingēśvara temple in the village.

This is dated Ānanda, Phālguṇa śu. 11, Monday.

Records the gift of 10 puṭṭis of land to the Chennēśvara temple, the cultivation of which seems to have been entrusted to the stone-masons of Koṇḍapura by Saraya-mahāpātra. In characters of the 15th century A.D. ⟨Page 36⟩

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ ·ānaṁda saṁvatsara phālguna

⟨2⟩ śu 11 sō | saraya •

⟨3⟩ • mahāpātṛ luṁgāru

⟨4⟩ koṁḍapurapuyaṟa

⟨5⟩ • battuḍuku modalaina

⟨6⟩ kāśevāriki ·iccina

⟨7⟩ śāsana vrittiga • • • • •

⟨8⟩ palli cennēśvaruḍiki na-

Second Face.

⟨9⟩ gara[stu]meṁṭapēranu

⟨10⟩ yiccinaṁ kha 10 padi puṭlu

⟨11⟩ cēsuvāru yīvūrikini

⟨12⟩ ·evvaru tappiri ceṁnnēśvaru-

⟨13⟩ ni [tama] tamaḍilōnu vi-

⟨14⟩ ṣamu veṭṭina • • • • • • • • • •

⟨15-16⟩ lines are damaged

⟨SIIv40p0i0032⟩ No. 32. (A.R. No. B. 11 of 1930.) Raghudēvapuram, Rajahmundry Taluk, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone set up in front of the old fort in the bazaar of the village.

Damaged and fragmentary. Seems to refer to remission of the marriage tax (Peṇḍi-suṁkaṁ). In characters of the 16th century A.D.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • nava • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • ru koṁḍḍa • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • nānā • • • gotra

⟨4⟩ • • • • • navaccu śāsa • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • peṁḍli suṁkha • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • napaṭa • • • • • vila • peṁ-

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 37⟩

⟨8⟩ gonnavāṁḍḍu ·idu dappi-

⟨9⟩ nāru ·iṁdu peṁḍli su • •

Second Face.

⟨10⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨11⟩ • • • • • mi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨12⟩ • • • • • • • • • • mu • • • • •

⟨13⟩ • • • • • rā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨14⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vitaṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨15⟩ • • • • • ṇarāvu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨16⟩ • • • jagapati • • • • • • • • • •

⟨17⟩ • • • • • rāyani • • • • • • • • • •

⟨18⟩ • • • • • • • • • • puṇya • • • • • • • • • •

⟨19⟩ • • • • • ṁgānu peṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨SIIv40p0i0033⟩ No. 33. (A.R. No. B. 12 of 1930.) Bikkavōlu, Ramachandrapuram Taluk, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.

On one side of the doorway leading to the central shrine of the Gōliṅgēśvara temple.

Eastern Chāḷukya: Sarvalōkāśraya Vishṇuvardhana.

This is dated 25th year, Vishuva saṅkrānti.

Damaged. Records the grant of land to the temple of Bejayīśvara-Mahādēva. Mentions Padmaśiva, who received (the land) as bhikshāvṛitti. In characters of 8th-9th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī sa¨rvvalō-

⟨2⟩ kāśraya śrīvi-

⟨3⟩ ṣṇuva¨rddhanamahā-

⟨4⟩ rājula savaṁ-

⟨5⟩ ccaraṁbulu mi-

⟨6⟩ ruvadēnavu-

⟨7⟩ ne viṣuva

⟨8⟩ saṁkrāntināṇḍu

⟨9⟩ bejayisara

⟨10⟩ mahādēvara

⟨11⟩ [padma]sivulu ⟨Page 38⟩

⟨12⟩ [bhikṣā]vitti

⟨13⟩ baḍasi sṛka-

⟨14⟩ tticātinaha-

⟨15⟩ • naḷagolla

⟨16⟩ ro[śi]gonisa

⟨17⟩ • • • • • mahādē-

⟨18⟩ vā • • vatti go-

⟨19⟩ • • • viṇago-

⟨20⟩ • • vimaha • • •

⟨21⟩ me • ·āditya

⟨22⟩ vagalamanta • •

⟨23⟩ gālamubōyaṁ

⟨24⟩ dadidīni[dā]

⟨25⟩ napatirakṣiṁpa-

⟨26⟩ galavara ra-

⟨27⟩ kṣiṁcinavāriki

⟨28⟩ • • ṇāsinana

⟨29⟩ • • • • • ·ādrākka

⟨30⟩ • • • • • rakṣiṁpa

⟨31⟩ galaru gaṁgaka-

⟨32⟩ ṟuta[vēyi] ga-

⟨33⟩ vilala caṁpina

⟨34⟩ • • • • • jēsina

⟨SIIv40p0i0034⟩ No. 34. (A.R. No. B. 13 of 1930.) Bikkavōlu, Ramachandrapuram Taluk, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.

On two stones built into the floor of the mosque in the village.

Eastern Chāḷukya: Sarvalōkāśraya Vishṇuvardhana.

Records the gift of 4 sheep for burning a perpetual lamp; the gift was entrusted to Chellaṇḍu Peddibōya. Mentions Sakaṭamantani-nāḍu. In characters of 8th-9th century A.D.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti sa¨rvvalōkāśraya śrīviṣṇuvaddana • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 39⟩

⟨2⟩ māna vijayarājya saṁvatsaraṁbulvadi • • • • •

⟨3⟩ māsamuna sakaṭamantani nāṭi vikrama

Second Face.

⟨4⟩ • • ya kha paḍiviḍicina ·inpa·eḍlu 4

⟨5⟩ • • cellaṇḍa peddibōyaṇḍu vini santānakrama

⟨6⟩ • • • • • ti paṁbhaḍi ·eḍlasāniyamā • • • • •

⟨SIIv40p0i0035⟩ No. 35. (A.R. No. B. 14 of 1930.) Duvva, Tanuku Taluk, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar in the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine of the Vēṇugōpalasvāmi temple in the village.

States that 6 puṭṭi of land was the īnāmu given to the Vaikhānasa Uddaṇḍarāyani Rāmānujasvāmi for conducting the daily worship of the gods Gōpālasvāmi, Kēśavarāya, Pallakēśava and Hanumān at Duvva. Further it mentions that the expenses for other services are being met by the villagers and by the local officials.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīgōpālasvāmulakuṁnnukēśavarāyani-

⟨2⟩ kiṁnni pallakēśavulakuṁnnu hanumānulaku-

⟨3⟩ nnu duvvalōnu nityapūjā namaskārālu

⟨4⟩ naḍipiṁci ·aṁduku vaighānusulugā-

⟨5⟩ tama gōtrikulu vudaṁḍayarāni rāmā-

⟨6⟩ nujulu svāmulaku yīnāmu palle ·ā-

⟨7⟩ ru puṭla varivittula bhūmi vunnaviyivi gā-

⟨8⟩ ka nityapallekeśāvalakuṁnnu paṁca parvāla-

⟨9⟩ kuṁnnu nityadīpārādhanakuṁnnu nūne ne-

⟨10⟩ laku śe 60 ·aruvai śelu 6 telukulavāru pō-

⟨11⟩ sevāru kaḍama bāmulavāru vidā-

⟨12⟩ ṇaṁ vāru kāṁpulu karaṇāluṁnnu sakalavidha kā-

⟨13⟩ yiṁkaryāluṁnnu naḍupuduru ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0036⟩ No. 36. (A.R. No. B. 14 of 1930.) Duvva, Tanuku Taluk, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar in the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine of the Vēṇugōpalasvāmi temple in the village. ⟨Page 40⟩

This is dated Śaka 1570, Sarvadhāri, Phālguṇa, śu. 10, Monday, corresponding to 1649 A.D., February 12.

Records the consceration of an image of Gōpālarāya, construction of Garbhagṛiha, bhōgamaṇḍapa and a new pinnacle and celebration of the festivals of the god for five days in month of Phālguṇa by Mallinēḍu, Garagana and Veṅkaṭādri, sons of Vipparti Timmana.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ śrī gōpālā śālivāhana śakhava¨rṣaṁbulu 1570

⟨2⟩ sarvadhāri saṁvvatsara phālguṇa śu 10 sō | śrī

⟨3⟩ gōpālarāyaniki vippa¨rti tiṁmmana ko-

⟨4⟩ māḷlu malineṁḍu garagana veṁkkaṭādrigā-

⟨5⟩ ru pratiṣṭa cēyiṁci ga¨rbhagṛha ·aṁtrā-

⟨6⟩ likālu bhōgamaṁṭṭapaṁ rāti kalapa de-

⟨7⟩ ppiṁci mustidugā kaṭṭiṁci śikharaprati-

⟨8⟩ ṣṭa ceśināru phālguṇa śu 11 nāṁḍu yi-

⟨9⟩ svāmulaku tirunāḷa mahōtsamu

⟨10⟩ sāgiṁcināru sakala saṁbhramāla tō[ṭa]-

⟨11⟩ ni ·ayidu dinālu tī¨rthaṁ sāgedi || śrī

Second Face.

⟨12⟩ sudārasaṁ

⟨13⟩ yarrāba-

⟨14⟩ tuḍu

⟨15⟩ yī ma-

⟨16⟩ ṁḍḍapaṁ

⟨17⟩ [gu]ḍi ra • •

⟨18⟩ yī go • •

⟨19⟩ pālu • •

⟨20⟩ ḍa • yī •

⟨21⟩ ḍu • • lopra •

⟨22⟩ tamala • •

⟨23⟩ nu cēsenu

⟨24⟩ yī • • tā •

⟨25⟩ [ḍi]yarrā-

⟨26⟩ batu ⟨Page 41⟩

⟨27⟩ ḍu

⟨SIIv40p0i0037⟩ No. 37. (A.R. No. B. 16 of 1930.) Duvva, Tanuku Taluk, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar in the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine of the Vēṇugōpālasvāmi temple.

This is dated Śaka 1189 (Nidhi-bha-kshiti-śaśi), Mēsha saṅkrānti.

Highly damaged. Seems to record the grant of 3 twilight lamps by certain mantri.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīśākābdē nidhi bhakṣiti śaśi gaṇi-

⟨2⟩ tē mēṣasaṁkrāṁti kālē saṁdhyādīpa trayā-

⟨3⟩ ¨rtvaṁ vasamukhala sanmaṁtrina • • ṁdi • | ti-

⟨4-10⟩ lines are damaged

⟨SIIv40p0i0038⟩ No. 38. (A.R. No. B. 17 of 1930.) Munugūḍu, Sattenapalle Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up in a street of the village.

Records the construction of a Jaina temple at Munugōḍu, during the time of Muni Suvrata-Tīrtha. Further it records that some repairs are carried out by Bōya-Gaṭṭa, a servant of the king Goṅka in the same temple. In characters of 12th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī nita jinē-

⟨2⟩ śvarālayamu[nu]-

⟨3⟩ gḍromuni suvratu

⟨4⟩ tīrthakālamaggōti

⟨5⟩ pratiṣṭhasēsēmunu

⟨6⟩ goṭṭaṁḍi diya jina

⟨7⟩ pratiṣṭha vikhyāta-

⟨8⟩ ganitrosi kanupu

⟨9⟩ kaṭṭanu gobhasabo-

⟨10⟩ yagaṭṭaṇḍa[cā]taharā-

⟨11⟩ ṇahasahima candra sa- ⟨Page 42⟩

⟨12⟩ mānayaśotirāpi

⟨13⟩ yē ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0039⟩ No. 39. (A.R. No. B. 18 of 1930.) Munugōḍu, Sattenapalle Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On another slab set up in a street of the village.

Eastern Chāḷukya: Sarvalōkāśraya Vishṇuvardhana, 37th year.

Records the gift of lands to the Śānta-Jinēśvarālaya at Munugōḍu by Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Goṁkaya. In characters of the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti sa¨rvvalōkāśra-

⟨2⟩ ya śrīviṣṇuvaddana-

⟨3⟩ mahārājula prava-

⟨4⟩ ddamāna vijayarā-

⟨5⟩ jya saṁvatsaraṁbu

⟨6⟩ 37 gu śrāhi śrīma-

⟨7⟩ nmahāmaṇḍalēśva-

⟨8⟩ ra goṁkayamunu gō-

⟨9⟩ ḍi śāṁta jinēśvarāla-

⟨10⟩ layaṁbbunaku nicci

⟨11⟩ nagaḍugamaḍipa-

⟨12⟩ ḍi mavu[pona]ku

Second Face.

⟨13⟩ [mu]dala vala •

⟨14⟩ • • kāluvayuka-

⟨15⟩ • du polamē-

⟨16⟩ rayu ·ogoṟu

⟨17⟩ makuḍina vro-

⟨18⟩ [jā]gatuga ma-

⟨19⟩ ḍiku ·uttara-

⟨20⟩ mu va[ra]nakasu-

⟨21⟩ • • ḷala polamēra ⟨Page 43⟩

⟨22⟩ yagaru su[da]-

⟨23⟩ kṣmanamu velana 2

⟨24⟩ goṟagarusu

Third Face.

⟨25⟩ ·imasadi [pē]ru priti-

⟨26⟩ ri tilakamu ·ānuku-

⟨27⟩ rajavitti saṁttōsa-

⟨28⟩ banu[va]siḍi • • •

⟨29⟩ • vvaṇṇanokaṁ • [·i]da-

⟨30⟩ ṁmu mavigunamu

⟨31⟩ sēsi ronipaṁca-

⟨32⟩ mahāpatakamu sē-

⟨33⟩ sinavāru vānarāsi

⟨34⟩ ccinavāru gaṁgaka-

⟨35⟩ ṟata[vo]minanu[ṟṟu]

⟨36⟩ kavilala boḍici-

⟨37⟩ navāru |

⟨SIIv40p0i0040⟩ No. 40. (A.R. No. B. 19 of 1930.) Munugōḍu, Sattenapalle Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up in a street of the village.

Fragmentary. States that a gift of land was made to the Vasadi called Pṛithvītilaka. Mentions a certain Billama-Nāyaka. In characters of the 9th-10th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

⟨2⟩ vi[ttu]la gaṭṭaya-

⟨3⟩ bilamanāyaka

⟨4⟩ • • • • • [ḍu]ku koḍu-

⟨5⟩ • • • • • boyini •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • mmuma

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • • pvī

⟨8⟩ [dhvīku]la tilaka

⟨9⟩ • • [visa]ti yata ⟨Page 44⟩

⟨10⟩ • • gaṭṭaya ma[ko]-

⟨11⟩ kaulu[va] •

⟨SIIv40p0i0041⟩ No. 41. (A.R. No. B. 20 of 1930.) Cherlaguḍipāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up in a field about three miles to the south-east of the village.

This is dated Śaka 1477, Ānanda, Āshāḍha śu. 11.

Records the gift of land in the village Medegala to a Brāhmaṇa of Āpastaṁba-sūtra and Yajus-śākhā named Mārambhaṭṭa by a certain Mallānāyani, son of a person (name lost) and grandson of Kurumaddi Mallarāyanigāru of Vipparla-gōtra.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyudayulu śāli-

⟨2⟩ vāhana śakavaruṣaṁbulu 1477 ·agunē-

⟨3⟩ ṭi ·ānaṁdanāma saṁvatsara [·ā]ṣāḍa su-

⟨4⟩ dda 11 kādaśilu vippa¨rllagōtrōbha(dbha)vulai-

⟨5⟩ na garapāṭi bhairava gaṁḍabhēraṁḍa paliya

⟨6⟩ • • • • • gaṁḍabhēruṁḍa birudāṁkitulaina kurumaddima-

⟨7⟩ lārāyani [komā]laina sapāvainaḍu nija putṛlaina

⟨8⟩ mallānāyanivāru ·āpastaṁbasūtra yajuśśākhādhya-

⟨9⟩ yulaina māraṁbhaṭla [dē]śa pautṛlunu

⟨10⟩ • • • • • gāri putrulaina māraṁbhaṭlaku yiccina bhū-

⟨11⟩ dāna dharmaśāsanakramameṭlannanu medegala grāmāna tū-

⟨12⟩ ¨rpūna • pūrvana bōyavirāredibarudāninavuḍu ·ēgu-

⟨13⟩ ddi • • • • • yatadhātidi ·ēkādaśi

⟨14⟩ puṇyakālamaṁddu gaṁgaga¨rbhamapanaharaṇa darada-

⟨15⟩ rāvākapuragānekeḍu • • kṣētra dharvāśeya sivāru

⟨16⟩ sakhyā gaṁya | kṣētrahāra ·araśrīyamunu vilōmadikema-

⟨17⟩ • • • ye cāya • • cenudunuvu ·arānaku mali[ku]ḍi ·ā-

⟨18⟩ ya vari[ce]nu yena tū¨rpu matu • • • vu daṁḍu re[ku]-

⟨19⟩ ṭluseru kraṇaru bāha • • • • • yarabhaṭla

⟨20⟩ ce • • • yavakragānu dāravōsi yistimi

⟨21⟩ • • • mī putrapautrapāraparyatamugā ⟨Page 45⟩

⟨22⟩ ·anubhaviṁca • • • • •

⟨SIIv40p0i0042⟩ No. 42. (A.R. No. B. 21 of 1930.) Paluvāyi, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up near the Śiva temple in the village.

Kākatīya: Gaṇapatidēva.

This is dated Śaka 1177, Rākshasa, Kārttīka, śu. 15, Thursday, corresponding to 1255 A.D., October 17. However the week day was Sunday.

Records the construction of the Kāḷēśvara temple and renovation of the pinnacle at Pālavāya by Ullēpalli Bāchi-Reḍḍi, while Gaṁḍa-peṁḍāru Gaṅgayya-Sāhiṇi, a subordinate of the king was ruling the earth. Further it records that Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Padumbāyi-Amma made a gift of lands to the temple for conducting aṅga-raṅga-bhōga in the temple, for the merit of her father Ammadēva and her husband Lakshmidēva.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śakavaruṣaṁbulu

⟨2⟩ 1177 ·agunēṁṭi rākṣasa

⟨3⟩ saṁvatsara kā¨rtti[ka] suddha 15

⟨4⟩ guruvāramunāṁḍu

⟨5⟩ śrīmatu gaṇapatidēva

⟨6⟩ mahārājunaku

⟨7⟩ paramabhaktuṁḍaina śrīma-

⟨8⟩ tu braṁmarākṣasagaṁ-

⟨9⟩ ḍapeṁḍāru gaṁgayya sā-

⟨10⟩ hiṇi dakṣaṇa sādaku-

⟨11⟩ ṁḍai prithivirājyamu sē-

⟨12⟩ yaṁgānu pālavāya

⟨13⟩ ·anā[ṭi] saṁsiddhamaina kā-

⟨14⟩ lēśvaradēvara guḍi ·ullēpalli

⟨15⟩ bācireḍḍi kaḷāśani¨rvvāhamu-

⟨16⟩ gānu kaṭṭiṁpagānu śrīmanu

⟨17⟩ mahāmaṁḍalēsvara paduṁ-

⟨18⟩ bāyi ·aṁmmagāru sūci saṁ-

⟨19⟩ tōṣa paḍe kālēśvaradēvara ·aṁga- ⟨Page 46⟩

⟨20⟩ raṁgabhōgānaku tamataṁḍri

⟨21⟩ ·aṁmadēvanikini tanu magaṁḍu

⟨22⟩ lakṣmīdēvanikini puṇyamugānu ·ū-

⟨23⟩ ri ·uttarapu rēgaḍi peṭṭina datti

⟨24⟩ kha 1 na 10 ·ā dēvara guḍi muṁ-

⟨25⟩ daṭa nīru nēla maṟuturu 1

⟨SIIv40p0i0043⟩ No. 43. (A.R. No. B. 22 of 1930.) Pulipāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone set up in front of the Āñjaneya temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 142[7], Raktākshi, Māgha śu. 11, Thursday, corresponding to 1505 A.D., January 16.

Records the consecreation of an image of Hanuman and a grant of land for providing food offerings to the deity by Chidurele-Ayyaṅgāru, for the merit of his parents Allāḍayya and Anantamma.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīmatu śubhaśakava¨rṣaṁbbulu

⟨2⟩ 142[7] ·agunēṁṭi raktākṣi saṁvva-

⟨3⟩ tsara māgha śu 11 gu | nāṁḍu ci-

⟨4⟩ durele ·ayaṁgāru tama taṁ-

⟨5⟩ ḍri ·allāḍayyaṁgārikinnita-

⟨6⟩ ma talli ·ānaṁtammakunu pu-

⟨7⟩ ṇyaṁgānu nilipi pratiṣṭha ceśi-

⟨8⟩ na hanumaṁttuṁḍu || śrī-

⟨9⟩ hanumaṁttayyaku

⟨10⟩ ·amutupaḷaku vū-

⟨11⟩ ri dakṣaṇapū dikku daṁḍamu-

⟨12⟩ ni cēnu || śrī

⟨SIIv40p0i0044⟩ No. 44. (A.R. No. B. 23 of 1930.) Pulipāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone set up in front of the Āñjanēya temple. ⟨Page 47⟩

This is dated Prabhava, Āśvija ba. 6, Tuesday.

Records the grant of land for conducting services and providing food offerings in the temple of Hanumān at Pulipāḍu by Siṅga-Paṇḍita, agent of Malika Gajasiṁvarāvu Tippanāyanigāru for the merit of his master Veligōṭi Rāyapanēniṅgāru, who was governing the sīma.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ prabhava saṁvvatsara ·āsvija ba 6 ma-

⟨2⟩ śrī malikagaja siṁvvarāvu jā-

⟨3⟩ svivula tippanāyaniṁgāri kārya-

⟨4⟩ ka¨rttalaina siṁggāpaṁḍḍitulu pulipā-

⟨5⟩ ṭi ·ānumaṁttuni sāṣṭāṁgga daṁ-

⟨6⟩ ṇaṁveṭi yiccina dha¨rmmaśā-

⟨7⟩ sanaṁ ssamiki ·amṛtapaḷla-

⟨8⟩ ku yiccina kṣētraṁ grāmāna-

⟨9⟩ ku tū¨rpū rēgaḍi gaḍaṁnāgi cēnista-

⟨10⟩ laṁ kuccalaku na 2 sīmayeli ve-

⟨11⟩ ligōṭi rāyapaneniṁgārki pu-

⟨12⟩ ṇyamuṁgānuṁnnu tiṁppanāya-

⟨13⟩ nigāri puṇyamugānuṁnnu sa-

⟨14⟩ ma¨rppistimi yiṁdku tappi-

⟨15⟩ navāru gā[¨r]ddabhamuku puṭina-

⟨16⟩ vāṁḍu

⟨SIIv40p0i0045⟩ No. 45. (A.R. No. B. 24 of 1930.) Pulipāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar set up in front of the Vēṇugōpalasvāmi temple in the village.

Kākatīya: Pratāparudradēva.

This is dated Śaka 1218, Durmukhi, Kārttīka ba. 15, Sunday, Solar eclipse, corresponding to 1296 A.D., October 28.

Records the gift of an oil-mill for the lamps in the temple of Chenna-Gōpīnātha at Pulipāḍu by Buruvumaḍla Malnāyaniṅgāru, for the merit of Guṇḍaya-Nāyaka and Māraya-Sāhiṇi, the favorite servants of the king, on the occasion of solar eclipse. ⟨Page 48⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svastiśrī śakavaruṣa-

⟨2⟩ ṁbulu 1218 ·agunēṭi

⟨3⟩ du¨rmmukhi saṁvatsara

⟨4⟩ kā¨rttika ba 15 ·ānā-

⟨5⟩ ṁṭi sū¨ryyagraha-

⟨6⟩ ṇa kālamuna[pu]-

⟨7⟩ ḍu svasti śrī manmahā-

⟨8⟩ maṁḍalēśvara kākatiyya pra-

⟨9⟩ tāparudradeva mahārājulaku

⟨10⟩ niṣṭabhrityulaina guṁḍayanāya-

⟨11⟩ ṁkulakūnu mārayasāhi-

⟨12⟩ ṇiṁgārikini dha¨rmmā¨rtthamu-

⟨13⟩ gānu būruvu maḍe malnā-

⟨14⟩ yuniṁgāru pulipāṭi[ce]-

⟨15⟩ ṁnnagōpīnāthani tiruvaḷikala dī-

⟨16⟩ pānaku gānugu ·ācaṁdra-

⟨17⟩ kkamugānicciri || ravaru[ta]-

⟨18⟩ ṁpinisininavāri • • • • • • • • • •

⟨19⟩ laṁharibiyame || *

⟨SIIv40p0i0045A⟩ No. 45A. (A.R. No. B. 24 of 1930.) Pulipāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar set up in front of the Vēṇugōpalasvāmi temple in the village.

This is dated Plava, Kārttīka, śu. 15.

Two inscriptions engraved on a pillar, the first one mentions the services to the god Gōpalasvāmi by Śrī Giri, son of Sōmarāju Tiṁmarāju; the second inscription mentions some services to the god Gōpalasvāmi of Guḍipāṭi by Narasiṁha, son of Rāmanna on the given date. ⟨Page 49⟩

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ śrī gōpālasvāmi

⟨2⟩ ki sōmarāju

⟨3⟩ tiṁmarāju

⟨4⟩ komāruṁḍu

⟨5⟩ śrīgiri nityaṁ ppu-

⟨6⟩ śevā 11

Second Face.

⟨1⟩ plava saṁvvatsara

⟨2⟩ kā¨rttika śu 15 lu

⟨3⟩ ce¨rlō guḍipāṭi

⟨4⟩ śrī gōpāla rā-

⟨5⟩ yanirājaśēkha-

⟨6⟩ runiki tārāma-

⟨7⟩ nnako¨rmāruḍu

⟨8⟩ narasiṁnaja[nana]

⟨9⟩ mārabhyaya • • •

⟨SIIv40p0i0046⟩ No. 46. (A.R. No. B. 25 of 1930.) Pulipāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone set up near the Vēṇugōpālasvāmi temple.

This is dated Paridhāvi, Pushya śu. 5, Saturday.

States that the maṇḍapa of the temple of Śri-Gōpayya was repaired by Eṟapōtinēniṅgāru, for the merit of his parents, Maddenēni and Ellasāni. In characters of the 15th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ paridhāvvi saṁvvaccāra puṣya su-

⟨2⟩ dda 5 sannivārāna maddenēnikinni

⟨3⟩ ·ellasānikinni puṇyaṁgānu

⟨4⟩ śrīmatu ·eṟapōtinēniṁgāru

⟨5⟩ śrī gōpayya nagari maṁḍapaṁ vu-

⟨6⟩ ttarapu mūlaṁ vīṟagitēnu ·ācaṁdrā-

⟨7⟩ ¨rkamugānu ·ettiṁcēnu maṁgaḷama- ⟨Page 50⟩

⟨8⟩ ti mahā mahā śrīśrīśrī

⟨SIIv40p0i0047⟩ No. 47. (A.R. No. B. 26 of 1930.) Pulipāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar set up in front of the Vēṇugōpalasvami temple.

Kākatīya: Rudradēva.

This is dated Śaka 1209, Sarvajit, Phālguṇa śu. 8, Thursday, corresponding to 1288 A.D., February 11. However the weekday was Wednesday.

Records the construction of the prākara, maṇḍapa, gōpura, the compound wall (Kōṭa) and instalation of Garuḍagaṁbha in the temple of Gōpinātha by Nalla-Gōpāladāsa, who calls himself a dependent of Śri-Modaliṅgāru of the family of Vira-Nārāyaṇadāsa, for the merit of the king. Further it records the gift of land, tolls and oil-mill by Dāḍi Rudradēva, the son of the king for burning perpetual lamps in the temple.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ jayaṁtti jayada jñānatamathaska-

⟨2⟩ ra bhāskara śrīrāmānupadāṁbbē(bbhō)-

⟨3⟩ jēbhūṣaṇaḥ puruṣōttamaḥ

⟨4⟩ svasti sakala lōkapāla cakra cū-

⟨5⟩ ḍāmaṇi | mayūkhaśē[kha]rita ca-

⟨6⟩ raṇāraviṁda | makaraṁda dhārā-

⟨7⟩ yamāṇa | maṁdākini purapū-

⟨8⟩ ta bhuvana bhavana | mūlastaṁbbā-

⟨9⟩ yuta | catu¨rbhbhuja madhya siddhāṁtta-

⟨10⟩ varuddha | lakṣmī vilāsa maṇi yadu-

⟨11⟩ nakaṁstubhastabhakitabhasti vistāra

⟨12⟩ vihita bālātapa prasaraṇa bisa-

⟨13⟩ rasiruhaga¨rbhbhavāsaga¨rbhbhēśvara hi-

⟨14⟩ raṇyaga¨rbhbhagēyyamāna dānada ca-

⟨15⟩ krava¨rtti madhukaiṭabhakaṁ sārihi-

⟨16⟩ ṁsāpadāna māniyyaśoṁ¨rgaśaṁkha ca-

⟨17⟩ kra śātapa citritakarakamala kamanīya

⟨18⟩ divyamū¨rtti yavanita bhaktajana lā-

⟨19⟩ ṁcita kalpatarūrānaṁda mūlaka- ⟨Page 51⟩

⟨20⟩ damaraviṁdadaḷayitalōcanuṁḍai-

⟨21⟩ na | pulipāṭi śrī ceṁnagōpinadhaniki

⟨22⟩ svasti śrī śakavaruṣaṁbulu 1209

⟨23⟩ ·agunēṁṭi sa¨rvvajittu saṁvatsara phālgu-

⟨24⟩ ṇa śu 8 guruvāramunāṁḍu pu-

⟨25⟩ lipāṭi kōṟabōladēviraḍḍi ma-

⟨26⟩ numaṁḍḍu nallamāṟeḍi koḍuku

⟨27⟩ svasti śrī cakrakolavijaya cūḍāma-

⟨28⟩ ṇi vēdamā¨rga pratiṣṭhācā¨ryya

⟨29⟩ śrīmahādēvi ce¨rla ceṁnakēśavape-

⟨30⟩ rumāṁḍla divya śrīpādapadmārādhaka

⟨31⟩ ·ājñasiṁhāsana niratulaina

⟨32⟩ śrīvīranārāyaṇa dāsula va-

⟨33⟩ ṁśoddakulaina śrīmōdaliṁgāri śrīpā-

⟨34⟩ dā śrītulaina gōpāḷadāsulu

⟨35⟩ svasti śrīmanmahāmaṁḍalēśvara kākati-

⟨36⟩ yya rudradēva mahārājulaku dha-

⟨37⟩ ¨rmmātamugā jēsina śrīkā¨ryyamu-

⟨38⟩ śrī gōpināthani tirumuṭṭamunu

⟨39⟩ tirumaṁḍḍapamu gopuramunu kōṭanu ga-

⟨40⟩ ruḍa gaṁbhamū saitamugānu ·ācaṁdrā-

⟨41⟩ ¨rkamugāṁ jēsenu svasti śrī manmahāmaṁḍa-

⟨42⟩ lēśvara kākatiyya rudradēva mahārājula

⟨43⟩ koḍuku dāḍirudradēvuḍu śrī gōpināthani

⟨44⟩ ·amudupaḍi svagrāmāna kha 4 na 10 telu-

⟨45⟩ kuṭlu na 10 daiyedana 5 gōraguridālana 10

⟨46⟩ ·āṁdanīru nēla || drappi ce¨rla nīru nela ||

⟨47⟩ ce¨rllōni guḍipāṭanu na 5 ·atukūra

⟨48⟩ na 5 svagrāmāna dīpālaku buṟa suṁka-

⟨49⟩ munu māḍavīsālu viḍenakugānuvu ·ā-

⟨50⟩ caṁdrā¨rkamugā dīpālaku yicitimi nālugu

⟨51⟩ puṭlunu ⟨Page 52⟩

⟨SIIv40p0i0048⟩ No. 48. (A.R. No. B. 27 of 1930.) Pedda Gārlapāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone set up in front of the Sītārāmasvāmi temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1766, Krōdhi, Vaiśākha, śu. 15.

States that the temple of Sītārāmasvāmi at Peda-Gārlapāḍu, which had been constructed by Gārlapāṭi Sēshāchalam of Takkeḷḷapāḍu had fallen into disuse on account of the famine in the year Nandana and that his sons Lakshmīnārāyaṇa and Subbayya reconstructed the temple and procured the old images, consecrated them and obtained some lands as inam in the villages of Būdavāḍa, Gōgulapāḍu and Peda-Gārlapāḍu in the Palnad taluk, for conducting daily worship.

TEXT.

⟨0⟩ śrī sītārāmasvāmī

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivāhana śakava¨rṣaṁbu-

⟨2⟩ lu 1766 ·agunēṭi krōdhi nāma saṁvatsara vaiśāgha(kha)

⟨3⟩ śu 15 lu śrīmadakhilāṁḍakōṭi brahmāṁḍanāyakulai-

⟨4⟩ na peddagārlapāṭilō vijayaṁ cēsi vuṁḍē śrī sītārāma-

⟨5⟩ svāmivārini pūrvaṁ takkeḷlapāṭilō gārlapāṭi śēṣāca-

⟨6⟩ laṁgāri valla pratiṣṭaṁpaṁbaḍi naivēdya dīpārādhanalu vutsavā-

⟨7⟩ dulu jarigiṁcucuṁḍagā naṁdana saṁvatsara kṣāmamuku ni-

⟨8⟩ tyatadiyārādhanalu jaragaka ·aṁtarvu paḍinaṁduna ti-

⟨9⟩ rgi śuklayajuśyākhādhyayana niratulunnu kāśyapasa gōtrō-

⟨10⟩ dbhavulunnu neccaṁ rājugāri pautṛlunnu paina vaccina śēṣā-

⟨11⟩ calaṁgāri putrulunnu ·ayina gārlapāṭi lakṣmīnārā-

⟨12⟩ yaṇa subbayyagārivallapedagārlapāṭilō puna-

⟨13⟩ rdevālayaṁ kaṭṭiṁci pūrvagrāma vigrahamulu te-

⟨14⟩ cci saṁprōkṣaṇa cēyiṁci naivēdya dīpārādhanalu

⟨15⟩ vutsavādulu modalayinavi jaragagalaṁdulakugā-

⟨16⟩ nu palnāḍu tālukāyilākā būdavāda gōgu

⟨17⟩ lapāḍu pedagārlapāṭilō ṣumāruku 2 ḷla yi-

⟨18⟩ nāṁ bhūmi saṁpādiṁci samarpiṁcitimi ganuka yī-

⟨19⟩ dharmaṁ ·ācaṁdrārkasthāyigānava dhariṁci daya-

⟨20⟩ cāyavalenu | ślō lu | svadattā dviguṇaṁ pu-

⟨21⟩ ṇyaṁ | paradattānupālanaṁ | paradattāpahārē-

⟨22⟩ ṇa | svadattā niṣphalaṁ bhavēttulu | śrī śrī śrī ⟨Page 53⟩

⟨23⟩ lakṣmīnārāyaṇa kumāruḍu rāmacaṁdru-

⟨24⟩ ḍu subbayya kumāruḍu veṁkaṭa cannayya

⟨25⟩ mīrunnumī putra pautra pāraṁparyaṁ ta-

⟨26⟩ raṁ yī dharmaṁ naḍipiṁcavalayunu

⟨27⟩ śrīrāṁdāsu perayācāri komāruḍu

⟨28⟩ yallamaṁdācāri vrālu = śrī śrī śrī

⟨SIIv40p0i0049⟩ No. 49. (A.R. No. B. 28 of 1930.) Pedda Gārlapāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up in front of the Vēṇugōpalasvāmi temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1695, Nandana, Māgha śu. 15, corresponding to 1773 A.D., February 7, Sunday.

Records the reconstruction of the shrine of Vēṇugōpālasvāmi at Pedagārlapāḍu by Kavalavāya Rāmachandra, who also made provision for conducting worship and providing offerings to the deity, after obtaining a grant of land from the Divāṇamvāru. The donar was the son of Gurvi-śeṭṭi and grandson of Yalli-śeṭṭi of Vutakula(?)-gōtra. One Rāmabatter was a witness to this deed.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī gōpālasvāmī

⟨2⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivā-

⟨3⟩ hana śakava¨rṣaṁbulu 16[9]5 ·aguneṭi

⟨4⟩ naṁdana nāma saṁvatsara māgha śu-

⟨5⟩ ddha 15 lu śrīmadakhilāṁḍakōṭi brā(bra)-

⟨6⟩ hmāṁḍa nāyakulaina pedagā¨rlapā-

⟨7⟩ ṭi śrī vēṇugōpālasvāmi maṁdira-

⟨8⟩ ṁkhilamai naivēdyadīpārādhanalu le(lē)ka

⟨9⟩ ·anēka dinamulu vuṁḍe ganaka vuta-

⟨10⟩ kula gōtrōdbhavuluṁnnu yalliśeṭṭi-

⟨11⟩ gāri pautṛlunnu gurviśeṭṭigāri

⟨12⟩ putṛluṁnaina kavalavāyarāmaca-

⟨13⟩ ṁdruḍu punaḥ dēvālayaṁ kaṭṭiṁci

⟨14⟩ saṁprōkṣaṇa ceyiṁci naivēdya dīpārā-

⟨15⟩ dhanalaku divāṇaṁ vārini ·aḍigi kēsa-

⟨16⟩ nuripāṭi naṁnnūru kuṁṭala prā- ⟨Page 54⟩

⟨17⟩ pti 3 kucceḷla polaṁ sama¨rppiṁśtimi

⟨18⟩ ganuka yī kaiṁkaryamu ·ācaṁdrā-

⟨19⟩ ¨rkasthāyigā navadhariṁci dayacā-

⟨20⟩ yavalenu || ślōkaṁ || svadattā dviguṇa-

⟨21⟩ ṁpuṁṇyaṁ | paradattānupālanaṁ | pa-

⟨22⟩ radattāpahareṇa | svadattā niṣphalaṁ

⟨23⟩ bhavēt || śrī śrī śrī || mā komāḷlu gu-

⟨24⟩ rappalakṣminārāyaṇa śitārāmuḍu veṁkaṭa

⟨25⟩ rāmuḍu kōdaṁḍarāmuḍu rāmuḍu

⟨26⟩ mīruṁnnumī putrapautra pāraṁparya-

⟨27⟩ ṁtaraṁ yī dharmamu naḍipiṁccavalaśina-

⟨28⟩ di || śirāṁdāsu pāpābattuni komā-

⟨29⟩ ruḍu rāmābattuni vrālū || śrī ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0050⟩ No. 50. (A.R. No. B. 29 of 1930.) Pedda Gārlapāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up in front of the Rāmaliṅgasvāmi temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1183, Durmati, Chaitra ba. 8, corresponding to 1261 A.D., March 25, Friday.

Damaged. Seems to register the gift of land for a feeding house and a water pandal.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śakavaruṣamulu 1183 ·agu du¨rmma-

⟨2⟩ ti saṁvatsara caitra ba 8 • • • • • vakrā-

⟨3⟩ kālamunaṁdu ·udaka • • • • • • • • • • [ma]

⟨4⟩ calipaṁdirigāṁje • • • • • • • • • • ku

⟨5⟩ pāḍi • • • • • • • • • • bala

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ piṁgala • • • • • • • • • • ruvu

⟨8⟩ vali paṁdiri sa • • • • • • • • • • ya bra

⟨9⟩ sudruni paṁdiri nitya • • • dumu

⟨10⟩ mu kūḍu naṁbali • • • • • kayapedā-

⟨11⟩ cire tana pedda • • • • • bhaviṁcedi

⟨12⟩ svadattaṁ paradattaṁ harēti va[su]- ⟨Page 55⟩

⟨13⟩ ṁdharā | ṣaṣṭi¨rvaruṣa saṇē jāyatē kri-

⟨14⟩ mi || dīniki vighnamusēsina • • • • • kaṟuta vē·i gō-

⟨15⟩ vula caṁpinavāru || tama pedda koḍku kapāla-

⟨16⟩ na kuḍicina vāru

⟨SIIv40p0i0051⟩ No. 51. (A.R. No. B. 30 of 1930.) Pedda Gārlapāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up in front of the Sōmaliṅgēśvara temple in the village.

Kākatiya: Gaṇapatidēva.

Damaged and fragmentary. Seems to register some grant made by Komma-Nāyanigāru, son of Āruvelli Nārapa-Nayanivāru, a subordinate of the king.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ [sva]sti samasta • • • • •

⟨2⟩ lāṁkrita mādava • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ turājadaṁḍādi • • • • •

⟨4⟩ gaṇapatidēva mahārājula vijayarā • • •

⟨5⟩ tpada padmārādhakulaina mahāpratani • •

⟨6⟩ nu śrīmātu ·āruvelli nārapanā-

⟨7⟩ kommanāyanigārunu ·ārājunaku

⟨8⟩ mugaṁjesina da¨rmmuma[ṁ]du ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0052⟩ No. 52. (A.R. No. B. 31 of 1930.) Pedda Gārlapāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up in front of the Sōmaliṅgēśvara temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1209, Vyaya, Chaitra śu. 1, Thursday.

Highly damaged. Seems to records the gift of tolls for burning a perpetual lamp.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śakavaruṣaṁbulu

⟨2⟩ 120[9] ·agunēṭi [ve]ya

⟨3⟩ saṁvatsara caitra śu 1 gu ⟨Page 56⟩

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ·iṁdu ta-

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ·inikini

⟨6⟩ ma • • • • • ·i • • • ma-

⟨7⟩ gā • • bā • • gānḍu • • •

⟨8⟩ • • vata • dīpānaku ·isti-

⟨9⟩ • • • • • nabuta suṁkamu

⟨10⟩ • • • ·avighnamu sēsina

⟨11⟩ vāru • • • ṁgavilaṁboḍci

⟨12⟩ vāri • • • • • pānaṁbōduru

Second Face.

⟨13⟩ svadattaṁ paradattaṁ vāyōharēti vasuṁdharā

⟨14⟩ ṣaṣṭi¨rvva¨rṣasahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimi ||

⟨15⟩ svadattā dviguṇaṁ puṇyaṁ paradattāṁ

⟨16⟩ pratipālanaṁ | paradattāpahārēṇa

⟨17⟩ svadattaṁ niṣphalaṁ bhavēt ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0053⟩ No. 53. (A.R. No. B. 32 of 1930.) Pedda Gārlapāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up by the side of the railway line in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1681, Pramādi, Śrāvaṇa, śu. 10, Friday, corresponding to 1759 A.D., August 3.

States that the boundaries of the village were marked and the jayastaṁbha was set up by Raṅgarāju, son of Gārlapāṭi Guruvarāju.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivā-

⟨2⟩ hana śakavaruṣaṁbbulu 1681 ·agunē-

⟨3⟩ ṭi pramādi nāma saṁvvatsara śrāvaṇa śu-

⟨4⟩ ddha 10 śukravāramu rāja śrīgāri yeru-

⟨5⟩ kanu gā¨rlapāṭi gurvarāju komāruḍu ra-

⟨6⟩ ṁggarāju polimēra tokki jeyiṁcci ve-

⟨7⟩ yiṁccina jayastaṁbhamu yī cāluna staṁbhā-

⟨8⟩ lu yenimidiṁṭi mīdanu śirāṁdāsu ⟨Page 57⟩

⟨9⟩ pāpābattuni komāruḍu pērābattuni cā-

⟨10⟩ tanu śāsanālu vēyiṁcci yiccinadi || śrī

⟨SIIv40p0i0054⟩ No. 54. (A.R. No. B. 33 of 1930.) Daida, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab lying in the Bugganallēśvara temple in the village.

Fragmentary. Mentions the name Saṁmay-loka-vimaḷāmuṇi. In characters of the 8th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī samṇyā[māñya] lō • • •-

⟨2⟩ [ka]vimāḷāmuṇi

⟨SIIv40p0i0055⟩ No. 55. (A.R. No. B. 34 of 1930.) Pondugala, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab lying in front of the Āñjanēya temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1672, Pramōdūta, Kārttīka, śu. 12, corresponding to 1750 A.D., November 29, Thursday.

States that in this year Kṛishṇavēṇamma (the river Kṛishna) rose in floods up to the waist of the image of Āñjanēya at Kandanōlu-Koṭnu.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī || svasti śrī jayā-

⟨2⟩ bhyudaya śālivāhana śaka-

⟨3⟩ va¨rṣaṁbbulu 1672 ·agunē-

⟨4⟩ ṭi pramōdūta nāma saṁvva-

⟨5⟩ tsara kā¨rttika śu 12 lu śrīkṛ-

⟨6⟩ ṣṇavēṇaṁmma kaṁddanōlu koṭnu

⟨7⟩ ·āṁjanēyulaku molalōtu-

⟨8⟩ danukāvaccenu || śrī ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0056⟩ No. 56. (A.R. No. B. 35 of 1930.) Pondugala, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh. ⟨Page 58⟩

On a pillar in the Babbināyaka temple in the village.

Records the construction of the shrine of Jalpēśa by a certain Maindarāma and mentions the master architect Kalgarābharaṇāchārya. In characters of 10th century A.D. (Pub. in Epigraphia Andhrica, Vol. V, pp. 33 ff, wherein the place from which the inscription hails is called Ayyaṅgāripalem.)

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ catu¨rtthasvādhikārēna ka¨rmmajñānkaśala pradō-

⟨2⟩ kalgarābharaṇācā¨ryyō ·ācā¨ryyō pravarajā

⟨3⟩ ·anupama matiśayamabhinutamatilalitamacintyada

⟨4⟩ dēvaniddyam śrī jalpēśāyatanaṁ sakala maindarāmakrutamati

⟨5⟩ sēvyam [||*]

⟨SIIv40p0i0057⟩ No. 57. (A.R. No. B. 36 of 1930.) Pondugala, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar in the Babbinayaka temple in the village.

Damaged. Mentions god Jalpēśvara and Kalgarābharaṇa of the Viśvakarma-kula. In characters of the 7th-8th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti jalpēśvara purāvarādhīśvarē viśva-

⟨2⟩ karmakulatilaka dēvabahmanala bdakōdanḍa-

⟨3⟩ paṟagōṣaṇa śrīmat kalgarābharaṇadā-

⟨4⟩ ṟikṣava pravarīcaddacamēyedabhajē

⟨SIIv40p0i0058⟩ No. 58. (A.R. No. B. 37 of 1930.) Rāmāpuram, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone set up in front of the Vēṇugōpālasvāmi temple in the village.

This is dated Piṅgaḷa, Kārttīka śu. 2.

Records the construction of the shrine of Hanumantasvāmi by a certain Pedda-Pāpayya, son of Narāla-Gōvindu. In characters of the 15th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śubhamastu || piṁggaḷa nāma saṁva-

⟨2⟩ tsara kā¨rtika śu 2 lu narāla ⟨Page 59⟩

⟨3⟩ goviṁdḍu komāruḍū peda-

⟨4⟩ pāpayya hanumaṁttasvāmi dē-

⟨5⟩ vāḷayaṁ ceśe kāśevārki taḷinibuyacināṁḍu kāśevāruveḷi

Engraved on the upper portion of this inscription.

⟨1⟩ hanumaṁttasvara •

⟨2⟩ taṁggeḍa sara-

⟨3⟩ muni samuna

⟨4⟩ śeva

⟨SIIv40p0i0059⟩ No. 59. (A.R. No. B. 38 of 1930.) Rāmāpuram, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar set up by the side of the tank in the village.

This is dated Khara, Margaśira śu. 10.

States that provision was made for the upkeep of the tank dug by a certain Guruvā-Reḍḍi and his wife Nāramma by their sons Veṅkaṭa-Reḍḍi and Kichchā Reḍḍi.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī sadguru parabraṁhmaṇē namaḥ ||

⟨2⟩ śubhamastu

⟨3⟩ khara nāma saṁ || mā¨rgaśira śu 10 lu ·ācaṁdrā-

⟨4⟩ rkastāyigā vrāyabaḍni śāsanamu

⟨5⟩ śrīharidāsuḍayni ·ākūri guruvāreḍḍi-

⟨6⟩ gāru vāri bhārya nāraṁmmagāruṁnnū vu-

⟨7⟩ bhayulu manaḥ sustiramuga yōciṁcci vēśi-

⟨8⟩ yiṁcabaḍni śrīrāmāpuramuku paḍamara-

⟨9⟩ puna taṭākaṁbu yiṁtaku pūrvaṁ

⟨10⟩ vēyiṁci vuṁnnāru | vāri komārula-

⟨11⟩ yniveṁkaṭareḍḍi | kiccāreḍḍi | vīri bhāryalucnināraṁ-

⟨12⟩ mma | pedaśēṣaṁmma yī naluguru vāri pūrva-

⟨13⟩ stānamayni cervūnnūkālvayaṁnnūka-

⟨14⟩ ttapayuṁnnū | yiṁdduku ·ādhāramaina

⟨15⟩ pedda kattavunu vivariṁci maraṁmmatu cēyiṁcutūrā-

⟨16⟩ gā yivvayaka pedaśēṣaṁmmagāru manivuṁḍi tagu ⟨Page 60⟩

⟨17⟩ stānamula maraṁmmatu lābhamulu lēkuṁ-

⟨18⟩ ḍā jarigiṁcumani tnabhāva kumārulakuṁnnu

⟨19⟩ tana kumāruḍikiṁnninnu pūrvulu vēyiṁ-

⟨20⟩ cabaḍina dharmacervulanu pālana cēyyama-

⟨21⟩ nitna bāvagāru ceppina prakāraṁ śelavu

⟨22⟩ yiccinadi || tārakhaṁnadaru ||

Engraved on the right side of the inscription.

⟨1⟩ veṁkaṭareḍḍi koḍukulu liṁgāreḍi guruvāreḍḍi vārapureḍḍi ||

⟨2⟩ demiremuśilagāḍu yī ·aṁnnagāḍu • • • • • śrīmagāḍu • yī kōṭaḍuṭū naluguru veṁkaṭareḍḍi ceppina prakāraṁ cervu pani cēsināru || liṁgāreḍḍi vagairālu ceppina prakāraṁ yiccaṭa ḍabbiṁcavāru • • ·ubhayulu ceppina • • cestuvunnāru ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0060⟩ No. 60. (A.R. No. B. 39 of 1930.) Gāmālapāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On three faces of the Nandi pillar lying in front of the ruined Śambhu temple in the village.

Kākatīya: Gaṇapatidēva.

This is dated Śaka 11[44], Chitrabhānu, Māgha, śu. 13, Thursday, corresponding to 1223 A.D., January 16. However the week day was Monday.

Gives a list of the plots of land granted in various years to the temple of Svayambhūdēva of Ubbēpalli by Kummarikuṇṭala Bētarāju, Bhāskaradēva, Ramadēva and Jāyapa-Nāyaka for conducting worship, providing food offerings and burning a perpetual lamp.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śakava¨rṣaṁ-

⟨2⟩ bulu 11[44] ·agunēṁṭi citrabhānu

⟨3⟩ saṁvatsara māgha śu 13 gu ||

⟨4⟩ [śrīman mahā]maṇḍalēśvara kākati-

⟨5⟩ yya gaṇapatidēva mahārāju

⟨6⟩ sukha saṁkathā vinōdaṁbuna

⟨7⟩ ·anmakoṁḍa mōdalugānu prithivi-

⟨8⟩ rājyamu sēyucuṁḍaṁgā ||

⟨9⟩ śrīmatu kuṁmarikuṁṭala bē-

⟨10⟩ tarāju ·ubbēpalli svayaṁbhu- ⟨Page 61⟩

⟨11⟩ dēvaraku beṭṭina vritti veli vōla-

⟨12⟩ muṁgārakuṁṭa sahitaṁ

⟨13⟩ lōpalāvelupalānu paṭṭina maṁduma-

⟨14⟩ juvvikanu paṁdumu mrōṁtuvu cēnu ·iddu-

⟨15⟩ mu viśvāvasu saṁvatsarāna bhāskaradēvaṁ-

⟨16⟩ ḍu peṭṭina vritti sanaṁgakuṁṭa kaḍanu ·eḍu-

⟨17⟩ dumu naṟṟa ·eḍakaḍanu paṁdumu liṁga-

⟨18⟩ • • kuṁṭa • • yiddumu bahudānya

⟨19⟩ saṁvatsara vaiśākhamāsāna ·ājñāpālaru-

⟨20⟩ ni datti sanagakuṁṭa kaḍapuṭeṁḍu

⟨21⟩ krayavritti rāmadēvanivāri cenu piṁga-

⟨22⟩ literuvu ·uttarānamuttumu pramō-

⟨23⟩ da saṁvatsarāna jāyapanāyuni datti

⟨24⟩ piṁgali tala polāna padēṁdumu ve-

⟨25⟩ ridatte piṁgali teruvu ·utānapaṁnidumu

⟨26⟩ vīridatti vikrama saṁvatsarānanu tama talliki-

⟨27⟩ ṁbuṇyamugā dhāravōśinadi piṁga-

⟨28⟩ li teruvu ·uttarānanu paṁdumu ·akha-

⟨29⟩ ḍadīpānaku sanaṁgakuṁṭa tū¨rppu-

⟨30⟩ na ·aṁtaṭi pōciraḍḍi cekoniccinaḍapaṁdu-

⟨31⟩ mu kuṁṭatōṁṭalōdi ·āyana jī-

⟨32⟩ tānaku piṁgaliteruvu ·uttarānaniccinadi

⟨33⟩ ·āṟdumu || bhāskaradēvanidatti saṁkadēva-

⟨34⟩ liṁgamukuṁṭa tana 5

Second Face.

⟨35⟩ nīru nēla bētarāju datti [·u]la cenu

⟨36⟩ ·adda ·anumēnikāṁkāḍanu padi-

⟨37⟩ visaṁlūnara pinna kāluvanu mōga-

⟨38⟩ vātanu ·addalāgaṭṭu trappagaladi-

⟨39⟩ ·adda sa¨rvvamānyamu yicci rāju

⟨40⟩ cēnu diguvanu reṁḍu visālu bhā-

⟨41⟩ skaradēvani datti gōsagicēnu padi vī-

⟨42⟩ sāluṁ dānilāḍana tōṁṭalu

⟨43⟩ paḍumaṭa ·adda jayapanāyu- ⟨Page 62⟩

⟨44⟩ nidatti • suravāyanu padi-

⟨45⟩ vīsālu dēvara polānaku su-

⟨46⟩ kamu paṁnnu sa¨rvvamānyamu dē-

⟨47⟩ vara[dī]pānaku ·iccina dattiṁ kā-

⟨48⟩ • • • nuvīsāmu • • gu ·okkaṭi

⟨49⟩ bahubhi¨rvvasudhādattārājabhissagarā-

⟨50⟩ dibhiḥ || yasya yasya yadābhūmi-

⟨51⟩ stasyatasya tadāphalaṁ || svadattāṁ

⟨52⟩ paradattāṁ vāyō harēti va-

⟨53⟩ suṁdharāṁ | ṣaṣṭhi¨rva¨rṣa sahasrā-

⟨54⟩ ṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāytē krimiḥ ||

⟨55⟩ virōdhi saṁvatsara bhādrapada ba 5 sō

⟨56⟩ pa¨rvvataṁ mallikhājjunanāyini rā-

⟨57⟩ jyāna jaḍa kommanappanaṁgāri ce-

⟨58⟩ ta guriṁdāla mādavuṁḍu

⟨59⟩ sannāṁḍi prōlaya | peddapōcireḍḍi | seṭṭi

⟨60⟩ baṁmmaya | babbiseṭṭi bāṁbayalu

⟨61⟩ krayamu koni • kka peṭṭi vritti

⟨62⟩ nūṁ sēnu kuṁṭa tōṁṭa ·eḍiba-

⟨63⟩ [ridra] jītālakicciri ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0061⟩ No. 61. (A.R. No. B. 39a of 1930.) Gāmālapāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a Nandi pillar lying in front of the ruined Śambhu temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1213, Vikṛiti, Vaiśākha śu. 3, Thursday, corresponding to 1290 A.D., April 13.

Records the gift of land to the god Svayaṁbhūdēva for providing food offerings (ōgirālu) by Dādi Pōcha for the merit of Mallikhārjuna-Nāyaka. Further it records the gift of lands made by two persons viz., Koṭṭāri Appaya and Sōmayādula Rudradēvaya and Rāmadēva for providing food offerings to the same deity in the cyclic year Vikṛiti, Āshāḍha, śu. 1, Thursday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śakava¨rṣaṁ-

⟨2⟩ bulu 1213 ·agunē- ⟨Page 63⟩

⟨3⟩ ṁṭi vikṛti saṁvatsara vaiśā-

⟨4⟩ kha śu 3 gu | mallikhā¨rjjuna

⟨5⟩ nāyaṁkapuvārikiṁ bu-

⟨6⟩ ṇyamugā dādipōcu-

⟨7⟩ ṁgāru svayaṁbhudē-

⟨8⟩ vara mūṁḍavasarāla ba-

⟨9⟩ kkokopaṭlemu ·ōgirā-

⟨10⟩ naku sanaṁgakuṁṭa

⟨11⟩ muṁdaraṁ beṭṭina vi-

⟨12⟩ tti kha 1 bahubhi¨rvvasu-

⟨13⟩ dādattā rājabhissaga-

⟨14⟩ rādibhiḥ | yasya yasya

⟨15⟩ yadābhūmi stasya tasya ta-

⟨16⟩ dāphalaṁ || svadattāṁ pa-

⟨17⟩ radattāṁ vāyō harēta va-

⟨18⟩ suṁdharāṁ | ṣaṣṭi¨rva¨rṣasa-

⟨19⟩ hasrāṇi viṣṭhā-

⟨20⟩ yāṁ jāyatē krimiḥ

⟨21⟩ vikṛti saṁvatsara ·ā-

⟨22⟩ ṣāḍha śuddha 1 gu ko-

⟨23⟩ ṭṭāri ·appaya tana vṛ-

⟨24⟩ ttina 10 svayaṁbhu-

⟨25⟩ dēvara ·ōgirānaku

⟨26⟩ ·icēnu | mā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨27⟩ sōmayādula rudradēvaya-

⟨28⟩ gāru svayaṁbhudēvarakuṁ •

⟨29⟩ nu mōṁceli kha 1 vrittigānu dhā-

⟨30⟩ ravośiri || rāmadēvani vāri vri-

⟨31⟩ tti nīru nēla reṁḍu visālu kra-

⟨32⟩ yadhārakoni • • dēvarakunicciri ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0062⟩ No. 62. (A.R. No. B. 40 of 1930.) Gāmālapāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up behind the Chennakēśava temple in the village. ⟨Page 64⟩

This is dated Śaka 1599, Naḷa, Kārttīka śu. 10.

Records the construction of a quadrangular platform (chautara), tower and the installation of a Garuḍa-pillar, Bell and a Kettle drum (bhēri) in the temple of Rājagō[pā]lasvāmi at Gāmulapāḍu and consecration of the images of Narasiṁha and Garuḍa by Bollā-Nārasiṁha for the merit of his parents Gaṅgama and Chennama Nēdu of Recherla-gōtra.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivāhana śakava¨rṣaṁ-

⟨2⟩ bbulu 1599 yagunēṭi nalanāma saṁvvatsa-

⟨3⟩ ra kā¨rtika śu 10 lu [re]ce¨rla gōtrōdbha-

⟨4⟩ vulunnu timmanaṁgāri pautrulunnu cennama-

⟨5⟩ nēni putṛlunnu ·ayina bollā nāraśiṁhva-

⟨6⟩ ḍu śrīgāmulapāṭi rājagōpālasvāmiki kai-

⟨7⟩ ṁkkaryaśiddhigānu cautaragaṭṭiṁcci garuḍa gaṁbhaṁ

⟨8⟩ yettiṁcci ·aṁddu nṛśiṁhvamū¨rttini śeyiṁcci

⟨9⟩ ·amīdaṭa śikaraṁ gaṭṭiṁcci ·aṁddu mīṁda garu-

⟨10⟩ ḍāḷluvāri nilpi ghaṁṭṭalu veyiṁcci svāmiki

⟨11⟩ sama¨rpaṇagā tamatalli gaṁggamagārikini ta-

⟨12⟩ ma taṁḍri caṁnnamanēnikini puṇyamugānu

⟨13⟩ sakala saṁbhramōtsavāla cētanunnu nilipi ma-

⟨14⟩ rinni hanumaṁttuniki dakṣaṇabhāgāna nā-

⟨15⟩ gulanunnu yiśvaruni devaḷaṁ tu¨rpubhāgā-

⟨16⟩ na birinēnininni nilipi pratiṣṭha śeyiṁcce ga-

⟨17⟩ naka ·ācaṁdra¨rkasthā·igā voppenu

Second Face.

⟨18⟩ svadattaṁ paradāttaṁ vā yō harēte vasuṁdharā |

⟨19⟩ saṣṭivva¨rṣa sahasrāṇāṁ viṣṭātāṁ jāyatē krimi ||

⟨20⟩ svadattā dviguṇaṁ puṇyaṁ paradattaṁ

⟨21⟩ pratipālanaṁ | paradattāpahārēṇa

⟨22⟩ svadattaṁ niṣphalaṁ bhavēt ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0063⟩ No. 63. (A.R. No. B. 41 of 1930.) Gāmālapāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On the doorway of the Śiva temple called the Nāyakurāliguḍi in the village. ⟨Page 65⟩

This is dated Pramādi, Mārgaśira śu. 13, Sunday.

Records the construction of the mukha-maṇḍapa of the temple of Chenna-Mallikhārjuna by Kākāṇḍi Mādaya for the merit of his father Mallaya. In characters of the 15th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ pramādi saṁvatsara

⟨2⟩ mā¨rgaśira śuddha 13

⟨3⟩ ·ā śrīcaṁnnamallikhā-

⟨4⟩ ¨rjuni mōkamaṁḍapaṁ

⟨5⟩ kākāṁḍi mādaya ta-

⟨6⟩ ma taṁḍri mallaya-

⟨7⟩ ṁgāriki puṇyaṁ-

⟨8⟩ gā ·iccenu | śrī

⟨SIIv40p0i0064⟩ No. 64. (A.R. No. B. 42 of 1930.) Gāmālapāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab lying in the boundary between Irikapalli and Gāmālapāḍu.

This is dated Phālguṇa, śu. 15, Monday.

Records the gift of land for conducting services and worship by a certain Guṇḍaya-Raḍḍi. There is a reference to the waiving of tax (pannu) and tolls (sunkam). In characters of the 16th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ ௳ ·ā phālguṇa śu 15 sō guṁḍayaraḍḍiṁgāru

⟨2⟩ raṁgabhōgā¨rttānakuṁ beṭṭina datti goraguri-

⟨3⟩ viṁdāla tervuda | kuduruna 10 ·āttervudakudu-

⟨4⟩ na 10 pulipāṭi tervu ·u | kuduruna 11

⟨5⟩ ·ātervuda | kuduruna 7 ·āṭaverasi cēnu

⟨6⟩ kha 4 na 17 pannu suṁkamu mānyaṁ

⟨SIIv40p0i0065⟩ No. 65. (A.R. No. B. 43 of 1930.) Gāmālapāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab lying in the boundary between Irikapalli and Gāmālapāḍu.

This is dated Śaka 1[2]34, Paridhāvi, Phalguṇa, śu. [1]2, [Friday]. ⟨Page 66⟩

Records the gift of land by Mahārāya-Gajasāhiṇi Guyiraḍḍiṅgāru for the merit of Kēsāni-Ammaṅgāru and Rudradēva, on the occasion of installation of the image Mandēśvara Mahadēvara at Gārālapāḍu.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śakavaru¨rṣaṁbulu 1[2]34 ya-

⟨2⟩ gunēṭi paridhāvi saṁvatsarada phālguṇa śu [12 śu]

⟨3⟩ grārālapāṭanu maṁḍēśvara mahādē-

⟨4⟩ vara pratiṣṭhakālamunāṁḍḍu pōsi •

⟨5⟩ śrīmanmahārāya gajasāhiṇi svā-

⟨6⟩ midrōhāragaṁḍa guyiraḍḍiṁgāru kē-

⟨7⟩ sāni ·ammaṁgārikini rudradēvaniṁgā-

⟨8⟩ rikini puṇyamugānu sugabhōgā¨rtada

⟨9⟩ peṭṭina datti pulipāṭi te¨rvu dakṣaṇāna

⟨10⟩ mādavadēvara vritti vīni tū¨rppuna

⟨11⟩ rēgaḍuku dattina 1 gaṭada ponana te-

⟨12⟩ rvu dakṣiṇāna rēgaḍugā • • kuduru-

⟨13⟩ na 16 ·āpolānana 1 gaṁḍālatervu

⟨14⟩ ·uttarāna rēgaḍu kuduruna • • •

⟨15⟩ polāna negoraguridiṁda • • tervu

⟨16⟩ dakṣaṇāna ·akkavāri cēni kuṭaṭanuṁ

⟨17⟩ rēgaḍukuḍuruna 11 || pulipā-

⟨18⟩ ṭi tervu dakṣiṇāna rēgaḍu kuduruna

⟨19⟩ 4 || ·ā tervu dakṣaṇāna rēgaḍu-

⟨20⟩ kuduruna 5 verasi cēnu kha 3 na 1

⟨21⟩ pannu suṁkamu mānyamu

⟨SIIv40p0i0066⟩ No. 66. (A.R. No. B. 44 of 1930.) Naḍikuḍi, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab lying in the Śiva temple in the village.

Kākatīya: Gaṇapatidēva.

This is dated Śaka 1134, Āṅgīrasa, Vaiśākha, śu. 3, Thursday, corresponding to 1212 A.D., April 6.

Damaged. Records the gift of land in the village Neḍukuḍi to the temple of Muktīśvara Mahādēva by Rudrabōya for the merit of his parents and the king. ⟨Page 67⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śubhaśaka

⟨2⟩ varuṣaṁbulu

⟨3⟩ 1134 gu ·āṁgīra sa-

⟨4⟩ ṁvatsara vaiśākha

⟨5⟩ śuddha tritīyā guru-

⟨6⟩ vāramunāṁḍu rudrabō-

⟨7⟩ ya tama taṁḍrulaku dha-

⟨8⟩ ¨rmmuvugā muktīśvara

⟨9⟩ śrī mahādēvaraku [ne]-

⟨10⟩ ḍukuḍiyi catu-

⟨11⟩ sīmānupālanamugā

⟨12⟩ ·icitimi naḍukuḍi

⟨13⟩ śrīmuktīśvaradēva-

⟨14⟩ raku [tōṁṭa] na[gā]

⟨15⟩ • maḍla | sana • • •

⟨16⟩ [jī]tivivrittigā ·ā-

⟨17⟩ caṁdratārakamugā-

⟨18⟩ nu dājiyaliku ·ici-

⟨19⟩ timi mapajiyarigu

⟨20⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨21⟩ neḍukuḍi muktī • • • • •

⟨22⟩ kamu • • • • • ṭṭanu[ga]-

⟨23⟩ ṇapatidēvamahārā-

⟨24⟩ julaku dha¨rmmavugā da-

⟨25⟩ [bi]rāju ·iccenu

⟨SIIv40p0i0067⟩ No. 67. (A.R. No. B. 45 of 1930.) Naḍikuḍi, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone set up in front of the Śiva temple in the village.

This is dated Prājāpatya, Chaitra, ba. 14.

Records the formation of a village called Bētapuri to the south of Naḍukuḍi on the bank of the river Kṛishṇa and its grant as sarvamānya to the temple of Muktēśvara by a chief named Rēcharla-Bēta. Mentions king Rudra. ⟨Page 68⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī vijayābhivriddhikara śākābdē [para]mēśvara[ma]-

⟨2⟩ prājāpatya samē praśastatara caitrē kriṣṇa catu¨rddaśi | ·u-

⟨3⟩ ¨rvajayaharādhanni puṇyasamayē rēcella bētādhipa | jā-

⟨4⟩ mātātmata pū¨rvvadatta vipulaṁ rudrādhi dhāttrīśvara |

⟨5⟩ bhaktipū¨rvvakasaṁyuktaṁ muktīśvara padā¨rppaṇē | kṛṣṇa

⟨6⟩ vēṇī nadītīra dakṣiṇē naḍukuḍyayaṁ nāgēśvarī nadīprā-

⟨7⟩ cī dakṣiṇē mriṇubaṁdhanaṁ kriṣṇa svalpa taṭākaṁ ca pa-

⟨8⟩ ścimē khāri śimni ca | gejjegā sarasīśakti ·uttarēkari-

⟨9⟩ ṇīśilā | catussīmamidaṁ jñātvā bētanāmapura bha-

⟨10⟩ vēt || sāmānyōyaṁ dha¨rmmasētu nripāṇāṁ kālē kālē pālanīyō

⟨11⟩ bhavabdiḥ | savvānētāṁbhāvate pā¨rtthivēṁdrān bhūyō bhū-

⟨12⟩ yō yācatē rāmacaṁdra | driṣaṁ timē matsaralōlabhājō

⟨13⟩ [dā]dipaṁdha¨rmmamadhammaśilāṁ | tē gōghnamātrughnapitrughna

⟨14⟩ • ¨rkā prayāṁti vipraghnagatiṁcadurān | śatruṇōpi kṛtō

⟨15⟩ dha¨rma pālaniyya prayatnataḥ | śatrurēva bhavēśatru dha¨rmmaśa-

⟨16⟩ trunna kasyacitu || svadattaṁ paradattavāṁ yō harēti vasuṁdharā

⟨17⟩ ṣaṣṭi¨rvva¨rṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyatē krimi || svadattā dvi-

⟨18⟩ guṇaṁ puṇyaṁ pū¨rvvadattānupālanaṁ | pū¨rvva dattāpahārēṇa sva-

⟨19⟩ dattaṁ niṣphalaṁ bhavēt || gāmēkaṁ ratnagōmēkaṁ bhūmyēkaṁ

⟨20⟩ yēkamaṁgulaṁ | harannarakamāpnōti yāvadvābhūta sa • • •

⟨21⟩ muktēśvaramu bhīmajiyala paḍaśinavritti ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0068⟩ No. 68. (A.R. No. B. 46 of 1930.) Naḍikuḍi, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On the wall of Śiva temple.

This is dated Pramādicha, Kārttīka śu. 15.

Records the construction of mukha-maṇḍapa and granted some land to the stone-masons by Goḷḷa Virappa Channarāyuḍu. In Characters of 12th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ pramādica saṁvvatsara kā¨rttika śu 15 lu

⟨2⟩ gōḷla vīrappa caṁnnarāyiḍu vīranna mu-

⟨3⟩ kha maṁṭapaṁ śeyiṁcci kauśavāriki mā- ⟨Page 69⟩

⟨4⟩ nyaṁ yiccenu yiṁduku ·ākṣēpaṁ sēsi-

⟨5⟩ navāru gāḍidesinneṁ kuḍuturu

⟨SIIv40p0i0069⟩ No. 69. (A.R. No. B. 47 of 1930.) Dāchēpalle, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone set up in front of the Nāgēśvara temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1135, Śrīmukha, Vaiśākha, ba. 5, Thursday, corresponding to 1218 A.D., May 11. However the week day was Saturday.

Damaged. Seems to register the grant of half of the village Dāchēpalli to the temple of Muktīśvara by Viṁlavikramāditya and Kāma-Nāyaka for the merit of their father Mahāpradhāni Bhīma-Nāyaka. Mentions Gaṇapatidēva.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śubhaśakavaruṣaṁbulu 1135

⟨2⟩ śrīmukha saṁvatsara vaiśākha bahuḷa paṁcami gu-

⟨3⟩ ruvāramuna svasti samasta guṇa vibhūṣaṇa mridu-

⟨4⟩ madhurabhāṣaṇa ·anēka maṇimakhitācaraṇa jaladēri-

⟨5⟩ puravarādhīśvara vīralakṣmīnijēśvara ·ayyana siṁha sāhasō-

⟨6⟩ ttuṁga kāminīmanasarōvara rājahaṁssa baṁduja-

⟨7⟩ na kalpavrikṣapratyakṣa yudhiṣṭhira satṛrādēya śauca gā-

⟨8⟩ ṁgēya nuḍidaṁtta gaṁḍa gaṁḍabhēruṁḍa mā¨rccāla bhīma

⟨9⟩ raṇaraṁga rāmatyāganā[rā]¨rjju sū¨ryyavaṁśa pratiṣṭhācā-

⟨10⟩ ¨ryya nāyakācā¨ryya nā • cāṇakya kaṁcī cūrakāṟa

⟨11⟩ ·aruvēladūṣaka • tiśaraṇāgatavajrapaṁjjara bīḍigera

⟨12⟩ kṣāpālaka bhīḍi[gara]munnīṟu ni • • • balamettugaṁḍa

⟨13⟩ śrītripurāṁttakadēvara divya śrīpādapadmārādhaka parabalasā-

⟨14⟩ dhaka • • • • • samasta praśasti sahitaṁ | śrīmanmahāpradhāni

⟨15⟩ talava • • • • • bhīmanāyakula koḍkulu viṁlavikramādityuṁ-

⟨16⟩ ḍu dilīpanāyaka maṁdāḍi kāmanāyakulu tamataṁḍri śivalō-

⟨17⟩ ka prāptuṁḍayinaṭlugā dācēpalli catusīmamunaṁdu ·a¨rddhamu

⟨18⟩ śrīmuktīśvaradēvarakiccitimi ·ācaṁdrā¨rkkasthāyigānu maṁga • •

⟨19⟩ ·idi gaṇapatidēva mahārā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨20⟩ svadattaṁ dviguṇaṁ puṇyaṁ paradattānupālanaṁ

⟨21⟩ paradattāpahārēṇa svadattaṁ niṣphalaṁ bhavēt | svadattaṁ pa- ⟨Page 70⟩

⟨22⟩ radattaṁ vā yō harēti vasuṁdharā ṣaṣṭiva¨rṣasahasrāṇi

⟨23⟩ viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimi muktisvaramu bhīmajiyavritti

⟨SIIv40p0i0070⟩ No. 70. (A.R. No. B. 48 of 1930.) Dāchēpalle, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab lying in front of the ruined Śiva temple in the fort called Pedakōṭa in the village.

Fragmentary. Registers the grant of dry and wet lands as sarvamānya and certain tolls in Ubbēpalli. In characters of the 14th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • maṁḍḍalēśvara • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ṁkathāvinōdaṁbuna pṛ • • • • •

⟨3⟩ cuṁḍaṁgānu svasti śrīmanmahā • • • • •

⟨4⟩ vayaraḍḍivāru ·ubbēpalli śrīmayi • • •

⟨5⟩ volamu kha 3 na 1 ki nīru nelaṁ || = || ki paṁgasuṁkā • •

⟨6⟩ ¨rvvamānyamu reṁḍḍu dōṁṭalū ·ācaṁdrākkasthāyigānicce-

⟨6⟩ ri peṟukavāru ·ekaṁboṁtapeṟuka 1 ki māḍabaḍi visā-

⟨7⟩ mu yicciri || dviṣaṁtiyē matsaralōbhabhājō narā ·imaṁ dhamma-

⟨8⟩ madhaṁ¨rmaśilāḥ || tēgoghna mātṛghna pitṛghnalōkāvrajaṁti vi-

⟨9⟩ praghnagatiṁcamōrāṁ

⟨SIIv40p0i0071⟩ No. 71. (A.R. No. B. 49 of 1930.) Dāchēpalle, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone lying in front of the Āṅjañēya temple near the choultry in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1711, Saumya, Jyēshṭha, śu. 15.

Records the construction of steps to the Nāgulēru (stream) and installation of Subbarāya at Dāchepalli by Pantulavāru, son of Venkanna Pantulu and grandson of Mṛityunjayadīkshita of Haritagōtra.

TEXT.

Damaged.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī vijayābhyudaya śālivā • •

⟨2⟩ śakavaruṣamulu 1711 ·agunēṭi saumya • ⟨Page 71⟩

⟨3⟩ ma saṁvatsara jēṣṭha śuddha 15 lu dācēpalli

⟨4⟩ haritasa gōtrōdbhavulayina nāgula

⟨5⟩ mṛtyujeyadīkṣitulavāri putrulayi-

⟨6⟩ veṁkannapaṁtulavāri putrulayi

⟨7⟩ paṁtulavāru nāgulēṭiki sōpānālu ga-

⟨8⟩ ṭṭiṁccita • • nayulu subbārāya[ni] pratiṣṭa-

⟨9⟩ lutma peddalu prītigā yihapara sādhakaṁ-

⟨10⟩ ggā veyiṁccina dharmaśāsanaṁ yiṁdduku saka-

⟨11⟩ la janulu vaccu [svā]mulu ·abhimānaṁ vuṁ-

⟨12⟩ cci vicāriṁccukovalenū śrī śrī śrī śrī

⟨13⟩ dānapālanayō¨rmadhyē dānāchrē-

⟨14⟩ yōnupālanaṁ | dānātsva¨rgamavā-

⟨15⟩ pnōti pālanādaccutaṁ padaṁ ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0072⟩ No. 72. (A.R. No. B. 50 of 1930.) Madinapāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone lying by the side of the well called Padakamūri-bhāvi in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1755, Nandana, Śrāvaṇa, śu. 7, Sunday.

Records the renovation of the well originally constructed by Veṅkaṭāchalam of the Pātakamūri family.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī śrī śrī śrī śrī || svasti śrī vijayābhyudaya śālivāha-

⟨2⟩ naśakava¨rṣaṁbulu 1755 ·agunēṭi naṁdana nāma saṁ-

⟨3⟩ vvatsara śrāvaṇa śuddha 7 ·ādivāraṁ varaku sakalamayni-

⟨4⟩ vāralaku teliyagalaṁdulaku pātakamūri vaṁśapa-

⟨5⟩ yaḥ pārāvāra sudhākaramu teppanāyuni dharmaṁ

⟨6⟩ patniyagu musalaṁma ga¨rbhaśupti muktāphalasya vīraṁ-

⟨7⟩ nna tirupataṁmmalaku sitā¨rti saṁmaṁnna janituṁ-

⟨8⟩ ḍaina veṁkaṭācalaṁ manaḥssidhigā danaku satkā¨rta-

⟨9⟩ puṁṇyaphalaprāpti korakunuka kūpaṁbu davviṁ-

⟨10⟩ pa dariṁciyuṁnayaḍapaki raṁnaku pedala valana

⟨11⟩ śithilaṁbaina kūpaṁbu paripāliṁpa svadattaṁbu

⟨12⟩ kaṁṭe nadhika phalaṁbani ceppina saṁtōṣaṁbu nada- ⟨Page 72⟩

⟨13⟩ nayaṁna kumārulaina rāmayya vīrarāghavula-

⟨14⟩ ki viyadhika puṁṇyaphalaṁbani ceppi tana tanayulaṁ-

⟨15⟩ du narasiṁhva samādhānaṁbu cēśi sakala jaṁ-

⟨16⟩ tu saṁtuṣṭi koraku samasta divya tirupatula

⟨17⟩ lō jēsina sahasra gōdānaphala siddhigā śrīlakṣmīnārā-

⟨18⟩ yaṇā¨rpaṇamugā nācaṁdrā¨rkasthāyigā saka-

⟨19⟩ lajanaṁbulu mudamoṁda kavijanaṁbulu gī-

⟨20⟩ ¨rtiṁpa saṁtōṣaṁbugā paramadhārmikuṁḍai-

⟨21⟩ na pakīraṁnna gaṭṭiṁcina dāsuti kūpadharmaśā-

⟨22⟩ sanaṁ || svadattā dviguṇaṁ puṇyaṁ paradattānu

⟨23⟩ pālanaṁ paradattāpahārēṇa svadattā niṣphalaṁ

⟨24⟩ bhavēt || pakīraṁnna dharmāpatniyaina lakṣmi manasiddhāgā puṇya-

⟨25⟩ phalaṁbu boṁduṭaku śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇārpaṇama-

⟨26⟩ stū || śrīrāma śrīrāma śrīrāma

⟨SIIv40p0i0073⟩ No. 73. (A.R. No. B. 51 of 1930.) Rēgulagaḍḍa, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab lying in front of the Gopālasvāmi temple in the village.

Kākatīya: Pratāparudradēva.

This is dated Śaka [1234], Pramādīcha, Māgha, śu. 15, Monday.

Damaged. Records the construction of the temple of Prasanna Vallabhadēva in the village. Rēkulagaḍḍa and also gift of some land for conducting offerings. Mentions Kṛishṇavēni.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ svasti śrī śakava¨rṣaṁ [bulu 1234] ·agunēṁṭi

⟨3⟩ pramādhica saṁvatsara māgha śu 15 [sōma]vā-

⟨4⟩ rāna [·i]ni śrīmanmahāmaṁḍalēśvara kākatiyya pratāparu-

⟨5⟩ [dra]padēva mahārājulu prithivī rājyamu sēyucuṁḍa-

⟨6⟩ ṁgānu svasti śrīmanna tekulago • gō • • rapu ·a[pati]dēva ma-

⟨7⟩ hā[rā*]julugāruccina [śō]yaṁgā[ru] śrī kṛṣṇavēṇimaṁ-

⟨8⟩ naṁ grāma madhyamuna prasanna vallabhadēvara pratiṣṭa śesi

⟨9⟩ [jōla]paḍi sātupaḍi • • kālapeṭṭina vritti[niṁ] • • ḍanu ⟨Page 73⟩

⟨10⟩ madhyakakṣētra • • • • • • • • • • kuṁṭa dakṣāṇānama kha

⟨11⟩ prolaya • • naḍa • • • • • la paḍiya kaḍanu paṟa[ma] • • •

⟨12⟩ padāyaduggi maṁgaḷamahā • • mastu || svadattā dviguṇaṁ puṇyaṁ

⟨13⟩ paradattānupālanaṁ | paradattāpahārēṇa svadata nniṣphalaṁ bhavēt [||*]

⟨SIIv40p0i0074⟩ No. 74. (A.R. No. B. 52 of 1930.) Rēgulagaḍḍa, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab lying in front of the Gopālasvāmi temple in the village.

Vijayanagara: Sadāśivadēva.

This is dated Śaka 148[3], Raudri, Chaitra, śu. 5, Thursday, corresponding to 1561 A.D., March 21. However the week day was Friday.

Records the renovation of the temple of Kēśavanāyini at Nallapalli by Pedasūrya and also gift of 2 puṭṭis of land for providing food offering to the deity for the merit of Peddaya, when Pemmasāni Timmānāyanigāru was ruling from Rēgulagaḍḍa in Taṅgeḍa-sīma.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīmaśālivāhanaśaka-

⟨2⟩ varuṣaṁbulu 148[3] ·agunē-

⟨3⟩ ṭi raudri saṁvatsara caitra śu 5 guruvārāna

⟨4⟩ śrī vīrapratāpa śrī sadāśivadēvamahārā-

⟨5⟩ julugāru pṛthivi rājyaṁ cēyucunna pemma-

⟨6⟩ sāni timmānāyani gāriki pāliṁci mā-

⟨7⟩ navadhariṁcina taṁgeḍa sīmalōni rēgulagaḍḍa

⟨8⟩ [va]rica¨rlanulōddevu • • • neni peddayya-

⟨9⟩ gāri kumāruḍu pedasūyyagāru • • •

⟨10⟩ [na]llapalli kēśavanāyini guḍipūrvāna śithila-

⟨11⟩ mai ·uṁḍagānu tirugabaḍi kaṭṭiṁci suṁka-

⟨12⟩ vēyiṁci dēvuni ·amṛtapaḷlaku tiṁḍḍi polā-

⟨13⟩ na reṁḍu [pu]ḍlu coppamerapeddayyagāri

⟨14⟩ puṇyaṁgānu yistimi | śrī śrīṁ jeyunu

⟨SIIv40p0i0075⟩ No. 75. (A.R. No. B. 53 of 1930.) Takkeḷḷapāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone lying in a field in the village. ⟨Page 74⟩

This is dated Śaka 1662, Siddhārthi, Kārttīka, śu • .

Damaged. Seems to records the gift of land for daily worship, offerings and burning a perpetual lamp to the temple (name lost) at Takkeḷḷapāḍu by Kānugōhi Śivarāyaniṅgāru.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī ·āṁjanēyasvāmiki

⟨2⟩ svasti śrī vijayābhyuda-

⟨3⟩ ya śālivāhana śaka-

⟨4⟩ va¨rṣaṁbbulu 1662 ||

⟨5⟩ ·aguneṭi śithātti nāma saṁ-

⟨6⟩ vvatsara kā¨rttika śu • •

⟨7⟩ lu || • • • • • takkeḷapā-

⟨8⟩ ḍu ·aṁ • • ga bhuvi śa •

⟨9⟩ purapu ·agrahāra •

⟨10⟩ lonu || nityanaivēdhya dī[pā]-

⟨11⟩ rādhanaku naḍiceṭaṭugānu

⟨12⟩ rājaśrī kānugōhi śivarā •

⟨13⟩ niṁgāru śelavu yiccina mānyaṁ

⟨14⟩ 400 kuṁṭala prāptini 785 [pā]-

⟨15⟩ parakā ·aravīsamu śalavu yisti-

⟨16⟩ mi ganuka ·ācaṁdrā¨rkasthāyigā-

⟨17⟩ nu naḍipiṁcagalavāramu yiṁ-

⟨18⟩ duku hadulu tū¨rpu gūḍaveṁkka-

⟨19⟩ ṭabhaṭlu cēnu paḍumaṭa gēṭu dakṣiṇāni-

⟨20⟩ ki ḍoṁka paḍamaṭiki ḍoṁka ·uttarā-

⟨21⟩ naku nārāyaṇaṁ vāri celānuṁcci

⟨22⟩ vaccē kāluva || svadattā dviguṇaṁ

⟨23⟩ puṇyaṁ paradattāna pāla-

⟨24⟩ naṁ paradattāpahārēṇa svadattā ni-

⟨25⟩ ṣphalaṁ bhavēt || śrīrāmā ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0076⟩ No. 76. (A.R. No. B. 54 of 1930.) Takkeḷḷapāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar in the Hanumān temple in the village. ⟨Page 75⟩

This is dated Śaka 165[9], Naḷa, Phālguṇa, śu. 5.

Records the renovation of the temple of Āñjanēya and the Garuḍastambha by Śankaraśeṭṭi, son of Nārayaṇaseṭṭi of Yaliśeṭṭlu-gōtra.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

⟨2⟩ jayābhyu-

⟨3⟩ daya śālivāhana śaka

⟨4⟩ va¨rṣaṁbulu 165[9] ·agu-

⟨5⟩ nēṁṭi nalanāma saṁvvaca-

⟨6⟩ ra phālguṇa śu 5 lu [ji]-

⟨7⟩ lamayapoyina ·āṁja-

⟨8⟩ nēya svāmula dē-

⟨9⟩ vāḷayaṁ garuḍastaṁbhamu-

⟨10⟩ ṁnnu ya[li]śeṭlu gōtrō[dbhavu]-

⟨11⟩ laina dēvaraśeṭṭi [kā]-

⟨12⟩ riśeṭṭigāri pautru-

⟨13⟩ luṁnu nārāya-

⟨14⟩ ṇa śeṭṭi putrulayi-

⟨15⟩ na [śaṁ]karaśeṭṭi tama

⟨16⟩ vāriki • • • • • mē-

⟨17⟩ svariki viśēṣaṁgā

⟨18⟩ kaṭṭiṁcenu || śrī

⟨SIIv40p0i0077⟩ No. 77. (A.R. No. B. 55 of 1930.) Takkeḷḷapāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up in front of the Rāmaliṅgasvāmi temple in the village.

Kākatīya: Gaṇapatidēva.

This is dated Śaka 11[8]1, Siddhārthi, Pushya, śu. 11, Friday, corresponding to 1259 A.D., December 27. However the week day was Saturday.

Records the gift of land for conducting sixteen kinds of homages (Shoḍaśōpachāramulu) to the god Mālinātha at Takkeḷḷapāḍu by Ekarāju, the [Pradhāni] and gajasāhiṇi of the king. Further it records the gift of some land to the god by Ārivēli Malli-Nāyaka for conducting worship, on the occasion of Uttarāyaṇa-saṅkrānti. ⟨Page 76⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīmanmahāmaṁḍa-

⟨2⟩ lēśvara kākati gaṇapati-

⟨3⟩ dēva mahārājulu prithivi

⟨4⟩ rājyaṁ sēyucunuḍḍaṁgānu ·ā-

⟨5⟩ rājya prasāda • • • • •

⟨6⟩ niyu gajasāhiṇiyunaina ·e-

⟨7⟩ karāju tamakuṁ buṇyamugānu

⟨8⟩ [śaka]vatsaramulu 11[8]1 ·agu siddhā-

⟨9⟩ ¨rtthi saṁvatsara pauṣya śu 11 [śu]kra-

⟨10⟩ vārāna takkeḷlapāṭi mālināthadēva-

⟨11⟩ raku ṣōḍaśōpacārā¨rtthamu-

⟨12⟩ gāṁ beṭṭina vritti kha 1 • va ·uttarā-

⟨13⟩ yana saṁkrāṁttināṁḍu ·ī dēvaraku

⟨14⟩ ·ādyamunaṁgalavritti ·ārivēli ma-

⟨15⟩ llināyuni peṭṭinadi kha 1 ·ī dē-

⟨16⟩ vara pūjarulu tripura jiya-

⟨17⟩ nu māṁkajēyunu

⟨SIIv40p0i0078⟩ No. 78. (A.R. No. B. 56 of 1930.) Māchavaram, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab lying near the Sītārāmasvāmi temple in the village.

This is dated Viḷambi, Śrāvaṇa, ba 10, Thursday.

Records the construction of a shrine and installation of the images of Sita, Rāma and Lakshmaṇa at Māchavaram by Kottamahālakshmi, the daughter of Ātukūri Kichchayya.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ viḷaṁbi nāma saṁ ||

⟨2⟩ śrāvaṇa ba 10 lu

⟨3⟩ guruvāraṁ ·ātu-

⟨4⟩ kūri kiccayya pu-

⟨5⟩ trika kottamahālakṣmi

⟨6⟩ mācavaraṁ grā-

⟨7⟩ maṁlō śrīśrītārāma- ⟨Page 77⟩

⟨8⟩ lakṣmaṇasvāmulaku

⟨9⟩ mēḍa kaṭṭiṁcci rāmu-

⟨10⟩ lavāriki sama¨rpiṁ

⟨11⟩ ccinadi

⟨12⟩ śrī namastē namastē

⟨13-17⟩ lines are damaged

⟨18⟩ namaḥ

⟨SIIv40p0i0079⟩ No. 79. (A.R. No. B. 57 of 1930.) Piḍugurāḷḷa, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar in the Vēṇugōpālasvāmi temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1472, Saumya, Śrāvaṇa ba. 6, Wednesday, corresponding to 1549 A.D., August 14.

Seems to record the gift [of a pillar] to the temple of Gōpīnātha by Chiṭikoṇḍayya. son of Siṅgarāju of Piḍugurēla.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

⟨2⟩ śālivāha-

⟨3⟩ na śakava¨rṣaṁbu-

⟨4⟩ lu 1472 ·agunēṭi

⟨5⟩ saumya saṁvatsara śrāvaṇa

⟨6⟩ ba 6 bu gopināthaniki piḍugu

⟨7⟩ rēla śiṁggarāju komāruṁḍu

⟨8⟩ ciṭi koṁḍayya sama¨rpaṇa

⟨SIIv40p0i0080⟩ No. 80. (A.R. No. B. 58 of 1930.) Mallavōlu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up in a street in the village.

This is dated Pramōdūta, Māgha śu. 5, Thursday.

Damaged. Seems to record the construction of a well at Mallavōlu. Mentions Peddabba and Chelamma. In characters of the 15th century A.D. ⟨Page 78⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śubhamastu ||

⟨2⟩ śrī pramōdūta sa • •

⟨3⟩ tsara māgha su 5 gu-

⟨4⟩ • vi peddabbayata-

⟨5⟩ ḍu peddarājakumāruṁḍu

⟨6⟩ • • kumāruṁḍu ca-

⟨7⟩ lammagāri ga¨rbha puṇyōda-

⟨8⟩ • na mallavoli karaṇaṁ

⟨9⟩ • • • caṁdrā¨rkasthāyigā-

⟨10⟩ nu yita • • • • • • • • • •

⟨11⟩ viṁci kama-

⟨12⟩ middamā

⟨13⟩ kaṭṭiṁci sama¨rpa • •

⟨14⟩ śrī śrī śrī jēyunu

⟨SIIv40p0i0081⟩ No. 81. (A.R. No. B. 59 of 1930.) Guttikoṇḍa, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar of the maṇḍapa in front of the Lokēśvarasvāmi temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1508, Vyaya, Vaiśākha, ba 7, corresponding to 1586 A.D., April 30, Saturday.

Records the remission of tax (bēḍigē) by Chinavīrapanāyaniṅgāru and Jaṅggamayya for conducting offerings in the temples of Lōkēśvara, Vīrēśvara, Rāmēśvara, Perumāḷ and Hanumān at Guttikoṇḍa in Taṅgeḍa-sīma, which was his nāyaṅkara, for the merit of their father Virapa-Nāyaniṅgāru.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ lōkēśvarāyanamaḥ

⟨2⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śāli-

⟨3⟩ vāhana śakava¨rṣaṁbbulu 15

⟨4⟩ 08 ·agunēṭi vyaya saṁvatsara

⟨5⟩ vaiśākha ba 7 lu janyāvula basudāṁ

⟨6⟩ nāyaniṁgāri pautṛlaina vīrapa-

⟨7⟩ nāyaniṁgāri putṛlaina śrīnaṁ- ⟨Page 79⟩

⟨8⟩ ṁddula gōtṛlaina cinavīrapanāya-

⟨9⟩ niṁgāru jaṁggamayyaṁgāru

⟨10⟩ taṁggeḍa śīmalōnu mā nāyaṁkka-

⟨11⟩ rānaku sāgivacci guttikoṁḍḍa-

⟨12⟩ nu lōkēśvarunikinni vīrēśvaru-

⟨13⟩ nikinni rāmēśvarunikinni perumā-

⟨14⟩ ḷlakunnuhanumaṁttunikinni

⟨15⟩ ·amṛtapaḷlaku sāgivaccina pū-

⟨16⟩ rvapu mānyapu kṣētrālaku kri-

⟨17⟩ tamu beḍige gonaṁgānu

⟨18⟩ beḍige rokhaṁ yī tathātithi puṇya-

⟨19⟩ kālamaṁddu tama taṁḍri vīrapanā-

⟨20⟩ yaniṁgāriki puṇyamugā dhāra-

⟨21⟩ vośi yistimigāna yī puṇyāna-

⟨22⟩ ku yavvaru tappinānu kāśilōnu

⟨23⟩ tama tallidaṁḍrādulanu govu brā-

⟨24⟩ hmanni vadhiyiṁccina pāpānaṁ bō-

⟨25⟩ vuvāru

Second Face.

⟨26⟩ vināyakunikinni

⟨27⟩ svadattā dvigu-

⟨28⟩ ṇaṁ puṇyaṁ

⟨29⟩ paradattānupā-

⟨30⟩ lanaṁ | paradattā-

⟨31⟩ pahārēṇa | svada-

⟨32⟩ ttaṁ niṣphalaṁ bha-

⟨33⟩ vet || śrī

⟨SIIv40p0i0082⟩ No. 82. (A.R. No. B. 60 of 1930.) Guttikoṇḍa, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar of the maṇḍapa in front of the Sītārāmasvāmi temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1749, Sarvajit, Bhādrapada ba. 1, Thursday.

States that on this day Svayamprakāśānanda-Avadhūtasvāmi, the disciple of Sachchidānanda- ⟨Page 80⟩ tirtha-Śrīguru Digambarāvadhūta-Nityānanda, entered the town of Guchyādri.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīmadakhaṁḍa saccidānaṁdā-

⟨2⟩ tī¨rttha śrīguru digaṁbarāvadhū-

⟨3⟩ ta nityānaṁda śrīcaraṇa kama-

⟨4⟩ la samāśrita svayaṁ prakāśā-

⟨5⟩ naṁdāvadhūtasvāmulavāru

⟨6⟩ gucyādri paṭṭaṇaṁ pravēśaṁ ·ayina śā-

⟨7⟩ livāhana śakābdamulu 1749 ·a-

⟨8⟩ gunēṭi sarvajitu nāma saṁvatsa-

⟨9⟩ ra bhādrapada ba || 1 guruvāraṁ ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0083⟩ No. 83. (A.R. No. B. 61 of 1930.) Guttikoṇḍa, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up at the entrance of a cavern in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1754, Khara, Jyēshṭha ba 7, Saturday.

Records the installation of image Ōṅkārēśvara in the cavern (bilagarbha) at Guttikoṇḍa on this day.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī svasti śrī jayābhyu-

⟨2⟩ daya śālivāhana śakā-

⟨3⟩ bdaṁbulu 1754 || ·agunē-

⟨4⟩ ṭi kharanāma saṁvatsara jē-

⟨5⟩ ṣṭa bahuḷa saptamī śu-

⟨6⟩ bhadina stiravāraṁ gutti-

⟨7⟩ koṁḍa bilagarbhamaṁduna

⟨8⟩ ·ōṁkārēśvara svāmi vāri-

⟨9⟩ ni pratiṣṭa cēśina sumuhū-

⟨10⟩ rtaṁ || śrīśrīṁ jēyu-

⟨11⟩ nū || ⟨Page 81⟩

⟨SIIv40p0i0084⟩ No. 84. (A.R. No. B. 62 of 1930.) Guttikoṇḍa, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone lying near the ruined Rāmaliṅgēśvara temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1708, Parābhava, Kārttīka, ba. 13.

Damaged. Records the reconsecration of the images of Nandikēśavara and Rāmaliṅgēśvara, (which had been desecrated in the year Durmukhi) by Akkirāju, who also made provision for offerings and worship in the temple with the consent of Kōṭapāṭi Chennapa-Nāyaniṅgāru, the Ijārādar of Guttikoṇḍa.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī gurappa rāmaliṁ-

⟨2⟩ gēśvarasvāmi || śrī-

⟨3⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śāli-

⟨4⟩ vāhana śakava¨rṣaṁbbulu 1708

⟨5⟩ ·agunēṭi parābhava nāma saṁ ||

⟨6⟩ kā¨rttika ba 13 lu | svāmi vāriki

⟨7⟩ mana guttikoṁḍayi jārādā-

⟨8⟩ ruḍu rā || kōṭapāṭi caṁnnapanā-

⟨9⟩ yniṁgāri ·anumati karuṇaya

⟨10⟩ ·akkirāju mahā[re] padurā[ma]

⟨11⟩ liṁggamu cilukūri veṁkaṭa pa-

⟨12⟩ tigāru kiṁddalanu du¨rmukhi nāma

⟨13⟩ saṁ || ·āṣāḍha śu 15 lu bhayirā-

⟨14⟩ lu vacci sthānacalanaṁ ceśi svāmivā-

⟨15⟩ ri naṁddikēśvaruṁni pellagiṁcci viḍiśi-

⟨16⟩ yiri gantu nayivēdya dīpārādhanalu

⟨17⟩ lēka maṁḍḍenu yiṁka svāmivā-

⟨18⟩ riki saṁprōkṣaṇa cēyiṁci nayivē-

⟨19⟩ dya dīpārādhanalu pūrvapu mānya

⟨20-27⟩ lines are damaged

⟨SIIv40p0i0085⟩ No. 85. (A.R. No. B. 63 of 1930.) Janapāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up in front of the Hanumān temple in the village. ⟨Page 82⟩

This is dated Śaka 15 • ., Virōdhikṛit, Vaiśākha, śu • .

Damaged and fragmentary. Records the gift of land in the village Mēḍarā of Taṅgeḍa-sīma to the temples of Kēśava-Perumāḷ, Siddhaya, Hanumān and Rudrēśvara at Jānapāḍu for conducting worship.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī jayābhyudaya śālivāhana-

⟨2⟩ śakava¨rṣaṁbulu 15 • • ·aguneṭi virōdhikṛta

⟨3⟩ saṁvatsara vaiśākha śu • • • • • jānapāṭi [śrī kēśava] •

⟨4⟩ māḷukuṁ prasiddhaya • • • • • kuṁnnu śrī hanu[maṁ*]-

⟨5⟩ tunikiṁni [rudrē]śvaruniki • • • • • • • • • • danūḷla gōtrōdbhavu-

⟨6⟩ sa¨rdhanāta • lo • • na • • • • • rāhattā velobhu • • •

⟨7⟩ vīra • • • • • • • • • • laina • • • • • • • • • • hōrā

⟨8⟩ rājātējōnidhi rājaśrī • • • • • • • • • • [kyā]ya śila • • laina nāgā

⟨9⟩ pautṛlaina • • nāya[ku]niki • • • • • putralaina jānapāṭi • •

⟨10⟩ • ¨rtra • • sukṛtamugānu • • • • • sāṣṭāṁga daṇnamulu sama-

⟨11⟩ cci yiccina dharmaśāsanakramameṭlaṁnnanu mā nāyaṁkarāna-

⟨12⟩ • • • sāgivacce taṁggeḍa sīmalōnu mēḍarā grāmānaku pulu-

⟨13⟩ • • • • • nāṁḍunu piḍavurēla paḍamaṭi polamu māreḍu cēnu

⟨14⟩ • • • • • yaliṁgānaku • • • • • pāṭanu piḍugurēla bolimēra me-

⟨15⟩ • • maḍicēnu kuccalānu śrīmanu • • • nāniki piḍugurela dova paḍamaṭi

⟨16⟩ cenu kuccalānu • • • • • toṁṭa • • • ḍiya bhīmēśvaruniki mōrana cenuku

⟨17⟩ lānu yī nālgu dēvasthānālaku • pū • • • rā • puṣpālatōṁṭa

⟨18⟩ vokaṭinni • • • sōtrālu || • • • • • nu svāmulavāri vāṁḍlakunnadi

⟨19⟩ dēvanaku naivēdyānakuṁnu sama¨rppiṁciri yī mānyaṁlaku tappadu

⟨20⟩ • • • • • gā naḍpinānu kāśilō gōvu brāhmala vadhiṁcina pāpānabōvuvā-

⟨21⟩ ru • • • makkālōnu paṁddini vadhiṁcina pāpāna vāru • • ppitā-

⟨22⟩ vāru • • • • • • • • • • nu • • • • • ccina pāpānabōvu •

⟨23⟩ vāru • • • • • saṁgaṁ gabe • • • vāni • • • • • gā • • • • • vo

⟨24⟩ • • • nanivuni cu • • ḍi śunaka • • • niyoha • ya

⟨25⟩ jānapāḍa • • • • • • • • • • japuttulakū

⟨26⟩ • • • • • tripura palirāyani vrālu • • • • • muca • mūsi •

⟨27⟩ śrī śrī śrī ⟨Page 83⟩

⟨SIIv40p0i0086⟩ No. 86. (A.R. No. B. 64 of 1930.) Janapāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up in front of the Hanumān temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1536, Ānanda, Jyēshṭha śu. 7, corresponding to 1614 A.D., June 4, Saturday.

Damaged. Records the gift of some lands at Jānapāḍu of Taṅgeḍa-sīma by Lakshmimanēniṁgāru, son of Kṛishṇārāya and grandson of Kaṇḍalnēniṅgaru of Goṭṭimukkula.

TEXT.

⟨0⟩ śrīrāma

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī jayā-

⟨2⟩ bhyudaya śālivāha-

⟨3⟩ na śakava¨rṣaṁbulu 1-

⟨4⟩ 536 ·agunēṭi ·ā-

⟨5⟩ naṁdda saṁvatsara jyē-

⟨6⟩ ṣṭa śu 7 lu rugyaju-

⟨7⟩ śākādhyāyunulaina

⟨8⟩ ·āśvalāyana ·āpastaṁba sūtrulaina śrī vaiṣṇavulaku śrī-

⟨9⟩ brāṁhmalakunu mānuḷla gōtrōdbhavulaina ·a¨rdha-

⟨10⟩ nārī talāṭēśvara • • hattu vidyā bhujaṁgga

⟨11⟩ birudāṁkkitulaina rājādhirāja mahārāja

⟨12⟩ rājatējōnidhi rājā goṭṭimukkala kaṁḍaleniṁ-

⟨13⟩ gāri pautṛlaina kṛṣṇārāyiniṁgāri pu-

⟨14⟩ tṛlaina la[kṣmīmaneniṁ]gāru • • lādharma śāsanakrameṁ-

⟨15⟩ ṭlaṁnnanu mā nāyaṁkarānaku sāgivacce tū • • taṁgēḍasīma-

⟨16⟩ lō madarāgrāmālu • • • jānapāṭi veṁgalākanama •

⟨17⟩ ṁpolāna tū¨rppa • • • • • laṁbana ·āri • • • 2 kaṁḍuna

⟨18⟩ [ca]lla bā ca • • • • • • • • • • rādakṣavoraku calle

⟨19⟩ jānapāṭinisīmalō • • • • • ·ānakapu dikku māku

⟨20⟩ cēni sthalaṁ ca • • kṣētraṁ jānapāṭi meṭla bhaṭlaku

⟨21⟩ cciri cenu • • • • • śrī palli ·arabhaṭlaku • • • tōne va-

⟨22⟩ dda cenu sthalaṁ • • • • • mū¨rtibhaṭla [bha]ḍḍavāni

⟨23⟩ • ceninīru tima • • nārāya • • • bhaṭlaku ⟨Page 84⟩

⟨24⟩ kūnāreḍḍi ceni sthalaṁ ku ma • ṁḍḍī rāmābhaṭlaku pacāli cenu

⟨25⟩ jānapāṭi • • • • • gaṁgāpu cenu kaṁcela cilkamaḍi veṁkaṭādri-

⟨26⟩ ppavāri cenu sthalaṁku calamāravāri jagaṁbhaṭlakulaku dusānivaṭa

⟨27⟩ tū¨rpuna kuccela cēnu gaṁḍḍigōṭa raghunāthani ·akkirāju vīraya

⟨28⟩ • • • paṁkkaradova vuttarāna • • • ·āyā daṁḍḍavāra •

⟨29⟩ • • • • • jānapāṭi kriṣṇayaku kucalaya

⟨30⟩ • • • • • ranaku calamaḍi ·āṁbhaḍipūḍi sōmanaku • cala •

⟨31⟩ • • • pāḍi • tiṁmmanakunu celamānāreḍḍi celi • • valli bhā • •

⟨32⟩ • • • • • ku • • celaya datti • go • ma • • • • • yaku cala • •

⟨33⟩ • • • • • pāḍi • • • • • calatarlovārulu peṁyakuca

⟨34⟩ pū¨rṇatayayakucala • • • sa¨rmaṇagānu haliṁ • •

⟨35⟩ dhara dānapū¨rrvakamugānu yistimi

⟨36⟩ ·arkapalivrālu śrī

⟨SIIv40p0i0087⟩ No. 87. (A.R. No. B. 65 of 1930.) Mandāḍi, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab lying near the Hanumān temple outside the village.

This is dated Śaka 1281, Vikāri, Bhādrapada, ba 10, Sunday, corresponding to 1359 A.D., September 17. However the week day was Tuesday.

Records the gift of a village Mandāḍi in Palnāṁṭi-sīma for providing midday offerings and conducting services in the temple of Mallikārjunadēva by Sirigiri-Nāyaniṅgāru, son of Taṅgeḍa Māchala-Nāyaniṅgāru.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ ·avighnamastu svasti śrī jayā-

⟨2⟩ bhyudaya śālivāhana śakava-

⟨3⟩ ruṣaṁbulu 1281 ·agunē-

⟨4⟩ ṁṭi vikāri saṁvatsara bhādrapa-

⟨5⟩ da ba 10 bhānuvāraṁnāṁḍu śrī

⟨6⟩ mallikā¨rjunadēvara ma[dhyā]·ahaṇapu

⟨7⟩ ·avasarānakunnu ·aṁggaraṁggavaibhavā-

⟨8⟩ lakuṁnnu mā • da gōtrapavitryālai-

⟨9⟩ na taṁggeḍa mācalanāyaniṁgāri

⟨10⟩ komāruṁḍḍu śirigiri nāya- ⟨Page 85⟩

⟨11⟩ niṁgāru palnāṁṭi śīmalōni maṁ-

⟨12⟩ ddāḍigrāmaṁ dāravośi yistimi

⟨13⟩ svadattā dviguṇaṁ paradattānaṁ pā-

⟨14⟩ lanaṁ paradattāpahārēṇa svadattaṁ ni-

⟨15⟩ ṣphalaṁ bhavēttu | [sa] lollikabhaṁ pū¨rrva

⟨16⟩ maiṁḍḍi kilamaitēnu nallapumalla-

⟨17⟩ yya mallikhā¨rjunadēvaraku pu-

⟨18⟩ ṇyaṁgānu kaṁbhaṁ ·ettiṁcce-

⟨19⟩ nu śrī śrī śrī

⟨SIIv40p0i0088⟩ No. 88. (A.R. No. B. 66 of 1930.) Mandāḍi, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab lying in front of the Sāmbaśiva temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 10[84], Subhānu, Phālguṇa śu. 5.

Fragmentary. Mentions some Reḍḍi.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti sakava¨rṣamulu 10[84] gu

⟨2⟩ śubhānu saṁvatsara phālgu • •

⟨3⟩ dda paṁcamiyu • • • • •

⟨4⟩ ·aramuna gaṁ • • •

⟨5⟩ ṭilōnikoka • • •

⟨6⟩ raḍḍi koḍu • • • • •

⟨7⟩ maṁdā • • • • •

⟨SIIv40p0i0089⟩ No. 89. (A.R. No. B. 67 of 1930.) Guṇḍlapāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up in a thrashing floor near the ruined Kēśavasvāmi temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1243, Durmati, Āshāḍha, śu. 15, Friday, corresponding to 1321 A.D., July 10.

Records the gift made by Peddanaṅgāru of his half share in a flower-garden to the temple of Mallināthadēva, for the merit of his parents. ⟨Page 86⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī sakaḷābhyudaya

⟨2⟩ śaka varuṣaṁbu-

⟨3⟩ lu 1243 ·agunēṁṭi du-

⟨4⟩ ¨rmati saṁvatsara ·āṣāḍha

⟨5⟩ śu 15 śu | ·eḍamaṭha[ki]-

⟨6⟩ ṭhakurudēvanigāri ko-

⟨7⟩ ḍuku peddanaṁgāru ta-

⟨8⟩ ma tallidaṁḍrulaku-

⟨9⟩ ṁ buṇyamugānu sō-

⟨10⟩ maya bhaktuni puvvaṁdōṁṭa

⟨11⟩ danapālu sagamu cē-

⟨12⟩ nu mallināthadēvaraku savvaphala-

⟨13⟩ kṣa sahitamu dhāravo-

⟨14⟩ si ·ācaṁdrā¨rkkasthāyi-

⟨15⟩ gā niccenu [||*]

⟨SIIv40p0i0090⟩ No. 90. (A.R. No. B. 68 of 1930.) Guṇḍlapāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab lying near the Kēśavasvami temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1195, Śrīmukha, Chaitra, śu. 1, Thursday, corresponding to 1273 A.D., April 19.

Damaged. Seems to register the grant of a bhaṭṭavṛiṭṭi to a Brahman named Āditya Sarvēśvara Bhaṭṭa by the king's commander (Rāyadaṇḍādhipati) Rāṇa[ka] Gōpadēvarāja.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta praśa • •

⟨2⟩ ta samadhigata pa • • •

⟨3⟩ hāśabdālaṁkrita • •

⟨4⟩ [vi]śada brahmavaṁśō • •

⟨5⟩ [ka] pūrage rakkasa • •

⟨6⟩ ripūritaḍigaṁ[ḍa]

⟨7⟩ • rirāya daṁḍina

⟨8⟩ • kaṭarāya mastaka ⟨Page 87⟩

⟨9⟩ [kūṁ]śalirāmadiśāpa[·a]

⟨10⟩ • ddhatarāja tiraska • •

⟨11⟩ raṇa pralaya • • • • •

⟨12⟩ • • • vadadata prabalatara • • •

⟨13⟩ • • raṁga mādiśvara ha • •

⟨14⟩ • mānama¨rdana ·anavara[ta]-

⟨15⟩ • • • • • le • • rāpō[ra]

⟨16⟩ • • • • • • • • • • gi • • • • •

⟨17⟩ • • • • • dipa • • • • •

⟨18⟩ • • • sahasra malla

⟨19⟩ • • • ya jagadaḷa praca-

⟨20⟩ • • śaraṇāgata • • •

⟨21⟩ • • • bujakora pratipakṣa

⟨22⟩ • • • sū • hasta trailōkya

⟨23⟩ • • • racakra cūḍāmaṇi mā-

⟨24⟩ dhavēśvara dhūmagatu svasti

⟨25⟩ śrīrāya daṁḍādhipati

⟨26⟩ śrīrāṇa[ka] gōpadēvarāju

⟨27⟩ • • • svasti śrī śakavaru-

⟨28⟩ ṣaṁbulu 1195 nēṁṭi

⟨29⟩ śrīmukha saṁvatsara caitra

⟨30⟩ śu 1 gu [ḍa] svasti jaga-

⟨31⟩ tvikhyāta bārasaha •

⟨32⟩ • naṁdana ·āditya sa¨rvva-

⟨33⟩ rabhaṭṭunaku [va]ra[ma]

⟨34⟩ • tra kaḍita śāstra kra •

⟨35⟩ na vidha vidyāvinōda

⟨36⟩ la valina mecci paḍa

⟨37⟩ maṭhamu bhaṭṭa vritti

⟨38⟩ ·ācaṁdrā¨rkka • •

⟨SIIv40p0i0091⟩ No. 91. (A.R. No. B. 69 of 1930.) Guṇḍlapāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab lying in a field one mile to the south of the village. ⟨Page 88⟩

This is dated Śaka 1161, Vishu-saṅkrānti.

Records the gift of land for conducting worship and providing offerings to the image of Sakalēśvaradēva by Gaṇḍapeṇdāra Gaṅgeya Sāhiṇi.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīmatu gaṁḍapeṁḍāra gaṁgeya sāhi-

⟨2⟩ ṇiyaru śrī śakavaruṣaṁbulu 1161 gu

⟨3⟩ nēṁṭi viṣu saṁkrāṁtināṁḍu sakalēśvara dē-

⟨4⟩ varaku havibali nivēdyāccanalaku ni-

⟨5⟩ ccina cēnu kha 1 dīnikevvaru vighnamu

⟨6⟩ dalaṁcinanu gaṁgakaṟta vēyugavila-

⟨7⟩ la jaṁpinavāru ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0092⟩ No. 92. (A.R. No. B. 70 of 1930.) Goṭṭipalle, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab lying near the ruined Mātangēśvara temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1172, Sādhāraṇa, Pushya, ba. 15, Sunday, Ardhōdaya, corresponding to 1251 A.D., January 23.

Records the gift of a perpetual lamp to the temple of Mātaṅgēśvara by a certain Tailapa-Nāgana for the merit of his parents, on the occasion of Ardhōdaya.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīmatu śakava¨rṣaṁbulu

⟨2⟩ 1172 nēṁṭi sādhāraṇa saṁvatsa-

⟨3⟩ ramu pauṣya bahula 15 ·ādi[tya]-

⟨4⟩ vāramunāṁṭi ·addhōdaya kālamu-

⟨5⟩ naṁdu tailapa nāgana tama tallidaṁḍru-

⟨6⟩ lakuṁ buṇyamugānu mātaṁgēśvara dē-

⟨7⟩ varaku devakāṁpu ·akhaṁḍa dīpamā-

⟨8⟩ caṁdrā¨rkkamugā naḍapuvāṁḍu

⟨SIIv40p0i0093⟩ No. 93. (A.R. No. B. 71 of 1930.) Goṭṭipalle, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab lying near the ruined Mātangēśvara temple in the village. ⟨Page 89⟩

Velanāḍu: Kulōtuṅga-Chōḷa-Goṅka.

This is dated Śaka 1061, Siddhārthi, Āśvija, śu. 1, corresponding to 1139 A.D., September 26, Tuesday.

Gives the euology of the king. Records the gift of land at Gottiprōḷa and money to the temple of Mṛidangēśvara by the king.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ śrīśalaikṛta sannidhissuravarō dēvāmra-

⟨2⟩ taṁgēśvaraḥ pāyādgōṁkamahīpatiṁdira-

⟨3⟩ taraṁ mātappratānūjataṁ ·ā[yura]-

⟨4⟩ bhīṣṭa sukhapradaṁtri pa¨rvataṁ rāgāvataṁ

⟨5⟩ samadātpāsvāṁśamahinabhūṣaṇa-

⟨6⟩ mṛtaṁ sōṁmasatāśaṁkaraṁ || 1 ||

⟨7⟩ [bhūma] pridhusatvayuktā bhūprabhu

⟨8⟩ bamuratnayōnikṣirāṁbu rāśedpra-

⟨9⟩ timāsti haricatuttha vaṁśō vimeta-

⟨10⟩ diśāla || 2 || tasminnabhūdgoṁka narēṁdra caṁ-

⟨11⟩ dra ssaṁva¨rddhanvānvaya yajñamucyā[hā]

⟨12⟩ tmadayēvairi manōṁbujāni saṁkōca

⟨13⟩ yahmādita sa¨rvvalōka || 3 || gāṁgēya

⟨14⟩ rāyastanayōsya jagñē cōḍakṣiti

⟨15⟩ śō vibudhā¨rttihārī ·ānaṁta bhō-

⟨16⟩ gāspada cārugotraḥ haredāpa¨rppi

⟨17⟩ ta bhūrigotraḥ || 4 || tasyā-

⟨18⟩ tmajōbhānunibhaprabhāvā-

⟨19⟩ goṁkkakṣitiśōjani bhūritē-

⟨20⟩ jāḥ yasyōdayē vairitamassu[bhu]-

⟨21⟩ hārināśamāyātya caraṇa[gu]-

⟨22⟩ yā || 5 || sa¨rvvālaṁpyasuda¨rśanaḥ kṣiti

⟨23⟩ suratrāṇaika niṣṭassadātvaṁ nabda pra-

⟨24⟩ sarōja śōbhitakaraḥ satyāsuraḥ

⟨25⟩ kṣitā śrī dāmātula vikramaḥ

⟨26⟩ pridu yaśosatvaḥ bhrayeśśāśvatoyō ⟨Page 90⟩

⟨27⟩ bhūyōtra virājatē haririvakṣa-

⟨28⟩ ttāraniṣpaściraṁ || 6 || śrī svasti śrīmada-

⟨29⟩ sōkulōttuṁga goṁka bhūpāla va-

⟨30⟩ ¨ryyaśśākābdō caṁdrā¨rtṛḥ neṁdu

⟨31⟩ gaṇitē siddhāṁ¨rtisṛdcarē ·āśvija śu-

⟨32⟩ ddha pratipadika | [tā]daśa • • śata ni

Second Face.

⟨33⟩ ttrayāta¨rvvatta goṭṭi cōḷa grā-

⟨34⟩ ma paścimadigā prasūta nadi mā-

⟨35⟩ śrīka kṣētraṁ sa¨rvvaṁ śrīma¨rnmamṛdaṁga

⟨36⟩ muni pratiṣṭiśāya mṛdaṁgēśvara dēva-

⟨37⟩ ya tatudēvasrānōtpanna vasunā-

⟨38⟩ sa¨rvvaṁ datpāsāsana rūpēṇa śilāstaṁ-

⟨39⟩ bhaṁ pratiṣṭāpita¨rvāna || 7 || ślōkaṁ mōpame-

⟨40⟩ ra su¨rvvasyabhūrmadṛpramaṁgu[ḷa]hara na-

⟨41⟩ rakamāpnōti yāvadācaṁta saṁdda[ṇaṁ]

⟨42⟩ dēvaḥ brahmasyaghapduni balāni su-

⟨43⟩ bahalāsyaja yuddakālē vile¨ryya

⟨44⟩ tēsya katāsēvāyadā || śatriṇā vi-

⟨45⟩ kṛtō dha¨rmma pālanīyaḥ prayatnataḥ

⟨46⟩ śatṛrēvahi śatṛśyādha¨rmmaśśatru sa-

⟨47⟩ ka sṛ¨rja || svasti śrī manmahāmaṁḍa[lē]śvara

⟨48⟩ kulottuṁga cōḍagoṁkaya goṭṭipro-

⟨49⟩ ḷa paḍumaṭinipasāṟinantanēla-

⟨50⟩ yu mridaṁgēśvara dēvaraku nā-

⟨51⟩ caṁdrā¨rkkamugā nicci sāsanamu-

⟨52⟩ gā kaṁbhamu veṭṭiṁcci dēvara śrīpādāla

⟨53⟩ beṭṭinaṭṭi sommu dēvara dēviya ko-

⟨54⟩ māṁḍlu bhaṭṭu konaṁ janadu dīninē-

⟨55⟩ vvarēni jōṟicina vāru paṁcamahāpā-

⟨56⟩ takamu sēsinavāru ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0094⟩ No. 94. (A.R. No. B. 72 of 1930.) Goṭṭipalle, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh. ⟨Page 91⟩

On a slab lying near the ruined Mātangēśvara temple in the village.

Kākatīya: Pratāparudradēva.

This is dated Śaka 1230, Kīlaka, Pushya, śu. 13, Thursday, Makara-Saṅkrānti, corresponding to 1308 A.D., December 26.

Register the grant of land in Tammaḍipalle to the temple of Mātaṅgēśvara by Maṅchaya-Nayiniṅgāru, a subordinate of the king for the merit of his soverign on the occasion of Makara-saṅkramaṇa.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śakava¨rṣaṁbulu 1230

⟨2⟩ ·agunēṁṭi kīlaka saṁvatsara pu-

⟨3⟩ ṣya śu 13 gunāṁṭi makara saṁ-

⟨4⟩ krāmaṇa kālamunaṁdu svasti

⟨5⟩ śrīmanmahā maṁḍalēśvara

⟨6⟩ mūrurāya jagaddāla kā-

⟨7⟩ katiyya pratāparudradē-

⟨8⟩ vamahārājulakuṁ bu-

⟨9⟩ ṇyamugānu tatpādapadmōpa-

⟨10⟩ jīvituṁḍaina svāmidrōhara-

⟨11⟩ gaṁḍa māṁcayanāyiniṁ gā-

⟨12⟩ ru śrīmātaṁgēśvara mahādē-

⟨13⟩ varaḷaku tammaḍipalle pola-

⟨14⟩ mu nīru nēla velipolamu [be]-

⟨15⟩ ḍḍaṁgalaku [pru]vrittuluṁnnu ·ā-

⟨16⟩ [kha]ṁḍakāṁpulu ·evaru da-

⟨17⟩ [ppinā]nu [gaṁ]ggaka¨rtvana • ni sa-

⟨18⟩ vva • nyamugānu ·ācaṁdrā-

⟨19⟩ ¨rkkasthāyigānicce || dīnikevva-

⟨20⟩ ru vighnamu cēsinānu gaṁ-

⟨21⟩ ga kaṟtataveyi gavilalaṁ jaṁpi-

⟨22⟩ navāru tamapeddakoḍku kapā-

⟨23⟩ lanu boḍicinavāru || ⟨Page 92⟩

⟨SIIv40p0i0095⟩ No. 95. (A.R. No. B. 74 of 1930.) Goṭṭipalle, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab lying near the ruined Mātangēśvara temple in the village.

Damaged. Records the gift of 25 cows to the temple of Mātaṅgēśvara at Śriparvata for burning a perpetual lamp by Bayyapa-Nāyaka, son of Lakshmaṇa-Nāyaka.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīpa¨rvvatamu • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • • • śrīmātaṁgēśvara dē-

⟨3⟩ [va]raku • • • • • • • • • • śvara

⟨4⟩ • pradalayatāvva • muna lakṣma-

⟨5⟩ ṇa nāyakula komāruḍu ba-

⟨6⟩ yyapanāyakuḍu nikine

⟨7⟩ • • • • • tu ·akhaṁḍadīpa-

⟨8⟩ • • • • • damunaṁgācaṁ-

⟨9⟩ drā¨rkkasthāyigā niccina

⟨10⟩ gaṁgu liruvaye[nu]

⟨11⟩ maṁgaḷamahā śrī

⟨SIIv40p0i0096⟩ No. 96. (A.R. No. B. 75 of 1930.) Pōlepalle, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone called Boḍḍurāyi in the village.

Damaged. Containing invocations to some of the local Śakti deities. In late characters.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ bhūlōka śakti | braṁhmarā-

⟨2⟩ kṣasi | rēṇuka | ·aṁkāḷa | grā-

⟨3⟩ ma pōlēri | kāḷikā | hu | re-

⟨4⟩ ṇukā | huṁ | nirālāṁba pu-

⟨5⟩ ¨rcce | tappite pāḷakāni | kaṁ-

⟨6⟩ daḷadānaṁ ceśe ||

⟨7⟩ tarivāramulukanugā-

⟨8⟩ • ma¨rtānu | rā-

⟨9⟩ ṁkenu gajarāju sā- ⟨Page 93⟩

⟨10⟩ vulō | punnami

⟨11⟩ • • mavuttu bhavattu

⟨12⟩ paramāttu śaṁkhaṁ

⟨13⟩ mēdu kāmarūpiṇi

⟨14⟩ ·a¨rdakāmarūpiṇi | śrī kā-

⟨15⟩ marūpiṇi nārennatā • ṁdāṁ-

⟨16⟩ bba | rājitarajita | brahmēṁdra

⟨17⟩ bhayaṁkkara tāpatra yōga ba-

⟨18⟩ hu ·āvuḷarāya | sarvatā • vānu

⟨19⟩ • • • • • prāyiccikājēlanā

⟨20-22⟩ lines are damaged

⟨SIIv40p0i0097⟩ No. 97. (A.R. No. B. 77 of 1930.) Tērāla, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up in front of the Siddhēśvara temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1165, Śōbhakṛit, Phālguṇa, ba. 8, Thursday.

Records the gift of land to the temple of Siddhanāthadēva at Tēṟāla by Pōtinēni Tripiri Nāyuḍu.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śakava-

⟨2⟩ ruśaṁbulu 11-

⟨3⟩ 65 ·avunēṁṭi

⟨4⟩ śōbhakritu saṁva-

⟨5⟩ tsara pālguṇa ba 8 gu

⟨6⟩ kaṁbhari kuṁjala go-

⟨7⟩ ṁkineni manumaṁḍu po-

⟨8⟩ tinēni tripiri nāyiṁḍu

⟨9⟩ tēṟalasiddhanāthadēvara-

⟨10⟩ ku ·āyūri paḍu[ma]-

⟨11⟩ ḍi polānaṁ beṭina vri-

⟨12⟩ tti veluguḍu | kha 2 nī-

⟨13⟩ runela reṁgu kuṁṭa ve- ⟨Page 94⟩

⟨14⟩ naka dūbamaṟatulu 1

⟨15⟩ ·āpedda ceṟuvu venaka

⟨16⟩ brāṁhmana vela paḍu-

⟨17⟩ maṭa maṟatulu 1

⟨18⟩ svadattaṁ dviguṇaṁ *

⟨SIIv40p0i0098⟩ No. 98. (A.R. No. B. 78 of 1930.) Tērāla, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up in front of the Siddhēśvara temple in the village.

Records the provision made for conducting offerings and burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Siddhēśvara at Teṟāla by Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Mailaladēvi-Kāmarāju of the Aihaya (Haihaya)-Vaṁśa. It contains the praśasti of the Haihayas.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti samadhigata paṁcama-

⟨2⟩ hāśabda mahāmaṁḍalēśvara

⟨3⟩ ·ānēkottaṁgga taraṁga saṁghā-

⟨4⟩ ta lavaṇōdadi[ḷā]vala-

⟨5⟩ yavaḷayeta gaṁgāpa¨ryyaṁ

⟨6⟩ ta[ka*] madhyadēśādhīsvara mahēsvara

⟨7⟩ puravarēsvara naihaya vaṁśō-

⟨8⟩ ddva nātrēyagōtrō pavitra na-

⟨9⟩ tṛgranarasirada¨rppanōdhvaja

⟨10⟩ māppaṟa gosaṇa sahasra

⟨11⟩ bāhu pratāpa vīraguṇa sa-

⟨12⟩ madana śrīmanmahāmaṁḍaḷē-

⟨13⟩ svara ma·ilaladēvi kāmaraju

⟨14⟩ teṟala siddesvara dēvaraku na[yi]-

⟨15⟩ dyamu divveku sa¨rvvapariyaramu-

⟨16⟩ kānu teṟala[·ibha]tra sēraku

⟨17⟩ koḍuku [kā]purajayana daṁpa-

⟨18⟩ galavāḍu dīni ·evvaru konnā

⟨19⟩ gaṁgakaṟutta vēkavilala po- ⟨Page 95⟩

⟨20⟩ ḍicina papamu tana pedda ko-

⟨21⟩ ḍuku kapalana kuḍicinavāru

⟨22⟩ maha nakṣatra muhaḷa

⟨23⟩ sadevasa nakṣatra-

⟨24⟩ mu bhareni

⟨SIIv40p0i0099⟩ No. 99. (A.R. No. B. 79 of 1930.) Tērāla, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up in front of the Siddhēśvara temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1366, Rudhirōdgāri, Māgha, ba 14, Monday, Śivarātri, corresponding to 1444 A.D., February 17.

Records the gift of land to the temple of Siddhēśvara at Tēṟala for the merit of the Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Jagannāthadēva-Maharāja by one of his servants (. • Palliyaṟama • .).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ [svasti] śakavaru¨rṣaṁbulu 1366 yēṁ[ṭi ru]-

⟨2⟩ durōdgāri saṁvatsara māgha

⟨3⟩ 14 sō śivarātri puṇyakālaṁnāḍu

⟨4⟩ śrīmanmahāmaṁḍalēśvara jaganāthadēva

⟨5⟩ mahārājulaku puṇyaṁgānu dēvarabaṁṭu ma-

⟨6⟩ • palliyaṟamanaḍatēṟala siddhēśvaradē[va*]raku be-

⟨7⟩ [ṭṭina] vritti cēnu velipolaṁ varimaḍi kalaṁ ta-

⟨8⟩ • • • • • ku śrōtriyaṁ kaṭlamu kāsaka gugiḷu tōnu-

⟨9⟩ brōlu sahitaṁgānu ·aṣṭabhōgatējasvāmya-

⟨10⟩ ṁgānu dēvaraku puṇyaṁgānu ·ācaṁdrā¨rka[mu]

⟨11⟩ naḍa[paṁ*]gānu yistimi yiṁdukudaku yevaru tapi-

⟨12⟩ konānu gaṁgakaṟutanu gōvu caṁpina dōṣānaku [pō]-

⟨13⟩ duru svadattā dviguṇaṁ puṇyaṁ paradattā-

⟨14⟩ nupālanaṁ paradattāpahārēṇa svadattaṁ ni-

⟨15⟩ ṣphalaṁ bhavēt |

⟨SIIv40p0i0100⟩ No. 100. (A.R. No. B. 80 of 1930.) Tērāla, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh. ⟨Page 96⟩

On a slab set up in front of the Siddhēśvara temple in the village.

Eastern Chāḷukya: Sarvalōkāśraya Vishṇuvardhana, 5th year.

This is dated Bahudhānya, Kārttīka śu. 5, Sunday.

Records the gift of 100 gadyāṇas and 18 puṭṭis of land to the temple of Siddhēśvara by Kṟomuala Lōkamayya and Jeṭṭimayya of Guṇḍabāḍu. In characters of the 7th century A.D. (Pub: Corpus of Inscriptions in Telangana District, Part IV, No. 1.)

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti sa¨rvvalōkaśra-

⟨2⟩ ya śrī viṣṇuva¨rddhana mā-

⟨3⟩ hārājulanu prava[¨rddha]mā-

⟨4⟩ na vijayarājya saṁ-

⟨5⟩ vatsaraṁbuḷaru

⟨6⟩ rājyādi ·ēnagu-

⟨7⟩ ṇēṇṭhi bahudhanya ba

⟨8⟩ ṇēṇṭhi kattika māsaṁbu-

⟨9⟩ na suddha pakṣaṁbuna pa-

⟨10⟩ ñcamiyu ghādityavā-

⟨11⟩ raṁbu nāṇḍu siddhīsvara-

⟨12⟩ ṁbuna guṇḍabāḍikṛo-

⟨13⟩ mvala lōkamayya yi-

⟨14⟩ jeṭṭimayyayi vi-

⟨15⟩ ḍicina pasiṇḍi nu-

⟨16⟩ ṟu gadyā[ṇaṁ*]bulu bra-

⟨17⟩ mpesiṇḍi yicchiṟe

Second Face.

⟨18⟩ ko • • ca • • • ra

⟨19⟩ • ṟavāli[ta]ma-

⟨20⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨21⟩ mi • • ṇḍi cēnu

⟨22⟩ padināṟu nimi-

⟨23⟩ di puṭlu yaḍlapā-

⟨24⟩ [ṭi]ni siddhīsvaraṁ [bu*]-

⟨25⟩ naku viḍisi nala ⟨Page 97⟩

⟨26⟩ dīniki ·aḍama-

⟨27⟩ yina vāru śrī pa[¨rvva][taṁ*]

⟨28⟩ bunu tē[ṟa][ṁ*]bu[lu]

⟨29⟩ naḍipinavāru

⟨30⟩ [ta]ṟamulayaca

⟨31⟩ • • • • • koḍuku makali

⟨SIIv40p0i0101⟩ No. 101. (A.R. No. B. 81 of 1930.) Tērāla, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up in front of the Siddhēśvara temple in the village.

Records the gift of a village Tēṟāla to the temple of Siddhēśvara by Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Mallidēvarāja. The above gift was entrusted to Mallikajiyya.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī manmama-

⟨2⟩ hāmaṇḍalēsvara

⟨3⟩ mallidēvarāja

⟨4⟩ siddēsvaradēvara-

⟨5⟩ ku teṟālu dhā-

⟨6⟩ ravosi yice sa-

⟨7⟩ ¨rvva parihāramu

⟨8⟩ dīnikevvarēniṁ da-

⟨9⟩ ppinavāru gaṁga ka-

⟨10⟩ ṟtaṁgamalaṁ boḍci-

⟨11⟩ ccinavāru vīri dha-

⟨12⟩ mmuma mallike

⟨13⟩ jiyyalu naṟapaṁ-

⟨14⟩ galavāru

(Pub: Corpus of Inscriptions in the Telangana Districts part IV, No. 42.)

⟨SIIv40p0i0102⟩ No. 102. (A.R. No. B. 82 of 1930.) Tērāla, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up in front of the Siddhēśvara temple in the village.

Kākatīya: Rudradēva. ⟨Page 98⟩

This is dated Śaka 1213, Khara, Pushya, ba. 15, Ardhōdaya, Solar eclipse, corresponding to 1292 A.D., January 21, Monday.

Records the gift of tax free land for the maintenance of a lamp in the temple of Siddhēśvara-Mahādēva at Tēṟāla by a certain Rudraya-Peddiṁgāru, for the merit of his brother-in-law Sōmayājula Rudradēva after taking a holy bath in the Rudra-guṇḍa in the temple, on the occasion of solar eclipse.

The inscription mentions another name of the king as Narēndra Chakravarti.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti samadhigata paṁcamahāśabdalaṁ-

⟨2⟩ dā[ya]gajakēsari lāṁchana brāji-

⟨3⟩ sakaladēśādhipatiyunu narēṁ[dra]

⟨4⟩ cakrava¨rtiyununaina śrī kākati

⟨5⟩ kumāra rudradēva mahārāju[la]

⟨6⟩ divya śrīpādapadmārādhakuṁḍu[nu]

⟨7⟩ svasti sakala sēnādhipatiyunu

⟨8⟩ samuddhata pratipakṣa samuha

⟨9⟩ vihalōpāya lakṣmīpatiyunu

⟨10⟩ vikhyāta rājanīti cāṇakyuṁḍunu

⟨11⟩ jagaddhitamita samadhura vākyuṁḍunu

⟨12⟩ paracakra pradhāni[bha]yaṁkara ṣāḍguṇya

⟨13⟩ puṇyuṁḍunu [bhaya bhīta] ripu nripaśaraṇyu-

⟨14⟩ ṁḍunuṁ bati rājya samuddharaṇuṁḍunu

⟨15⟩ jagadbharita kī¨rti vibhūṣaṇuṁḍununaina

⟨16⟩ śrī sōmayājula rudradēvayaṁgāri-

⟨17⟩ kiṁ buṇyamugānu vāri bāva rudraya

⟨18⟩ peddiṁgāru svasti śakava¨rṣaṁbulu 1213

⟨19⟩ gu khara saṁvatsara puṣya ba 15 ·a¨rrdhōdaya

⟨20⟩ sū¨ryyagrahaṇa kālaṁbuna tēṟāla siddhēśvara-

⟨21⟩ ṁbuna rudraguṁḍaṁbuna tī¨rrthasnānaṁbu sēsi

⟨22⟩ siddhēśvara mahādēvara dīpaṁbunaku ·ā-

⟨23⟩ tēṟālaṁ gala magamānu suṁkamūnu

⟨24⟩ talārikamunu marini ·oṁṟemi ·ā

⟨25⟩ pēranu ·aḍugalēdu sa¨rvamānyamu

⟨26⟩ dhārāpū¨rvamu sēsi ·ācaṁdrā¨rkamu

⟨27⟩ nicce dīniki yevvaru yeggudalaṁcinānu ⟨Page 99⟩

⟨28⟩ gaṁgakaṟuta vēyu gavilaṁboḍici-

⟨29⟩ na dōṣamunaṁ boṁduru

⟨30⟩ sadamala dha¨rmmapati vilasaṁnuta kī¨rti vilāsi-

⟨31⟩ nī manō sadavaritīśamū¨rti giriśabhaktu-

⟨32⟩ • • • • • sadācanakramā¨rti damatimādha

⟨33⟩ • • • • • kiṁdanayuṁḍu dama • • • • •

⟨34⟩ • • • • • • • • • • likhi • • • • •

(Pub: Ibid, No. 35.)

⟨SIIv40p0i0103⟩ No. 103. (A.R. No. B. 83 of 1930.) Paṭlavīḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab lying in front of the ruined Śiva temple in the village.

Fragmentary. Seems to record the gift of land as daśavanda and refers to a copper-plate grant of which this is evidently a copy. In characters of the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • mma rebbala • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • melucuṇna ca • •

⟨4⟩ • • • madhyamuna kṣē-

⟨5⟩ • • • lamu dasavaṁdamu

⟨6⟩ lpu venayakuṁ • • ḍiga-

⟨7⟩ lasalgi saṁpattiya ca-

⟨8⟩ stāyi pitrānyaya-

⟨9⟩ kamanubhaviṁpaniccenī-

⟨10⟩ tāṁbra sāsanamu

⟨11⟩ ·ātyama ·āpsesobba

⟨12⟩ rājyakāmamaṁdaḍi ti

⟨13⟩ kke maṁdaḍi kāmenalu

⟨14⟩ maru sākṣigānu

⟨SIIv40p0i0104⟩ No. 104. (A.R. No. B. 84 of 1930.) Ramaḍaka, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up in front of the Hanumān temple in the village. ⟨Page 100⟩

Vijayanagara: Kṛishṇarāya.

This is dated Śaka 1440, Bahudhānya, Vaiśākha, śu. 15. [Monday], corresponding to 1518 A.D., April 25. However the week day was Sunday.

Records the gift of a village Rāmaḍuka in Nāgārjunakoṇḍa-sīma for conducting worship and offerings in the temple of Chennakēśavadēva at Mācherla by Timmari-Nāyaka, son of Tippa-Nāyaka. The chief is said to have got the Nāgarjunakoṇḍa-sīma as nāyaṁkara from the king, and grant was made on the banks of the Krishṇavēṇi during a lunar eclipse in the presence of god Viśvanāthadēva.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śubhamastu || svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivāhana

⟨2⟩ śakavaru¨rṣagaḷu 1440 yū bahudhānya saṁvatsara

⟨3⟩ vaiśākha śu 15 [sō]rū śrīmaṁnmahārājādhirāja rā-

⟨4⟩ ja vīramahēśvara śrīvīrapratāpa śrīvīra kṛṣṇarā-

⟨5⟩ ya mahārāyaṁḍu pṛthivīrājyaṁ śāyaṁgā-

⟨6⟩ nu yallali nāyaṁkkamakkaḷu tiṁmari nāyaṁkkarū

⟨7⟩ māca¨rla caṁnakēśvara dēvari vrāsi mata[va]daniyi

⟨8⟩ vedsaśvarirō ·aṁggaraṁggavaibhavānaku sama¨rpiṁcina bhūdāna dha¨rmma

⟨9⟩ śāsanapatraṁ kriṣṇarāyamahārā[ya]ru mī nāyaṁkaraka-

⟨10⟩ mīda nāggā¨rjunakoṁḍa sīme yōḷa gaṇā rāmaḍukā ma-

⟨11⟩ grā 1 nū sōmāvārirāga puṇyakālamaṁdū kriṣṇavēṇitīra-

⟨12⟩ haṇava¨rta viśvanāthadēvara sannidhiyalu sahiraṇyōdaka dhāna-

⟨13⟩ dhārāpūrvakamugā kṛṣṇarāyamahārāyariki pu-

⟨14⟩ ṇyaṁgānu dhāravośi sama¨rpistimi ·āgrāmaṁdali catu-

⟨15⟩ śīmā taṭaka dhana nikṣēpa jala pāṣāṇa ·akṣiṇi ·āgāmani

⟨16⟩ siddha sādhyasahita ·aṣṭabhōga nijasvāmyananū svāmi māca¨rla

⟨17⟩ ceṁnakēśvaradēvara ·amṛtapaḷla saṁbatta ·aṁggaraṁgavayibhavagaḷaku-

⟨18⟩ gānu mārikoṁḍḍu ·ācaṁdrā¨rkasthā·igānu svāmi māca¨rla

⟨19⟩ ceṁnakēśvaradēvaru ·avadariṁci naivēdyaṁ ·aṁga raṁga vaibhavagaḷu

⟨20⟩ naḍabahavāge vākiṭama tippanāyaṁkaru makaḷu tiṁ-

⟨21⟩ mari nāyaṁkarū trivācakavāgi ·anubhaviṁcedi ||

⟨22⟩ svadattā dviguṇaṁ puṇyaṁ paradattānupālanaṁ | paradattāpa-

⟨23⟩ hārēṇa svadattaṁ niṣphalaṁ bhavet || dānapālanayō¨rmadhyē dā-

⟨24⟩ nāchrēyōnupālanaṁ | dānāsva¨rgamavāpnōti pālanāda-

⟨25⟩ cyutaṁ padaṁ || ·āhā rāghavarājaṁ prasastakalpopajivvahaṁ | ⟨Page 101⟩

⟨26⟩ na śṛṇominavasyāmi svayaṁ dattāpahāriṇōṁ || mīgrā-

⟨27⟩ maṁ yavvarāyanemimāca¨rla caṁnakēśvaru dēvaraku naḍacirāniki

⟨28⟩ tappi puccukonivāru govuṁnnubrahminini caṁppina pāpā-

⟨29⟩ naṁ bōduru tama komāruni kapālāna kāṭikevaḍḍina pā-

⟨30⟩ pānaṁ bōvuvāru | tiṁmappanāyaniṁgāri ·ānati kra-

⟨31⟩ māna devaru supradda vrā·iṁccina dha¨rmaśāsanamu || śrī śrī

⟨32⟩ ·ī rāmaḍuka grāmaṁ ceṁnakēśavarāyani ·iyyaka yavva-

⟨33⟩ ru tappi puccukoṁnānu vāninū • tigāraṭaḍi baḍḍu

⟨34⟩ marinivānikūriki pādarakṣa || tiṁmappa baradū ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0105⟩ No. 105. (A.R. No. B. 85 of 1930.) Mūṭukūru, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up in front of the Sitārāmasvāmin temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1576, Jaya, Vaiśākha, śu. 15, corresponding to 1654 A.D., April 21, Friday.

Records the gift of land for conducting worship and providing offerings to the temple of Sitārāmasvāmi at Muṭṭukūru by a certain Rāmachandra Vīrakavi of the Viśvakarma community.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyudaya

⟨2⟩ śālivāhana śakava¨rṣaṁ-

⟨3⟩ bbulu 1576 ·agunēṭi ja-

⟨4⟩ ya nāma saṁvatsara vaiśākha

⟨5⟩ śu 15 lu muṭṭukūri sītā-

⟨6⟩ rāmasvāmula naivēdya paḍi

⟨7⟩ tarālaku viśvakarma saṁtati ·a-

⟨8⟩ yina rāmacaṁdruni vīrakavi

⟨9⟩ tanaku sa¨rvamānyamugā sāgi-

⟨10⟩ vacce muṭṭukūri regaḍi cenu grā-

⟨11⟩ mānaku vāyuvyāna paṭamiṭi po-

⟨12⟩ limēra daṁḍḍaḍinni kīṁcarakuṁṭla mō-

⟨13⟩ rasacenu muṭṭukūri nuṁḍi kaṁca¨rla

⟨14⟩ kuṁboye • • • tū¨rpudinni sa-

⟨15⟩ ma¨rpiṁccenu || dānapālanayō- ⟨Page 102⟩

⟨16⟩ rmadhyē dānācrēyōnupālanaṁ ||

⟨17⟩ dānātsva¨rgamavāpnōti pālanā-

⟨18⟩ dacyutaṁ padaṁ ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0106⟩ No. 106. (A.R. No. B. 86 of 1930.) Mūṭukūru, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab near a pond called Lingamvāriguṇṭa in the village.

Fragmentary. States that some ponds were dug and lands given for their upkeep by • • ggana. son of Guramma of Muppāḷḷa-gōtra.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ sōmavāraṁ

⟨2⟩ śrī guraṁmma komāḷlu • •

⟨3⟩ ggaṁnna mupāḷla gōtru-

⟨4⟩ laina vēyiṁccina dharma¨rpu

⟨5⟩ kuṁṭalū || puṇyaṁgānu kṛ-

⟨6⟩ ṣṇā¨rpaṇaṁ || kuṁṭamānyaṁ

⟨7⟩ ·arakuccala ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0107⟩ No. 107. (A.R. No. B. 87 of 1930.) Mūṭukūru, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

Stone lying to the south of the village.

Kākatīya: Rudradēva.

This is dated Śaka 1190, [Vibha]va, Kārttīka ba. 15, Tuesday, solar eclipse, corresponding to 1268 A.D., November 6.

Records the gift of tolls for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Chennakēśava by some members of the Vīrabalañja community, for the merit of the king. The inscription contains the praśasti of the Vīrabalañjas.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīmanu mahāmaṁḍalēśvara

⟨2⟩ rudradēvamahārājulu prithivirājya-

⟨3⟩ mu sēyaṁgānu || svasti samasta bhu-

⟨4⟩ vana jana vikhyāta paṁcaśata vīraśā- ⟨Page 103⟩

⟨5⟩ sana śabdānēka guṇaguṇālaṁkrita sa-

⟨6⟩ tya śauca cāru caritra nayava[pu]lla-

⟨7⟩ gyāya vīrabalaṁ jyōtsava dha¨rmma pra-

⟨8⟩ • ti pālitulaina śrīmatu yi-

⟨9⟩ jeyanānādēsinipa • • • nā • •

⟨10⟩ munugāvisi dīni meṭamaṭastala-

⟨11⟩ • • siperumāṁḍi seṭṭini me-

⟨12⟩ vini tammulaina rudradēvarājula-

⟨13⟩ rāyurārōgyavīriyyābhivriddhigā-

⟨14⟩ ga • • śa¨rra śrīmanumahādēva

⟨15⟩ cennakēśavadēvarakunu || svasti śrī

⟨16⟩ [śaka]varuṣaṁbulu 11[9]0 ·agunēṁṭi

⟨17⟩ [vibha]va saṁvatsara kā¨rtti[ka] ba 15 ma sūyya-

⟨18⟩ • • • na yi dēvaraku dīpānaku suṁka

⟨19⟩ • • pōtulu 10 dīnina dapina[vāru]

⟨20⟩ śrī vaikuṁṭhāna dēvakanyalu

⟨21⟩ • • luḍaṁgānuṁḍu || dīninaḍa • •

⟨22⟩ • • • • • ka vighnamusēsinavāru śrī

⟨23⟩ vāraṇāsi kaṟuta braṁhmāna

⟨24⟩ gōvulavadhiṁcena dōṣāna

⟨25⟩ [bō]vuvāru

⟨SIIv40p0i0108⟩ No. 108. (A.R. No. B. 87a of 1930.) Mūṭukūru, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

Stone lying to the South of the village.

This is dated Śaka 1190, Kārttīka, ba. 15, Solar eclipse.

Records the gift of land for conducting various services, worship and offerings in the temple of Chennakēśava at Muṭukūru by the king's subordinate Māri-Nāyaka, for the welfare of Gaṇapatidēva, on the occasion of solar eclipse, when the king military general Śrīpati Gaṇapatidēva was ruling from Gurindāla.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī rāya daṁḍādhipati śrī-

⟨2⟩ pati gaṇapatidēvarājulu guri- ⟨Page 104⟩

⟨3⟩ ṁdālalō sukhasaṁkatāvinōdaṁbu-

⟨4⟩ lanu prithivi rājyamu sēya-

⟨5⟩ ṁgānu svasti śrīmatu māri-

⟨6⟩ nāyaṁkuṁḍu ·ammanina gaṇa-

⟨7⟩ patidēva mahārājulaku nāyu-

⟨8⟩ rārōgyaiśvaryābhivriddhigānu

⟨9⟩ māṭukūri cennakēśavadē-

⟨10⟩ • mādikini || svasti śrī śaka-

⟨11⟩ [va]ruṣaṁbulu 1190 ·agunē-

⟨12⟩ ṁṭi kā¨rtika ba 15 ma • •

⟨13⟩ raṁgabhōgānaku daṁtu •

⟨14⟩ sakha sūyyagrahaṇa ni-

⟨15⟩ mittamuna peṭṭina vritti

⟨16⟩ dēvaraku ·aṁgaraṁgabhōgamu-

⟨17⟩ ku [·amu]dapaḍi cātupaḍiki

⟨18⟩ • • cēniki sukrikadēkiśanakoni • •

⟨19⟩ • • naye • • ·ammana vaśamu su .-

⟨20⟩ kamu • • ma [·ū]ri ·āya[mu]

⟨21⟩ • • ma • • • • • dapinavāru

⟨22⟩ kuni • vayuga • • • • • • • • • •

⟨23⟩ ru dhammamu • • • • • sēsinavā-

⟨24⟩ ru gaṁgakaṟuta 1500 gō-

⟨25⟩ vula vadhiyiṁcuvāru ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0109⟩ No. 109. (A.R. No. B. 88 of 1930.) Kōlaguṭla, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab lying in a field in the village.

This is dated Śaka 151[9], Durmukhi, Āshāḍha, śu. 11, Friday.

Records the gift of land as mānya in the village of Kōlagoṭla in the Nāgārjunikoṇḍa-sīma by a chief named Ghaṇṭa Daṇḍarāyaniṅgāru to Māllābhattu and Mallabhattu of Sattenapalle.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivāhana śakava¨rṣaṁbbu- ⟨Page 105⟩

⟨2⟩ lu 1519 ·agunēṭi duṁ¨rmukhi nāma saṁvvatsaraṁ ·āṣāḍha

⟨3⟩ śu 11 rājaśrī ghaṁṭadaṁḍarāyaniṁgāru satte-

⟨4⟩ napalli mālabhattuṁḍu mallābhattuniṁgāriki yiccina

⟨5⟩ bhūdāna dhaṁ¨rmmaśāsanaṁ māku sāgivacce nāgā¨rju-

⟨6⟩ ni koṁḍḍaśīmalonu kōlagoṭlagrāmāna sattenapalli

⟨7⟩ • rājukuṁṭṭa cēnu koripāṭipecela kṣētraṁ

⟨8⟩ mīku mānyaṁgānu yistimi mī putra pau-

⟨9⟩ tra pāraṁparyaṁ ·ācaṁdrā¨rkastāyigā-

⟨10⟩ nu ·anubhaviṁcci bratikēdi yi kṣētraṁ

⟨11⟩ yavvaḍu ·āchadhana cēśinānu vāraṇāśi-

⟨12⟩ lōnu gōbraṁhmaṁṇi vadhiṁccina pāpā-

⟨13⟩ naṁbōduru yi kṣētraṁ yavvaru ·āchedha-

⟨14⟩ ceśinānu gāḍeda kaḍupuna puṭṭuduru kaḍa-

⟨15⟩ ruṁ kakaḍupuna puṭṭuduru paḍamara gōgi-

⟨16⟩ reḍḍivāri cēnigaṭṭu | vuttaraṁ bālaḍuvāri cēnu

⟨17⟩ geṭṭu dakṣiṇaṁ sarvabhaṭlu cenigaṭṭu tū¨rpu kaṁbhaṁ

⟨SIIv40p0i0110⟩ No. 110. (A.R. No. B. 89 of 1930.) Ātmakūru, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone lying on the boundary between the village and Durgi village.

This is dated Śaka 1557, Yuva, Nija-Bhādrapada, śu. 2, Thursday, corresponding to 1635 A.D., September 3.

Damaged. States that while Nāyapa-Nāyani Veṅkaṭapati-Nāyanivāru was governing Mācherlasīma the boundary between the villages Durgi and Ātukūru was marked with a jayastaṁbha.

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⟨1⟩ śrī giri || ·ācaṁdrā¨rkastāyigā du¨rggi ·ātukūrinaṁdu po-

⟨2⟩ limēra staṁbhaṁ || svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivāhana

⟨3⟩ śakava¨rṣaṁbulu 1557 nnu ·agunēṭi

⟨4⟩ yuva nāma saṁvatsara nija bhādrapada śu 2 gu staṁbhaṁ prati-

⟨5⟩ [manā]maṁ || rājaśrī nāyapanāyani veṁkaṭapati nāya-

⟨6⟩ nivāru māce¨rla śīma • • • • • • • • • • jyēyaṁgā-

⟨7⟩ nu • • • • • • • • • • nāyaniṁgāru • • • • • duggila ⟨Page 106⟩

⟨8⟩ veṁjula • • • • • • • • • • ·ātukūri malaya-

⟨9⟩ ṁdugānu ·ātu[kūri] • • • • • • • • • • ce[nu] polaṁdunnu vāḍu

⟨10⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vāḍu • • • • •

⟨11⟩ • • • • • • • • • • la maḍikāḍu ·ātu-

⟨12⟩ kūri • • • • • lainā melaināyi polaṁ mādi ·ā-

⟨13⟩ • • • • • • • • • • [gaṁga]lō stānaṁ ceśi ·āri •

⟨14⟩ • • • • • • • • • • dakṣiṇaṁ śeśina tithini pra • • •

⟨15⟩ • • • • • • • • • • yiṁcinavāri polaṁ • nima-

⟨16⟩ • • • • • • • • • • voppi dugikara

⟨17⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vikayya voppi vubhaya

⟨18⟩ • • • • • • • • • • gaṁggalō yavvaru strā-

⟨19⟩ naṁ ceśi • • ridra vastrālaṁ • • • • • pradakṣaṇaṁ vaccinānidi

⟨20⟩ ni • ni • • • la kaṁṭi • • yya • • sā • • • tama ·ātukūri polimē-

⟨21⟩ rani savilayatu • • • • • ya • • • • • bāna • • • • • ṁduku va-

⟨22⟩ • • • cci • • • • • ṭastu • • • • • vuṁ • • • • • jenu • • • • • ruṁca •

⟨23⟩ yā • • • • • la • • • • • gādri • • • • • ritārabhya

⟨24⟩ gābu • • • • • • • • • • mnamucē • • • • • dhanaṁ jayadu staṁbhaṁ sthānaṁ

⟨25⟩ vāru yavaru • • • • • • • • • • bhaṁ vēyiṁcina • • • naṁ • • • • •

⟨26⟩ bhānaku • • • • • du¨rggi polaṁ • • • • • ·ātukūri polaṁ || śrī śrī śrīṁ jēyunū

⟨27⟩ jayastaṁbhaṁ

⟨SIIv40p0i0111⟩ No. 111. (A.R. No. B. 90 of 1930.) Gōvindapuram, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab lying in front of the Gautamēśvarasvāmi temple in the village.

This is dated Vikāri, Māgha, ba 12, Wednesday.

Damaged and fragmentary. Seems to provide for a lamp in the temple of Vuttamēśvaradēva by Vaḍla Māchōbattudu. In characters of the 16th century A.D.

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⟨1⟩ vikāri • • • • •

⟨2⟩ māgha ba 12 bu • • •

⟨3⟩ di • nālayacōḍa[dēva] • •

⟨4⟩ vādi vaḍlamācō[battu]ḍu ⟨Page 107⟩

⟨5⟩ ku • ṁlō • • ku • • vutta-

⟨6⟩ mēśvaradēvaraku • • • gaḍapa • •

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ • • ·ācaṁdrā¨rkkamu • • •

⟨SIIv40p0i0112⟩ No. 112. (A.R. No. B. 91 of 1930.) Alugumallipāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a mutilated slab in front of the Śiva temple.

This is dated Śaka 1170, (bindu-turaṁga-rudra), Kīlaka, Māgha Śivarātri.

Damaged. Records the gift of a village to the temple of Sōmanātha at Anugupuraṁ by a certain Rājadaṇḍādhipati Mahādēvarāja. Eulogy of the military commander is interesting and requires a further study.

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⟨1⟩ kanikaṭa •

⟨2⟩ rājadi śāpa • •

⟨3⟩ tiraskitasami • •

⟨4⟩ ta¨rnnavaduddaka-

⟨5⟩ katuraṁga mādēśvara • • •

⟨6⟩ nama¨rddana ·anavarata vigaḷa-

⟨7⟩ nmadajaladhārā • • • raṇīkrita

⟨8⟩ duddinagiri varasadri śēsiṁdō-

⟨9⟩ rōdhi jajjaḷadēvara • ti-

⟨10⟩ ranaraṇā kriṣṇasahasramallabha-

⟨11⟩ ruda ·ekā • rājajagadaḷapra-

⟨12⟩ caṁḍārātiśaṣṭhara nikara makara vai-

⟨13⟩ ri vrātaku raṁgga beṭṭakāra pratipakṣa-

⟨14⟩ kṣaya sthūla hastatrailōkya vīra cakra

⟨15⟩ cūḍāmaṇi mā[da]vēśvara dhūma-

⟨16⟩ gī[kē]tu rāja daṁḍādhipati mahā-

⟨17⟩ dēvarājulu ·anu[gu]puramu sēda sōmanā-

⟨18⟩ dadēvaraku ·iccē || śākē biṁdu turaṁga-

⟨19⟩ rudra kaḷitē saṁvatsarē kīḷakē prādāru ⟨Page 108⟩

⟨20⟩ śivarātri saṁjñaka dinē māśēca māghā-

⟨21⟩ biddē | prā • • nnaṁtta narēṁdramāḷimaṇi-

⟨22⟩ nnirājatāṁghridvayaḥ prādāsida¨rna

⟨23⟩ ra saṁjñakama • • • śrī sōmanāthāyasaḥ

⟨24⟩ grāma • syāsyasavata māghāvvanā-

⟨25⟩ gēsvari nadi dakṣiṇagāvani mā •

⟨26⟩ • sāhivā[ra]ku paśevānanavāṁnasya-

⟨27⟩ matetaraprasarkavrajaṁ suhita ru-

⟨28⟩ drēsvaradēvara[ku] • • • • • va • • suṁdarēhitaṁ •

⟨29-32⟩ lines are damaged

⟨SIIv40p0i0113⟩ No. 113. (A.R. No. B. 92 of 1930.) Mōrjamāpāḍu, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone set up near the fresh water well in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1562, Vikrama, Śrāvaṇa, śu. 15, Wednesday, corresponding to 1640 A.D., July 22.

States that a certain Timmappa, son of Sanggaya and grandson of Rēvūri Tiruṁalayya of the Viśvakarmakula and the Kāśyapa-gōtra, dug a well and constructed steps and installed the shrines of Nīlakaṇṭhēśvara and Vināyaka to the east of the well of Mōrijampāḍu. Aṁbeya son of Gōpāla was a witness to this record.

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⟨1⟩ śrīnīlakaṁṭhāyanamaḥ || śrī veṁkaṭēśvarāyanamaḥ

⟨2⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivāhana śakava¨rṣaṁ-

⟨3⟩ bulu 1562 ·agunēṭi vikrama nāma saṁvvatsara śrāvaṇa

⟨4⟩ śuddha 15 bu viśvakarma kulōdbhava mēghavāhana kanakakuṁḍḍa-

⟨5⟩ rā(lā)bharaṇa kāḷikādēvi kamalēśvara divya śrī pādapadmārādhaka kāśyapagō-

⟨6⟩ tṛlaina rēvūri tirumalaya pautṛluṁnnu saṁggaya mu-

⟨7⟩ salammagāri putṛlaina timmappa mōrijaṁppāṭi sthāḷāna-

⟨8⟩ nu naḍabāvi tavviṁcci sōpānālu gaṭṭiṁci bāvilōnu

⟨9⟩ tū¨rppubhāgāna nīlakaṁṭhēśvaraniki dēvaḷaṁ kaṭṭiṁci ·ā-

⟨10⟩ mīda vināyakuni dēvaḷaṁ kaṭṭiṁcci tama vubhaya ku-

⟨11⟩ lāla vāriki puṇyaṁgānu ·ācaṁdrā¨rkasthāyigānu

⟨12⟩ pratiṣṭa śeyiṁccenu śivā¨rppaṇamastu śrī śrī śrī ⟨Page 109⟩

⟨13⟩ jeyunū || gopāḷuni ·aṁcceya vrālu ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0114⟩ No. 114. (A.R. No. B. 93 of 1930.) Kottapālem, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone lying near the Śiva temple in the village.

Kākatīya: Gaṇapatidēva.

This is dated Śaka 1131, Pramōdūta, Pushya, ba. 14, Saturday.

Records the grant of the village Ākarājupalli in Pallināḍu for offerings and worship in the temple of Tipurāntaka Mahādēva by Mahāpradhāni Talāṟi Prōla Bhīma-Nāyuḍu for the merit of his parents Dāma-Nāyaka and Kāmāsāni, and for the welfare of the king.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śakava¨rṣaṁbulu 1131 gunē-

⟨2⟩ ṁṭi pramōdūta samvatsara puṣya ba-

⟨3⟩ hula 14 śanivāramuna śrīma-

⟨4⟩ nmahā pratā(dhā)ni sakala lakṣmīpatiyaina ta-

⟨5⟩ [lāṟi] prōlabhīmanāyuṁḍu tama-

⟨6⟩ taṁḍri dāmanāyaṁkunakūnu tama-

⟨7⟩ talli kāmāsānikinni dha¨rmamugā gaṇapa-

⟨8⟩ tidēva mahārājulaku rājyābhivri-

⟨9⟩ ddhigā palināṁṭilōni ·ākarāju palli

⟨10⟩ tripurāṁtaka mahādēvaraku haviba-

⟨11⟩ li ·a¨rccanala[ku] ·ācaṁdrā¨rkaṁ || svadattāṁ pa-

⟨12⟩ radattāṁ vvāyōharēti vasuṁddharāṁ

⟨13⟩ ṣaṣṭi¨rvvaṣa sahasrāṇi | viṣṭhāyāṁ

⟨14⟩ jāyatē krimi || yī dha¨rmuvunaku

⟨15⟩ vighnamu dalaṁcinavāru gaṁgaka-

⟨16⟩ ṟuta vēyi [gōvu] kavilaṁ boḍcinā-

⟨17⟩ ru ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0115⟩ No. 115. (A.R. No. B. 94 of 1930.) Kottapālem, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone lying near the Śiva temple in the village.

Kākatīya: Pratāparudradēva. ⟨Page 110⟩

Records the gift of the grazing fees (pullari) of the village of Ākurājupalli to the temple of Tripurāntakadēva by a certain Āyakapediṁgāru, at the instance of 72 niyōgas, for the merit of the king.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī tripurāṁtakadēvara

⟨2⟩ • • • nu pratāparu-

⟨3⟩ dradēvamahārājuna-

⟨4⟩ ku • • caguridēvarakunuṁ bu-

⟨5⟩ ṇyamugā tripurāṁtaka

⟨6⟩ suridēvara ḍebaireṁḍu ni-

⟨7⟩ yōgālavāri paṁpunā-

⟨8⟩ nu ·āyakapediṁgāru

⟨9⟩ ·ākurājupalli pulla-

⟨10⟩ ri sū¨ryyacaṁdrula kala-

⟨11⟩ ṁta gālamunu viḍicitimi

⟨12⟩ dīniki vighnamu sēsina vāriki ga-

⟨13⟩ ṁgakarata veyi gōvula vadhiṁci

⟨14⟩ pāpāna bōyavāṁḍu

⟨SIIv40p0i0116⟩ No. 116. (A.R. No. B. 95 of 1930.) Pilluṭla, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone set up in front of the Koṇḍasingappa(Narasimha) temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 1347, Viśvāvasu, Vaiśākha, śu. 2, Friday, corresponding to 1425 A.D., May 19. However the week day was Saturday.

Records the construction of Upajagati in the temple of Narasiṁhadēva on the hill by Malli-seṭṭi, for the merit of his master Tammā-Nāyaniṅgāru.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śātakābde śakavaruṣaṁbu-

⟨2⟩ lu 1347 [ḍu] ·agunēṁṭi viśvāvasu

⟨3⟩ saṁvaccara vaiśākha śu 2 śu taruvakaḷataṁ-

⟨4⟩ mmā nāyaniṁgāri bhaṁṭṭu mīdi malliseṭṭi ba-

⟨5⟩ lumma koṁḍḍamīṁdi śrī narasiṁhya dēvuniki taṁ-

⟨6⟩ mānāyaniṁgāriki puṇyamugānu ⟨Page 111⟩

⟨7⟩ vupajagati kaṭṭiṁcenu maṁgaḷamahā śrīśrī-

⟨8⟩ śrīṁ jēyunu || yāvaccaṁdraśca sū-

⟨9⟩ ¨ryaścayāvattiṣṭati mēdinī |

⟨10⟩ yāvadrāmakathālōkē tā-

⟨11⟩ vadrājyaṁ vibhīṣaṇaḥ ||

⟨12⟩ nija || vīrajasiṁgaya • • • • •

⟨13⟩ mallayya śuṁḍu neyya melaraṁga

⟨14⟩ viludēyyakelami • • • • •

⟨15⟩ dāsapajagatiki te | dhammaṇa • saketi

⟨16⟩ ·ācaṁdrātākramuga ||

⟨SIIv40p0i0117⟩ No. 117. (A.R. No. B. 96 of 1930.) Pilluṭla, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar set up in front of Narasiṁha temple in the village.

This is dated Śaka 134[7], Krōdhi, Śrāvaṇa, śu. 11.

Damaged. Mentions a certain artisan Irugana Ōbaḷa-Nāyaka who died, when he is doing polishing work (varukuṁpani) in the temple of Narasiṁha.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīsakavaruṣaṁ 134[7]

⟨2⟩ • bhayeṁḍunu krō-

⟨3⟩ dhi saṁvacara śrāva-

⟨4⟩ ṇa | śu 11 • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • [ka]ṁbhamu • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • śrīnara-

⟨7⟩ siṁhuniki varuka-

⟨8⟩ ṁbhani sēsina yi-

⟨9⟩ rugana·ōbā • nā

⟨10⟩ • naṁḍu maṁggaḷama-

⟨11⟩ śrīśrī

⟨SIIv40p0i0118⟩ No. 118. (A.R. No. B. 97 of 1930.) Bhatrupālem, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh. ⟨Page 112⟩

On a stone lying near the Narasiṁha temple in the village.

This is dated Yuva, Vaiśākha, śu. 5.

Records the installation of a pillar for the god Hanumān by a certain Viyāla Malla-Nāyaniṅgāru, for the merit of his parents Tippanāyani and Nāyamma.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīrāma | yuva saṁ-

⟨2⟩ vatsara vaiśākha su 5

⟨3⟩ viyāla malla-

⟨4⟩ nāyaniṁgāru

⟨5⟩ tamataṁḍri tippā-

⟨6⟩ nāyanikiṁni ta-