South Indian Inscriptions, Vol.42.

⟨SIIv42p0i0001⟩ No. 1. (A.R. No. B. 1 of 1953-54.) Achyutāpuram, Tadipatri Taluk, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone in a field.

The record is dated Pārthiva, chaitra, śu. 11, va (Saturday) and in characters of 15th century A.D.

Registers a grant of some land to [Saṅkīrttana] Timmaya, son of Abarāju, by Chinnapareḍḍi-Akkali-reḍḍi-Kas[i*]vi-reḍḍi of Chilumakūru for the merit of Mahānaṇḍaḷēśvara Saṁbeṭa Tirumalayyadēva-mahārāja who is endowed with the titles Maṁnya-Gajapati and Aṁtyaṁbaragaṇḍa. The donee seems to have been associated with the Yōgānanda Nārasiṁha temple and other Vaishṇava shrines which seem to have received different plots of land at Mōṭrugaḍa. It refers to some Kānikas, the payment of which might have been exempted to the villagers. The inscription was written by Sūgūri Tiṁmana.

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First Face.

Figures of Conch(?), tirunāmaṁ and discus(?).

⟨1⟩ pā¨rtti(¨rtthi)va saṁvatsara cai-

⟨2⟩ tra śu 11 va śrīma(ṁ)nmahāmaṁ-

⟨3⟩ ḍalēsva(śva)ra ·āṁ(·aṁ)tyaṁbaragaṁḍa

⟨4⟩ ma(ṁ)nyagajapati saṁbeṭa tiru-

⟨5⟩ malayyadēva mahārājula-

⟨6⟩ ku pu(ṁ)ṇyaṁgānu ·abarāju

⟨7⟩ koḍuku saṁkī¨rttana tiṁmaya-

⟨8⟩ gāriki cilumakūri ciṁnapa-

⟨9⟩ reḍḍi ·akkalireḍḍi ksa(ce)vireḍḍigāru

⟨10⟩ yiccina dha¨rmasā(śā)sanaṁ yōgā-

⟨11⟩ naṁdanārasiṁhyadēvara moda-

⟨12⟩ laina viṣṇusthānālu 5 kini pū-

⟨13⟩ [¨rvā]na cellē varimaḍi māmitā • (?)-

⟨14⟩ • nu é2 pātāḷagaṁga sthaḷaṁ

⟨15⟩ kha 1 | gannu mōṭrugaḍa cellē cēnu

⟨16⟩ kha 0 || nu yēṁṭā māku cellē rā-

⟨17⟩ • nisi • māmiḷḷuṁnnu [celliṁcē]

⟨18⟩ [di] • • • nagari • • • nū • • • ⟨Page 13⟩

Second Face.

Figures of Sun and Crescent moon; below are engraved a Kalaśa(?), flanked by temples(?)

⟨19⟩ luru gīḷu kānikalu

⟨20⟩ konaṁ celladu yi-

⟨21⟩ ṁduku ya(·e)vvarainānu

⟨22⟩ vakraṁ ta[laci] • •

⟨23⟩ • • • gōvuṁnnu • • • • •

⟨24⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨25⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨26⟩ • • • • • • • • • • navāru

⟨27-30⟩ lines are wornout

To the right of the second face, there is an inscription with the depiction of a tree.

⟨31⟩ dēvasthānālaku-

⟨32⟩ lōnu yidi ma-

⟨33⟩ riyyāda vrā-

⟨34⟩ sina sūgū-

⟨35⟩ ri tiṁ-

⟨36⟩ mana vrāta-

⟨37⟩ lu

⟨SIIv42p0i0002⟩ No. 2. (A.R. No. B. 2 of 1953-54.) Chilamakūru, Tadipatri Taluk, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone in front of the Ellamma temple.

[Immaḍi] Narasiṁha, A.D. 1496.

The record is dated Śaka 1[418] • • • • ., Māgha, ba. 30, Monday, Solar eclipse, corresponding to A.D. 1496, February 14.

Damaged. Records the gift of the village [Kōmaṭi]guṇṭla alias Narasiṁhapuram belonging to Niṭṭūri-sīma under Chirabaḍi-(sīma) for the merit of Kaṭhāri Sāḷuva Narasingarāya mahārāya to goddess Akaḷā Paramēśvarī of Chilumakūru. The donor seems to be [Naṁḍāni-nāyanigāru]. The goddess is described as ādhāra-śakti, lōka-mātā, arivīra-Aṅkāḷa-Chaṇḍī. The inscription refers to the following villages as boundaries: Niṭṭūru, Mēḍikuṟṟu, Mallēpalli, Chāluvēmula and Puṭlūru.

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Figures of Cresent-moon, tirunāmaṁ and sun.

⟨1⟩ [svasti śrī] [śālivāhana] śakavaruṣaṁbulu 1[418] [pa]-

⟨2⟩ • • • • • [saṁvatsa]ra māga(gha) ba 30 sō śrīmaṁnmahā-

⟨3⟩ maṁḍalēśvara mēdinīmīsaragaṁḍa kaṭāri sāḷuva na-

⟨4⟩ rasiṁgarāya mahārāyalku(laku) pu(ṁ)ṇyaṁgānu naṁ[ḍāni]

⟨5⟩ [nāyanigāru] ·ādhāraśakti lōkamāṁta(māta) yarivīra ·aṁkā[ḷa]-

⟨6⟩ caṁḍḍi cilumakūri yakalā paramēśvariki yicci[na] bhūdāna

⟨7⟩ dha¨rma śāśa(sa)naṁ [|*]cirabaḍilōni niṭūrisīmaku ce[llē] [kōmaṭi]-

⟨8⟩ guṁṭla ·anē pratināmaṁ ·ayina nārasihya(narasiṁha)puraṁ ·ama(mā)vāsya sū-

⟨9⟩ ¨ryyagrahaṇa pu(ṁ)ṇyakālamaṁdu dī[pa]dhūpa nayi(nai)vēdyānaku [dhā]-

⟨10⟩ ravōsi yistimi [|*] ·āgrāmānagala ·aṭuvaṁṭivi nidhinikṣēpa-

⟨11⟩ jalapāśā(ṣā)ṇa ·akṣīṇi ·āgāmi siddhā(ddha)sādhya ·anēṭi ·aṣṭa[bhōga]-

⟨12⟩ tējasvāmyatalanu sahiraṇyōdaka dhārāpū¨rvvakaṁgānu

⟨13⟩ ·ācaṁdrā¨rkastā(sthā)yigānu dhāra·ō(vō)si yistimi [|*] gāna yī-

⟨14⟩ grāmānku catussīma polaṁmēralunnu [|*] tū¨rppuku niṭū-

⟨15⟩ ri mēḍikuriti polaṁmēra [|*] dakṣiṇā[na*]ku mallēpalli polaṁ-

⟨16⟩ mēra [|*] paḍumaṭi cāluvēmula polaṁmēra [|*] vuta(·utta)rāna-

⟨17⟩ puṭlūru polaṁmēra [|*] yī grāmānnu(nku)mucu cicu-

⟨18⟩ suṁkhariyavakarannu boka(cora)rādu maṁgaḷamahā-

⟨19⟩ śrī śrī śrī [|*] svadattā dviguṇaṁ puṇyaṁ paradattānu-

⟨20⟩ pālanaṁ(m) [|*] paradattāpahārēṇa svadattaṁ niṣphalaṁ[bha]-

⟨21⟩ vēt |

⟨SIIv42p0i0003⟩ No. 3. (A.R. No. B. 3 of 1953-54.) Chilamakūru, Tadipatri Taluk, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone is a field to the west of the village.

The record is dated Parīdhāvi, Kārttika, śu. 5, Thursday. Written in characters of 16th century A.D.

Fragmentary and damaged. Details completely lost.

TEXT.

Discus (?), moon & star and Conch (?)

⟨1⟩ parīdhāvi ⟨Page 15⟩

⟨2⟩ saṁvvatsara

⟨3⟩ kā¨rttika su(śu)dha(ddha) 5 gu | sva-

⟨4⟩ sti śrīmatu • • • • •

⟨5-9⟩ lines are wornout

⟨SIIv42p0i0004⟩ No. 4. (A.R. No. B. 4 of 1953-54.) Chilamakūru, Tadipatri Taluk, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone built into a water-sluice called Raṅgappabhāvi.

The record is dated Śaka [163]6, Kshaya, Jyēshṭha, śu. [15]. The Śaka and cyclic years do not correspond.

Fragmentary. Seems to refer to the construction of a well and to the endowment in the shape of land made for its upkeep, by purchase from Annapā and Tippā-bhaṭla in an agrahāra (name lost).

TEXT.

The figure of Sun.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śa [163]-

⟨2⟩ 6 ·agunēṭi kṣaya saṁvatsara [jēṣṭha] śu [15]-

⟨3⟩ cēyucuṁḍagānu rāma[cina • dhāma] ni • •-

⟨4⟩ ḍāpuramagrahāramaṁdu • • • ja • • • • •

⟨5⟩ cēniki paḍumaṭa kha 0 || paṁdumu • • • • •

⟨6⟩ ·ā cēnu ·annapāvallanu dādā • • • • •

⟨7⟩ labdhamaivacca(cce)nu ·ā cēnu ja 8 ||

⟨8⟩ tānu tavviṁcina bhāvini tāvēśi(si)na .-

⟨9⟩ ttaṁ tippābhaṭlacēta krayaṁ • • • • •-

⟨10⟩ kunnu tama talli taṁḍrikinni pu[ṇyā*]-

⟨11⟩ na[ku*] bhūdāna dha¨rma śāsanaṁ |

⟨12⟩ śrīṁjēyunu śrīkṛṣṇā¨rpa[ṇaṁ*]

⟨SIIv42p0i0005⟩ No. 5. (A.R. No. B. 5 of 1953-54.) Chintalapalle, Tadipatri Taluk, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone in a hay-stack.

Āravīḍu ruler. ⟨Page 16⟩

The record is dated Bhāva, Pushya, śu. 11.

Fragmentary. Seems to refer to some grant of land by a ruler (name lost) who was described an a Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara and a member of the Āravīḍu family.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīrāmabhadrāyanamaḥ

⟨2⟩ bhāva saṁvatsara puṣya śu 11 lu

⟨3⟩ [śrī]manmahāmaṁḍalēśvara ·āravīṭi

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • kōṁgaṁḍu veṁga-

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ciru • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • • gānu | si(śi)lāśā[sana] • •

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • • [nidhi nikṣēpa] • • •

The rest of the record is completely effaced. There is a symbol of sun to the right of lines 3 and 4.

⟨SIIv42p0i0006⟩ No. 6. (A.R. No. B. 7 of 1953-54.) Ellanūru, Tadipatri Taluk, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone in the Veṅkaṭaramaṇasvāmin temple.

The record is dated Śaka 1592, Sādhāraṇa, Jyēshṭha, śu. 15, corresponding to A.D. 1670, May 24.

Incomplete. Mentions god Veṅkaṭēśvara of Velalūru and seems to refer to the ratha[mahōtsava*] of the deity.

TEXT.

Figures of Sun, Vaḍagalai-nāmam, crescent moon.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī jayā-

⟨2⟩ bhyudaya śālivā-

⟨3⟩ hana śakava¨rṣaṁbbu-

⟨4⟩ lu 1592 prava¨rta(¨rdha)-

⟨5⟩ māna sādhāraṇa saṁ-

⟨6⟩ vvatsara jyēṣṭha śu 15

⟨7⟩ śrīmadakhilāṁ-

⟨8⟩ ḍakōṭi brahmāṁ-

⟨9⟩ ḍḍanāyaka vēda vē-

⟨10⟩ dāṁtta(ta)vēdya purā-

⟨11⟩ ṇa puruṣōttamu- ⟨Page 17⟩

⟨12⟩ laina velalūri śrī-

⟨13⟩ [veṁ]kaṭēśva¨rla ratha-

Incomplete.

⟨SIIv42p0i0007⟩ No. 7. (A.R. No. B. 8 of 1953-54.) Ellanūru, Tadipatri Taluk, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone in the Veṅkaṭaramaṇasvāmin temple.

The record is dated Śaka 1592, Sādhāraṇa, Jyēshṭha, śu. 15, corresponding to A.D. 1670, May 24.

Records a decision arrived at by the Reḍḍis and Karaṇas of Vellalūru and the group of villages included in it (samuta) to subscribe at the rate of two rūkas for every hundred of the total land assessment (sistu-bērīju) for conducting the car-festival (ratha-mahōtsava) of the deity.

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First side.

Figures of Sun, Vaḍagala-nāmam, Moon.

⟨1⟩ svasti ·ōṁ* jayā-

⟨2⟩ bhyudaya śālivā-

⟨3⟩ hana śakava¨rṣaṁbbu-

⟨4⟩ lu 1592 prava¨rta(¨rdha)mā-

⟨5⟩ na sādhāraṇa saṁvvatsa-

⟨6⟩ ra jyēṣṭha śu 15 śrīma-

⟨7⟩ dakhilāṁḍakōṭi braṁ-

⟨8⟩ hmāṁḍḍanāyakā vēda vēdā-

⟨9⟩ ṁttavēdya purāṇapuruṣō-

⟨10⟩ ttamulaina velalūri śrī-

⟨11⟩ veṁkkaṭēśva¨rla rathamahōtsa-

⟨12⟩ va kaṭnānakugānu vellalūri

⟨13⟩ samutu khasuba modalaina

⟨14⟩ grāmāṁtrā(tarā)la reḍḍi karu(ra)-

⟨15⟩ ṇālu yī tathātithi puṁ-

⟨16⟩ ṇyakālamaṁddu dānadhā-

⟨17⟩ rāpūrvakaṁggā ni¨rna(rṇa)yaṁ ⟨Page 18⟩

⟨18⟩ cēsukuṁnnadi [|*] pratigrāmā-

⟨19⟩ naku divāṇaṁvāru cēśi(si)na-

⟨20⟩ sistu bērījuku nūṭiki ro-

⟨21⟩ ṁḍēśi rūkala lekhkhanu dhā-

⟨22⟩ rabōśi(vōsi) yiccināraṁ [|*]

⟨23⟩ yī niṁ¨rnaya (nirṇayaṁ) prakāraṁ

⟨24⟩ ·ācaṁdrā¨rkasthāyi-

⟨25⟩ gā naḍpa(ḍapa)galavāraṁ [|*]

⟨26⟩ yī dharmānaku ya(·e)va(vva)-

⟨27⟩ raṁ ganuka vighnaṁ cē-

⟨28⟩ śi(si)nā kāśilō gō-

Second side.

⟨29⟩ hatya cēśi(si)na pā-

⟨30⟩ pāna pōdumu ·a-

⟨31⟩ ni vrāyiṁccina śilā-

⟨32⟩ śāsanaṁ || svadattā-

⟨33⟩ dviguṇaṁ puṇyaṁ pa-

⟨34⟩ radattānupālanaṁ |

⟨35⟩ paradattāpahārēṇa

⟨36⟩ svadattaṁ niṣphalaṁ [bha]-

⟨37⟩ vēt ||

*) The letter is that of the Nāgarī script.

⟨SIIv42p0i0008⟩ No. 8. (A.R. No. B. 10 of 1953-54.) Ellanūru, Tadipatri Taluk, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On the east wall of the Āñjanēya shrine in the Veṅkaṭaramaṇasvāmin temple.

The record is dated [Bhā]va, Kārttika, śu. 12 (Written in late characters).

Damaged and indistinct. Seems to record some gift of lands to god Chinttalarāya of Tāṁḍiparati by Kṛishṇamarājulaṁgāru.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ [bhā]va saṁvvatsara kā¨rttika śuddha 12 lu kriṣṇamarājulaṁgāru • • • • •

⟨2⟩ tāṁḍipa[ra]ti ciṁttalarāyaniki [boṁdulu vīrapa] • • • cēni • • • • • ⟨Page 19⟩

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • cēta mānyaṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ·ārabhyamugā • • • • • • • • • • dhārāpūrvakamugā • • • • • • • •

⟨5-6⟩ lines are illegible

⟨SIIv42p0i0009⟩ No. 9. (A.R. No. B. 10A of 1953-54.) Ellanūru, Tadipatri Taluk, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab covering a mori near the Idga.

The record is dated in Śaka • • • • • [Śrāvaṇa], va (Saturday) (Datable to 16th-17th century A.D.)

Much effaced. No information, either of donor or the details of the grant.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śubhamastu | svasti śrī jayābhyudaya [śā*]-

⟨2⟩ [livā]hana [śaka]varu[ṣaṁ]bbulu • • • • •

⟨3⟩ dā • [śrāvaṇa] • • [va] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ bhunā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5-13⟩ lines are effaced

⟨SIIv42p0i0010⟩ No. 10. (A.R. No. B. 11 of 1953-54.) Ellanūru, Tadipatri Taluk, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone in front of the Buchchamma temple in Pātapēṭa, a suburb of Ellanūru.

The record is dated Śaka 1671, Krōdhi (wrong), Jyēshṭha, śu. 15 and 1668, Śubhakṛit (wrong), Kārttika, śu. 15. Irregular date. The second part dated Śaka 1668 should come first, followed by the one dated Śaka 1671.

Registers a gift of one tūmu of land to Kōṭa Buchaṁma (deity or individual) of Pātapēṭa by the Reḍḍis and Karaṇas of Kasanūru for worship and offerings of god Rāmaliṅgēśvara, newly installed; also registers another gift of a tūmu of land to the same deity on the latter date by the Reḍḍis and Karaṇas of Siṁhādripuram for a similar purpose.

TEXT.

Figures of moon and sun.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī vijayābhyu-

⟨2⟩ daya śālivāhana śa- ⟨Page 20⟩

⟨3⟩ ka va¨rṣaṁbulū

⟨4⟩ 1671 ·agunēṭi krō-

⟨5⟩ dhi nāma sama(ṁva)tsara jē(jyē)-

⟨6⟩ ṣṭa(ṣṭha) śudha(ddha) 15 lū

⟨7⟩ pātavē(pē)ṭadēvara kē(kō)ṭa

⟨8⟩ bucaṁmaku kana(sa ?)nū-

⟨9⟩ ri reḍḍi ke(ka)raṇālu vrā-

⟨10⟩ yiṁci ·iccina bū(bhū)dā-

⟨11⟩ na patrike(ka) māgrāma-

⟨12⟩ ṁlō pātapēṭalō

⟨13⟩ nūtanaṁgā rāmaliṁ-

⟨14⟩ gasvāmiki taḷige dī-

⟨15⟩ pārādhanaku mānyaṁ

⟨16⟩ yistimi ganuka yicci-

⟨17⟩ na vivaraṁ [|*] śiṁ(siṁ)hyādri-

⟨18⟩ pale(lle)dōvanu yēṭū-

⟨19⟩ ri veṁkaṭa dāsari cēniki

⟨20⟩ tū¨rpuna yēṭūri ce-

⟨21⟩ llaṁ cēśni(si)na cēnu staḷaṁ 71

⟨22⟩ ·akṣarāla tūmeḍu

⟨23⟩ cēnu ·iccināmu sarvamā-

⟨24⟩ nyaṁgānu [|*] mīputrapau-

⟨25⟩ tra pāraṁpariyattaraṁ (paryaṁtaṁ) ·ā-

⟨26⟩ caṁdrā¨rkastā·i(sthāyi)gānu ·a-

⟨27⟩ nubhaviṁcukunēdi [|*] svadattā-

⟨28⟩ dviguṇaṁ puṇya[ṁ*] paradattānupā-

⟨29⟩ lanaṁ [|*] paradattāpahārēṇa svadatta-

⟨30⟩ ṁniṣphalaṁ bhavēttu(t) [||*]

As a continuation of line 30, there is another inscription which is transcribed below.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • śālivāhana-

⟨2⟩ śaka va¨rṣaṁbulu 1668 ·agunēṭi

⟨3⟩ śubhakru(kṛ)tu nāma vatsara kā¨rttika-

⟨4⟩ śu 15 lū velalūri pāta-

⟨5⟩ pēṭa rāmaliṁggasvāmiki śihya(siṁhā)- ⟨Page 21⟩

⟨6⟩ dripuraṁ reḍḍi karaṇālū taḷige

⟨7⟩ dīpārādhanakugānu ·ici(cci)na mā-

⟨8⟩ nyaṁ pātapalli polimēra naṁdimā-

⟨9⟩ ni cēni naḍumanu é1 cēnu ·iccinā-

⟨10⟩ mu [|*] naḍipiṁccakuṁṭē kāśilō

⟨11⟩ gōvunu caṁpina pāpāna pōdurū(ru)

⟨12⟩ rāmaliṁgasvāmiki prītigā naidipāḷlanu baya-

⟨13⟩ kralu |

⟨SIIv42p0i0011⟩ No. 11. (A.R. No. B. 13 of 1953-54.) Gaḍḍaṁvāripalle (hamlet of Mallāguṇḍla), Tadipatri Taluk, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a boundary stone, east of the village.

Undated. Written in 16th-17th century A.D. characters.

States that the stone marks the boundary for three villages, viz., Kallūru alias Śrīraṅgarājapuram, Āravīṭi Rāmā[bhaṭla]yyavāri-agrahāram and Ālākoṇḍa alias Koṇḍasamudram-Vēlūru. It is stated that the Rāma[bhaṭla]yya-agrahāram was established by Sadāśivarāya. But it is not clear whether the stone was erected during the period of Sadāśiva's rule (1542-1570 A.D.), or a little later.

TEXT.a*1. kallūri grā- b*

⟨2⟩ mānaku prā(pra)tinā-

⟨3⟩ mamaya(yi)na śrīraṁ[ga]rāja-

⟨4⟩ puraṁ | śrīsadāsi(śi)vadēva mahā-

⟨5⟩ rāyalu cēsina ·āravīṭi rāma[tri]-

⟨6⟩ piṭu(bhaṭlu) ·ayyavāri ·agrahārānakuṁnnu

⟨7⟩ ·ā[lā]koṁḍa grāmānaku pratināmamayi-

⟨8⟩ na koṁḍasamudraṁ c*

⟨9⟩ vēlūru yī-

⟨10⟩ mūḍu grāmā-

⟨11⟩ lakuṁnu po-

⟨12⟩ lamēra

⟨13⟩ śrī ⟨Page 22⟩

⟨SIIv42p0i0012⟩ No. 12. (A.R. No. B. 17 of 1953-54.) Mallāguṇḍla, Tadipatri Taluk, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab near the Āñjanēya temple.

[Āravīṭi] Veṅkaṭapatidēva mahārāja, A.D. 1611.

The record is dated in Śaka 1534, Vīrōdhikṛit, Pushya, śu. 5. Vīrōdhikṛit corresponds to Śaka 1533. It so, the date would be A.D. 1611, December 29.

Registers a gift of money derived from the mānya lands of the temple to god Kāśī-Viśvēśvara of Mallāguṇḍla by Paruvata-nāyuḍu, son of Tiruveṅgaḷappa and grandson of (name not clear) of the Toṇḍipāḷḷa-gōtra for worship and offerings and for the procession of the deity along the streets. The gift is said to have been made for the merit of Pemmasāni Timmā-nāyuḍu.

TEXT.

First Face.

Figures of Sun, trident, liṅga, ḍamaru and crescent-moon.

⟨1⟩ ·avighnamastu [|*] svasti śrī

⟨2⟩ vijayādbhu(bhyu)daya śālivāhana

⟨3⟩ śakavaruṣaṁbulu 1534 ·agunē-

⟨4⟩ ṭi virōdhikru(kṛ)tu saṁvatsara puṣya śu 5 lū

⟨5⟩ śrīmadrājādhirāja rājaparamēśvara śrī

⟨6⟩ vīrapratāpa śrī veṁkaṭapatidēvamahārā-

⟨7⟩ julugāru penugoṁḍḍa ratnasiṁhvāsa-

⟨8⟩ namaṁdu pṛthivī sāṁbra(mrā)jyaṁ śē(sē)yucuṁ-

⟨9⟩ ḍā(ḍaṁ)gānu toṁḍipāḷla gōtrulaina naralīvu-

⟨10⟩ taperōtanagāri pautṛ(tru)laina tiruveṁgaḷapa-

⟨11⟩ gāri putṛ(tru)laina paruvatanāyanigāru ·akhilā-

⟨12⟩ ṁḍakōṭi braṁhmāṁḍa nāyakuṁḍaina paśca(ści)ma-

⟨13⟩ vāha(hi)nī kṣīranadītīranivāsiyaina rudrapā-

⟨14⟩ gōdhaccadhavilanītuḍaina [caṁ]draśikhakōṭi

⟨15⟩ • • nāgābharaṇabhūṣaṇuṁḍaina pā¨rvvatī sē-

⟨16⟩ • • [thu]pa ba • ha nāgū • ḍuḍaina [pra]matha-

⟨17⟩ gaṇasēvituḍaina mallaguṁḍlu sthalamaṁdu vu- ⟨Page 23⟩

⟨18⟩ nnakāśīviśvēśvaruniki • • • • • saṁkrāṁti

⟨19⟩ puṇyakālamaṁdu ·anaṁttamulugā daṁḍamulu

⟨20⟩ sama¨rppiṁcci yī (·ī)śvaruni mānyaṁ mīdunagā-

⟨21⟩ ḷi(ri)ki vacē rokhaṁ yē 1 ki [·iṁ]ga 7 lunu vaḍarikagi-

⟨22⟩ tidhāra ·aṁgaraṁgavaibhā(bha)vālaku nā[nnu] taḷigalaru

⟨23⟩ ·aṁdō(du)laku vaḷikēnu saṁkurā¨rti(tri) pa¨rvati(dī)pālunu ·ama-

⟨24⟩ rēnu tiruvīdhulu vēṁcēśēṭaṁdulaku peṁmmasāni

⟨25⟩ tiṁmanāyanigāriki puṇyaṁgānu dhārabōsti-

⟨26⟩ mi [|*] dānapālanayō¨rmadhyē dānāśrē(cchrē)yōnupālanaṁ [|*] [dā]-

⟨27⟩ nātsva¨rgamavāpnōti pālanādacyutaṁ padaṁ [||*] sva-

⟨28⟩ dattādviguṇaṁ puṇyaṁ paradattānupālanaṁ [|*] parada-

⟨29⟩ ttāpahārēṇa svadattaṁ niṣphalaṁ bhavēt [||*] ·ēkaivabhaginīlōkē

⟨30⟩ [sa¨rvē]śā(ṣā)mēva bhūbhujāṁ [|*] na[bhōjyā] na karagrāhyā vipradattā va[suṁ]-

⟨31⟩ dharā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨32-33⟩ lines are illegible

⟨SIIv42p0i0013⟩ No. 13. (A.R. No. B. 20 of 1953-54.) Mēḍikurti, Tadipatri Taluk, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone near the Abbā-maṭha.

The record is dated Śaka 1388, Vyaya, Phālguṇa, ba. 30, solar eclipse, corresponding to A.D. 1467, March 6.

Damaged and worn out. Seems to record certain grants for worship and offerings of the local deity. Mēḍēkurti is referred to as a Nāyaṅkara village in Niṭṭūri-sthaḷa. Refers to Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara [Mūpana]-nāyaka and Mallayadeva mahārāja and at the end of the inscription Narasiṅga choḍa, whose inter-relationship is not clear.

TEXT.

Figure of liṅga.

⟨1⟩ ṁ svasti śrī jayābhyu-

⟨2⟩ daya śālivāhana śa[ka]-

⟨3⟩ varuṣaṁbulu 1388

⟨4⟩ ·agunēṁṭi vyaya saṁvatsa-

⟨5⟩ ra phālguṇa [30 lu] sū[rya]graha-

⟨6⟩ ṇa puṇyakālānanu śrīmatu • ⟨Page 24⟩

⟨7⟩ caṁri[nniṭi] vēṁnipaḍa • nīṁkunnu •

⟨8⟩ • guḍiya • ṁnnu śrīmaṁnmahā-

⟨9⟩ maṁḍalēśvara • • narāya

⟨10⟩ mūpana[nāyaka] • • • ṁśatā-

⟨11⟩ yagaṁ • • • • • • • • • • liya malla-

⟨12⟩ yyadē[va] mahārā[ju] daṁḍaṁve[ṭṭi]

⟨13⟩ [·i]ccina dha¨rmasā(śā)sanaṁ [|*] nē(mē)mu mā [nā]-

⟨14⟩ yaṁkrā(karā)naku cellivaccēṭi niṭūri staḷaṁ-

⟨15⟩ lōni mēḍēku¨rtti grāmamulavāri-

⟨16⟩ ki [·āyāḍi veṁga] [1] nnū (do)ṁgaḍaṁ

⟨17⟩ [·asya] dū 1 nnu dīpārādhana nayyi(nai)vē-

⟨18⟩ dyaṁ modalayina ·aṁgaraṁgava-

⟨19⟩ yi(bhavāla)kunnu narasiṁga-

⟨20⟩ [dē]vacōḍaya tama(dha¨rma) [varēṇyāṁ]-

⟨21⟩ gānnū yī • • • • • • • • • •

⟨22⟩ ṇyōdulō nērēdulō • ṇā •

⟨23⟩ [lōka] dhā(dā)na dhānā(rā)pūvikaṁ(¨rvakaṁ) •

⟨24⟩ • • • • • nāpanaṁ • • • sa[la]-

⟨25⟩ • • • • • tigra • • ṁca •

⟨SIIv42p0i0014⟩ No. 14. (A.R. No. B. 21 of 1953-54.) Niṭṭūru, Tadipatri Taluk, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar in front of the Nīlakaṇṭhēśvara temple.

Sadāśiva, A.D. 1549.

The record is dated Śaka 1472 (current), Sumya, Nija Vaiśākha, śu. 1[2], Wednesday, corresponding to A.D. 1549, May 8.

Records gift of several plots of wet and dry land in Niṭūru situated in Chirabaḍi-sīma to god Chennakēśava for worship and offerings by Tirumala-nāyaniṁgāru, son of Pedi-nāyyani of Jakkaṁpūṇḍi, who belonged to the Valluṭla-gōtra and obtained the sīma as nāyaṅkara from the king. (Also records the gift of a plot of land by the same chief to Āribhāgam Tirumalayaṁgāru for the offering of curd-rice to the god). It also refers to God Hanumanta. ⟨Page 25⟩

TEXT.

First side.

Figure of sun.

⟨1⟩ śubhamastu [|*] svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivāhana śakava-

⟨2⟩ ¨rṣaṁbulu 1472 ·agunēṭi saumya saṁvatsara nija vaiśākha śu 12

⟨3⟩ bu nnu śrīmanmahārājādhirāja rājaparamē-

⟨4⟩ śvara śrīvīrapratāpa śrīsadāsi(śi)varāyadēvamahā-

⟨5⟩ rāyalu pṛthivī sāṁbrājyaṁ sēyucuṁnnu valluṭlagōtra[ṁ]

⟨6⟩ jaka(kkaṁ)pūṁḍi pedhi(ddi)nāyani komāruḍu tirumalanāya-

⟨7⟩ nigāriki nāyaṁkarānaku pāliṁcciyiyyanavadhariṁcci-

⟨8⟩ na cirabaḍi sīmalōnu niṭūranā(na) śrīceṁnnakēśavuniki

⟨9⟩ pūrvamaṁdu ·amṛtapaḷaku naḍacē kṣētraṁ cēlō cavu-

⟨10⟩ [ṭi] cēnistaḷaṁ • kha [11 |] maḍi [sā]ta maḍistaḷaṁ 12 n [kānama]-

⟨11⟩ staḷaṁ • | bōnūkālvastaḷaṁ • • ·ā(ha)numaṁtuniki • • n ·āṁ

paṁti (2)

⟨12⟩ • ku maṭupallevāri cēnistaḷaṁ khan ||| bōnaṁ [vā]-

⟨13⟩ rimaḍinaṁ • vēmulapalle rēgaḍi cēni staḷaṁ kha • • • • • • • • • •

⟨14⟩ kālvamaḍistaḷaṁ khaṁ • guṁtamaḍi • n vubhaya

⟨15⟩ ṁ kha • • • • • sāganu kālavāriki maṭlupalle

⟨16⟩ dhā • • cēnistaḷaṁ kha • n guṁtamaḍi kha • n kālvama-

⟨17⟩ é • n bōna • ri kālvan é • • ·aṁtumaḍilōni-

⟨18⟩ kisthalavā • maṭlupallevāri cēnistaḷaṁ khaṁ kū-

⟨19⟩ • veṁgaḷayavā[ri] cēni staḷaṁ khaṁ 1 vubhaya

⟨20⟩ • • • • • • • • • • kālvamaḍi é || bōnu

paṁti (3)

Another side.

Figure of Conch.

⟨21⟩ bōgaṁvārimaḍiki vu(·u)ttara staḷaṁ kha 1 | n vubhayaṁ kha 3 | 2 || bō-

⟨22⟩ nūti kālvavaṁgalakaya é0 | pūrvaṁ perumāḷa maḍiki vu-

⟨23⟩ ttaraṁ é2 | vubhayaṁ é3 || ·aṁtustaḷālu 2 ḍānu ma-

⟨24⟩ ḍi khaṁ ||| 1 || n tōṁṭa perumāḷamaḍiki paḍumarastaḷaṁ é1

⟨25⟩ kālvagaḍa é0 | n vubhayaṁ é3 || vubhayaṁ pūrvaṁ sahā

⟨26⟩ [cē]nu kha 9 || 29 maḍi kha 1é7 || n tōṁṭa é1 || ki vina(ni)yōgāla

⟨27⟩ ·amṛtapaḷaku n pallakisēvaku n tannīru tiṁmayacēnu khaṁ | 1

⟨28⟩ n rāmireḍi cēnu kha 1é11 meṭupallivāristaḷaṁ kha 1 n ⟨Page 26⟩

⟨29⟩ kūciveṁgaḷaya cēnu khaṁ ||| ·aṁtucēnu kha 3 | 2 | n guṁttama-

⟨30⟩ ḍini é4 n bōnūtikālvanu é73 | n kōnamaḍi é2 | ·aṁtuma[ḍi]-

⟨31⟩ [ṇaṁ]di é14 yīcēnu maḍiki viniyōgaṁ dinaṁ 1 ki ·āvānarā-

⟨32⟩ lu 3 ki tellabiyaṁ mā é n dhanu¨rmāsa ·āvānagarima || n[jē]nalu

paṁti (4)

⟨33⟩ dattā vā yō harēti vasuṁdharā | ṣaṣṭiva-

⟨34⟩ ruṣa(rṣa) sahasrāṇa(ṇi) viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyatē kri-

⟨35⟩ miḥ || yiṁ(·iṁ)duku ye(·e)varu vakrasulayinā-

⟨36⟩ nu muṁduku ye(·e)varu ·āne(na)ḍicinānu su(śu)na-

⟨37⟩ ka kapālamaṁdu viṣṭhāsura su(śu)naka māṁsaṁ

⟨38⟩ kalapuka trāgina vāru [|*] tallini cellelanu paṭṭu-

⟨39⟩ koṁnnavāru [|*] gōvu brāṁhmaṇunivāru

⟨40⟩ [dē] • • • vadhiṁcina pāpānu(naṁ) bōvuvāru [|*]

paṁti (5)

Another side.

Figure of discus.

⟨41⟩ mi || ·ānavāla ·avasarānaku vaga 5 banan ·akhaṁḍa tiruva-

⟨42⟩ ḷikeku vaga 4 n ·alaṁkāra tiruvaḷikelu dinaṁ 1 ki 24 ki va-

⟨43⟩ ¨rgan kā¨rtika māsaṁ ·ākhari • tiruvaḷike nētiki vaga - 719 n paṁ-

⟨44⟩ ṇyārānaku Ó2 n vubhayaṁ vaga || 3 || n kā¨rtika māsānaku pau-

⟨45⟩ cutitudatikalu dinaṁ 1 ki 16 dasi(śa)mi pau¨rna(¨rṇa)mulaku

⟨46⟩ mahōtsavaṁ 1 ki ·āmīdaṁ mā 1 || leka(khkha)nu mā 3 n paṁṇyārā-

⟨47⟩ naku vaga 17 vubhayaṁ vaga 3 || 2 pāruvēṭa mahōtsavamun

⟨48⟩ vuṭlamahōtsavamun teppatiruṇālamahōtsavamun ·aṁtu

⟨49⟩ mahōtsavālu 3 ki mahōtsavaṁ 1 ki ·āmidaṁ vaga || n paṁṇyā-

⟨50⟩ rānaku n 7 leka(khkha)na māna 3 śrījayaṁtiki caka 1 n gaṁdha-

⟨51⟩ ṁ vaga 7 n kāvelavāriki vivaraṁ bhāgavata śā(sē)vaku me(ṭlu)-

⟨52⟩ [pallevāri] rēgaḍi staḷaṁ kha 01 n maṁtrapuṣpaṁku vaga 7 n

paṁti (6)

⟨53⟩ yīḍu ·ārivēyiṁcina dha¨rma śā-

⟨54⟩ sanaṁ maṁgaḷamahā śrī śrī śrī

⟨55⟩ jēyunu || ·āribhāgaṁ tirumalaya-

⟨56⟩ ṁgāru jakaṁpūḍi tirumalaṇa(nā)yanigāri

⟨57⟩ valla dhārāgrahitamaina kālvamaḍilō é1 n ⟨Page 27⟩

⟨58⟩ gollapallena cēnu kha | ma śā ceṁnakēśavu-

⟨59⟩ laki dadhyōdhanānaku sama¨rppiṁstimi

⟨SIIv42p0i0015⟩ No. 15. (A.R. No. B. 22 of 1953-54.) Niṭṭūru, Tadipatri Taluk, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar in front of the Nīlakaṇṭhēśvara temple.

Sadāśiva, A.D. 1544.

The record is dated Śaka 1466, Śobhakṛit, (Krodhin), Bhadrapada, śu. 11, corresponding to A.D. 1544, August 28.

Records the gift of some additional plots of land in Mēḍikurti to the Nīḷakaṇṭhēśvara temple at Niṭṭūr for the merit of King Sadāśiva, Rāmarāja, Pemmasāni China Timmā nāyaka and Peddināyaka (the father of Tirumalayya) by Tirumalayya of Jakaṁpūṇḍi, belonging to the Achyuta-gōtra. (The donor may be identical with the person mentioned in No. 14 (A.R. 21 of 1953-54) except for the name of the gōtra). It is also stated that the temple of Nīḷakaṇṭhēśvara already obtained some land for aṅga-raṅga-bhōga and amṛitapaḍi of the deity. It seems to have waived some tax due from the Śrōtriyam and sthānikas of the temple.

It is significant to note that the above declaration was made by Tirumalayya on the banks of the Tuṅgabhadrā and in the presence of god Viṭṭhalēśvara.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī jā(ja)yādbhu(bhyu)daya śā-

⟨2⟩ livāhana śakava¨rṣaṁbulu 1466 ·agunēṁṭi śō-

⟨3⟩ bhakṛtu saṁvatsara bhādrapatha(da) śu 11 puṁṇyakālama-

⟨4⟩ ṁdu śrīman mahārāja rājādhirāja [rāja*] pa-

⟨5⟩ ramēśvara śrī vīrapratāpa śrī sadāśivarāya

⟨6⟩ mahārāyalu prithivīsāmrājyaṁ śēyu-

⟨7⟩ cunnu ·āccuta(·acyuta)gōtraṁ jakaṁpūṁḍi peddināyani ko-

⟨8⟩ māruṁḍu tirumalanāyinigāriki nāyaṁka-

⟨9⟩ rānaku pāliṁcci yiyyanavadhariṁccina cīrabaḍi śī-

Second Face.

⟨10⟩ malōni niṭṭūranu ·ā niṭṭūri nīlakaṁṭhēśvaruni[ki]

⟨11⟩ pūrvamaṁdu ·aṁggaraṁgga vaibhavālakunnu ·amṛtapa-

⟨12⟩ ḷlakunu naḍacivaccē cēnu kha 13 nnu varimaḍi kha 2 | 1

⟨13⟩ nnu tirumalayyaṁgāru tamataṁḍri peddināya- ⟨Page 28⟩

⟨14⟩ nigāriki puṁṇyaṁgānu kālvamaḍilōnu krotta-

⟨15⟩ gānu nīlakaṁṭhēśvaruniki sama¨rppiṁccina maḍi 71 nnu

⟨16⟩ vubhayaṁ maḍi 2 | 1 nnu maḍuku¨rttilōnu sagaṁ

⟨17⟩ ·iṁgāḍi liṁgānaku sagaṁ callaṁgānu nīlakaṁṭhadēvu-

⟨18⟩ [ni]ki cellē sagabālikiṁnniṁgānu nīlakaṁṭhēśvaruni stā(sthāniku)-

⟨19⟩ lu sō(śrō)triyaṁgānu pūrvānanu nagariki ·accē[ca] • •

⟨20⟩ kha • ḍā • lu ·ādyaṁttamunu tuṁgabhadrātīra • • •

Third Face.

⟨21⟩ viṭhalēśvaruni sāṁnidhyamaṁdu yī ya(·ē)kāda-

⟨22⟩ śī puṁṇyakālamaṁddu sadāśivarāyalakuṁnnu

⟨23⟩ rāmarājuṁgārikiṁnni puṇyaṁgānu hiraṁṇyō-

⟨24⟩ daka dāna dhārāpūrvakaṁgānu sarvamāṁnyaṁgānu sa-

⟨25⟩ dyaḥ paricchēdaṁgānu peṁmmasāni cinatiṁmānāyaniṁ-

⟨26⟩ gārikinni tirumalayyaṁgāru tamataṁḍri jakkaṁpū-

⟨27⟩ ṁḍi peddināyaniṁgārikinni puṁṇyaṁgānu dhāravō-

⟨28⟩ si yiccina dharma śāsanaṁ | yī sarvamāṁnya dharma śāsa-

⟨29⟩ nānaku ya(·e)vvaru vakrasulayinānu tama mātā pitā-

⟨30⟩ [lanu] vāraṇāsilōnu vadhiṁccina pāpāna pōvuvāru [|*]

⟨31⟩ [brāṁ]hmaṇa vadhasēsina pāpānapōvuvāru [|*] yi(·iṁ)-

Fourth Face.

⟨32⟩ duku ya(·e)vvaru ·āśiṁsē(stē)nu śvāna kapāḷamaṁdu

⟨33⟩ dōṣasurāśunakamāṁssa(sa)ṁ kalapukatrāginavāru [|*]

⟨34⟩ tallini cellilini paṭukoṁna pāpāna pōvuvāru |

⟨35⟩ ·ēkaika(va)bhaginīlōkē sarvēṣāmēva bhūbhujāṁ [|*] na bhō-

⟨36⟩ jyā na gara(kara)grāṁhya(grāhyā) dēvadattā vasuṁdharā [||*] svadattā-

⟨37⟩ ṁppa(pa)radattāṁ vvā(vā)yōharēti vasuṁdharām [|*] ṣaṣṭhi(ṣṭi)¨rva-

⟨38⟩ ¨rṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyatē krimi[ḥ] [|*] dāna-

⟨39⟩ pālanayō¨rmmadhyē dānācchē(cchrē)yōnupālanaṁ [|*]

⟨40⟩ dānā[t]sva¨rggamavāpnōti pālanādacyudaṁ(taṁ) padaṁ(m) [|*]

⟨41⟩ maṁggaḷaṁmahā śrī śrī śrī śrī śrīṁ jēyunu

⟨SIIv42p0i0016⟩ No. 16. (A.R. No. B. 23 of 1953-54.) Niṭṭūru, Tadipatri Taluk, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab set up in front of the Chennakēśava temple. ⟨Page 29⟩

Sadāśiva, 1549 A.D.

The record is dated Śaka 1472 (current), Saumya, Śrāvaṇa, ba. 8, corresponding to A.D. 1549, August 16.

Registers the gift of lands to god Chennakēśava of Niṭṭūru by Tirumala-nāyiniṁgāru, son of Jakkaṁpūṇḍi Peddi-nāyiniṁgāru of Valluṭla-gōtra. He obtained village Niṭṭūru as uṁbaḷi from Rāmaliṅga-nāyiniṁgāru, son of Pemmasāni China Timmā-nāyiniṁgāru, who obtained Chirabadi-[sīma] as nāyaṅkara from Rāmarāja-Tirumalarājayyadēva-mahārāja. The gift was made on the occasion of Kṛishṇa-jayanti.

The record contains two more grants made on the occasion of Kṛishṇa-jayanti, one in the year Kāḷayukti (Śaka 1482) by Rāmaliṅga-nāyuḍu and another in the year Rākshasa (Śaka 1477) by the Kāpus (farmers), and the Karaṇas (accountants) of Niṭṭūru, Gollapalle and Vēmulapalle, the former granting some lands and the latter levying grain at the rate of 1 mānika for every tūmu of the produce in the village.

The reverse of the slab gives an elaborate schedule of assignments of the gift land for the various items of offerings during worship and for conducting Bhāgavata-sēva and the chanting of the mantra-pushpam, Puḷukāpu on Friday, tēppa-tirunāḷotsavam (floating-festival), Pāruvēṇṭa mahōtsavam (hunting festival) and Mahānavami festival are also mentioned. It mentions various measures of land as well as liquid measures for measuring oil, ghee etc. Perfumes like camphor, Kastūri and Kumkaṁ etc., used for decoration also find mention. Reference is made to dasavanda lands.

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First Face.

⟨1⟩ śubhamastu | śrīmatē rāmānujāyanamaḥ || sva[sti]

⟨2⟩ śrī jayābhyudaya śālivāhana śakava¨rṣaṁbulu 1472 ·agunēṭi saumya saṁ-

⟨3⟩ vatsara śrāvaṇa ba 8 lu śrīmanmahārājādhirāja rājaparamēśvara śrī vīrapratāpa-

⟨4⟩ śrīsadāśivadēvamahārāyalu vijayanagaramaṁdu vajra siṁhvāsanārūḍhuṁḍai pṛ-

⟨5⟩ thivī sāmrājyaṁ cēyucuṁḍagānu niṭṭūri śrī cennakēśavamū¨rttiki valluṭlagō[trulai]na ja-

⟨6⟩ kkaṁpūṁḍi peddināyanigāri kumāruṁḍu tirumalanāyanigāru daṁḍaṁ sama¨rpiṁci

⟨7⟩ yiccina bhūdāna dha¨rma śilāśāsanakramameṭlannanu śrīmanmahāmaṁḍalēśvara rāmarāju tiruma-

⟨8⟩ larājayyadēva mahārājulugāru pemmasāni cinatimmānāyanigāri kumāruṁḍu rāmaliṁ-

⟨9⟩ gānāyinigāriki nāyaṁkarānaku pāliṁcina sīmalōnu ·ā rāmaliṁgānāyanigāru māku vuṁba- ⟨Page 30⟩

⟨10⟩ ḷiki yiccina cīrabaḍilōni niṭṭūranu yī tathātithi kṛṣṇajayaṁtti puṇyakālamaṁdu svāmiki sama-

⟨11⟩ ¨rpiṁcinakṣētraṁ niṭūranu ci¨rlō cēni staḷaṁ kha 19 meṭṭupallivāri rēgaḍi cēnistaḷaṁ kha 3 ||| kadurāḍā saricēli-

⟨12⟩ ki paḍumaracēnu 73 || 1 || 9 vēmulapallenu sākirivāricēni staḷaṁ | 2 || 3 || ·aṁttustaḷālu 4 ki cēnu kha 5 | 1 | 1

⟨13⟩ maḍiguṁtta maḍilō kha || 9 kāluvamaḍilōnu dasavaṁdaṁ vāri maḍiki vuttaraṁ é4 n vaṁgalakayya 1 n ci-

⟨14⟩ ṁnamākulamaḍi é1 || kōvilavenaka maḍi é29 mōgalimākula maḍi 729 tōṁṭagaḍḍamaḍi é1 ||| n ·aṁttu ma-

⟨15⟩ ḍistaḷālu 6 ki kha 172 n puvulatōṁṭa 739 tāmerakolanu 71 n vudayaṁtōṁṭa 749 niṭṭūri cennakēśava-

⟨16⟩ mū¨rtiki valluṭla gōtra(tru)laina jakkaṁpūṁḍi peddināyanigāri kumāruṁḍu tirumalanāyanigāru

⟨17⟩ yī tathātithi puṇyakālamaṁdu sahiraṇyōdakadānadhārāpū¨rvakaṁgānu dānādhi(di) kraya vini-

⟨18⟩ mayayōgyaṁgānu sa¨rvamānyaṁgānu niṭṭūri śrīcennakēśavamū¨rtiki valluṭlagōtra(tru)laina jakkaṁ-

⟨19⟩ pūṁḍi peddināyanigāri kumāruṁḍu tirumalanāyanigāru yī kṣētrānakugala ·aṣṭabhō-

⟨20⟩ gatējasvāmyatalunnu ·ācaṁdrā¨rkasthāyigānu trivācakaṁgānu sama¨rpiṁcinacēnu kha 5 | 1 | 19

⟨21⟩ maḍi kha 1é9 kāḷayukti saṁvatsara śrāvaṇa ba 8 śrīkṛṣṇa jayaṁti puṇyakālamaṁdu pemmasāni

⟨22⟩ cinatimmānāyanigāri kumāruṁḍu rāmaliṁgānāyanigāru sama¨rpiṁcina kṣētraṁ niṭṭūri-

⟨23⟩ lōni vēmulapallenu nīlakaṁṭhadēvara cēniki paḍumara siṁgarājuvāri cēni staḷaṁ cēnu kha ||| 4 || 7 || kāma-

⟨24⟩ rāju cēni staḷaṁ cēnu kha || 929 muppāraṁ nāgaya sēsina cēni staḷaṁ cēnu kha ||| 1 | 91 || paḷleṁ timmana cēni sta-

⟨25⟩ ḷaṁ cēnu kha 1 | 0 | 19 || sākiri vāri cēni staḷaṁlōni cēnu 71 ma 1 || ·aṁtu staḷālu kha ki cēnu kha 49 ·āni ·akari(ḷa)-

⟨26⟩ kadēvaracēniki tū¨rpu ·aṁccu niṭṭūri polamēra ·akimiraḍḍi sēsina meṭṭupallivāri rēgaḍicēnu kha ||| 1 ||| ⟨Page 31⟩

⟨27⟩ navuni vāri cēni staḷaṁ kha ||| 4 | 2 || ṭini tū¨rpuga mutyāla cenaya cēnistaḷaṁ kha | 3 ||| 1 ||| ·aṁtustaḷālu 3 ki

⟨28⟩ cēnu kha 2 ·aṁttu rāmaliṁgānāyanigāru sama¨rpiṁcina cēnu 69 pū¨rvānanu celleḍi rāmireḍḍi cē-

⟨29⟩ nistaḷaṁ cēnu kha ||| 2 || 19 varimaḍi kōvilavenaka 729 ruvvamaḍi Ó29 bōnūri kāluvanu é19 hanumaṁ-

⟨30⟩ ttuniki ·ākutōṁṭa maḍistaḷaṁ é19 guṁtamaḍilō é19 ·aṁttu staḷālu krimaḍi kha | 3 nu

⟨31⟩ ·aṁbō[khā]ḷaṁ tirumalayyagāru tamaku niṭṭūranu cellēkṣētraṁ sama¨rpiṁcinadi kāpayamaḍiki vu-

⟨32⟩ ttaraṁ maḍi é19 gollapallenu kōlanāgaya cēnistaḷaṁ cēnu Ó3 ||| 9 yerrapalli liṁggaya tanaku niṭṭū-

⟨33⟩ ranu cellēkṣētraṁ sama¨rpiṁcinadi cēnu é3 || ·aṁttu cennakēśavamū¨rtiki cellē kṣētrānaku śilā-

⟨34⟩ śāsanaṁ vēyiṁccinadi cēnu paddhenimidi mūḷlagaḍanu é1 ki kuṁṭalu 30 lekhanu maḍi kha 1 || 9 tōṁ-

⟨35⟩ ṭa Ó49 ·akṣarālānu cēnu paṁḍreṁḍu puṭlunnu padunakulutu muraṁḍu muṁtta-

⟨36⟩ lunnu maḍi puṭṭi paṁdumunnu tōṁṭanalutumunnu rākṣasa saṁvatsara śrāvaṇa ba 8 śrī kṛ-

⟨37⟩ ṣṇajayaṁtti puṇyakālamaṁdu niṭṭūru gollapalle vēmulapalle kāṁpulu liṁggiraḍḍi tannīru

⟨38⟩ bālaya pōṭīvājanāgaya paruvatu basavana koṁḍḍa suṁkkana sākiri koṁḍḍaya modalai-

⟨39⟩ na kāṁpulunnu karaṇālu nīlakaṁṭhaya liṁgaya śēṣaya ceṁnayagārunnu cenakēśvara-

⟨40⟩ mūtiki daṁḍaṁ sama¨rpiṁci yiccina mērakolcu cēnu tūmokaṁṭiki jonnalu māneḍu-

⟨41⟩ [lekha]nu dēvabrāhmaṇa mānyālu sahā kāṁpu sēsina sēdyālku ·aṁttaṭikinni catuśśīma-

⟨42⟩ kunnu yī maryādanu cennakēśvaramū¨rtiki mēragānu ·ācaṁdā¨rkasthāyigānu sama¨rpiṁ-

⟨43⟩ stimi | yīdha¨rmānaku yevvaru drōhamutalaṁcinānu kāsi(śi)lōnu tama mātṛpitṛ va-

⟨44⟩ dha sēsina pāpānaṁ bōvuvāru | svadattādviguṇaṁpuṇyaṁ paradattānupālanaṁ [|*] paradattāpahā- ⟨Page 32⟩

⟨45⟩ rēṇa svadattaṁ niṣphalaṁ bhavēt [||*] svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vā yō harēta vasuṁdharāṁ [|*] ṣaṣṭi¨rva¨rṣa sa-

⟨46⟩ hasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyatē krimiḥ [||*] ·ēkaiva bhaginī lōkē sa¨rvēṣāmēva bhūbhujāṁ [||*] na bhōjyā-

⟨47⟩ na karagrāhyā viṣṇudattā vasuṁdharā [||*]

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⟨48⟩ śubhamastu | yī niṭṭūri cennakēśavamū¨rtiki cellē kṣētrālaku viniyōgaṁ [|*] taḷigelaku

⟨49⟩ dinaṁ 1 ki dadhyannaṁ ·avasaraṁ sahā nālugu ·avasarālakunu tella ·amudupaḍi

⟨50⟩ ·ārumuṁttalunnu tavveṁṭiki guṁttamaḍilōnu maḍi kha || n kāluvamaḍilō é19 kōvi-

⟨51⟩ lavenaka maḍi Ó29 tuvvamaḍi Ó29 hanumaṁttuniki Ó29 ·aṁtu kha ||| 29 ·akhaṁḍatiruvaḷike 1 nni ·a-

⟨52⟩ laṁkāra tiruvaḷikelu yiruvai nālugiṁṭṭikinni dinaṁ 1 ki nūne sōleṁḍunu giddeṁḍu lekhanu

⟨53⟩ yēṁḍu 1 ki kha | 2 ma || n śukravāraṁ puḷukāpu 1 ki nūne mūḍu giddala lekha yēṁḍu 1 ki Ó9 raṁnnu

⟨54⟩ vubhayaṁ yēṁḍu 1 ki nūne kha | 2 || 1 || ki krayaṁ 91 ki ma 1 lekha vanū • pesalu taḷigelaku[ḍi]nnu

⟨55⟩ 1 ki ma | 73 kha yēṁḍu 1 ki kha | 3 | 3 n śukravāraṁ puḷukāpu 1 ki paṇyāraṁ ma | lekha yēṁḍu 1 ki é ||| n palla-

⟨56⟩ kīsēvaku dinaṁ 1 ki ma | lekha yēṁḍu 1 ki kha | 0 || 2 n teppatiruṇāla mahōtsavānaku paṇyārānaku é1 n

⟨57⟩ vuṭla tiruṇālaku paṇyārānaku é1 n pāruvēṁṭa mahōtsavaṁ paṇyārānaku é1 n mahānavami [ma]-

⟨58⟩ hōtsavānaku paṇyārānaku é1 n ·aṁtumahōtsavālu 4 ki yēṁḍu 1 ki pesalu é1 n dhanu¨rmāsā-

⟨59⟩ naku dinaṁ 1 ki pesalu ma 1 lekha nela 1 ki é1 ||| 2 n kā¨rttīkasēvaku paṇyārānaku pesalu dinaṁ 1 ki ma | lekha nu

⟨60⟩ nela 1 ki é | 3 || n ·aṁtupōnelu yēṁḍu 1 ki kha 1é1 ma 2 || ki krayaṁ vanu || ki é2 lekha krayaṁ va[kra 3] ·amide-

⟨61⟩ lu pallakīsēvaku dinaṁ 1 ki ma 1 lekha yēṁḍu 1 ki kha 1é2 || n dasu(śa)mulu pau¨rna(rṇa) mulaku mahōtsavaṁ 1 ki

⟨62⟩ é | lekha nela 1 ki mahōtsavālu é ki é || lekha yēṁḍu 1 ki kha | 4 n teppatiruṇāla mahōtsavānaku é2 n pāruvēṁṭa ⟨Page 33⟩

⟨63⟩ mahōtsavānaku é2 || n vuṭla(ṭlu) tiruṇāla mahōtsavānaku é1 n mahānavami mahōtsavānaku é3 n ·aṁ-

⟨64⟩ tu mahōtsavālu 4 ki kha ||| n ·aṁtu yēṁḍu 1 ki ·āmidēlu kha 2 ki krayaṁ va¨r[ga] ki é2 lekha krayaṁ vaga 10

⟨65⟩ nityakaṭṭaḍiki taḷigelamīdi padā¨rthālakunnu ·aḍikāmuḍukunnu nela 1 ki ga || 2 lekha yēṁḍu 1 ki

⟨66⟩ vaga 8 kā¨rtīkasēvaku ·akhaṁḍa tiruvaḷikeku dinaṁ 1 ki nēyi ma lekha nela 1 ki é | 3 || ki krayaṁ ga || 3-

⟨67⟩ yī nēyi ·akhaṁḍatiruvaḷike muṭṭiṁcē nimityaṁ(ttaṁ) nityakaṭa(ṭṭa)ḍi ·akhaṁḍa tiruvaḷike nūne ·āreṁṭiki he-

⟨68⟩ ccu tiruvaḷikelu padāru dvādaśināḍu perumāḷu doḍḍataḷige ·avadhariṁcē nimityaṁ(ttaṁ) dvādaśi 1 ki • • • • • le-

⟨69⟩ kha yēṁḍu 1 ki vaga 8 yī dvādaśināḍu ·āragiṁpusēsina doḍḍataḷigeku viniyōgaṁ śrīrāmānuja-

⟨70⟩ kūṭānanu yi(·i)ruvai śrīvaiṣṇavulaku ·āragiṁpusēyuṭa nityakaṭa(ṭṭa)ḍi ·atirasapaḍi nālugunnu ·appapu pa-

⟨71⟩ ḍi nālugunnu vubhayaṁ 8 ki dinaṁ 1 ki 1 lekha yēṁḍu 1 ki vaga 7 || parimaḷālaku naṁdaṁ vaga 2 kastūri

⟨72⟩ kuṁkumapuvu ka¨rpūraṁ ·ā¨rti(hārati) ka¨rpūraṁ sahā vaga 2 ·aṁttu viniyōgaṁ vaga 33 || ki kṣētrālu rāmi-

⟨73⟩ raḍḍicēnu staḷālu raṁḍānu kha 1é1 ma 2 || siṁgarāju vāri cēnistaḷaṁ kha 1 || 0 || 1 ||| = cinanarasaya-

⟨74⟩ sēsina paḷeraṁ tiṁmana cēnistaḷaṁ kha 1é | [rāga]sākirivāri cēnistaḷaṁ kha | 3 ||| ·aṁtustaḷālu 4 ki kha 4é1 || ® | =

⟨75⟩ sthānikulaku kaṭa(ṭṭa)ḍalaku meṭṭupallivāri rēgaḍi cēni staḷaṁ kha 1é ||| bhāgavatasēvaku meṭupallivāri rēgaḍi-

⟨76⟩ cēnistaḷaṁ kha |||| 11 || maḍi [cirivamākula]lō é1 | bōnūtikāluvalō é1 vubhayaṁ maḍiti | maṁtra-

⟨77⟩ puṣpānaku meṭṭupallivāri rēgaḍicēnistaḷaṁ || 931 | 0 cātaṁpaḍisēvavāriki meṭṭupallivārirēgaḍicēnu é3 ||

⟨78⟩ koni ·āvenaka maḍi é1 cātupaḍi tōṁṭa(sa)sēvādiki mutyālacena(nna)yacēnistaḷaṁ é3 || koni ·āvenaka ma- ⟨Page 34⟩

⟨79⟩ ḍi é1 pallaki paṭē(ṭṭē)vāriki meṭṭupallivāri rēgaḍicēnu kha | dasavaṁdaṁvāri miṭamaḍiki vu(·u)ttaraṁ maḍi é1 tō-

⟨80⟩ ṭagaḍḍamaḍi é1 vubhayaṁ maḍi é1 na kipulavāriki meṭṭupallivāri rēgaḍicēnu kha | 2 | 1 | kāluva ma-

⟨81⟩ ḍi dasavaṁdaṁvāri maḍiki vu(·u)ttaraṁ é1 ho[ggo]ḷela vāriki meṭṭupallivāri rēgaḍicēnisa(sta)ḷaṁ kha 1 | 2 ma 3 kā-

⟨82⟩ luva maḍilō dasavaṁdaṁvāri maḍiki vu(·u)ttaraṁ maḍi é1 ḍōḷu nāgasarālavāriki meṭṭupallivā-

⟨83⟩ ri rēgaḍicēni sa(sta)ḷaṁ kha 1 | 4 | 2 maḍi kāluvamaḍilō dasavaṁdaṁvāri miṭamaḍiki vu(·u) ta(tta)raṁ é1 vaṁga-

⟨84⟩ lakayya é1 mogalimākulamaḍi sa(sta)ḷaṁ é2 ·aṁtumaḍi é4 vupparacinnapaku perumāḷa kōvila-

⟨85⟩ śrīrāmānujakūṭaṁ pūṁta parāmarasiṁcce nimitya(ttaṁ) maḍi 1 || bōgālavāriki ce¨rlō (ceruvulō)cēnistaḷaṁ

⟨86⟩ kha 1 n vēmulapallenu muvvāraṁ nāgayacēnistaḷaṁ kha ||| 1 || 1 || n bōyapāṭi nāgaya cēni-

⟨87⟩ staḷaṁ kha || 0 ||| 2 || n rāmarāju cēnu 74 || n ·aṁtustaḷālu 4 ṭānu yiru puṭi(ṭṭi)nni panniddumu peru-

⟨88⟩ māḷa kōvilavākiṭa parāmarasiṁccuka vuṁḍēvāriki meṭṭupallivāri rēgaḍacēnistaḷaṁ é4 | 1 || tōṁ-

⟨89⟩ ṭa mācayasēsina cēnistaḷaṁ 33 ||| vubhayaṁ cēnu kha | 3 ma 1 || tērutiruṇāla mahōtsavāna-

⟨90⟩ ku ·akimireḍi sēsina meṭṭupallivāri rēgaḍacēnistaḷaṁ kha ||| 1 | 1 n gavunivāri rēgaḍacēnu kha || 4 | 2 ||

⟨91⟩ vubhayaṁ cēnu kha 1 || é ma 21

⟨SIIv42p0i0017⟩ No. 17. (A.R. No. B. 24 of 1953-54.) Pātapalle, Tadipatri Taluk, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone in a field to the south of the village.

The record is dated Śaka 1434, Āngi[rasa] • • • • • 15. The date could be after A.D. 1512, March 18.

Fragmentary. Seems to register a land grant in Kasavānūru by Yallama-nāyaka of Iḍumulagōtra to Parvatayya, Rāmayya, Jannayya and Gannayya of Ṛik-śākhā and Vishṇuvardhana-gōtra. Other details of the record are lost. ⟨Page 35⟩

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⟨1⟩ [svasti śrī ja]yābhyudaya śālivāhana

⟨2⟩ [śaka va¨rṣaṁ]bulu 1434 ·agunēṁṭi ·āṁgi-

⟨3⟩ [rasa] • • • • • • • • • • 15 lu śrī

⟨4⟩ • • • • • [ṇē]śanā-

⟨5⟩ ya • • • • • llamanā-

⟨6⟩ [ya] • • • viṣṇuva¨rdha-

⟨7⟩ [nagō] • • • rājuṁganna-

⟨8⟩ marā • • • • • drayyarā-

⟨9⟩ ma • • • • • śāsana •

⟨10⟩ pa • • • • • yaṁkōḍa

⟨11⟩ ya • • • • • yiyyanavadhā-

⟨12⟩ ri • • • • • ggirasa saṁvatsa-

⟨13⟩ ra • • • [pu*]ṇyakālamaṁ-

⟨14⟩ • • [du*] • • • nu ·agrahāraṁ

⟨15⟩ • • • • • ṁcēnu kha 12 ·ā-

⟨16⟩ yiṁdukoni • ḍī vela-

⟨17⟩ gala kasavanūruṁ gurijālapolaṁ ·ārasēsi paṁḍreṁ-

⟨18⟩ ḍu tāllu cēnunnu dāravōśi ·istimi ·iḍumula gōtrulaina ya-

⟨19⟩ llamanāyaniṁgāru rukśākhādhyāyulaina viṣṇuva¨rdhana gō-

⟨20⟩ • • • • • yya rudrayya rāmayya jaṁnnayya gaṁnnayyaṁgāriki sahiraṁṇyōdaka dāna dhārāpū¨rva-

⟨21⟩ • • • • • [mi] ·aṁdugala nidhi nikṣēpa jala pāṣāṇa ·akṣiṇya • • • siddha sādhyaṁbulu

⟨22⟩ • • • • • • • • • • [bhō]ga tējasvāmyaṁbulunu ·anubhaviṁci vi • • • • • li gōtrulaina yaṁ-

⟨23⟩ • • • • • gāru rukśākhādhyāyulaina viṣṇuva¨rdhanagōtrulaina paruvataya-

⟨24⟩ rāmayya jaṁnnaya gaṁnnayagārikini mī[pu]trapautra pāraṁ[paryā]-

⟨25⟩ nu ·ācaṁdrā¨rkasthā·iṁgānu ·anubhaviṁ-

⟨26⟩ [ca]mani mā trivācānu dhāravōsi [·icina]

⟨27⟩ dha¨rmma śa(śā)sanaṁ || svadattā dviguṇaṁ puṇyaṁ

⟨28⟩ paradattānupā[lanaṁ pa]-

⟨29⟩ rada(ṁ)ttāpa[hārē]-

⟨30⟩ ṇa svadattaṁ [niṣphalaṁ bhavēt] [||*]

⟨31⟩ [svadattāṁ pa]radattāṁ vā yō harēti vasuṁdharā | ṣaṣṭi

⟨32⟩ [va¨rṣasahasrā]ṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimiḥ || ⟨Page 36⟩

⟨33⟩ [·ēkaiva bhaginīlō]kē sa¨rvēṣāmēva bhūbhujānnabhōjyā-

⟨34⟩ [na karagrā]hyā vipradattā vasuṁdharā ||

⟨35⟩ [maṁgaḷa] mahā śrī śrī śrī yallaya

⟨36⟩ vrālu

⟨37⟩ yī ·agrahārānaku yavvaru tappinā-

⟨38⟩ nu tama tallidaṁḍrula vāraṇāsilō-

⟨39⟩ nu vadhasēsinavāru gaṁgakaruta-

⟨40⟩ gōvu jaṁppinavāru

⟨SIIv42p0i0018⟩ No. 18. (A.R. No. B. 25 of 1953-54.) Pātapalle, Tadipatri Taluk, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone in front of the Chennakēśava temple.

The record is dated Kāḷayukti, Chaitra, śu. 1. [Written in late characters].

States that the water-shed was erected by Peda-Basavaya, son of Yaṁchaya(?).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ kāḷayukti saṁvva-

⟨2⟩ tsara cayi(cai)tra śu-

⟨3⟩ 1 ·e lu verribāguyaṁ-

⟨4⟩ caya komāruṁḍu pedaba-

⟨5⟩ sva(sava)ya peṭṭina sali ·iṁdara(caliveṁdara)

⟨SIIv42p0i0019⟩ No. 19. (A.R. No. B. 26 of 1953-54.) Ēlūru, Eluru Taluk, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.

On pillar No. 1 in the compound of the Taluk Office.

Mallabhūpa of Peḍakallu.

The record is dated in Śaka 1123 (Chronogram: guṇ-ārka-dvijapati), Nakra (Makara)saṅkrānti, corresponding to A.D. 1201, December 28.

Written in Sanskrit verse, the inscription records a gift of a lamp to god Bhīmēśvara by Mallabhūpāla, son of Chōḍa Malla and Sōmāṁbā and grandson of (name lost) and lord of Peḍakallu. The king is said to belong to the Kāśyapa-gōtra which is known from the Telugu-Chōḷa records.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ prōnmadyadripu • • [da¨rppa]dalana prō- ⟨Page 37⟩

⟨2⟩ dvṛtta kaṁṭhīravaḥ | • • • varādhinātha

⟨3⟩ makuṭa prō[ttuṁgga] • • • • • puṁjā(ja)

⟨4⟩ raṁjita pādapaṁ[kka]jayugaḥ prakhyā-

⟨5⟩ takī¨rttipriyaḥ | tatpautraḥ pratipakṣa

⟨6⟩ bhūpavipina prō[dvṛ]tta dāvānala[ssa]-

⟨7⟩ ṁrājatpeḍakaṁṭidēśa nṛpatiḥ śrīcōḍamalla-

⟨8⟩ prabhuḥ | tatpatnī patidēvatā vrataratā kru(pra)-

⟨9⟩ tyakṣalakṣmīsatī sōmāṁbā jagadāṁbikā pa-

⟨10⟩ dasarā(rō)jātā¨rccanātatparā || tatputraḥ kṣi-

Second Face.

⟨11⟩ tipōttamāṁga khacita prōttuṁgga rāja[nma]-

⟨12⟩ ṇi¨rggaṇyaḥ puṇyaparōttama kṣitibhujāṁ lakṣmīsa-

⟨13⟩ tīvallabhaḥ | ·aṁ¨rccannitya manaṁttama¨rtthi vibudha

⟨14⟩ śraddhēya maṁddāravaddattē malla[ma]hīpati¨rvvi-

⟨15⟩ jayatē saṁva¨rddhamānōdayaṁ(ḥ) || sōmāṁbā

⟨16⟩ [cō]ḍamalla kṣitipati tanayaḥ kāśyapaḥ

⟨17⟩ khyātagōtraḥ kṣōṇīdēvēśa rakṣāparama-

⟨18⟩ tiramalō mallabhūpālava¨ryyaḥ [|*] śrī śākā-

⟨19⟩ bdē guṇā¨rkka dvijapatigaṇitē nakra saṁkrāṁtti

⟨20⟩ ti[thyau] prādādbhīmēśvarāya prakaṭita gu-

⟨21⟩ ṇavāṁ(n?) dīpamācaṁdratāraṁ ||

⟨SIIv42p0i0020⟩ No. 20. (A.R. No. B. 27 of 1953-54.) Ēlūru, Eluru Taluk, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.

On pillar No. 2 in the compound of the Taluk Office.

Undated; written in characters of 12th century A.D.

Damaged. Mentions Manu (?), Rāghavēndra and Karikala, who may be considered as ancestors of a Telugu-Choḷa family. The name of the donor is lost.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • [putrō]mu(ma)nurakhila[jana ?] • •

⟨2⟩ • • statpautrō rāghavēṁdra stri • • •

⟨3⟩ • • rakṣaika dīkṣa[ḥ] ·akṣīṇaiśva[¨ryya] • ⟨Page 38⟩

⟨4⟩ • kula kamalavanakṣābha • •

⟨5⟩ • draḥ kṣipraṁ kāṁkṣāsadṛ • •

⟨6⟩ • ti mahatīṁ bhaktalō • •

⟨7⟩ [śvaṁ] || tatpā(tpau)traḥ karikāla-

⟨8⟩ • ṁti¨rvviśvaṁbbharēṁdrōttamaḥ

⟨SIIv42p0i0021⟩ No. 21. (A.R. No. B. 28 of 1953-54.) Ēlūru, Eluru Taluk, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.

On pillar No. 3 in the compound of the Taluk Office.

The record is dated Śaka 1181, uttarāyaṇa-saṅkrānti corresponding to A.D. 1259, December 26.

Registers a gift of ten tūmus of wet land situated in Koṭṭeguṇṭa, south of Komarapalle, purchased from Annamarāju, for maintaining a lamp in the temple of Bhīmēśvara, east of Ḍendulū ru by Kūchi, son of Palladāre Peggaḍa and Bonnāsāni. Records also the gift of a bronze Kaṁbham (could it be lamp-stand?).

TEXT.

First Piece.

⟨1⟩ svasti śakava¨rṣaṁbulu 1181 [·a*]-

⟨2⟩ gunēṁṭṭi ·uttarāyana(ṇa) saṁkrāṁtti kāla-

⟨3⟩ muna śrīmatu pha(pa)lladāre peggaḍa

⟨4⟩ gāriki bonnāsāni ·ammaṁgāriki su-

⟨5⟩ putruḍaina palladāre kūci ḍeṁddulū-

⟨6⟩ ri tū¨rppuna mūlasthāna bhīmēśvara śrī-

⟨7⟩ mahādēvarakuṁbeṭṭina ·akhaṇḍadī-

⟨8⟩ pamunakuṁ gomarepalli dakṣiṇa(ṇā)na

⟨9⟩ [ko]ṭṭe guṁṭṭa lōpala ·annamarājuku

Second Piece.

⟨10⟩ cēna bēta vilcikoni peṭṭina vari-

⟨11⟩ cēnu paṁddumuṁjjēkoni ·īdēvara

⟨12⟩ sthānādhipatulaina nālvuvāḍla pū-

⟨13⟩ jārulunu ·ācaṁdrā¨rkkamu ·ī ya-

⟨14⟩ khaṇḍadīpamu naḍupuvāru [|*] ka-

⟨15⟩ ṁccuṁgaṁccha(bbha)mu pa(pha)lamu ·ā 30 ⟨Page 39⟩

⟨SIIv42p0i0022⟩ No. 22. (A.R. No. B. 29 of 1953-54.) Ēlūru, Eluru Taluk, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.

On pillar No. 4 in the compound of the Taluk Office.

The record is dated Śaka 11[7]0, [Dhanus]Saṅkrānti, corresponding to A.D. 1248, November 26.

Damaged. Seems to record a gift of land to the temple of Bhīmēśvara-mahādēva.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śakava¨rṣaṁbulu 11[7]0 lu nēṁṭṭi [dhanussu] saṁkrāṁttiya śrīmatu ḍeṁ[dulū]ri tū¨rppuna mū-

⟨2⟩ lasthāna bhīmēśvara śrī mahādēvaraku pū[bī]kuvāru pūvalātōṁṭi • • • dīpā-

⟨3⟩ niki ḍeṁdulūri dakṣa(kṣi)ṇāna guṁḍiri pō[ṭa]naṁbeṭṭina cari • • nu • • •

⟨SIIv42p0i0023⟩ No. 23. (A.R. No. B. 30 of 1953-54.) Ēlūru, Eluru Taluk, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.

On pillar No. 5 in the compound of the Taluk office.

The record is dated Śaka 11 • ., Makara-saṅkrānti.

Damaged. Seems to record a gift of sheep for the supply of a prescribed quantity of ghee for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Bhīmēśvaradēva lying to the east of Dendulūru, by Māviṇṭi Mallapa.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śakava¨rṣaṁbulu 11 • • • • •

⟨2⟩ makara saṁkrāṁtiyaṁdu śrī • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ ṁḍalēśvara māviṁ[ṭṭi] mallapadē[va] • • • [de]-

⟨4⟩ ṁdulūriki tū¨rppuna bhīmē[śva][radēvara]-

⟨5⟩ ku nakhaṁḍa dīpamunakuṁ be[ṭṭina]

⟨6⟩ vīniṁjēkoni naṁganapāṁgu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ yuṁḍu nityanaṁdimāna • • • [·ācaṁdrā]-

⟨8⟩ ¨rkkamu naḍapaṁgalavā[ḍu]

⟨SIIv42p0i0024⟩ No. 24. (A.R. No. B. 31 of 1953-54.) Ēlūru, Eluru Taluk, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. ⟨Page 40⟩

On pillar No. 6 in the compound of the Taluk Office.

The record is dated Śaka • • • ., [Krōdhi]. Written in the characters of 13th-14th century A.D.

Damaged. The donor seems to be a son of • • • • • reḍi.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ [svasti śrī śa] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ ·agunēṁṭi [krō] • • • • •

⟨3⟩ vijaya[rājya] • • • • •

⟨4⟩ komāruṁḍu • • • • •

⟨5⟩ ṁḍireḍi ko[mā] • •

⟨6⟩ kinā[thuvi]sa • • •

[Left side of the inscription is badly damaged.]

⟨SIIv42p0i0025⟩ No. 25. (A.R. No. B. 32 of 1953-54.) Ēlūru, Eluru Taluk, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.

On pillar No. 7 in the compound of the Taluk Office.

The record is dated Śaka • • • ., Śrāvaṇa, śu. 15, lunar eclipse. Written in 12th century characters.

Mentions [Kēdāru] Peggaḍa, sandhivigrahin (minister for war and peace) working under Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara (name lost) who seems to have gifted sheep for a lamp in the Bhīmēśvara temple.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śakava¨rṣaṁbu • • • • •

⟨2⟩ gunēṁṭṭi śrāvaṇa śuddha 15 • • • • • [vā*]-

⟨3⟩ ramunāṁṭi sōmagrahaṇa ni[mittamu]-

⟨4⟩ na śrīmanmahāmaṁḍalēśva[ra] • •

⟨5⟩ hō • • • sandhi vigrahi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • [kēdāru]peggaḍa [ḍeṁ] • • •

⟨7⟩ • • sa bhīmē[śva]ra śrī mahā • •

⟨8⟩ [dīpamunakuṁ]beṭṭina • •

⟨9⟩ vīniṁjēkoni [yī]guḍi

⟨10⟩ tālana [prōlananadha]yaṁ bō-

⟨11⟩ ṁ gommana • • mallinayuni ⟨Page 41⟩

⟨12⟩ • • • • • ta • naṁdema • • • • •

Separate inscription in Sanskrit.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ritōdō-

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • smātsara-

⟨3⟩ • • [hitamanigaṇa] mū¨rttiḥ prō-

⟨4⟩ • [patnī] • • • • • rābha

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ṇābhyāṁ

⟨6⟩ mata • • • • • • • • • • talābhyāṁ

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • • kiraṇa

⟨8⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ḍeṁddulu

⟨9⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

(Inscription damaged.)

⟨SIIv42p0i0026⟩ No. 26. (A.R. No. B. 33 of 1953-54.) Ēlūru, Eluru Taluk, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.

On pillar No. 8 in the compound of the Taluk Office.

The record is in verse and undated. Written in characters of 12th century A.D.

Records a gift of 2 puṭṭis of land at Kannaripūṁḍi near Bhīmavrōlu for maintaining 12 lamps in the temple of Bhīmēśvara by Maṁgūri Annaya.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ ghāmanaṁdōgi ḍeṁdulūri tū¨rppu-

⟨2⟩ na bī(bhī)manāthadēvunaku sāndhya(sandhyā)dī-

⟨3⟩ pa dīpadviṣaṣṭiki vṛ[tti]bhīmavrō-

⟨4⟩ li kannaripūṁḍi yeḍa bhūmiṁba-

⟨5⟩ ragaṁgu maṁgūri yannaya cēta-

Second Face.

⟨6⟩ ṁboppāra reṇḍu vuṭla sēneṟi vi-

⟨7⟩ lci yippaṭṭa nālu viṇḍaśēmili

⟨8⟩ vaśamunaṁbbu(ddu?) dha¨rmmatattvavēdi-

⟨9⟩ yai yācaṁdratārakamuga || vigicēta ⟨Page 42⟩

⟨SIIv42p0i0027⟩ No. 27. (A.R. No. B. 34 of 1953-54.) Ēlūru, Eluru Taluk, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.

On pillar No. 9 in the compound of the Taluk Office.

The record is dated Śaka 11[3]0, corresponding to A.D. 1208-1209.

Damaged. Seems to register a lamp-stand weighing 42 vīsas and a gift of land for maintaining a lamp in the Bhīmēśvara temple.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • svasti śakava¨rṣaṁbulu 11[3]0 nēṁṭi

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • [bha]ḍāpagra • • • • • daṁśriva •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • gadyalū • • • • • salama • dēvaṁ narri sa-

⟨4⟩ • • • • • bhīmanātha • • • • • paṁḍitula • • • • • tū¨rppuna mūlasthāna śrībhīmi-

⟨5⟩ [dommana paṁḍāthu] • • • • • dīpāna [kuṁ beṭṭina] manyasiṁha pā • •

⟨6⟩ • nityaṁ • di bhū • • • • • • • • • • rō[ni]nāḍu visyalu 15

⟨7⟩ dīpamunakuṁ[beṭṭina] • • dīpakaṁbhamu ·ettu vi • • • • • dīni visyalu 42

⟨8⟩ • • • • • • • • • • śrī śrī śrī

⟨SIIv42p0i0028⟩ No. 28. (A.R. No. B. 35 of 1953-54.) Amarāvati, Sattenapalle Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a white marble railing at the site of the stūpa.

Undated. Written in the Prākṛit language and early Brāhmī script, datable to 2nd-1st century B.C.

Records gift of a coping-stone (ushṇīsa) by the attendants of a princess named Saṁmalī.

TEXT.

1. Rājakumāriyā Saṁmaliyā parivēsakānaṁ unhisaṁ.

⟨SIIv42p0i0029⟩ No. 29. (A.R. No. B. 36 of 1953-54.) Cheñchu Eṟṟaguḍi, Dhone Taluk, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab in the compound of the Rāmaliṅgēśvara temple.

Sādāśiva, 1567 A.D.

The record is dated Śaka 1489, Prabhava, Jyēshṭha, ba. 10, corresponding to A.D. 1567, June 2. ⟨Page 43⟩

Registers the grant of the village Penumaḍa for the amṛitapaḍi service to god Yeṟṟaguḍi Rāmaya (Rāmaliṅgēśvara) by Ponamarāju, son of Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Pōchirāju-Rāmarāju of Viśvāmitragōtra and solar race. The gift-village is stated to be situated in Dōni-sīma granted to the donor as amara fief.

TEXT.

Figures of crescent-moon, liṅga and sun.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivāhana śakavaruṣaṁbulu

⟨2⟩ 1489 ·agunēṭi prabhava || vacara(vatsara) jē(jyē)ṣṭa(ṣṭha) ba 10 lu śrīma[drā]jā-

⟨3⟩ dhirāja rājaparamēśvara śrīvīrapratāpa sadāsi(śi)vadē[va*] mahārāya-

⟨4⟩ lu vijayanagaramaṁdu ratnasiṁhvāsanārūḍhuḍai prithivī(thvī)rājyaṁbu

⟨5⟩ cēyucuṁḍagānu yara(rra)guḍi rāmayadēvara ·amṛtapaḷaku viśvāmitra

⟨6⟩ gōtra sūryavamuśo(vaṁśō)dbhavulayina śrīmanmahāmaṁḍaḷēśvara pōcirāju rā-

⟨7⟩ marāju komāruḍu pōnamarājugāru daṁḍaṁ sama¨rpiṁci dhāravōsi yi-

⟨8⟩ ci[cci]na bhūdāna patra kramameṭlannanu [|*] [sa]tā(dā)si(śi)va dēvarāyalu māku ·amaranā-

⟨9⟩ yaṁkarānaku pāliṁcina dōni sīmalōni penumaḍagrāmaṁ yarragu-

⟨10⟩ ḍi rāmayadēvaraku sama¨rpiṁci yistimi [|*] viśvāmitra gōtra sūrya

⟨11⟩ vamuśō(vaṁśō)dbhavulayina pōcirāju rāmarājugāri putrulu pōnama-

⟨12⟩ rājugāru rāmaya[guḍiki] tathātithi sōmagrahaṇa puṇyakā-

⟨13⟩ lamaṁdu tuṁgabhadrā tīramaṁdu sahiraṇyōdaka dānadhārāpū-

⟨14⟩ ¨rvakaṁgānu dhāravōsi yisti[mi viśvā]mitragōtra sūryavamuśō(vaṁśō)-

⟨15⟩ dbhavulayina pōcirāju rāmarājugāri putruḍu pōnamarājugā[ru]

⟨16⟩ yarraguḍi rāmayadēvara ·a[mṛ]tapaḷaku penumaḍa grāmaṁ ·a-

⟨17⟩ rākā[cēlu] • • • • • [nidhi nikṣēpa] jalapāṣāṇa ·akṣīṇa ·āgāmi siddha sādhyaṁbu-

⟨18⟩ laneḍi ·aṣṭa[bhōga]tējasvāmyālunu trivācakaṁgānu trikaraṇa su(śu)ddhigā-

⟨19⟩ dhāravōsi yistimi • • • [·ācaṁdrā¨rkatārakaṁ]gānu ·āgrāmaṁ dēvabhō[ga*]-

⟨20⟩ mu • • • • • yici(cci)na • [·akaśaḍu • • • ·a • viyicira ba] • • • • •

Note: At the beginning of each line, a small circle is incised as a decorative motif. This practice recurs in No. 30 below.

⟨SIIv42p0i0030⟩ No. 30. (A.R. No. B. 37 of 1953-54.) Cheñchu-Eṟṟaguḍi, Dhone Taluk, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab in the compound of the Rāmaliṅgēśvara temple.

The record is dated Śaka 1489, Prabhava, Jyēshṭha, śu. 11, Sunday corresponding to 1567 A.D., May 18. ⟨Page 44⟩

Records the gift of a plot of land for the Pañchāmṛita and Pulukāpu services to god Rāmēśvara of Yeṟaguḍi by Mahānāyakāchārya Mali-nāyiniṅgāru of Kambhālapāḍu for the merit of his father Chavuḍi-nēni. The plot of land appears to have been given to the donor as a gift by the villagers of Gummakoṇḍa and Teḷikimaṇḍavāḍa in appreciation of the settlement of a dispute between the two by Mali-nāyuḍu. Reference is also made to one Veligōṭi Tim[m*]aya.

TEXT.

Figures of Sun, linga and moon.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī jayādbhu(bhyu)daya śālivāhana śata(ka)-

⟨2⟩ varuṣaṁbulu 1489 ·agunēṭi prabhava saṁva-

⟨3⟩ cha(tsa)ra jē(jyē)ṣṭha śudha(ddha) 11 ·ādivārānanu śrīman ma-

⟨4⟩ hānāyakācāryulayina kaṁbhālapāṭi

⟨5⟩ ma • li(lli)nāyinigāru yarraguḍi rāmēśvaruni-

⟨6⟩ ki sama¨rpiṁcina śā(sē)vakramameṭlannanu gumma-

⟨7⟩ koṁḍa teḷiki maṁḍavāḍa yī reṁḍu vū(·ū)ḷlavāru po-

⟨8⟩ lamēra tīrakamuḍipaḍi ·anaka kālaṁ tiraka dha-

⟨9⟩ nimityaṁ ·āra(reṁ)ḍūḷlavāru māku yici-

⟨10⟩ nāru ·ā polaṁ kha 1 nu mā taṁḍri cavuḍi nēniki

⟨11⟩ puṇyaṁgānu paṁcāmṛta pu[likāpu] śā(sē)vaku sama¨rpiṁ-

⟨12⟩ ci • • • • • • • • • • ṁ gummakoṁḍa reḍḍi karaṇālu māku

⟨13⟩ • • • • • [tathātithi] • • • • • [·ārādhanalaku] • • • • • mātaṁḍri

⟨14⟩ cha[vuḍi] nāyiniki puṇyaṁgānu sama¨rpistimi yī

⟨15⟩ dha¨rmāniki ya(·e)varu vakramayinānu tama tallidaṁ-

⟨16⟩ ḍrādulanu vāraṇāsilō vadhiyiṁcina vāru [|*]

⟨17⟩ [nēṭi] [ve]ligōṭi timaya modalayina pra • lu mā-

⟨18⟩ ṁku yiccina polaṁ kha | • • • • • mātaṁḍri cavuḍi nā-

⟨19⟩ yaniki ·ī puṇyaṁgānu naṁdādīpānaku sama¨rpistimi

⟨SIIv42p0i0031⟩ No. 31. (A.R. No. B. 38 of 1953-54.) Cheñchu-Eṟṟaguḍi, Dhone Taluk, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab in the compound of the Rāmaliṅgēśvara temple.

Sadāśiva, 1564 A.D.

The record is dated Śaka 1486, Raktākshi, Kārtika, śu. 15, corresponding to A.D. 1564, October 19. ⟨Page 45⟩

Registers the grant of a village situated in Kōṭikōṇa (?) - sīma by Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Koṇḍrājayyadēva-mahārāja, son of Timmarāja and grandson of Koṇḍreḍḍi of Gobbūru to god Rāmēśvara of Yeṟṟaguḍi for the merit of Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Rāmarāja-Timmarājayyadēva-mahārāja from whom the donor is said to have obtained the territory as uṁbaḷi. The donor is stated to have belonged to the Kāśyapa-gōtra, Āpastaṁba-sūtra and Yajuś-śākhā.

TEXT.

Figures of an animal, liṅga, moon and sun.

⟨1⟩ śubhamastu

⟨2⟩ namastuṁga sirascuṁbi (śiraścuṁbi)caṁdrachā(cā)maracāravē [|*]

⟨3⟩ trailōkya nagarāraṁbha mūlastaṁbhāya śaṁbhavē ||

⟨4⟩ sa(sva)sti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivāhana śakavaruṣaṁ-

⟨5⟩ [bu]lu 1486 ·agunēṭi rakta(ktā)kṣi saṁvatsara kā¨rtika śu

⟨6⟩ [1]5 lu śrīmadrājādhirāja rājaparamēśvara śrī

⟨7⟩ vīrapratāpa śrīvīrasadāsi(śi)varāyadēva mahārāyalu

⟨8⟩ gāru vidyānagaramaṁdu vajrasiṁhvāsanārūḍhulai pṛthvī-

⟨9⟩ sāṁbrājyaṁ cēyucuṁḍha(ḍa)gānu śrīmanmahāmaṁḍalēśva-

⟨10⟩ ra ·āpastaṁbha(ba) sūtra yajuśśākhādhyāyulaina kāśyapa gōtra-

⟨11⟩ pavitṛ(tru)laina gobbūri koṁḍreḍigāri pautṛ(tru)laina timmarājugāri

⟨12⟩ putṛ(tru)laina koṁḍrājayadēva mahārājulu gāru yaṟagu[ḍi]

⟨13⟩ rāmēśvaradēvuniki yiccina grāmadānadha¨rma śāsanakramameṭla-

⟨14⟩ ṁnnanu [|*] śrīman mahāmaṁḍalēśvara rāmarāju tiṁmarājiya(jayya)

⟨15⟩ dē[va] mahārājulugāru māku pāliṁci(ca)nicci-

⟨16⟩ na kōṭikōṇasīmalōni yaṟaguḍi grāmaṁlōniki cellē-

⟨17⟩ ṭi catussīmalōgala nidhi nikṣēpa jala pāṣāṇa ·akṣīṇi ·āgā-

⟨18⟩ mi sidha(ddha)sādhyaṁbulani yeḍi ·aṣṭha(ṣṭa)bhōgatējasvāmyataluṁnnu

⟨19⟩ ·i(·ī) tathātithi puṇyakālamaṁdu tuṁgabhadrātīramaṁdu vi-

⟨20⟩ rūpākṣadēvuni saṁnnidhini sahiraṇyōdaka dāna dhārā-

⟨21⟩ pū¨rvakaṁgānu rāmarāju tiṁmarājayadēva mahārā-

⟨22⟩ julaku puṇyamavunaṭugānu yaṟaguḍi rāmēśvaradē-

⟨23⟩ vara ·amṛtapaḷakuṁ[nnu] ·aṁgaraṁgavaibhavālakuṁnu ·āca-

⟨24⟩ ṁdrā¨rkasthāyigānu trivācakaṁgānu daṁḍaṁ sama¨rpiṁ-

⟨25⟩ ci dhāravō[si*] yiccina [śi]lādha¨rma śāsanaṁ sāne(sāni) mānelu(mānulu)

⟨26⟩ pū¨rvamariyāda || madvaṁśajāḥ paramahīpati vaṁśa[jā]-

⟨27⟩ (jō) vā yō bhūmipā(ssa)ta[ta]muja(jva)ladha¨rmacittaḥ [|*] maddha¨rma ⟨Page 46⟩

⟨28⟩ mēma(va)sa[ta]taṁ pratipālayaṁti tatpādukadvayamahaṁ si(śi)-

⟨29⟩ rasā[va]hāmi || 1 || svadattā dviguṇaṁ puṇyaṁ para-

⟨30⟩ dattānupālanaṁ | paradattāpahārēṇa svadattaṁ niṣphala-

⟨31⟩ ṁ bhavētu(t) || 2 || svadattāṁ vā paradattāṁ vā yō harēti

⟨32⟩ vasuṁdharāṁ(m) | ṣaṣṭhi(ṣṭi)¨rvaruṣa(varṣa) sahasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jā-

⟨33⟩ yatē krimiḥ || 3 || maṁgaḷamahā śrī śrī śrī jēyu-

⟨34⟩ nu || raghunāthā nī pādālē gati

Below this inscription five lines are engraved in late characters.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • [tō]ha māḍitini gāriki ceruvuku

⟨2⟩ mīku vīḍunuṁ • • • • • ci • vari • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • [prava¨rdhamāna] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • • bhayā paniki • • • • • varimaḍi

⟨5⟩ sarvamānyaṁ

⟨SIIv42p0i0032⟩ No. 32. (A.R. No. B. 39 of 1953-54.) Cheñchu Eṟṟaguḍi, Dhone Taluk, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab in the compound of the Rāmaliṅgēśvara temple.

The record is dated Śaka 1487, Krōdhana, Bhādrapada, śu. 2, Monday. The date is irregular, may correspond to A.D. 1565, August 27 (Thursday).

Records the gift of some plots of land for various services in the temple of god Rāmēśvara of Yeṟṟaguḍi by Mahānāyaṅkāchārya Mali-nāyuḍu of Kaṁbhālapāḍu for the merit of his father Chevuḍi-nāyuḍu (Cf-No. 30 (A.R. 37 of 1953-54).

TEXT.

Figures of moon and sun; Figures of liṅga, lamp-stand and bull facing the liṅga.

⟨1⟩ śālivāhana śakavaruṣaṁbu-

⟨2⟩ lu 1487 ·agunanēḍi(ṭi) krōdha-

⟨3⟩ na saṁvatsara bhādrapada śu [2] sō-

⟨4⟩ mavāraṁnāḍu śrīman mahānā-

⟨5⟩ yakācāryulayina kaṁbālapāṭi ma-

⟨6⟩ li(lli)nāyanigāru yarraguḍi rāmēśvara

⟨7⟩ dēvuniki sama¨rpiṁcina śāsanakramame-

⟨8⟩ ṭlannanu [|*] lakumasāgaraṁ reḍḍi prajalu ⟨Page 47⟩

⟨9⟩ māku yici(cci)na mānyaṁ rāmire[ḍḍi] dō-

⟨10⟩ nistaḷaṁ velipolaṁ kha || māri[dēvireḍi] staḷaṁ

⟨11⟩ varimaḍi kha | vubhayaṁ kha ||| nnu reḍi praja-

⟨12⟩ lu [makaluvīṭika]jayaṁ ·avasarānaku

⟨13⟩ penumaḍagrāmānanu kāḍrē(ṭrē)vuni kanama-

⟨14⟩ staḷaṁ bījavari velipolaṁ kha 0 ||| nnu [pātra]-

⟨15⟩ vāriki yistimi saṁgāla grāmāna reḍi praja-

⟨16⟩ lu ka[ccha]vastaḷaṁ velipolaṁ [32] varimaḍi

⟨17⟩ kha | 3 vubhayaṁ kha | 4 dadhyōdanānaku sama-

⟨18⟩ ¨rpistimi ciṭyāla reḍi karaṇālu māku yi-

⟨19⟩ ccina mānyaṁ varipolaṁ gō[ti]nivāriki [pē]-

Second Face.

⟨20⟩ [ṭa] staḷaṁ bījavari kha |||

⟨21⟩ nnu pallaki śē(sē)vaku sa-

⟨22⟩ ma¨rpistimi yī śā(sē)-

⟨23⟩ vē(va) mātaṁḍri cavu-

⟨24⟩ ḍi nāyanki puṇyaṁ-

⟨25⟩ gānu sama¨rpistimi [|*]

⟨26⟩ gāna yiṁdulaku

⟨27⟩ ya(·e)vvaru tapi(ppi)nānu

⟨28⟩ tamatallitaṁḍrādula[nu]

⟨29⟩ vāraṇāsilō vadhi-

⟨30⟩ yiṁcina vāru |

⟨31⟩ śrīrāmā nīvē gatti(ti)

⟨SIIv42p0i0033⟩ No. 33. (A.R. No. B. 41 of 1953-54.) Iñjēḍu, Koilkuntla Taluk, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab in the Kalamdoḍḍi of Karrapu Sesha Reddi.

The record is dated Śaka 1461, Vikāri, Jyēshṭha, ba. 30, corresponding to 1539 A.D., June 16.

Records the construction of a step-well and the grant of some land for worship and offerings to god Veṅkaṭādri of Iñjēḍu by Pāṇayya, son of Kēsavarāju of Iñjēḍu, and the sthala-karaṇam of Iñjēḍu. ⟨Page 48⟩

TEXT.

Figures of crescent-moon and sun.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyu-

⟨2⟩ daya śālivāhana śaka (figure of Conch is carved here).

⟨3⟩ varuṣaṁbbulu 1461

⟨4⟩ ·agunēṭi vikāri saṁvvatsa[ra]

⟨5⟩ jēṣṭa(jyēṣṭha) ba 30 lu śrīmatu ·i-

⟨6⟩ ṁjēṭi staḷagaraṇaṁ kasva(kasava)

⟨7⟩ rāju koḍuku pāṇa-

⟨8⟩ yya yiṁjēṭi veṁkaṭādriki ma-

⟨9⟩ hālessagānu ghanamayina naḍa-

⟨10⟩ bhāvi kaṭṭiṁcenu | yī bhāviki

⟨11⟩ bhūmi • • • • • ccini(na) pāṇi nāyaniṁgā-

⟨12⟩ ru padēnu [kha | 0] vūriki tū¨rppu

⟨13⟩ liṁgaṁdiṁnne teruvu cēnu khaṁ || nu

⟨14⟩ yiṁjēṭi veṁkaṭādriki nē(nai)vēdya paṁ[ṇyā]

⟨15⟩ rālakuṁnnu ·aṁggaraṁggavaibhavā-

⟨16⟩ lakuṁnnu dhāravōsi ·ippi(ṁ)ccenu khaṁ |

⟨17⟩ yiṁdduku ya(·e)vvaru tappinānu | tama

⟨18⟩ tallidaṁḍṛ(ḍru)lānu guruvulānu vāra-

⟨19⟩ ṇāsilōnu caṁpina pāpānaṁ bōdu-

⟨20⟩ ru [|*] surāpānaṁ sēviṁccina dōṣā-

⟨21⟩ naṁ bōduru || kukkamāṁsaṁ diṁ-

⟨22⟩ na(tinna)vāru || maṁggaḷaṁ mahā śrī śrīṁ jē-

⟨23⟩ yunu ||

⟨SIIv42p0i0034⟩ No. 34. (A.R. No. B. 42 of 1953-54.) Paḍigipāḍu, Koilkuntla Taluk, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone in front of the Śiva temple.

No date. Written in the Telugu-Kannada characters of 8th-9th century A.D.

Badly damaged. Only a part of the praśasti commencing with Ari-durdhara-vara etc., is preserved. As it refers to solar family, it might belong to the Rēnāṭi-Choḷa period. ⟨Page 49⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti hari[du¨rddharava]rabhujāsi[bhā]-

⟨2⟩ sū(su)ra • • • • • • • • • • dinaka-

⟨3⟩ rakula[nanda] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ ·aṟṟūri ma- • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ [baṁsu] bhīdē • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8-12⟩ lines are damaged

⟨13⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vāṇḍu

⟨14⟩ • • • • • • • • • • [ci]namahā

(i) Early lines in the 8th-9th century Telugu-Kannaḍa script.

(ii) Lines 13 and 14 contain letters of 11th-12th century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0035⟩ No. 35. (A.R. No. B. 44 of 1953-54.) Uyyālavāḍa, Koilkuntla Taluk, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a broken slab in the village.

Undated. Written in Telugu characters of 15th-16th century A.D. (?).

The inscription is fragmentary and seems to record the campaigns of some king (name lost) and refers to the consecration of a Śiva temple, and to the setting up of a pillar of victory. Mentions Narasiṁha • • • • • [pā?]truḍu, the ūḷigam of the Mahārāja and to the gifts made by the former for the Vasantotsava of Ahōbalēśvara. It could be an inscription of the Gajapatis of Cuttack, because they were assisted by officers/generals whose names have the suffix Pātruḍu.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • dara • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • • • va mahā[rā] • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • va cēśi(si) digvijaya • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • • • • • du śivāramaṁ[layaṁ] tama • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • • • • • [hē]śvara pratiṣṭha cēśi tirigi pō[phau][ju] •

⟨6⟩ • • jayastaṁbhaṁ vēśi(si) tirigi phaujunu • •

⟨7⟩ • • va mahārājulagāri vūḷigaṁ narasiṁ[ha] • •

⟨8⟩ • • • [pā]truḍu ·ahōbalēśvaruni da¨rśiṁci phau[ju] • • •

⟨9⟩ • • • • • ·avēḍē[ḷē] ·ahōbalēśvaruni vasaṁtō • • • ⟨Page 50⟩

⟨10⟩ • • • • • nava • vijanimi pānpuna • paṇyārā[la] • •

⟨11⟩ • • • ciṁta[saṁ] gōku[lā]ya • • • • •

⟨12⟩ • • kha 1 nu[nmu] dānki • tū¨rpu • • • • • kha 1 • • •

⟨SIIv42p0i0036⟩ No. 36. (A.R. No. B. 45 of 1953-54.) Narnūru, Kurnool Taluk, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab in front of the Mādhavasvāmin temple.

The record is dated in Kīlaka, Āśvija, śu. 15; Written in late characters.

Records the receipt of the principal with interest amounting to (9(1/2) rēkha-gadyas), issued by Nadala-yallappa to Mālakoṇḍa Timmarāju and states that the loan deed was deemed cancelled wherever it was.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ kīlaka saṁvatsara ·āśvīja

⟨2⟩ śu 15 lu śrīmatu mālakoṁ-

⟨3⟩ ḍa tiṁmarājuku nava(da)la yallappa ·i-

⟨4⟩ ccina yedureḍa [|*] nīvu māku rāga [9 ||]

⟨5⟩ patraṁ peṭṭivuṁḍḍaṁgā ·aṁdu[la]

⟨6⟩ vaḍi(ḍḍi) modalu māku celenu ·ā[pa]-

⟨7⟩ traṁ ya(yā)ḍavuṁḍi nā tīḍu

⟨8⟩ patraṁ ||

⟨SIIv42p0i0037⟩ No. 37. (A.R. No. B. 46 of 1953-54.) Narnūru, Kurnool Taluk, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab in front of the maṇḍapa of the Mādhavasvāmin temple.

The record is dated Kīlaka, Āśvija, śu. 15; Written in late characters.

Records the receipt of the principal with interest issued by Nedhaṁ (Nadala?)-Yallappa to Basuvaya and other Kāpus (Cf. No. 36 (A.R. 45 of 1953-54). Refers to the Chenna-kēśava temple.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ kīlaka saṁvatsara ·āśvīja

⟨2⟩ śu 15 lu śrī[ma]tu mī • śi ⟨Page 51⟩

⟨3⟩ nula cenakēśvaradēvara vatu basu-

⟨4⟩ vaya modalaina kāṁpulaku nēdhaṁ

⟨5⟩ yalappa ·iccina yedureḍa | mīru

⟨6⟩ māku • • 72 nu patraṁ

⟨7⟩ ṭṭivvaṁ • piri • • patrā¨rthaṁ •

⟨8⟩ khaṁ • • • cellenu ·āpatraṁ • •

⟨9⟩ daraṁ • rāśi • śatra • • • • •

⟨SIIv42p0i0038⟩ No. 38. (A.R. No. B. 47 of 1953-54.) Narnūru, Kurnool Taluk, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab in front of the Vīrabhadrasvāmin temple.

The record is dated Śaka 1467, Viśvāvasu, Āśvija, ba. 3, corresponding to 1545 A.D., September 23.

Records the settlement of a dispute among the priests of the Śaiva temples at Nariyanūru and registers a grant to them by Narasiṅgayyadēva-mahārāja of Vōruvikaṁṭi, excempting them from certain taxes to enable them to cultivate their lands. It refers to the desertion of the village by some of the priests owing to some disputes; their grievance was set right by the intervention of the Chief.

TEXT.

Figure of Sun.

⟨1⟩ śubhamastu

⟨2⟩ namastuṁgga śiraścuṁbi caṁdracā-

⟨3⟩ mara cāravē [|*] (trai)lōkya nagarāraṁbha-

⟨4⟩ mūlastaṁbhāya va(śaṁ)bhavē

⟨5⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śā-

⟨6⟩ livāhana śakavaruṣaṁbulu

⟨7⟩ 1467 ·agunēṭi viśvāvasu saṁ-

⟨8⟩ vvatsara ·āśvi[ja*] ba 3 lu śrīmanmahā-

⟨9⟩ maṁḍalēśvara vōruvikaṁṭi na-

⟨10⟩ rasiṁgayyadēva mahārājuṁgā-

⟨11⟩ ru nariyanūri si(śi)vastā(sthā)nāla pūjacēsē

⟨12⟩ taṁmarasavaja(ji)yya liṁgana mudajiyya

⟨13⟩ tiṁmana vā • palli virā • • nā ma nāśiru

⟨14⟩ modalayina nālugu pāḷla vāriki ·iccina ⟨Page 52⟩

⟨15⟩ dha¨rma sā(śā)sanaṁ [|*] mīru grā[maṁ] dēvastā(sthā)nā-

⟨16⟩ laku pūja naivēdyaṁ dīpārādhana ·i[dēna]

⟨17⟩ va[riṁnnu] kaḍanu • nākuṁḍānu cēsitimi |

⟨18⟩ kuniḷavaḍi • • • tṛṁ mīlō pāḷa vā-

⟨19⟩ ru koṁdaru • • • pōyivuṁḍaṁgā-

⟨20⟩ nu vārini rappiṁci vūranu vuṁḍaka [·ūṇa]

⟨21⟩ sēsi niḷaveṭṭi maṁnistimiṁgāna mīru yē-

⟨22⟩ mī lō vicāri[raṁ] ceṁdaka maṁmmu saṁgamadē-

⟨23⟩ vastānaṁku che(ce)llē kṣētrālu vyavasāyā-

⟨24⟩ lu sēsuka sukhāna bradi(ti)kēdi |

⟨SIIv42p0i0039⟩ No. 39. (A.R. No. B. 48 of 1953-54.) Narnūru, Kurnool Taluk, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone in the Nāgēśvara temple.

Undated. Palaeographically assignable to 10th century A.D.

Registers a grant of 20 maṟuturu of land to god Takshakēśvarabhaṭāra of Nariyanūru made by the Three Hundred (munnūṟṟuvuru). Refers to a person named Nāga-Chaṇḍasvāmi-Tippaṇa-Pōtiya of Sāṁkhya[?]-gōtra as the builder of the temple (?) and to the place as Kapila-maṭham. It is not clear whether Pōtiya was the priest of the temple of Takshakēśvara. The gōtra might be Sāṅkhyāyana.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī nariyanūri takṣakēśvara bhaṭā-

⟨2⟩ raniki munnu(nnū)ṟṟuvura ·iccina bhu(bhū)[mi]

⟨3⟩ ·ī(·i)ruvadi maṟuturu nēla ·āca-

⟨4⟩ ndrata(tā)rakaṁbu vēṭu lēkuṇḍuniccina

⟨5⟩ datti [|*] dīni naṟisinavāru bharana[si] [vāraṇāsi]

⟨6⟩ ·igguḍi (·ī guḍi) sēyiṁ[ci]navaru(vāru) sāṁkyō[sāṁkhya]

⟨7⟩ gōtramu na(nā)gacaṇḍa sva(svā)mi tippa-

⟨8⟩ ṇa pōtiya [|*] yī • [sthā]namu ka[pi]la

⟨9⟩ maṭa(ṭha)muṁ(maṭhaṁbu)

Below is carved the figure of a liṅga.

⟨SIIv42p0i0040⟩ No. 40. (A.R. No. B. 51 of 1953-54.) Uḷchāla, Kurnool Taluk, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab near the Kāḷamma temple.

Dated in Pramādi, Kārttika, śu. 1.

Records the rates of lease of agricultural lands leased out to the Reḍḍi-prajas of Vuluchala by Mahānāyaṅkāchārya Rājavōli Mallinēniṅgāru at one gadya and two chakras for every unit of land of one tūmu bījavari.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ pramādi saṁvva-

⟨2⟩ tsara kā¨rttika

⟨3⟩ śu 1 lu śrīmaṁnma-

⟨4⟩ hānāyaṁkācā¨ryya

⟨5⟩ rājavōli mallinēnigāru vulu-

⟨6⟩ ca¨rllareḍḍi prajalaku ·iccina kavulu [|*] mīru

⟨7⟩ vulu ca¨rllanu cēsē guttapolaṁ mīku rēgaḍu

⟨8⟩ cēnu bījavari é1 tūmeḍu bījavari polānaku

⟨9⟩ vara ga 1 cakrar 21 ·ubhayaṁ varahā ga 1 cakra

⟨10⟩ 82 va

⟨SIIv42p0i0041⟩ No. 41. (A.R. No. B. 52 of 1953-54.) Uḷchāla, Kurnool Taluk, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab near the centre of the village.

Sadāśiva-mahārāya, A.D. 1555.

Dated in Śaka 1477, Ānanda, Phālguṇa, śu. 15, corresponding to 1555 A.D., March 8.

Registers a grant of the Vipravinōdi-Varttana collected by the Vipravinōdins from the Brāhmaṇas by Mantramūrti Pina-Basuvaya, (grandson of) Gangādhara-Voḍeyala, (son of) Pina-Vīramarāju of Āpastaṁba-sūtra and Yajus-śākhā of Bhāradvāja-gōtra, to god Hanumanta of Vuluchala in the Kandanavōli-sīma for the daily offering of lights (dīpārādhana) to the god. It is also stated that the gift was given for the merit of Vipravinōdins viz., Dakshiṇāmūrti, Kēśavayya, Vallabhayya, Varadayya, Chāgalamaṟṟi Parvatayya and Anantayya.

TEXT.

Figures of crescent-moon, ḍamaru, liṅga, nandi and sun.

⟨1⟩ śubhamastu | svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivā-

⟨2⟩ hana śakavaruṣaṁbulu 1477 ·agunēṭi ·ānaṁ-

⟨3⟩ da saṁvatsara phālguṇa śu 15 lu śrīmadrājādhi-

⟨4⟩ rāja rājaparamēśvara śrī vīrapratāpa śrīvīra sadāśivadēvama-

⟨5⟩ hārāyalu vidyānagaramaṁdu vajra siṁhvāsanārūḍhulai pṛthvī-

⟨6⟩ sāmrājyaṁ śē(cē)stuṁḍagānu kaṁ[da]navōli sīmalōni vulucala hanu-

⟨7⟩ maṁttadēvuniki dīpārā[dhanaku] ·iccina dha¨rmaśāsanaṁ [|*] bhāra-

⟨8⟩ dvāja gōtra ·āpastaṁba sūtra yajuśśākhādhyāyuḍa·i(ḍai)-

⟨9⟩ na maṁtramū¨rtti gaṁgādhara voḍiyala pinavīramarāju

⟨10⟩ kumāruḍu maṁtramū¨rtti pinabasuvayagāru tama-

⟨11⟩ vipravinōdulu dakṣiṇāmū¨rti kēśavaya valabhaya vara-

⟨12⟩ yacāgalamaṟi parvataya ·anaṁtaya modala·i(lai)na

⟨13⟩ vipravinōdulaku puṇyaṁgānu ve • • • • • hmālu • • • • • ta-

⟨14⟩ ma vipravinōdulaku ·iccēva¨rttanalu • • • • • [hanumaṁtta]dēvu-

⟨15⟩ niki daṁḍaṁ sama¨rpiṁci dīpārādha[na] • • • • • [bhā]radā(dvā)-

⟨16⟩ ja gōtra ·āpastaṁba sūtra yaju[śśākhādhyāyulaina maṁtra*]

⟨17⟩ mū¨rtti gaṁgādhara voḍiyala • • • • • • • • • • 1

⟨18⟩ (ṁ) basuvayagāru vulucala bhrāṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨19⟩ vulucala hanumaṁtta dēvuniki

⟨20⟩ • • • • • dhāravōsi ·istimi [bhī] • • • • • [yajuśśā*]

⟨21⟩ [khā]dhyāyuṁḍaina gaṁgādha[ra] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨22⟩ • • • basuvayagāru • • • • • • • • • •

⟨23⟩ • • • • • vulacala hanumaṁ[tta] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨24⟩ • • dhāravōsi [yi][stimi*] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨25⟩ • • [·ācaṁdrā*]¨rka stā(sthā)yigā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨26⟩ • • [kaṁḍāda] • • • • • • • • • • 2

⟨SIIv42p0i0042⟩ No. 42. (A.R. No. B. 53 of 1953-54.) Uḷchāla, Kurnool Taluk, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab near the centre of the village.

Dated in Śaka 1480, Kāḷayukti, Māgha, śu. 7, corresponding to 1559 A.D., January 16. ⟨Page 55⟩

Registers a bhaṭa-mānya of land sowable with one tūmu of seed to Bhaṭṭa-Tippayya by Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Māḍrāju Narasarājayyadēva-māhārāja. The gift land lay in Vuluchala situated in Kandanōli (Kandanavōli)-sīma granted to the donor as amara-nāyaṅkara by Rāmarāju Veṅkaṭādrirājayyadēva-mahārāja.

TEXT.

Figures of crecent-moon and sun.

⟨1⟩ śubhamastu [|*] svasti śrī jayābhyu-

⟨2⟩ daya śālivāhana śakavaruṣaṁbulu

⟨3⟩ 1480 ·agunēṭi kāḷayukti saṁvatsara mā-

⟨4⟩ gha śu 7 lu śrīmanmahāmaṁḍḍalēśvara māḍrāju

⟨5⟩ narasarājayyadēva mahārājulayyavāru ba(bha)ṭṭu tippayaku

⟨6⟩ yiccina bhaṭamānyapu śāsanakramameṭlannanu śrīmanmahā[maṁ]ḍalē-

⟨7⟩ śvara rāmarāju veṁkkaṭādri rājayyadēva mahārājayyavā- 1

⟨8⟩ rikiṁ jellivaccē kaṁdanōli sīmalōnu ·ā [veṁkkaṭādri rā]ja-

⟨9⟩ yyadēva mahārājulayyavāru māku ·amaranā[yaṁkarāna]-

⟨10⟩ ku pāliṁcci yiccina ·ā kaṁddanōli sīmalōnu vulu[calagrāma-]

⟨11⟩ munu ·āgrāmānaku ·āgnēyaṁ voṁddēlivāri yīḍubētaṁ •

⟨12⟩ li teruvuku vu(·u)ttaraṁ jaṁmmimāni[sthaḷa] bījavari • 1 tū[meṁḍu]

⟨13⟩ vittanālu pārēṭi polaṁ nīku • • • • • timinī putra [pautra]

⟨14⟩ pāraṁparyamaunaṭṭugānu ·ācaṁdrā[¨rkkasthāyigānu ·anubha]- 2

⟨15⟩ viṁcci bradi(ti)kēdi ·ani vēyiṁccina dha[¨rmma śāsanaṁ]

⟨16⟩ vēyiṁccina sa¨rvamānyaṁ [|*] ·iṁdu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨17⟩ ṁcinānu tamatalidaṁḍru[lanu] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨18⟩ kāśilō vadhi·iṁcina pā[pānabōvu]vā

⟨19⟩ rū

⟨SIIv42p0i0043⟩ No. 43. (A.R. No. B. 55 of 1953-54.) Santa-jūṭūru, Nandyal Taluk, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone near the temple of Rāmaliṅgēśvara on the outskirts of the village.

Harihara II (?), A.D. 1385.

Dated in Śaka 1306, Raktākshi, Māgha, śu. 5, Monday, corresponding to 1385 A.D., January 16. ⟨Page 56⟩

Records the construction of a well for providing water for the sacred bath of the god and the attendant deities by the palanquin-bearer (besta) Nāgana-bōya, son of Yelle-bōya.

TEXT.

Figures of liṅga, nandi and crescent-moon.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śa-

⟨2⟩ kava¨rṣaṁbulu 1306 ·agu

⟨3⟩ raktākṣi saṁvatsara māgha śu 5

⟨4⟩ sō || svasti śrīmanmahāmaṁḍalē-

⟨5⟩ śvara mīsaragaṁḍa kaṭāri sāḷu-

⟨6⟩ vā(va)rāya vibhāḷa[harihara*]dēvamahā-

⟨7⟩ rājula besta yellebōyini ko-

⟨8⟩ ḍuku nāgana bōyiṁḍu

⟨9⟩ rāmēśvaradēvarakuṁnu vīragaṇa-

⟨10⟩ mulu(la)kuṁnu majjanamu sē-

⟨11⟩ yanu ·udakālaku nuyyi

⟨12⟩ dravviṁci kaṭṭapade gaṭṭiṁce-

⟨13⟩ nu [|*] maṁgaḷamahā śrī

⟨14⟩ śrī śrī śrī śrī

⟨SIIv42p0i0044⟩ No. 44. (A.R. No. B. 63 of 1953-54.) Rājula-Maṇḍagiri (hamlet of Jūṭūru), Pattikonda Taluk, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a rock near the pond close to the Rāmaliṅgēśvara temple.

Aśōka.

Undated. Written in the Prākṛit language and Brāhmī script of 3rd century B.C.

It contains two Minor Rock Edicts of the king Aśoka, varying slightly from the version in the Eṟṟaguḍi edict.

(Inscription published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XXXI, pp. 211 ff).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ (I) Devānaṁpiye hevā[ha] [|*] (II) adhik[ā]ni [cha a] • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • k[e] [|*] (III) no tu [khu]

⟨2⟩ e[kaṁ] saṁva[chhara pa]kaṁte husaṁ [|*] (IV) [sā]tire[ke] • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • [payā]te bā- ⟨Page 57⟩

⟨3⟩ ḍhaṁ cha me paka[ṁ]te [|*] (V) [i]minā [chu] kā[le]na ami • • • • • • • • • • • [bhū]tā [|*] (VI) [pa]ka[ma]-

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • • phale [|*] (VII) no hīyaṁ mahapten[e]va sakiye [|*] (VIII) [khu]dāk[e] . • • • • • • • • • • [sa]kiye vi[pū] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • [ta]ve [|*] (IX) etāy[e] cha aṭhāya • • • • • [sāvane] sāv[ite] [|*] (X) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • [la]kā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • [t]ā cha me jāne[yu chi]raṭhiti[ka cha i]yaṁ pakame hota v[i] • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • (XI) • • • • • [cha s]āvane sā[vāpi]te [vy]ūthena [200] 50 [6] [|*]

B. Minor Rock Edict II.

(I) [hevaṁ De]vānaṁp[iye ā]ha [|*] (II) [yathā Devānaṁpi]-

⟨8⟩ • • • • • • • • • • • ye [|*] (III) rajū[ke ā]na[pe]ta[viye] [|*] (IV) se dā[ni jāna]padā [ni] [ā]napayi[sati ra]ṭhikā[ni]cha [|*] (V) [mā]tā

⟨9⟩ • • • • • • • • • • • [|*] (VI) gu[rusu] • • • • • • • • • • [|*] (VII) rpān[esū] [da]yitavi[ye] [|*] (VIII) sa [cha vatavi]ya [|*] (IX) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨10⟩ • • • • • • • • • • • tavi[ya] [|*] (X) he[vaṁ tu]phe āna[pa*]yātha Devānaṁ[piya]-vachane-[na] [|*] (XI) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨11⟩ tha [ha] • • • • • • • • • • [ka]ranakāni [yūg]yāchariyāni [ba]ṁ[bhanā]ki(ni) [cha] tu[phe] [|*] (XII) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨12⟩ [aṁ]te • • • • • • • • • • pakiti [|*] (XIII) • • • • • • • • • • [vi]ye [|*] (XIV) [apa]chāya • • • • • • • • • • se [acha]-

⟨SIIv42p0i0045⟩ No. 45. (A.R. No. B. 66 of 1953-54.) Rājula-Maṇḍagiri, Pattikonda Taluk, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a rock near the pond close to the Rāmaliṅgēśvara temple.

Dated in Śaka 155[5], Māgha, ba. 5, corresponding to 1634 A.D. February 8.

Records the grant of some mānya land for maintaining a perpetual lamp in the temple of Kēśava at Maṇḍagiri by Chennaya, grandson of Vināyaka[llaya].

TEXT.

Figures of conch, crescent-moon, sun and discus.

⟨1⟩ śālivāhana śakavaraśa(varṣa)

⟨2⟩ 1555 māga(gha) ba 5 maṁ-

⟨3⟩ ḍagiri kēśi(śa)(vu)ni naṁdādīpā-

⟨4⟩ niki vinā(ya)kallaya manavāḍu (manumaḍu)

⟨5⟩ caṁnaya (cennaya) ·iccina mā[nyā]lu lija ·ā-

⟨6⟩ caṁ[drā¨rka]sthāyigā[nuṁnu]

⟨7⟩ ·anubhaviṁcēdi ⟨Page 58⟩

⟨SIIv42p0i0046⟩ No. 46. (A.R. No. B. 67 of 1953-54.) Rājula-Maṇḍagiri, Pattikonda Taluk, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a rock near the pond close to the Rāmaliṅgēśvara temple.

Dated in Śaka [1738], Akshaya, [Bhādrapada, ba 7]; written in late characters.

Completely damaged and worn out.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śubhamastu svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śāli-

⟨2⟩ vāhana śakava[¨rṣaṁbulu 1738] ·agu[nēṭi]

⟨3⟩ ·akṣa[ya] saṁvatsara [bhādrapada] ba [7] lu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4-9⟩ lines are damaged

There are some letters on the right side of all the lines, but not distinct.

⟨SIIv42p0i0047⟩ No. 47. (A.R. No. B. 69 of 1953-54.) Chējarla, Atmakur Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab in front of the Chennakēśava temple.

Dated in Śaka 16[1]9, Īśvara, Jyēshṭha, ba. 30, Bhṛiguvāra, solar eclipse. There was no solar eclipse in Jyēshṭha, nor was ba. 30, a Friday. Two solar eclipses occurred in this year in Chaitra and Āśvīja months. The corresponding date could be 1697 A.D., June 8 (no eclipse; Tuesday).

Records grants to the temple of Chennakēśava of Cheṁjerla and to Nāgāvojhula-Timmāvojhulu by Vēmā reḍḍi of Sarvapalli who bore the title Hindurāyasuratrāṇa. (Published in Inscriptions of Nellore District, Part-I, Atmakuru, No. 23).

TEXT.

Figures of sun, conch, tīrunāmam, discus and crescent-moon.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śubha śālivāhana śakavaruṣaṁbhulu (varṣaṁbulu) 16[1]9

⟨2⟩ ·agunēṁṭi yī(·ī)śvara saṁvatsara jēṣṭa(ṣṭha) ba 30 bhṛguvāra sū[rya]-

⟨3⟩ [graha]ṇa puṇyakālamaṁdunu śrī·i(hiṁ)durāvu(ya) suratrā[ṇa]

⟨4⟩ • [sa]rva[pa]lli vēmāreḍi[kaṁ]gāru ceṁje¨rla ceṁnnakēśava-

⟨5⟩ dēvunikinni ye(ya)juśśākha kauṇya(ṇḍi)ṇya(nya) gōtraṁ nāgā-

⟨6⟩ vojhula timmāvojhalakunnu dhāravōśi(si) yiccina

⟨7⟩ dha¨rmmaśāsanaṁ | vu(·u)da[yagiri] rājyaṁlōnu mā[ku]

⟨8⟩ nāyaṁkarāna[ku cellivaccē] [cēje¨rla]lōni • • • • • ⟨Page 59⟩

⟨9⟩ ra mali • • • • • • • • • • ta • • • • • • • • • •

⟨10⟩ • layina • • • • • • • • • •

⟨11⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

Second Face.

⟨12⟩ śrī ·aṣṭabhōga tējasvāmyālunnu ·anubha-

⟨13⟩ viṁcuvāṁḍa·u(vāṁḍu) dēvuni sagamunnu dēvu-

⟨14⟩ ni tirumahōtsavaṁ sāgiṁcēdi [|*] yī(·ī)dha-

⟨15⟩ ¨rmānaku ya(·e)vvaru ganaka tappinānu ga-

⟨16⟩ ṁga ka • • • • • brāṁhmaninni caṁpina

⟨17⟩ pāpānaṁ bōvuvāru | svadattā dvigu-

⟨18⟩ ṇaṁ puṇyaṁ paradattānupālanaṁ [|*] para-

⟨19⟩ dattāpahārēṇa svadattā niṣphalaṁ bhavēt [||*]

⟨20⟩ [·ēkai]va bhaginī lōkē sa¨rvēṣāmēva bhūbhṛtāṁ |

⟨21⟩ [na bhōjyā na] karagrāhyā vipradattā va-

⟨22⟩ [suṁdharāṁ] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨23⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨24⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ·anubhaviṁcu(ce)

⟨25⟩ [daru] • • • • • • • • • • śrī śrī

⟨SIIv42p0i0048⟩ No. 48. (A.R. No. B. 70 of 1953-54.) Muruguḷḷa, Atmakur Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone in a haystack near the Śiva temple.

Telugu-Chōḍa Tirukāḷattidēva Chōḍa mahārāja.

Dated in Śaka [11]76 (not verifiable). (A.D. 1254-55). In characters of 13th century A.D.

Damaged. States that, when Tirukāḷattidēva having ruled the mortal world, went away to rule over the celestial world (died), his subordinate (name lost) made a gift of the village of Muṟuguḍlu to god Viśvanāthadēva for the merit of his lord.

TEXT.

Figures of crescent-moon and sun.

⟨1⟩ svasti caraṇa sarōruha

⟨2⟩ vihita vilōcana tri[lō]-

⟨3⟩ cana pramukhākhila prithi- ⟨Page 60⟩

⟨4⟩ vīśvarakārita kāvērī[tī]-

⟨5⟩ ra karikālakularatna[pra]-

⟨6⟩ dīpa ·aparimitapratā-

⟨7⟩ [pa] satata samabhya¨rci-

⟨8⟩ [ta] lakṣimī(kṣmī)śvara ·oṟa-

⟨9⟩ yūri puravarādhīśvara

⟨10⟩ kāsya(śya)pa gōtrādā(trōda)yā-

⟨11⟩ [dya] maṁḍaḷika diśā-

⟨12⟩ [pa]ṭṭa vairigōdhūma[gha]-

⟨13⟩ [ra]ṭṭanagharaṭṭa teṁkaṇādi-

⟨14⟩ tya kī¨rttinārāyaṇa

⟨15⟩ bhujabaḷa(la)vīra tiru-

⟨16⟩ kāḷatidēvacōḍa ma-

⟨17⟩ hārājulu manuṣya-

⟨18⟩ lōkamellānu dha¨rmma-

⟨19⟩ pratipālanasēsi yiṁ-

Second Face.

⟨20⟩ kanu sva¨rggasu[kha]

⟨21⟩ ṁbula[nanu]bhaviṁpa[va]-

⟨22⟩ lenani vijayaṁ jē-

⟨23⟩ stēnu tammunēlina [tiru]

⟨24⟩ kāḷatidēvacōḍa[ma]-

⟨25⟩ hārājulaku dha¨rmmaṁ-

⟨26⟩ gānu [svasti] śaka[va]-

⟨27⟩ ¨rṣaṁbu[lu 11]76 [·agu]-

⟨28⟩ nēṁṭi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨29⟩ raṁbu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨30-31⟩ lines are damaged

⟨32⟩ • • • • • • • • • • kānuke •

⟨33⟩ mana • • • • • • • • • • gāri • vi-

⟨34⟩ śvanāthadēvaraku raṁ-

⟨35⟩ gabhōgānakuṁ beṭṭi[na]

⟨36⟩ muṟuguḍlu ·ācaṁ-

⟨37⟩ drā¨rkkasthāyigānu dhā- ⟨Page 61⟩

Third Face.

⟨38⟩ [rāpū¨rvva]kamugānu

⟨39⟩ • • • • • hābhūtamu

⟨40⟩ • • • • • gānu ·icci-

⟨41⟩ [na] • • • • • [maṁ]gaḷamaṁga-

⟨42⟩ • • • • • • • • • • śrīsvada-

⟨43⟩ [ttāṁpara]dattāṁ vā yō

⟨44⟩ [harēta]vasuṁdharāṁ

⟨45⟩ [ṣaṣṭiva]ruṣa(va¨rṣa) sahasrā-

⟨46⟩ [ṇi viṣṭhā]yāṁ jāya-

⟨47⟩ [tē krimiḥ]

⟨SIIv42p0i0049⟩ No. 49. (A.R. No. B. 71 of 1953-54.) Muruguḷḷa, Atmakur Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a Nandi-stone in front of the ruined temple of Śiva, north-west of the village.

Undated. Written in late characters; and the size of the letters is large.

States that the land is the mānya of Mallēśvarasvāmin.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī rāmā [|*]

⟨2⟩ mallēśvara svā-

⟨3⟩ mi mānya-

⟨4⟩ ṁsāṁbba(ba) sadā-

⟨5⟩ si(śi)vāya

⟨SIIv42p0i0050⟩ No. 50. (A.R. No. B. 74 of 1953-54.) Kandukūru, Kandukuru Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab lying in the compound of the Taluk office.

Kākatīya Pratāparudradēva Mahārāja, 1322 A.D.

Dated in Śaka 1244 • • • • ., Chaitra, śu. 5, Monday, corresponding to 1322 A.D., March 22.

Fragmentary. Seems to record a gift of land to god Kalikēśvaradēva of Kandukūru. Mentions Kāmaya Boppaniṁgāru, and Rudradēva, the latter probably as the donor. ⟨Page 62⟩

TEXT.

Figures of sun, crescent-moon and liṅga.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śakavaruṣaṁbulu 1244 • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ saṁvatsara caitra śu 5 sō [|*] svasti śrīma[nma] • • • • •

⟨3⟩ kākatiyya pratāparudradēva mahā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ jyamu cēyucuṁḍaṁgānu ·ārā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ mugānu kāmaya boppaniṁgāri la • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ ku rudradēvaniṁgāru | śivarātri pu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ puḍu kaṁdukūri kalikēśvaradēvara • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ naku [·amu]dupaḍi cātupaḍlakū ka • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ na polamulōni ·eḍumulōni gu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨10⟩ da koni ·āceṟvulōpalānu velupa[lānu] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨11⟩ • mu ghaḍapāṭini vēyikuṁṭa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨12⟩ • • • valna(valana) nīru nēla niṁḍunaṁtava[ṭṭu] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨13⟩ ṁtavaṭu velipolamu[na]gānu[·a] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨14⟩ vriti(vṛtti)gānistimi ·āceṟvunaduṁna[ka] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨15⟩ mu ·urime cilaḍa kānika dariśana[mu] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨16⟩ • [pullari]sa¨rvamānyamugānistimi śa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨17⟩ • • • • • • • • • • paḍumaḍi mā • • • • • • • • • •

Second Face.

⟨18⟩ munapuḍa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨19⟩ puvutōṁṭānu yistimi | • du • • • • • • • • • •

⟨20⟩ gāru kaṁdukūru ·ēliyapuḍu cēsina dha-

⟨21⟩ ¨rmuvu yī dha¨rmuvu yevarayenā(·evarainā) celliṁci

⟨22⟩ puṇyamu sēsēdi (cēsēdi) [|*]

⟨SIIv42p0i0051⟩ No. 51. (A.R. No. B. 77 of 1953-54.) Nellore, Nellore Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On the lintel at the entrance to the Irukulamma temple.

Dated in Pramādi, Mārgaśira, śu. 10. (not verifiable); written in late characters.

States that the gōpura was the work of Timmayya, son of Timmarasu of Chōḷasamudram. ⟨Page 63⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ ṁ śubhamastu | pramādi saṁvvatsara mā¨rggaśira śuddha 10 lu |

⟨2⟩ cōḷasamudraṁ tiṁmmarasuni komāruḍu tiṁmayya sēyi-

⟨3⟩ ṁccina yirugulā paramēśvari gōpuraṁ 1

⟨SIIv42p0i0052⟩ No. 52. (A.R. No. B. 80 of 1953-54.) Nellore, Nellore Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On the wall of the Irukulamma temple.

Vīra-Sāvaṇṇa-Voḍeya, 1364 A.D.

Dated in Śaka 1286, Krōdhi, Mārgaśira, ba. 5, Friday, corresponding to 1364 A.D., December 13.

Damaged. Records the decision of the nānādēśīs who seem to have granted certain levies collected at the Friday-market established by Kāchaṇṇa of Nellore, to the goddess [Eraku]lāparamēśvarī.

(Published in Inscriptions of the Nellore District, Part II, No. 78, p. 848).

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śaka-

⟨2⟩ varuṣaṁbu-

⟨3⟩ lu 1286 ·agu-

⟨4⟩ nēṁṭi krōdhi saṁ-

⟨5⟩ vvatsara mā¨rgaśi-

⟨6⟩ ra ba[5] [śu] śrīman-

⟨7⟩ mahāmaṁḍalēśva-

⟨8⟩ ra vīraśrī sāvaṁ-

⟨9⟩ ṇa ·oḍayalu pri-

⟨10⟩ thivī rājyamu sē-

⟨11⟩ yaṁgānu nellūra-

⟨12⟩ nu kācaṁṇṇaṁgāru

⟨13⟩ cēyiṁcina śukravā-

⟨14⟩ ramu saṁttanu nānā-

⟨15⟩ dēśi pekkaṁḍrānu ·oḍaṁ-

⟨16⟩ baḍiri [|*] ·adhikāri si- ⟨Page 64⟩

⟨17⟩ [ki]ru kācaṁṇaṁ]gā-

⟨18⟩ riki [dha¨rmma]mugānu

⟨19⟩ • • • • • • • • • • lā para-

⟨20⟩ mēśvari[kēṟu]baṁ-

⟨21⟩ ppu • mēra 10 kanaṁ-

⟨22⟩ gaḍa veṭṭina [māḍi] •

⟨23⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨24⟩ kānu ·ā • • • • • caṁdrā-

⟨25⟩ ¨rkasthāyi • ma

Second Face.

⟨26⟩ cellaṁgaladi ·ā-

⟨27⟩ yī mēraku ·e-

⟨28⟩ vvaru vighnamu-

⟨29⟩ cēśi(si)nā[nu] paṁ-

⟨30⟩ camahāpātakā-

⟨31⟩ lu cēśi(si)na dōṣā-

⟨32⟩ naṁ bōvuvāru

⟨33⟩ nānādēśi pekkaṁ-

⟨34⟩ ḍra paṁpunānu

⟨35⟩ [suṁ]kari • • • • •

⟨36⟩ vāṁ[ḍu] • • • • •

⟨37⟩ [ḷa] ma[hā] • • • • •

⟨38⟩ śrī ||

⟨SIIv42p0i0053⟩ No. 53. (A.R. No. B. 81 of 1953-54.) Nellore, Nellore Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On the beam of the temple of Irukalamma.

Kākatīya Pratāparudra, 1315 A.D.

Dated in Śaka 1237, Ānanda, Bhādrapada, śu. • • corresponding to 1315 A.D., August 1st to 15th (Śaka 1237 corresponds to Rākshasa).

Damaged. Seems to record a gift (details lost) by Nāgaya, son of Haridēva who was a gaṇa -bhṛitya and some boyas to the goddess Irukalā-Paramēśvarī. Invokes prosperity to Muppiḍi-nāyaka and Peda-Rudradēva. ⟨Page 65⟩

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ [svasti śrī] śakava¨rṣaṁbulu 1237 ·agunēṁṭi ·ānaṁda saṁvatsara bhādrapada śu[ddha] • śrīmanmahāmaṁḍalēśvara kākatiyya pratāparudradēva mahārājulu sukha soṁgatā(saṁkathā) vi-

⟨2⟩ • • • • • [dēvanēlaṁ] prithivīrājyamu cēyucuṁḍaṁgānu ·ā pratāparudradēvamahārājula • • • • • rājyābhivri(vṛ)ddhigānu svasti śrīmatu muppaḍināye(ya)niṁggārikiṁni pedarudradēvaniṁgārikiṁni rā[jyā]-

⟨3⟩ gānu nellūri bhūmiki [kola]vacāra • • • mavēraluṁggānu dhanakanaka samri(mṛ) ddhigānu • • gaṇa [gaṇabhṛtyuṁḍu] haridēvani koḍuku nāgayānu ·anna bōyuḍūnu braṁmanabōyuḍūnu śrīraṁganātha(nāthuni) venuka

⟨4⟩ • • • • • cinabōyuḍūnu siddamabōyuḍūnu • ṇa bōyuḍunu • • • • • • bōyu[ḍu]nu • • • • • • • • • • ne[lū]ranu ·iṟi[ke]lā paramēśvariki nelaku ·āṟu[sandhitīsu] ·akhaṁḍadīpamugānu divyadā •

Second Face.

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • • • • • la maṁdāḍi naḍapuvāṁḍu [|*] ·i(·ī)kāṁpu sa¨rvvamānyaṁ [tarāṁbara]-

⟨6⟩ rikistimi ·i (·ī) dhaṁmmamunaku nevvarēmi vighnamu sēsinānu bhāgīrathīgaṁggakaṟuta kapilagōvula jaṁppina pā-

⟨7⟩ [pāna] paḍuvāru [|*] ·i(·ī)dha¨rmmamu caṁdrasū¨ryyulu kalaṁtakālamu [pāliṁcinavāriki] • • •

⟨8⟩ yyā • la piluḍu • • vriddhiṁboṁdu[du*]ru • • • • • maṁgaḷamahā śrī śrī śrī

⟨SIIv42p0i0054⟩ No. 54. (A.R. No. B. 82 of 1953-54.) Niḍigallu, Venkatagiri Division, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone near the steps of the sluice of the tank.

Kṛishṇarāya-mahārāya, 1526 A.D.

Dated in Śaka 1448, Vyaya, Śrāvaṇa, śu. 15, Monday, corresponding to 1526 A.D., July 23.

Damaged. Seems to record the construction of a sluice (Kaluṁju) to the tank at Niḍaṁgaṇṭi -Māvuram by Iṅgumānanēniṁgāru (?), the Kāryakarttā of Tirumala-nāyiniṅgāru, son of Yeggappanāyiniṅgāru and the officer-in-charge of Chandragiri-durgam for the merit of the latter and king Kṛishṇarāya. It is stated that Niḍaṁgallu lies in Kalimili(?)-sīma. ⟨Page 66⟩

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ śubhamastu

⟨2⟩ svasti śrīman ma-

⟨3⟩ hāmaṁḍdalēśva-

⟨4⟩ ra rājādi(dhi)rāja-

⟨5⟩ rājaparamēśva-

⟨6⟩ ra śrī vīrapratāpa śrī

⟨7⟩ vīra kṛṣṇarāya mahā-

⟨8⟩ rāyalu prithivīrājya-

⟨9⟩ ṁśā(sē)yanavu(va)dhariṁci śa-

⟨10⟩ kābda 1448 mīṁdaṭi

⟨11⟩ vyaya saṁvaca(tsa)ra śrāvaṇa

⟨12⟩ su[śu] 15 sō | svasti śrīma-

⟨13⟩ tu yeggappanāyini-

⟨14⟩ ṁgāri komāruṁḍu ti-

⟨15⟩ rumalunāyaniṁgāriki

⟨16⟩ dha¨rmaṁgānu vīri kā¨ryya-

⟨17⟩ ka¨rttalaina yiṁgumānanē-

⟨18⟩ niṁgāru kalimili sīmakuṁ-

⟨19⟩ jellē niḍaṁgaṁṭi māvu-

⟨20⟩ rama ceruvu kaluṁju śrī

⟨21⟩ vīra kriṣṇarāyamahā-

⟨22⟩ rāyalaku caṁdragiri du-

⟨23⟩ ¨rgādhipati tirumalu nā-

⟨24⟩ yinikinni dha¨rmaṁgānu rela(nārela)

Second Face.

Completely Damaged.

⟨SIIv42p0i0055⟩ No. 55. (A.R. No. B. 85 of 1953-54.) Niḍigallu, Venkatagiri Division, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On the Dhavajastaṁbha in front of the Kēśava temple.

Mādirāja, son of Rāmayadēva Chōḍa mahārāja.

Dated in Śaka 1353 (wrong for 1351), Saumya, Vaiśākha, śu. [5] Thursday, corresponding to ⟨Page 67⟩ 1429 A.D., April 8 (Friday). In the third face, the record refers to a chronogram: dvaya-śara-trīndu denoting Śaka 1352.

Damaged. Records the erection of a pillar by the chief in front of the temple of Aśvatthanārāyaṇa of Niḍiṁgallu.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīśā(śa)ka-

⟨2⟩ va¨rṣaṁbulu

⟨3⟩ vēyinni mu-

⟨4⟩ nnūṁṭa yēṁ-

⟨5⟩ bhayi(·ēbhai)mūṁ-

⟨6⟩ ḍagunēṁṭi sau-

⟨7⟩ mya saṁvatsa-

⟨8⟩ ra vaiśākha śu-

⟨9⟩ ddha[5] gu | śrīma-

⟨10⟩ nmahāmaṁḍa-

⟨11⟩ lēśvara • • •

⟨12⟩ • • • • • • • • • • rā-

Second Face.

⟨13⟩ yadaḷapaṁjali(ra)

⟨14⟩ ·aḍi(dhi)kaṁtyaṁbara-

⟨15⟩ gaṁḍḍa rāmaya-

⟨16⟩ dēvacōḍamahā-

⟨17⟩ rājula kumāru-

⟨18⟩ ṁḍu mādirāju

⟨19⟩ koṁḍa vrāsalilō-

⟨20⟩ ni niḍuṁgaṁṭi ·a-

⟨21⟩ [sva¨rddha](śvattha) nārāyaṇa

⟨22⟩ • • [saṁ]nidhini pe-

⟨23-24⟩ lines are damaged

⟨25⟩ • • ṁstaṁbha pratiṣṭha

⟨26⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 68⟩

Third Face.

⟨27⟩ śrībhājaḥ śaka-

⟨28⟩ bhūpatēḥ dvaya-

⟨29⟩ śaratrīṁdupa saṁ-

⟨30⟩ jñāgatēṣvabdē-

⟨31⟩ ṣvāgata sau-

⟨32⟩ myē vatsarama-

⟨33⟩ [tha] vaiśākha mā-

⟨34⟩ sē śubhē [||*] śrīmā-

⟨35⟩ nrāmaya mā-

⟨36⟩ dabhūpatilaka-

⟨37⟩ staṁbhaṁ śilā ni-

⟨38⟩ ¨rmitaddēvasyāma

⟨39⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

Fourth Face.

⟨40⟩ tamā ravīṁddu-

⟨41⟩ • • bhivārē nā-

⟨42⟩ rāyaṇasyā-

⟨43⟩ tmītaḥ | śrī

⟨44⟩ śubhamastu

⟨SIIv42p0i0056⟩ No. 56. (A.R. No. B. 87 of 1953-54.) Dimilāḍa, Tekkali Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar, left of the entrance to the Trimūrti temple.

Undated. In characters of 11th century A.D.

Records the gift of a perpetual lamp to god Vishṇu of Dimili-vāḍa by a person, Kēta Mārapōta and his wife.

(Published in JAHRS, Vol. IV, pp. 163-164).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī dimilā(li)vī(vā)ḍa viṣṇudē-

⟨2⟩ varaku vēmapa putra palā- ⟨Page 69⟩

⟨3⟩ [sāni] • kētamārapōta sa-

⟨4⟩ patnī sahitaṁbuna beṭṭina

⟨5⟩ ·akhaṁṇḍave(va)tti dīpamācaṁdrā-

⟨6⟩ ¨rkkamu rā • janmatō dha¨rmmaḥ

⟨SIIv42p0i0057⟩ No. 57. (A.R. No. B. 88 of 1953-54.) Dimilāḍa, Tekkali Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar, left of the entrance to the Trimūrti temple (below No. 56: A.R. 87 of 1953-1954.)

Dated in Śaka 1053, Mahādvādaśī, corresponding to 1131 A.D.

Records the gift of a perpetual lamp (to god Vishṇu) by a son (name not clear) of Sōmaya of Śāṇḍilya-gōtra, and his wife.

(Published in JAHRS, Vol. IV, pp. 163-164).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śakavarusa(¨rṣaṁ)bulu

⟨2⟩ 1053 gunēṇḍi mahādvādasi(śi)

⟨3⟩ nāṁṭi dimilāḍa sā(śāṁ)ḍi-

⟨4⟩ lyagōtra sōmaya putra

⟨5⟩ [ṭakamā]tana patnī sahitaṁ

⟨6⟩ beṭṭina dēvo(va)ra ·akhaṁḍavotti

⟨7⟩ dīpaṁ ·ācaṁdrā¨rkkamājanma-

⟨8⟩ tō dha¨rmmaḥ

⟨SIIv42p0i0058⟩ No. 58. (A.R. No. B. 91 of 1953-54.) Tekkali, Tekkali Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone in the palace of the Raja Sahib.

Choḍagaṅga.

Dated in Śaka 10[53], corresponding to 1131 A.D.

Damaged. Refers to the construction of a temple at • • • • in Sāgara-Khonna-vishaya and the consecration of a deity therein by the queen • • • • jella-mahādēvī and her gift of a perpetual lamp to the same. ⟨Page 70⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ ma • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • lu 1053 [·agu] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • cōḍa gaṁggadē[vara] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • [je]lla mahādēvulu [ta] • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • • • mmuma sāgara khonna viṣaya

⟨6⟩ [dē]vara pratiṣṭhiṁcci guḍi gaṭṭipaḍa-

⟨7⟩ [dunuku]·akhaṁḍavatti dīpamu(naku)

⟨8⟩ [sudhā] • • • • • māvucu • • • • •

⟨9⟩ [gira]maṟa • • ·ācaṁdrā[¨rka] [sthāyini] • • •

⟨10⟩ varaya • • • • • gala[·āca] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨11⟩ • ḍa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨SIIv42p0i0059⟩ No. 59. (A.R. No. B. 4 of 1954-55.) Mōṭupalli, Bapatla Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On the north wall (base-tiers) of the Rāmasvāmin temple.

Durmati (Dundubhi), Āshāḍha, ba. 2, Thursday, probably equivalent to A.D. 1322, July 1. (in characters of 14th century A.D.)

Records the consecration of the god Gōpīnātha by Dharma Rāmaseṭṭi. Another inscription refers to one Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara (name lost).

TEXT.

On the northern base of the Rāmasvāmi shrine.

⟨1⟩ du[ṁ]¨rmmati saṁvatsara ·āṣāḍha ba 2 guruvārāna dha¨rmmarāmaseṭṭi tirupratiṣṭa(ṣṭha) jēsina śrī gō[pī]nāthuniki golla [ṭhis ·inscription ·ends ·abruptly.]

On the base of Rāmasvāmi temple.

⟨2⟩ svasti śrīmanmahāmaṁḍalēśva • • • • •

⟨SIIv42p0i0060⟩ No. 60. (A.R. No. B. 5 of 1954-55.) Mōṭupalli, Bapatla Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab on the pavement in the Vīrabhadra temple.

Śaka 1[117] Vishu sankrānti. (A.D. 1195). ⟨Page 71⟩

Damaged and fragmentary. Details lost.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ lu 12 | śrāhi śakava¨rṣamu-

⟨3⟩ • 11[17] vi[ṣu]saṁkrānti-

⟨4⟩ • • • • • [maṁḍa]lika ·āramū

⟨5-16⟩ illegible

⟨SIIv42p0i0061⟩ No. 61. (A.R. No. B. 7 of 1954-55.) Nāgārjunikoṇḍa (Nāgulavaram), Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

Inscribed fragment recovered from the excavation site No. 7.

Undated. Palaeographically datable to the Brāhmī of 3rd century A.D. Written in the Prākṛit language.

Refers to the payment of a dīnāra-māshaka for maintaining an endowment for the feeding and clothing, apparently of monks. Mentions Kalūra [and Buddhist sect apara-mahā-sēliya?].

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • thakata • • •

⟨2⟩ lasava-bhaṭa-phula-saṁthapasa • •

⟨3⟩ • • bhuṁjilā-vasa ·akhayanivikaṁ •

⟨4⟩ • • • • • haṁka Kalūraṁṇalāva ·ēva •

⟨5⟩ • • • • • yacha ·apara[ma] • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • [·akhaya]nivi dīnāra-māsaka •

⟨7⟩ ·apayutaṁ ·ēsa cha ·akhayanivī ku • •

⟨8⟩ ·anutheyavi[ta] • • •

⟨SIIv42p0i0062⟩ No. 62. (A.R. No. B. 8 of 1954-55.) Nāgārjunikoṇḍa, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

Inscribed fragment (No. 1) from a field near the palace area of excavation site No. 7.

Undated. Palaeographically attributable to the Brāhmī of 3rd century A.D. Written in the Prākṛit language.

Seems to refer to the gift of a pillar. ⟨Page 72⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • [vā] da bha [puta]

⟨2⟩ • ·ēyaṁ thaṁbhō

⟨SIIv42p0i0063⟩ No. 63. (A.R. No. B. 9 of 1954-55.) Nāgārjunikoṇḍa Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

Inscribed fragment (No. 2) from a field near the palace area of excavation site No. 7.

Undated. Palaeographically datable to the Brāhmī of 3rd century A.D. Written in the Prākṛit language.

Seems to refer to the gift of a pillar. Mentions a Kulaputra.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ gaṇa-vathavasa Kulaputa[sa]

⟨2⟩ rabiṇa ra • mi sirakala •

⟨3⟩ • • samarasa patasa •

⟨4⟩ sabaṁsa po • ma paracha •

⟨5⟩ puchātasa • yathasa

⟨SIIv42p0i0064⟩ No. 64. (A.R. No. B. 10 of 1954-55.) Nāgārjunikoṇḍa, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

Inscribed fragment (No. 3) from a field near the palace area of excavation site No. 7.

Dated in regnal year . ., grīshma, paksha 2, divasa 1. Palaeographically datable to the Brāhmī of 3rd century A.D. Written in the Prākṛit language.

Mentions the vīhāra to the east of Vijayapurī on the Chuladhammagiri (Published in Ep. Ind., XXXIV, pp. 207 ff).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • tasa saṁvachhara-

⟨2⟩ gimha pakha bitiyaṁ divasa pathamaṁ Si

⟨3⟩ ripavate Vijayapuriya puvadisa-bhā-

⟨4⟩ gavihāre Chula-dhamagiriya achaṁta rāji-

⟨5⟩ chariyānaṁ saka-samaya parasamaya su(?) ⟨Page 73⟩

⟨SIIv42p0i0065⟩ No. 65. (A.R. No. B. 12 of 1954-55.) Amarāvati, Sattenapalle Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a sculptured slab in the Museum.

Undated. Palaeographically datable to the Brāhmī script of 1st-2nd century A.D. Written in the Prākṛit language.

Records the gift of a pillar. Mentions thera Ayira Bhūtarakhita and Ayira Budharakhita. (J. Burgess, ASI, Vol. I, p. 104, No. 39).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ sela ṇivāsinō vasibhūtasa

⟨2⟩ • • thērasa Ayira Bhūtara[khi]tasa

⟨3⟩ • • Kasa chula ayarasa ara •

⟨4⟩ ayi[ra*] [Bu]dharakhitasa ata • pa(?)

⟨5⟩ diyaṁ tiga sa yā yaṁ • • thabhō dā[naṁ]

⟨SIIv42p0i0065A⟩ No. 65A. (A.R. No. B. 13 of 1954-55.) Amarāvati, Sattenapalle Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a sculptured slab in the Museum.

Undated. Palaeographically datable to the Brāhmī script of 3rd century A.D. Written in the Prākṛit language.

Mentions some personal names like Bāndhika (son of Nakilavāni) and Vidhira, Budharakhita, Saṁgitā and also the Chula-saṁgha (small monastery) and a gahapati(?).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ Sidhaṁ namō bhagavatā Jaṁbud[ī]pa-dāsaka bhaga[va] dhātu-parikamena mahāchētīyā Nakilavāni-puta sa-Bāṁdhikasa saṁghakasa sa-mātuka[sa]

⟨2⟩ bhāginēyasa Budharakhita matiyaratasa Vidhirasa Saṁgitākasa-sa-mātukasa sa-bhāyakasa sa-putānaṁchātaṁ saṁghasa chula-sagha[saṁ]

⟨3⟩ bā[pa] sa ṭhi [gahapati ?]

⟨SIIv42p0i0066⟩ No. 66. (A.R. No. B. 14 of 1954-55.) Amarāvati, Sattenapalle Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a sculptured slab in the Museum. ⟨Page 74⟩

[Gōtamīputra Yajña Sātakarṇi].

Undated. Datable to late 2nd century Brāhmī script. Written in an admixture of Prākṛit and Sanskrit.

Seems to record some gift by Gōtamīputra Yajña Śātakarṇi (the 27th ruler of the Purāṇic list of Andhra-Śātavāhana kings). Refers to Dhanakaṭa-Chaitya.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ Sidhaṁ rājñaḥ Gōtami[putrasya ?] • Ya[jña] Sāta[ka] • • • • • • • • • • [puradēvasa] • • • • • jjaya • • • thasa • •

⟨2⟩ jayilananaṁ nadipute • ma dhālayaḥ raṁña • • • • • • • • • • sva • si • • • • • vihārayi

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • Dhanakaṭa-chētiye • • •

⟨SIIv42p0i0067⟩ No. 67. (A.R. No. B. 15 of 1954-55.) Amarāvati, Sattenapalle Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a sculptured slab in the Museum.

Palaeographically datable to the Telugu-Kannaḍa characters of 12th-13th century A.D.

Badly damaged. Seems to refer to some gift of land.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ dha¨rmmulu • kṣi • • • • • ma

⟨2⟩ • • va • • [dabu]dhama 1 ·ālu •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • ṣaḍakōlu dhama 1 • • la 1

⟨4⟩ • • • • • palli cēlunu na-

⟨5⟩ [tappi]mmā • ma dhama peddakā(ko)-

⟨6⟩ [ḍu]ku va¨rma • • • bhīmarāju

⟨7⟩ • kākalikālamanaṁvēmarā

⟨8⟩ • bu lu pu ma • • pāru •

⟨9⟩ julu kuri • karuḍi

⟨10⟩ • • mapa koppē-

⟨11⟩ ṟa • jiṁpacēḍi

⟨12⟩ naḍupudu[ru] • • ja •

⟨13⟩ [ṇḍi]ma • koṁ • ḍi vijaṁ

⟨14⟩ lvama naḍupuvāḍu kāla- ⟨Page 75⟩

⟨15⟩ mattura • • • • • ·ēlē-

⟨16⟩ śvara dēvāṁḍu • • •

⟨17⟩ rapaṁ dīpālu pe[ṭṭi]

⟨18⟩ na vrittulu 1211

⟨SIIv42p0i0068⟩ No. 68. (A.R. No. B. 16 of 1954-55.) Dharaṇikōṭa, Sattenapalle Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab in the house of Kakkapilla Babayya.

[Rājēndra Chōḍa, son of Velanāṇṭi Gonka].

Undated. Belongs to 11th-12th century Telugu-Kannada characters. Written in Sanskrit and Telugu.

Fragmentary. Gives the genealogy of the chief Rājēndra Chōḍa of the Velanāṭi family. Refers to the originator of the family as Mallavarman, who obtained Velanāṇḍu-vishaya from Tryaṁbaka Pallava for the assistance rendered in the latter's wars.

TEXT.

Figures of crescent-moon, liṅga, sun in one row and that of Nandin below to the left.

⟨1⟩ śrī vallabhasyāṁghri sarōjatō vāniraṁttarā ṭi

⟨2⟩ nadī pravāhaḥ babhūva śuddhaścaraṇābjayugmā

⟨3⟩ • • • • • rānanasya || vaṁśōsminsahimāṁśu

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vyāpta kṣamāmaṁḍalō dō¨rddaṇḍa

⟨5⟩ • • baṁ[dha]vī¨ryya saciva śśrīmallava¨rmmā jani-

⟨6⟩ yēna tryaṁbaka pallavādraṇa śirassāhāyyakā-

⟨7⟩ rādhitāt prāptōyaṁ velanāṇḍu nāma viṣaya ssā-

⟨8⟩ maṁta cihnāni vā || ·ākhaṁḍitākhaṁḍala vikramō putra

⟨9⟩ vaṁśajātēṣu tatō nṛpēṣu gatēṣvanēkēṣu vipakṣa bhūpama-

⟨10⟩ [hēṁ]dradaṁbhōripumānavatsā || tadvaṁśyōbhū dguṇa-

⟨11⟩ [ma]ṇi khanidviprasaṁttāpahaṁttā kāṁtākaṁtu

⟨12⟩ • tramakhasēnu • kiṁkara śśaṁkarasya dātā śītadyā-

⟨13⟩ sita yaśō pōta dikcakravālō goṁkaḥ śrīmā-

⟨14⟩ ranṛpati ·āpaddanīśśakaṭaṁkaḥ || ·āsīt priyā

⟨15⟩ tasya nṛpuṁgavasya goṁkakṣitīśasya śaśāṁka vaktrā sa-

⟨16⟩ bbāṁbikā sa¨rvvaguṇyōpapannā pulōmakanyēva pu- ⟨Page 76⟩

⟨17⟩ raṁdarasya || tayō¨rjjayaṁta pratimaprabhāvōbhā rā-

⟨18⟩ jēṁdracōḍō vihitāripīḍaḥ ·abhūtsutassa-

⟨19⟩ • tavāganēkasaṁgrāmaraṁggājjitaśubhra ki-

⟨20⟩ ḍāṁbikāṁgita sabiṁba tulya vaktrānsi(nni)jācā[ra]-

⟨21⟩ • dānasūyā ·agaṇyapuṇyāṁguṇaratnagu¨rvvī-

⟨22⟩ ḍabhūpādivinō • payamē | tābhyāṁ bhavānī-

⟨23⟩ • bābhyāṁ jātastanūjaḥ prakāśatthiya-

⟨24⟩ • • • bhūpaḥ śrita nīlakaṁṭhassēvyapuṇyada-

⟨25⟩ • • • • • • • • • • gōtra kalāni vānī •

⟨SIIv42p0i0069⟩ No. 69. (A.R. No. B. 17 of 1954-55.) Dharaṇikōṭa, Sattenapalle Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone near Bathina Musalayya's house.

Dated Śaka 1141, Māgha, ba. 2, Thursday (1223 A.D., January 19).

Registers the gift of 55 goats for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Amarēśvara of Dannāḍa by Māra-boya, son of Chandana-boya.

TEXT.

Figures of sun, liṅga and crescent-moon and bull (below sun.)

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śubha sa-

⟨2⟩ ṁvatsaraṁbulu 1141

⟨3⟩ ṁḍagu mā[gha] bahala(huḷa)

⟨4⟩ vidiyayu guruvārā-

⟨5⟩ na caṁpa(da)nabō·i(yi)ni koḍku

⟨6⟩ māre bōyuṁḍuṁ daṁ-

⟨7⟩ nāḍa ·amarēśvaradēvuniki

⟨8⟩ ·akhaṁḍadīpānaku paḍla-

⟨9⟩ sūrapa ·alluṁḍu sāci-

⟨10⟩ na bō(yi)ni vasamunnu bbaṁ-

⟨11⟩ cina mēṁkaḷu[ma] 55

⟨12⟩ māṣamēkaṁ suva¨rna(¨rṇa)sya

⟨13⟩ bhūmērapyēkamaṁgu-

⟨14⟩ ḷaṁ | haraṁ naraka[māyāti] ⟨Page 77⟩

⟨15⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨SIIv42p0i0070⟩ No. 70. (A.R. No. B. 18 of 1954-55.) Dharaṇikōṭa, Sattenapalle Taluk, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a fragment of a slab in a private house (impressions from Mr. P.S. Sastri, Guntur).

Palaeographically datable to Brāhmī of 3rd century A.D. Written in the Prākṛit language.

Seems to record the gift of a pillar by the wife of a person (name lost).

TEXT.

a) i) nomaya Kuḷaka ii) bhariyāya Bala ma - in 3rd century A.D. iii) thabho

b) ma [Figure of Svastika] (Letter ma of 2nd-1st centuries B.C.). Design below the above letter ma and svastika.

c) [Śrī Varakaṁ] (in 4th-5th century Telugu-Kannaḍa characters)

d) & e) Shell characters

⟨SIIv42p0i0071⟩ No. 71. (A.R. No. B. 21 of 1954-55.) Jonnavāḍa, Kovur Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab in the Kāmākshi-amman Sannidhi street.

Dated in Śaka 1709 (read in A.R. as 1706), Krōdhi, Chaitra śu. 15, Monday. Late inscription.

States that Venkaṭēśvara Pauṇḍrika, son of Abbājī-Paṇḍita (?) and grandson of Jaggannadīkshita of Āpastaṁba-sūtra and Yajus-śākhā performed the Mahāgnichayana sacrifice.

TEXT.

Figures of sun and crescent-moon.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī vijayā-

⟨2⟩ dbhu(bhyu)daya śālivāha-

⟨3⟩ na śakaṁ 1709 krōdhi saṁ |

⟨4⟩ caitra śu || 15 sōmavā-

⟨5⟩ raṁ ·āpastaṁbha(ba) sūtra ye(ya)-

⟨6⟩ juḥ śākhādhyāyula-

⟨7⟩ [yni] (laina) haritasa gōtra jagga-

⟨8⟩ nna dīkṣitula pautṛ(tru)laina ·a- ⟨Page 78⟩

⟨9⟩ bbājī paṁ || putṛ(tru)laina veṁ-

⟨10⟩ kaṭēśvara pauṁḍrikulavāru

⟨11⟩ cēśi(si)na mahāgni [cayanaṁ]

⟨SIIv42p0i0072⟩ No. 72. (A.R. No. B. 22 of 1954-55.) Komarapūḍi, Nellore Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On the beam at the entrance of the Narasiṁhasvāmin temple on the Narasiṁhakoṇḍa hill.

Velamapāṭi Tiramalarājayadēva-mahārāja.

Dated in Piṅgaḷa, Kārtika, śu. 15 (in the 16th-17th century characters).

Records the gift of a tank to the god by the chief. (cf. Inscriptions of the Nellore District, Part II, pp. 804-805, No. 35). He is described as a mahāmaṇḍalēśvara and bears the epithets, Chāḷukyanārāyaṇa, Chauhattamalla and raṇavijaya.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ piṁggaḷa saṁvatsara kā¨rttika śu 15 lu śrīmanmahāmaṁḍḍalēśvara cā[ḷi]kya nārāyaṇa cauhattamalla-

⟨2⟩ raṇavijaya velamapāṭi tirumalarājayadēva mahārājuṁgāru vēdādri śrīnārasiṁ-

⟨3⟩ huniki tī¨rtakuḷaṁ vubhayaṁ

⟨SIIv42p0i0073⟩ No. 73. (A.R. No. B. 24 of 1954-55.) Lēbūru, Nellore Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a wooden plank in the garbhagṛiha of the Kunkāḷamma temple. . • • • .

Dated in Śaka 1695, Durmukhi, Jyēshṭha, śu. 15 (late characters).

Records the gift of a garden by Bachchana to the deity Kunkāḷamma(?). [A.R. states that the image of the goddess was painted with lacquer on the specified date.]

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ [svasti] śrī vijayābhyudaya śāli[vā]hana śaka varuṣaṁbbulu 1006095 (1695)

⟨2⟩ ·agunēṭi || du¨rmmukhi nāma saṁvvatsa[ra jyē]ṣṭha śu 15 śrī kuṁkkāḷamma baccana cēśi(si)-

⟨3⟩ na vā(va)naṁ ||| ⟨Page 79⟩

⟨SIIv42p0i0074⟩ No. 74. (A.R. No. B. 28 of 1954-55.) Lēbūru, Nellore Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar left of the entrance to the Vālīśvara temple. . • • .

Undated. Palaeographically datable to 16th-17th century A.D.

Seems to refer to a levy of grain on the lands irrigated by the tank of Lēbūru. (Inscriptions of the Nellore District, Part II, p. 810, No. 43).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ vē(lē)bhū (bū)ri grāmāna ce- 1

⟨2⟩ ruvu kuṁccāla dhānyaṁ

⟨3⟩ ceruvu [mīṁ]danē vē·i(yiṁ)-

⟨4⟩ ccu(caṁ)galavāru miri(gi)ti(ta) dē-

⟨5⟩ vaḷālu gaṭṭiṁccuvāru

⟨6⟩ ·iṁduku ye(·e)vvaru kīḍā-

⟨7⟩ ḍinānu ·ādhānyaṁ ·āśi-

⟨8⟩ ṁccinānu gaṁgaka¨rta

⟨9⟩ gōbrāhmaṇula vadhi-

⟨10⟩ ṁccina pāpānaṁ bōvu-

⟨11⟩ vāru

⟨SIIv42p0i0075⟩ No. 75. (A.R. No. B. 29 of 1954-55.) Lēbūru, Nellore Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar, left of the entrance to the Vālīśvara temple. . • • .

Undated and fragmentary. Written in late characters.

Contains only the imprecatory portion. (Inscriptions of the Nellore District, Part II, p. 811, No. 44).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ yī(·ī)dēvaḷaṁlōnā(nu)

⟨2⟩ ḍā[nuṁ] bōṁ[gā]nu ⟨Page 80⟩

⟨3⟩ nuṁ[dda]lavāṁḍlu [kā]-

⟨4⟩ puṁccinānu vāḍlamā-

⟨5⟩ naṁ mallāpu vā-

⟨6⟩ ṁḍlaku yiccina vāṁ-

⟨7⟩ ḍlu [|*]

⟨SIIv42p0i0076⟩ No. 76. (A.R. No. B. 30 of 1954-55.) Lēbūru, Nellore Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On the lintel of the gōpura of the Chennakēśavasvāmin temple. . • • • .

Dated in Śaka 1733, Prajōtpatti.

States that Nārāyaṇa-reḍḍi, son of Yaram-reḍḍi-Sūrāreḍḍi built the temple. The work was executed by Chennakēśava, son of Rudrābattu of Kannamūru.

TEXT.

Figures of sun and crescent-moon.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī vija-

⟨2⟩ yābhyuda-

⟨3⟩ ya śāli-

⟨4⟩ vāhana śa-

⟨5⟩ kavaruṣaṁbbu-

⟨6⟩ lū 1733

⟨7⟩ ·agunēṭi prajō-

⟨8⟩ tpatti nāma saṁ-

⟨9⟩ vvatsaraṁ yaraṁ re-

⟨10⟩ ḍḍi sūrā[re]ḍḍi koma(mā)-

⟨11⟩ ruḍu nā[rā]yaṇa [re]-

⟨12⟩ ḍḍi kaṭṭiṁccina dēvā-

⟨13⟩ layaṁ [|] yī (·ī) dēvā-

⟨14⟩ layaṁ kanna mūri-

⟨15⟩ rudrābattuni ko-

⟨16⟩ māruḍu cennakē-

⟨17⟩ śavuḍu kaṭṭiṁddi(di) ⟨Page 81⟩

⟨SIIv42p0i0077⟩ No. 77. (A.R. No. B. 31 of 1954-55.) Lēbūru, Nellore Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a sculptured slab fixed into the gōpura of the Chennakēśavasvāmin temple.

Dated in Śaka 15[77], Manmatha, Jyēshṭha, śu. 15 corresponding to A.D. 1655, June 8.

Seems to refer to Kandamūri Vīrapa, probably as the sculptor who made the image of Chennakēśava.

TEXT.

Figures of Garuḍa, Āñjanēya and Chennakēśava (flanked by Chauri-bearers on either side).

⟨1⟩ śrī rāma || svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivāhana śakavaruṣaṁbulu 15[77] ·agunēṭi manmatha saṁvvatsara jēṣṭa [śu] 15 lu kaṁdamūri vīrapa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ nagupolaṁ [7] yavaru [·i]na • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ svāstyamulu • • • • • battuḍu [ra] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ puccukuṁ[nna] • • • • • • • • • • maguru • • • • • • • • • • kuruji

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • • • • • drā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • • koma • ce • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • • nnakēśavuḍu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨SIIv42p0i0078⟩ No. 78. (A.R. No. B. 34 of 1954-55.) Nellore, Nellore Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

To the right of the entrance into the main shrine in the Vēṇugōpālasvāmin temple.

Dates: (i) Śaka 1828, Viśvāvasu, Kārttika, śu. 13, Thursday, A.D. 1906. (Late inscription).

(ii) Śaka 1847, Raktākshi, Vaiśākha, śu. 1, Sunday, A.D. 1925. (Late inscription).

States that Śrī-Nārāyaṇa-Rāmanuja-Jīyar of the Yadugiri-Yatirāja-maṭha of Tirunārāyaṇapuram-Mēlukōṭa in Mahisūrarājya in Karnāṭa-maṇḍala, established by Srī Rāmānujachārya, on his return from pilgrimage to Badarikāśrama in the north, having camped at Siṁhapuram alias Nellūru, worshipped god Vēṇugōpālasvāmin consecrated in Mūlasthānēśvarapēṭa (Mūlapēṭa) and established certain practices according to the Pāñcharātr-āgama in the temple and that Saṁpatkumāra-Rāmānuja-jīyar, the fourth pontiff after the former, visited the place, while on a pilgrimage to the north in the Śaka year 1847, Raktākshi, Vaiśākha, śu. 1, Sunday, received the honours due to him from the maṭha established there by his predecessor and ordered the recording of this inscription on stone. The signatures of the Dharmakarttas are appended below the inscription. ⟨Page 82⟩

TEXT.

Figures of discus, tīrunāmam and conch.

⟨1⟩ kṛṣṇāya yādavēṁdrāya jñānamudrāya yōginē [|] nā-

⟨2⟩ thāya rukmiṇīśāya namō vēdāṁtavēdinē [||*]

⟨3⟩ svasti śrī śakavarṣaṁbulu 1828 viśvāvasu saṁvatsara

⟨4⟩ kārtīka śuklatrayōdaśī guruvāramaṁdu karnā[ṭa]maṁḍalu 1

⟨5⟩ mahīsūra rājyāṁtargatamaina tirunārāyaṇapuraṁ

⟨6⟩ (mēlukōṭa) śrīnārāyaṇasvāmi sarvavidha kaiṁkarya nirvāha- 2

⟨7⟩ mu koraku śrīrāmānujācāryulavāri valana prati-

⟨8⟩ ṣṭhacēyabaḍina śrīparakāra(la)muni saṁpradāyaniṣṭhamaina

⟨9⟩ śrī yedugiri yetirājamaṭhādhipatulaina śrīma-

⟨10⟩ dvēdamārga pratiṣṭhāpanācārya śrīmatparamahāṁsa 3

⟨11⟩ parivrājakācārya ·ityādi birudāṁkitulaina śrī- 3

⟨12⟩ yedugiri nārāyaṇa rāmānuja jiyyar svāmu-

⟨13⟩ lavāru (badarikāśrama) ·uttarayātra cēsukoni vaccu sa- 2

⟨14⟩ mayamuna vu(·u)ttara pinākinī dakṣiṇatīramaṁdu (siṁhapura)-

⟨15⟩ manu nellūrunaku vijayaṁcēsi yiccaṭa mūlasthānēśvaru- 1

⟨16⟩ nipēṭalō pratiṣṭhitamaiyunna śrī vēṇugōpālasvāmivāri-

⟨17⟩ ki śrīpāṁcarātra ·āgamānusāramuga prōkṣaṇādulanu jaripi

⟨18⟩ divyadēśa saṁbaṁda(dha)muna nērpariṁci(raci) maṁgaḷāśāsanamu cēsi ·āḷvā-

⟨19⟩ r ·ācārya śē(sē)vāpūrvakamuga tīrthaparigrahamu-

⟨20⟩ cēsināru dānikoraku ·ī dēvasthānamunaṁdu ·a-

⟨21⟩ gratīrthamu modalaina sarvamaryādalērpaḍi modaṭi ·adhyā-

⟨22⟩ pakamūlamurā(gā) ·ā maṭhamunaku jarugucu vaccinadi

⟨23⟩ ·āsvāmula venuka nālagava paṭta(ṭṭa)muna sāṁprataṁ vila-

⟨24⟩ sillucuṁḍu śrīmadvēdamārga śrīmatparamahaṁsa pa-

⟨25⟩ rivrājikā[cā]ryētyādi birudāṁkitamulugala śrī yadugiri ya-

⟨26⟩ tirāja saṁpatkumāra rāmānuja jiyyar svāmulavā-

⟨27⟩ ruttaradēśa yātrārthamu mārgavaśamuna svasti śrī śakavarṣaṁ-

⟨28⟩ bulu 1847 yaina raktākṣi saṁvatsaraṁ vaiśākha śuddha pradha(tha)-

⟨29⟩ mi bhānuvāraṁ ·iccaṭa vijayaṁcēsi śrī vēṇugōpālasvā-

⟨30⟩ mi dēvālayamulō [·ē]rpaḍiyuṁḍu tama maṭha pūrva ma-

⟨31⟩ ryādalanu svīkariṁci maṁgaḷāśāsanamonariṁci ·ājñacē-

⟨32⟩ sina prakāraṁ ·ī śilāśāsanamu stā(sthā)piṁpabaḍinadi ⟨Page 83⟩

⟨33⟩ ·ī dēvastā(sthā)naṁbunakunnū śrī yadugi[ri] yatirāja

⟨34⟩ maṭhamunakunnu yērpaḍina saṁbaṁda(dha)munu śāśvata-

⟨35⟩ muga naḍupucunnāramu

⟨36⟩ dharmakartalu

⟨37⟩ [śabdā]ḍireḍi raṁgāreḍḍigāru

⟨38⟩ nara narasāreḍḍigāru

⟨39⟩ ·āmajaga śī(sī)tārāmareḍḍigāru

⟨40⟩ [rātu]mulūru śivarāmayyagāru

⟨41⟩ • • • • • • • • • • [gōviṁda]reḍḍigāru

⟨SIIv42p0i0079⟩ No. 79. (A.R. No. B. 36 of 1954-55.) Nellore, Nellore Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

Right side of the foot-steps near the tomb in Daragāmiṭṭa. . • • .

Undated. Written in late characters.

Fragmentary. Refers to an agreement (Vorima-patram) arrived at between two parties.

(Inscriptions of the Nellore District, Part II, p. 817, No. 49).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • rādhīśvara [·aṁ]kāḷa kāṭavika purēśvaradēva

⟨2⟩ śrīpādapadmārādhakulaina tirupati

⟨3⟩ dvāti • cyā • ṇaṁ • vi • • • • • • • • • • nelū[ra]

⟨4⟩ māvā • • • • • ṁ • • ja • • • ḍalilēnanāṁ • •

⟨5⟩ • • va[drō]hulaku lōnugāka tamalōṁdāmu [·i]-

⟨6⟩ stunna puccukoṁnna vorimapatraṁ [|*] tirupatikulā-

⟨7⟩ ni vaccina dāṁkānu

⟨SIIv42p0i0080⟩ No. 80. (A.R. No. B. 42 of 1954-55.) Pallepāḍu, Nellore Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh. ⟨Page 84⟩

On a stone lying in the compound of the Rāmēśvarasvāmin temple.

Dated in Śaka 14[27] for 1426 Raktākshin, Vaiśākha, śu. 7, Wednesday, corresponding to A.D., 1504, April 21. The week-day however was Sunday.

States that Boppuḍi Vīramarasa, son of Venkaṭaya and Vīramāṁbā, grandson of Sūraparāja and Ōbhuḷamma and great grandson of Satyarāja Ōbhaḷayya of Bhāradvāja-gōtra, Yajus-śākhā and Āpastaṁba-sūtra, built the temple of Rāmēśvara at Pallipāḍu.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • śrīrāma [śrī] svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivāhana *

⟨2⟩ śakava¨rṣaṁbbulu 14[2]7 ·agunēṭi raktākṣi saṁvvatsara

⟨3⟩ vaiśākha śu 7 bu nāṁḍu puṣyā nakṣatrāna dakṣa(kṣi)ṇa kailā-

⟨4⟩ sa nivāsuṁḍaina pallipāṭi rāmēsva(śva)runki ·āpastaṁ-

⟨5⟩ bha(ba) yajuśśākhādhyāyulaina bhāradvājagōtṛ(tru)laina

⟨6⟩ satyarāju ·ōbhalayya papra(prapau)tṛ(tru)ṁḍu sūraparāju

⟨7⟩ ·ōbhuḷamma pautṛ(tru)ḍu veṁkkaṭaya vīramāṁbā pu-

⟨8⟩ tṛ(tru)ṁḍaina boppuḍi vīramarasu dēvaḷaṁ gaṭṭiṁcenu

⟨SIIv42p0i0081⟩ No. 81. (A.R. No. B. 43 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

Inscribed stone from the site of the Mahāchaitya.

Undated. Palaeographically assignable to circa 1st-2nd century A.D. Written in the Prākṛit language and Brāhmī script.

Refers to king Aśōka who was called dhaṁma rañō.

(Published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XXXI, pp. 87-88).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ dhaṁma rañō Asōka-sirinō.

⟨SIIv42p0i0082⟩ No. 82. (A.R. No. B. 45 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On step-stones leading to the Mahāchaitya from the foot of the mound, step No. 2. ⟨Page 85⟩

Undated. In shell characters.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ indistinct

⟨SIIv42p0i0083⟩ No. 83. (A.R. No. B. 46 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On step-stones leading to the Mahāchaitya from the foot of the mound, step No. 3.

Undated. In Telugu-Kannada script of 5th century A.D.

Purport not clear.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ machihyatya padāpā (?)

⟨SIIv42p0i0084⟩ No. 84. (A.R. No. B. 47 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On step-stones leading to the Mahāchaitya from the foot of the mound, step No. 4.

Undated. In Brāhmī script of Circa 3rd century A.D.

Purport not clear.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ Vasya kura (?)

⟨SIIv42p0i0085⟩ No. 85. (A.R. No. B. 48 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On step-stones leading to the Mahāchaitya from the foot of the mound, step No. 5.

Undated. In Archaic Telugu-Kannada script of 4th-5th century A.D.

Contains two labels.

⟨1⟩ 1st label: • • Kiya (?) • ⟨Page 86⟩

⟨2⟩ 2nd label: • • • • •

⟨SIIv42p0i0086⟩ No. 86. (A.R. No. B. 49 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On step-stones leading to the Mahāchaitya from the foot of the mound, step No. 6.

Undated. In Archaic Telugu-Kannada script of 6th century A.D.

Contains two lines.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ mṛiga-vyāha

⟨2⟩ • • •

⟨SIIv42p0i0087⟩ No. 87. (A.R. No. B. 51 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On step-stones leading to the Mahāchaitya from the foot of the mound, step No. 11.

Undated. Palaeographically datable to Brāhmī script of 2nd-3rd century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ lena•••••••

⟨SIIv42p0i0088⟩ No. 88. (A.R. No. B. 53 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On step-stones leading to the Mahāchaitya from the foot of the mound, step Nos. 13-14.

Undated. Written in Brāhmī script of circa 3rd century A.D.

Indistinct.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • matiḥ

⟨2⟩ [labdha] • • • ⟨Page 87⟩

⟨SIIv42p0i0089⟩ No. 89. (%A.R. No. B.% 54 %of% 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On step-stones leading to the Mahāchaitya from the foot of the mound, step No. 15.

Undated. Written in Archaic Telugu-Kannada script of 6th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ [Kiraṇa] jabhō

⟨SIIv42p0i0090⟩ No. 90. (%A.R. No. B.% 55 %of% 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On step-stones leading to the Mahāchaitya from the foot of the mound, step No. 16.

Undated. Written in Brāhmī script of circa 3rd-4th century A.D.

Indistinct.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ [nema] • • • • • ga

⟨SIIv42p0i0091⟩ No. 91. (%A.R. No. B.% 57 %of% 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On step-stones leading to the Mahāchaitya from the foot of the mound, step No. 19.

Undated. Written in Archaic Telugu-Kannada script of 5th-6th century A.D.

Purport not clear.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ i[maṁ] . [ma] yaḥ

⟨SIIv42p0i0092⟩ No. 92. (%A.R. No. B.% 58 %of% 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On step-stones leading to the Mahāchaitya from the foot of the mound, step No. 20.

Undated. Written in Brāhmī script of 3rd century A.D.

Refers to a [gift of a] pillar. ⟨Page 88⟩

⟨1⟩ [thabō na] ya[thā]

⟨SIIv42p0i0093⟩ No. 93. (A.R. No. B. 59 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On step-stones leading to the Mahāchaitya from the foot of the mound, step No. 21.

Undated and damaged. Written in Brāhmī script.

Indistinct.

TEXT.

⟨0⟩ • • • •

⟨SIIv42p0i0094⟩ No. 94. (A.R. No. B. 60 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar lying at the entrance into the Mahāchaitya No. 22.

Undated and indistinct. Written in Archaic Telugu-Kannaḍa script of 5th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ [mā vi]dyā

⟨SIIv42p0i0095⟩ No. 95. (A.R. No. B. 61 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On steps near the Mahāchaitya, Nos. 23-25.

Undated. Written in shell characters.

TEXT.

Indistinct.

⟨SIIv42p0i0096⟩ No. 96. (A.R. No. B. 62 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a semi-circular step stone near the group of cells on the mound, No. 26.

Undated and indistinct. Written in ornamental Telugu-Kannada script belonging to 6th century A.D. ⟨Page 89⟩

TEXT.

4 labels:

⟨1⟩ dugdha[vaśya]

⟨2⟩ • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • • • • •

⟨SIIv42p0i0097⟩ No. 97. (A.R. No. B. 63 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a step near the group of cells on the mound, No. 27.

Undated. Written in ornamental Telugu-Kannada script belonging to 6th-7th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ dēva Vihaṁga ratha

⟨SIIv42p0i0098⟩ No. 98. (A.R. No. B. 64 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a step near the group of cells on the mound, No. 28.

Undated. Written in Telugu-Kannada characters of 5th-6th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ ya ga[ma] śa

⟨SIIv42p0i0099⟩ No. 99. (A.R. No. B. 65 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On two steps near the group of cells on the mound, Nos. 29 and 30.

Undated. Written in Telugu-Kannada characters, but full shapes are not visible.

TEXT.

Indistinct.

⟨SIIv42p0i0100⟩ No. 100. (A.R. No. B. 66 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On pot-sherd No. 1 (from a photograph.) . • • .

Undated. Written in the Prākṛit language and Brāhmī script of circa 1st century B.C.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • nakuhē [pō] na

⟨SIIv42p0i0101⟩ No. 101. (A.R. No. B. 67 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On pot-sherd No. 2 (from a photograph.)

....

Undated. Written in the Prākṛit language and Brāhmī script of circa 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ bamhaṇasa • •

⟨SIIv42p0i0102⟩ No. 102. (A.R. No. B. 68 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On pot-sherd No. 3 (from a photograph). . • • • .

Undated. Written in the Prākṛit language and Brāhmī script of 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • ḍhāḍage saṁghasa

⟨SIIv42p0i0103⟩ No. 103. (A.R. No. B. 69 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On pot-sherd No. 4 (from a photograph).

Undated. Written in the Prākṛit language and Brāhmī script of circa 1st-2nd century A.D. ⟨Page 91⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • Kasa Digha Majhima • •

⟨SIIv42p0i0104⟩ No. 104. (A.R. No. B. 70 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On pot-sherd No. 5 (from a photograph).

Undated. Written in the Prākṛit language and Brāhmī script of circa 3rd century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • [Chaṁ] ja[da]sa pātri

⟨SIIv42p0i0105⟩ No. 105. (A.R. No. B. 71 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On pot-sherd No. 6 (from a photograph.) . • • .

Undated. Written in the Prākṛit language and Brāhmī script of circa 3rd century A.D. (in ornamental characters formed with dots in double lines).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • [mi]kasa ·aya • •

⟨SIIv42p0i0106⟩ No. 106. (A.R. No. B. 72 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On pot-sherd No. 7 (from a photograph).

Undated. Written in the Prākṛit language and Brāhmī script of circa 2nd century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ Visāgasa • • •

⟨SIIv42p0i0107⟩ No. 107. (A.R. No. B. 73 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On pot-sherd No. 8 (from a photograph). ⟨Page 92⟩

Undated. Written in the Prākṛit language and Brāhmī script of 1st century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ namō [ja] • • •

⟨SIIv42p0i0108⟩ No. 108. (A.R. No. B. 74 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On pot-sherd No. 9 (from a photograph).

Undated. Written in the Prākṛit language and Brāhmī script of 3rd century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ Paṁcha-Virasa

⟨SIIv42p0i0109⟩ No. 109. (A.R. No. B. 75 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On pot-sherd No. 10 (from a photograph).

Undated. Written in the Prākṛit language and Telugu-Kannaḍa script of 4th-5th century A.D.

Refers to the gift of a cistern(?) by Phalguṇī.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ Phahunīsa pānīyōgalikā

⟨SIIv42p0i0110⟩ No. 110. (A.R. No. B. 76 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On pot-sherd No. 11 (from a photograph).

Undated. Written in the Prākṛit language and Brāhmī script of circa 2nd century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • [ma]rakasa Jūbaladughasa • • ⟨Page 93⟩

⟨SIIv42p0i0111⟩ No. 111. (A.R. No. B. 77 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On pot-sherd No. 12 (from a photograph).

Undated. Written in the Prākṛit language and Brāhmī script of 3rd century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ [·i] ya dānapatiyiya parivēṇē dakhiṇarāhāya puva-bābilīyā

⟨SIIv42p0i0112⟩ No. 112. (A.R. No. B. 78 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On pot-sherd No. 13 (from a photograph).

Undated. Written in the Prākṛit language and Brāhmī script of circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • du gabhāsa dakhiṇa-Kōṇasa [·a]

⟨SIIv42p0i0113⟩ No. 113. (A.R. No. B. 79 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a conch from a photograph (No. 1).

Undated. Written in the Prākṛit language and Brāhmī script of 2nd-3rd century A.D.

Refers to a gift by Piga, a gō-vallabha (?) to the Chaitya of Sālipēḍa(ṭa).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ [Auspicious mark] Govalavasa Pigasa dānaṁ

⟨2⟩ Sālipēḍaka Chēdiyasa

⟨SIIv42p0i0114⟩ No. 114. (A.R. No. B. 80 of 1954-55.) Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a conch from a photograph(No. 2).

Undated. Written in the Prākṛit language and Brāhmī script of 2nd-3rd century A.D. ⟨Page 94⟩

Refers to a gift by gahapati Aubudhi and his wife to the stūpa of Sālipaṭa.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ Gahapati Aubudhisa bhariya cha dākāya

⟨2⟩ dāya Sālipaṭakē thu[sa] Kaṭakē

⟨SIIv42p0i0115⟩ No. 115. (A.R. No. B. 81 of 1954-55.) Urajām, Srikakulam Taluk, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone in the village.

Eastern Gaṅga [Anantavarman Chōḍa Gaṅga], Śaka 10[10], regnal year • • • [A.D. 1088?]

Fragmentary. Mentions the temple of Vishṇu. Details lost.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ saka va[¨rṣa]ṁbulu 10[10] yēṇṭi

⟨2⟩ [·a]naṁtava¨rmmadēvara pratiṣṭha

⟨3⟩ [na] vijayarājya saṁvatsa-

⟨4⟩ śrāhi viṣṇudēvaraku • •

⟨5⟩ • • rāku peṭṭina •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • • • drā¨rkka • • • • • • • • • •

⟨SIIv42p0i0116⟩ No. 116. (A.R. No. B. 132 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a granite pillar set up in front of the Śiva temple on the bank of the Kṛishṇā.

Kākatīya Gaṇapatidēva-mahārāja.

Dated in Śaka 1167 Viśvāvasu, Paushya, ba. 15, Thursday, solar eclipse corresponding to A.D. 1246, January 24. The eclipse seems to have occurred on Friday.

Registers the gift of the royal share rāja-nālu (rāja-pālu) of one puṭṭi [of grain] from the income from lands irrigated by the tank called Kaṁḍidēvi-cheṟuvu for offerings in the temple at Ēlēśvaram. Kaṁḍidēvi is mentioned in No. 117 below.

TEXT.

Figures of Sun and crescent moon and a liṅga in between.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śubha śakava¨rṣamu-

⟨2⟩ lu 1167 gunēṁṭi viśvāvasu

⟨3⟩ saṁvatsara pauṣya ba 15 gu-

⟨4⟩ ruvāramunāṁḍu sū¨ryya-

⟨5⟩ grahaṇakālamuna śrī yēlē-

⟨6⟩ śvaradēvaraku svasti samasta rā-

⟨7⟩ ja(jā)dhirāja divākaratēja parama-

⟨8⟩ māhēśvara vīra lakṣmīśvara rāja-

⟨9⟩ ratkā(tnā)kara rājapadmākara rāja-

⟨10⟩ vanavasaṁtta rāja turaya(ga)rēva-

⟨11⟩ ṁta rājaratnabhūṣaṇa rājamaṁ-

⟨12⟩ tri bhūṣaṇa rājamaṇi maku-

⟨13⟩ ṭa cūḍāmaṇi rājarakṣāma-

⟨14⟩ ṇi nāmādi samasta praśasti sa-

⟨15⟩ hitaṁ śrīmanmahāmaṁḍalē-

⟨16⟩ śvara kākatīśvara gaṇapatidēva ma-

⟨17⟩ hārājulu śrī yēlēśvaramu-

⟨18⟩ naṁdula kaṁḍidēvi ceṟvu ·eṟṟa-

⟨19⟩ ṁjeṟvu mīṁda nitya puṭṭeṁṭi paḍi

⟨20⟩ rājanālu dēvara naivēdyamu-

⟨21⟩ [na]ku ·ācaṁdrā¨rkkasthāyigā na-

⟨22⟩ ḍapaṁgalavāru || bhūyāda-

⟨23⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨24⟩ kāṁtarāyamakhi • • mahā-

⟨25⟩ • • ¨ryyaḥ siṁdūrarēṇu pari • •

⟨26⟩ • • • bu • ri ruṁbhari tā bhā-

⟨27⟩ • • • • • dātu madha su mērō

⟨SIIv42p0i0117⟩ No. 117. (A.R. No. B. 133 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a granite pillar set up in front of the Śiva temple on the bank of the Kṛishṇā.

Kākatīya Gaṇapatidēva-mahārāja.

Records the service (dāsatvam) of Uttamagaṇḍa Bhīmanātha, son of Kaṁḍidēvi and a servant ⟨Page 96⟩ of Gaṇḍagōpāla, to god Ēlēśvara for the merit of Gaṇapatidēva.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śāradāṁ hṛdayānaṁda saṁdō-

⟨2⟩ hāmṛtadāyinī vaṁdē kuṁ-

⟨3⟩ tasrabhā miṁdu kalā kalā kalita-

⟨4⟩ saṁtrahāṁ | kākatīśakṣitīśānā-

⟨5⟩ mastēvaṁśapayōnidhiḥ yatrāśrī(sī)-

⟨6⟩ tprōlabhūpāla kalānidhi śivāṁśa-

⟨7⟩ paraḥ | dhai¨ryyē śailapatiḥ samagra-

⟨8⟩ samaraḥ prakhyāta sītāpatiḥ sa-

⟨9⟩ dvāṇīpati raṁganārati patissaṁ-

⟨10⟩ gīta vidyāpatiggāṁbhī¨ryyāppa-

⟨11⟩ ṭhipaduṣu kākatapatissatkī¨rtti-

⟨12⟩ kāṁttāpati ttārēbhāti kaḷāpati-

⟨13⟩ ¨rggaṇapati kṣōṇīpati śrīpatiḥ |

⟨14⟩ triṇayanāṁghri sarōja ma(dhu)

⟨15⟩ vratōraṇa jayāsvadharāmayē

⟨16⟩ śōdharōguṇanidhi¨rvvara kāketa

⟨17⟩ vallabhō gaṇapati kṣitipō bhuvi rā-

⟨18⟩ jatē || puṇyakṣētrālavālē jagati-

⟨19⟩ nuta lasatkṛṣṇavēṇyā jalāghai

⟨20⟩ samyakpū¨rṇna samasta su-

⟨21⟩ ravara vinutā dha¨rmmakāryamu-

⟨22⟩ laḥ || gaṇapanṛpa dattaṁ śrī girī-

⟨23⟩ śānamētaṁ guṇanidhi pō-

⟨24⟩ ṁśurapālayiṣyatyavaśyaḥ saka-

⟨25⟩ la sukhasubhāgyastanya-

⟨26⟩ dhā ka¨rttu piccaṁ¨rnniradhī niriya-

⟨27⟩ ṇā janaṁ pōpabhāksaḥ || kaṁḍidē-

⟨28⟩ vi koḍku gaṁḍḍagōpāluni baṁṭṭu [·u*]-

⟨29⟩ ttamagaṁḍabhīmanādhaṁḍu ga-

⟨30⟩ ṇapatidēvamahārājunakuṁ bu-

⟨31⟩ ṇyamugā śrī yēlēśva[ra]dēvara- ⟨Page 97⟩

⟨32⟩ kuṁjēsina dāsatvamu maṁ-

⟨33⟩ gga[ḷaṁ] mahā śrī śrī śrī

⟨SIIv42p0i0118⟩ No. 118. (A.R. No. B. 134 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a granite pillar set up in front of the Śiva temple on the bank of the Kṛishṇā.

Seems to register the gift of incomes at the wharf of Ēlīśvaram from the villages, Gummalam, Krottalūru, Eyipūru etc., for offerings and worship to the god Ēlēśvara by Chāḷukya Tribhuvanamalla Mallideva.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī yēlēśvaradēvaraku śrī-

⟨2⟩ matu cāḷukya tribhuvanavallabha-

⟨3⟩ mallidēvaṁḍu dēvara ·aṁggaraṁgga-

⟨4⟩ bhōgālaku dhūpadīpanaivēdya-

⟨5⟩ mulakunu gummalamu kro-

⟨6⟩ ttalūru ·eyipūru pāgaḍlu

⟨7⟩ yēlēśvaramu ṟēvudaḍibhāga-

⟨8⟩ munu ·ācaṁdrā¨rkkasthāyi-

⟨9⟩ gāniccina datti ||

⟨SIIv42p0i0119⟩ No. 119. (A.R. No. B. 135 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a granite pillar set up in front of the Śiva temple on the bank of the Kṛishṇā.

Kākatīya Rudradēva-mahārāja.

Records the gift of the village Ambalipalli for offerings and worship of god Ēleśvara by the king.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīmanmahā-

⟨2⟩ maṁḍalēśvara kākatīya ru-

⟨3⟩ dradēva mahārājulu śrī yēlēśva-

⟨4⟩ radēvara ·aṁggaraṁggabhōgālaku dhū-

⟨5⟩ padīpa naivēdyamulakunu ·aṁbba- ⟨Page 98⟩

⟨6⟩ līpalli dhārāpū¨rvvakamu sē-

⟨7⟩ se ·ācaṁdrā¨rkkasthāyigānu ||

⟨SIIv42p0i0120⟩ No. 120. (A.R. No. B. 136 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a granite pillar set up in front of the Śiva temple on the bank of the Kṛishṇā.

Registers the gift of Cheṭṭa(Pedda?)-Kōḍūru for worship of god Ēlēśvara by Kandūri Gōkarṇadēvachōḍa-mahārāja.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīmanmahāmaṁḍalēśvara kaṁ-

⟨2⟩ dūri gōṁkaṇnadēvacōḍa mahā-

⟨3⟩ rājulu śrīyēlēśvaradēvaraku ·a-

⟨4⟩ ṁggaraṁgga bhōgālaku dhūpa dīpa nai-

⟨5⟩ vēdyamulakunu ceṭṭa(pedda?)kōḍūru

⟨6⟩ ·ācaṁdrā¨rkkasthāyigānicciri ||

⟨SIIv42p0i0121⟩ No. 121. (A.R. No. B. 137 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a granite pillar set up in front of the Śiva temple on the bank of the Kṛishṇā.

Records the gift of the village Kaṁbālapalle to god Ēlēśvara by Mallēṭi (Madduleṭṭi ?) of Guḍivāḍa.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīmatu guḍivāḍa malēḍi-

⟨2⟩ śrī yēlēśvaradēvaraku ·aṁgga-

⟨3⟩ raṁggabhōgālaku dhūpadīpanai-

⟨4⟩ dyamulakunu kaṁbālapalle

⟨5⟩ ·ācaṁdrā¨rkkasthāyigā nicciri ||

⟨SIIv42p0i0122⟩ No. 122. (A.R. No. B. 138 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a granite pillar set up in front of the Śiva temple on the bank of the Kṛishṇā. ⟨Page 99⟩

[Kākatīya Gaṇapatidēva-mahārāja].

Dated in Saumya, Phālguna, ba. 11.

Seems to record the gift of the village Taḍimaḍa in Kanna-munnūru by Vēgeyadēva, Mandaya and Gaṇapaya, who are styled gandhahasti-gajasāhiṇis for the merit of Kākatīśvara Gaṇapatidēvamahārāja. The gift-village was entrusted to Bhāvabrahma-gurudēva Sahadēva.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ gaṁdhahasti gajasāhiṇulaina vēgeya-

⟨2⟩ dēva maṁdaya gaṇapayalu śrīmanmahā-

⟨3⟩ maṁḍaḷēśvara kākatīśvara gaṇapaddēva-

⟨4⟩ mahārājulakuṁ buṇyamugā-

⟨5⟩ nu kannamunnūṁti(ṭi)lōnu śrī yē-

⟨6⟩ lēśvaradēvara gosaviṭivirālaku

⟨7⟩ ·icina ·ūru taḍimaḍa dīniṁ-

⟨8⟩ baḍasinavāriki saumya saṁvatsara phā-

⟨9⟩ lguṇa ba 11 sō śrīmatu bhāva-

⟨10⟩ brahmagurudēvara sahadēvara [va]-

⟨11⟩ śānaku [tripuruṣaṁ] mallināthadē-

⟨12⟩ • • • • • pu naḍapaṁggala[vāru]

⟨SIIv42p0i0123⟩ No. 123. (A.R. No. B. 139 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a granite pillar in front of the Śiva temple.

Registers the gift of pendōṇṭa (garden) in Rachchamallanipalli to god Ēlēśvara by Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Anuṅgu-Kāmarāju Bētarāju. Also records the gift of the village Nārapepalli by Chakranārāyaṇa Anuṅgurāju.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīmanmahāmaṁḍalēśvara

⟨2⟩ ·anuṁguṁ gāmarāju bē-

⟨3⟩ tarājulu śrī yēlēśvaradē-

⟨4⟩ varaku ·aṁggaraṁggabhōgāla-

⟨5⟩ ku raccamallanipallini peṁddōṁ-

⟨6⟩ ṭṭanu ·ācaṁdrā¨rkkasthāyigā ni- ⟨Page 100⟩

⟨7⟩ cciri | yī cakra nārāyaṇa-

⟨8⟩ [·a]nuṁggurāju viccinūru nā-

⟨9⟩ rapepalli ||

⟨SIIv42p0i0124⟩ No. 124. (A.R. No. B. 140 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a granite pillar in front of the Śiva temple.

Records the gift of the village Tēkulapalli to god Ēlēśvara by mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Tribhuvanapeṇḍāra Manma-Rāmadēva-mahārāja.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīmanmahāmaṁ-

⟨2⟩ ḍalēśvara tribhuvana peṁḍḍāra-

⟨3⟩ manmarāmadēvamahārā-

⟨4⟩ julu śrī yēlēśvaradēvara-

⟨5⟩ ku ·aṁggaraṁggabhōgālaku ·i-

⟨6⟩ ccinūru tēkulapalli ||

⟨SIIv42p0i0125⟩ No. 125. (A.R. No. B. 141 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a granite pillar in front of the Śiva temple.

Records the gift of the village Velpunūru to go Ēlēśvara by Siddhirāju of Podukamūru.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīma-

⟨2⟩ tu podukamūri siddirāju-

⟨3⟩ lu śrī yēlēśvaradēvaraku

⟨4⟩ ·aṁggaraṁggabhōgālakiccina

⟨5⟩ vēlpunūru ||

⟨SIIv42p0i0126⟩ No. 126. (A.R. No. B. 142 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a granite pillar in front of the Śiva temple. ⟨Page 101⟩

Records the gift of the village Kūchakōpalli to god Ēlēśvara by Kandūri Bhīmadēvachōḍamahārāja.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīmanmahā-

⟨2⟩ maṁḍḍalēśvara kaṁdūri bhīma-

⟨3⟩ dē[va]cōḍa mahārājulu śrī-

⟨4⟩ yēlēśvaradēvaraku ·aṁggaraṁgga-

⟨5⟩ bhōgālaku niccenūru kūca-

⟨6⟩ kōpalli ||

⟨SIIv42p0i0127⟩ No. 127. (A.R. No. B. 143 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a granite pillar in front of the Śiva temple.

[Yādava Siṁhaṇa.]

Dated in Saumya, Phālguna ba. 11.

Records the gift of the village Garaṁjara or Galaṁjiri in Sindavāḍi-1000 by mahāpradhāni sarvādhikāri Sāṁva(ba)-paṇḍita for worship and offerings of god Ēlēśvara and for a feeding-house (satra) for the merit of Siṁhaṇadeva-mahārāja. The gift was made over to Bhāva-brahma on the specified date. (cf. No. 122- A.R. No. 138 of 1954-55).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīmanmahāprathāni

⟨2⟩ sa¨rvvādhikāri sāṁva paṁḍitulu siṁ-

⟨3⟩ davāḍi sahasramulōnānu śrī-

⟨4⟩ yēlēśvaradēvara dhūpadīpanaivēdyā-

⟨5⟩ lakūnu ·aṁggaraṁggabhōgālakūnu

⟨6⟩ satrānakūnu siṁhvaṇadēva mahā-

⟨7⟩ rājunakuṁ buṇyamugānu ·icina

⟨8⟩ ·ūru galaṁjiri [|] dīniṁ baḍasina vāriki pau-

⟨9⟩ mya saṁvatsara phālguṇa ba 11 sō | śrī-

⟨10⟩ matu bhāvabrahmagāru

⟨SIIv42p0i0128⟩ No. 128. (A.R. No. B. 144 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a granite pillar in front of the Śiva temple. ⟨Page 102⟩

[Kākatīya Gaṇapatidēva.]

Seems to record a gift of Nagadonanūru (?) for the merit of the king. The name of the donor is lost.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīmanma-

⟨2⟩ hamaṁḍalēśvara kākatīśvara gaṇapaddē-

⟨3⟩ vamahārājulakuṁ buṇyamugā-

⟨4⟩ nu sahadēva komārunaku [nagadonanūru]

⟨5⟩ ṁtripuruṣanu mallināthadēvara

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ·icce [||]

⟨SIIv42p0i0129⟩ No. 129. (A.R. No. B. 145 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a pillar in front of the Śiva temple.

[Kākatīya Rudramadēvī.]

Damaged. Preamble describes the Kākatīya lineage up to Rudradevī (Rudramā) and refers to the consecration of several liṅgas and to the grant of several villages including Velagapūṁḍi, Kommūru, Aitaprōlu etc., Viśvēśvaraśivāchārya is mentioned as the manager of the gift-villages.

(Cf. Malkapuram inscription of Rudrāṁbā which was published in S.I.I. X, No. 395 and Journal of the Andhra Historical Research Society, Vol. IV, pp. 147-164).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī vitaratu bhagavān • • •

⟨2⟩ śriyaṁ vaḥ karivada[na] • • • • •

⟨3⟩ rinīlabhāsi • • • yasya • • • • •

⟨4⟩ tivarasirani • • • stha ·a • • •

⟨5⟩ ga śriyamadhikāmavipaṅti • • •

⟨6⟩ nti || jayatīṁdōḥ kalākhiladgaṁgā • • •

⟨7⟩ • • • sikaraiḥ karōti yā śaṁbhō • • • • •

⟨8⟩ ktādaliśriyaṁ [sa]hariravatu [kirita]nu • •

⟨9⟩ vamudvōḍhuṁ gatasya varuṇapu[rō] • • •

⟨10⟩ [khi]lajaladhi jalaṁ pādyāyābhūda • • • • •

⟨11⟩ ·asti svasti matīta nu¨rbbhagavatō dēva • • • ⟨Page 103⟩

⟨12⟩ sphuraṁnnābhī paṁkaja saṁbhavasya bhu[ja]-

⟨13⟩ vallabhā jaṅñirē | tēṣāṁ tigmamarīci

⟨14⟩ • • • • • • • • • • du¨rjjayaḥ kṣatriyāstēṣā • • •

⟨15⟩ kalaṁkarahitaṁ śrīkākati¨rbhūbhujāṁ

⟨16⟩ smādajani rajanīnāthavaddugdhasiṁdhōḥ kī¨rtti • •

⟨17⟩ harita bhuvanaḥ prōlabhūpālanāthō • • • • •

⟨18⟩ sminkamapi nṛpatiṁ rājaśabdābhidēyaṁ • •

⟨19⟩ śrā[ṣaṁ] trijagati vi • • • yāminī kāminī

⟨20⟩ • dha dēvastatō jātō yatkī¨rttiṁ bhūtalē • •

⟨21⟩ ti pakṣamahīpāla yaśō ni¨rmmālyamu • • •

⟨22⟩ dānujastasya mahīṁ śaśāsa dhīrō mahā •

⟨23⟩ mahījāḥ || pratāpadīpāḥ pratipakṣa[bhū] • •

⟨24⟩ śāmyaṁti yadvī¨ryya kathānilēna [||] • • •

⟨25⟩ ṁtanaya[sya yasya] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨26⟩ kṣmāṁ samāpālayadgaṇapatiḥ kṣmāpāla • •

⟨27⟩ maṇiḥ | yasminvismaya[kī¨rtti] vikramakathā dā • • •

⟨28⟩ • triṣunā pṛthvī duṣṭa • • dāvadaha • • •

⟨29⟩ ja muṁcati || rudradēvī samudbhūtō śa • • •

⟨30⟩ smabhūbhṛtāṁ | gaṁbhīrānahatōpasa • • • • •

Rest of the lines are worn out.

⟨SIIv42p0i0130⟩ No. 130. (A.R. No. B. 146 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a red-stone slab set up in front of the Śiva temple.

Gōkarṇadēvachōḍa-mahārāja of Kandūru.

Dated C.V. year 33, Plava, Āshāḍha śu. 11, Wednesday; C.V. 33 equivalent to Śaka 1031 = A.D. 1109, but the cyclic year is Virōdhin. Āshāḍha, śu. 11 fell on Thursday. It corresponds to A.D. 1109, June 10.

Registers a gift of the village Pedda-Kōḍūru by the king for worship and offerings to god Ēlēśvara. The king is stated to belong to the solar race and bears the epithet, Kōḍūrupuravarēśvara.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīmatuccā-

⟨2⟩ ḷukya va¨rṣamu- ⟨Page 104⟩

⟨3⟩ lu 33 gu plava saṁ-

⟨4⟩ vatsara ·āsā(ṣā)ḍha su(śu)

⟨5⟩ 11 budhavāramu-

⟨6⟩ nāṁḍu svasti samadi(dhi)-

⟨7⟩ gada(ta) paṁcamahāśa-

⟨8⟩ bda mahāmaṁḍalē-

⟨9⟩ sva(śva)ra para[ma]māhēśvara

⟨10⟩ • kōḍū¨rppura va-

⟨11⟩ rēśvara sū¨ryyavaṁ-

⟨12⟩ śōdbhava kuḷatilaka

⟨13⟩ kāsya(śya)pagōtra karikā-

⟨14⟩ lānvaya nāmā-

⟨15⟩ di samasta prasa(śa)sti-

⟨16⟩ śa(sa)hitamu śrī ma-

⟨17⟩ nmahāmaṇḍalēśvara

⟨18⟩ kaṁdūri gōka¨rnna-

⟨19⟩ dēvacōḍa mahārā-

⟨20⟩ julu śrī ·ēlēśvaradē-

⟨21⟩ vara ·aṁgaraṁga(bhōgaraṁga)- 1

⟨22⟩ bhōgamulaku dhū-

⟨23⟩ padīpanivēdyamula-

⟨24⟩ kuṁ beṭṭa(dda) kōḍūru ·ā-

⟨25⟩ caṁdrā¨rkkasthā·i(yi)gā ·icci-

⟨26⟩ timi [|] ·ī datti ·ācaṁdrā-

⟨27⟩ [¨r]kamugā naḍa[pagala]-

⟨28⟩ vāru

⟨SIIv42p0i0131⟩ No. 131. (A.R. No. B. 147 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a red-stone slab set up in front of the Śiva temple.

Dated [Śaka] 1179, Piṅgaḷa, Māgha, ba. 15, Monday, corresponding to A.D. 1258, January 6. The ⟨Page 105⟩ week-day was Sunday.

Damaged. Records a gift of 1 puṭṭi of land by Chandaladēvi to god Ēlēśvara.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta śrīmatu • • • • •

⟨2⟩ 11[79] nēṁṭi piṁgaḷa saṁvatsara

⟨3⟩ māgha ba 15 sō || śrī yēlē[śvaradē]vara-

⟨4⟩ ku bhōgālaku mēṁḍā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ nēla vi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ lamu kha 1 na • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ caṁdaladēvi datti

Rest of the lines are badly damaged.

⟨SIIv42p0i0132⟩ No. 132. (A.R. No. B. 148 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a red-stone slab set up in front of the Śiva temple.

Registers a gift of land in Arikatala for a perpetual lamp to god Ēlēśvara by Dori-seṭṭi.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ·ēlēśva-

⟨2⟩ ra mahādēva-

⟨3⟩ dōripeṭi

⟨4⟩

⟨5⟩

⟨6⟩

⟨7⟩

⟨8⟩

⟨9⟩

⟨SIIv42p0i0133⟩ No. 133. (A.R. No. B. 149 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a red-stone slab set up in front of the Śiva temple. ⟨Page 106⟩

Registers a gift of 5 ghaṭṭi-Pahiṁḍi (gold coins) to god Ēlēśvara by Muppana for the merit of his parents Nāvana-bōya and Asana-sāni.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

⟨2⟩ ·ēlēśvara mahā-

⟨3⟩ dēvaraku nāvana-

⟨4⟩ bōyini muppa-

⟨5⟩ na tama taṁḍri nā-

⟨6⟩ vanabōyiniki tama-

⟨7⟩ talli ·asanasāniki-

⟨8⟩ ṁbuṇyamugāṁ dana-

⟨9⟩ pālu dēvaraku sa-

⟨10⟩ gamuṁ dana koḍu-

⟨11⟩ ku muppanakuṁ [bā]-

⟨12⟩ lu gaṭi (ghaṭṭi) pahiṁ-

⟨13⟩ ḍi [5]

⟨SIIv42p0i0134⟩ No. 134. (A.R. No. B. 150 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On one face of the red-stone slab set up in front of the Śiva temple.

[Manumasiddhi of Telugu-Choḍa family of Nellore.]

Records a gift of 25 cows for a perpetual lamp to god Ēlēśvara by the chief.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī yēlēśvara-

⟨2⟩ dēvaraku na-

⟨3⟩ ṁdā dīpānaku

⟨4⟩ nellūri manu-

⟨5⟩ masiddhi rāju

⟨6⟩ ·iccina gaṁgu-

⟨7⟩ lu 25 ⟨Page 107⟩

⟨SIIv42p0i0135⟩ No. 135. (A.R. No. B. 151 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On one face of the red-stone slab set up in front of the Śiva temple.

Registers a gift of 50 goats for a perpetual lamp in the Ēlēśvara temple by Chenna Kāṭa-boya for the merit of his parents.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī yēlēśvara dē-

⟨2⟩ varaku naṁ-

⟨3⟩ dā dīpānaku

⟨4⟩ [ce]nagāṭa[bō]-

⟨5⟩ yuṁḍu ta-

⟨6⟩ ma tallidaṁḍri-

⟨7⟩ kiṁ buṇyamu-

⟨8⟩ gā niccina mē-

⟨9⟩ ṁkalu 50

⟨SIIv42p0i0136⟩ No. 136. (A.R. No. B. 153 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On the base of a sculpture in front of the Śiva temple.

• • • • [11th century Characters].

Small label containing the words, Mādiseṭṭi Dēvana.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ mādiseṭṭi dēvana

⟨SIIv42p0i0137⟩ No. 137. (A.R. No. B. 157 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a boulder on the way to the ferry from the Śiva temple.

Dated Vṛisha, Bhādrapada śu. 14, Wednesday (Late characters).

Records the obeisance of Gōpāḷuni Narasayya to Gaṅgā-Bhāgīrathī. ⟨Page 108⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ gōpāḷu-

⟨2⟩ ni narusayya

⟨3⟩ gaṁggā bhāgīrathi-

⟨4⟩ ki nityamunnu padivē-

⟨5⟩ lu sāṣṭhā(ṣṭāṁ)ggālu sama-

⟨6⟩ ¨rppiṁccenu || śrī-

⟨7⟩ vri(vṛ)ṣa saṁvvatsara bhādra-

⟨8⟩ pada śu 14 bu ||

⟨SIIv42p0i0138⟩ No. 138. (A.R. No. B. 158 of 1954-55.) Ēlēśvaram, Devarakonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a hero-stone in front of a ruined temple on the way to the ferry.

Dated Śaka 978 (= A.D. 1056-57).

Records the death of Mallaya Kāmaṇḍu in a fight on behalf of his master. States that the memorial stone was the work of Āvegaḍa Sarasvati. Refers to one Vākōju along with Sarasvati.

TEXT.

Left side of the sculpture.

⟨1⟩ sakava¨rṣaṁbu-

⟨2⟩ lu 978 saṁ-

⟨3⟩ vatsara srāhi

⟨4⟩ śrīyūri ya-

⟨5⟩ ṟiṁmma vari

Right side of the sculpture.

⟨6⟩ kāmarājudē-

⟨7⟩ sadhavalaṇḍu ma-

⟨8⟩ llaya kāmaṇḍu va-

⟨9⟩ ṟaḍiya vēlaḍi

⟨10⟩ pūniki dappaka kayyā-

⟨11⟩ na niḍādaṁ boḍici sa-

⟨12⟩ ¨rggamunakuṁ jani-

⟨13⟩ ye ⟨Page 109⟩

⟨14⟩ [vi]riyanna kosa-

⟨15⟩ naya vīḍini ma-

⟨16⟩ timmapayini

⟨17⟩ cē·iṁcina pani

⟨18⟩ vākōju niriya-

⟨19⟩ ṇḍu ·ā vegaḍa sa-

⟨20⟩ rasvati cēsina

⟨21⟩ pani

⟨SIIv42p0i0139⟩ No. 139. (A.R. No. 2 of 1955-56.) Iruvāram, Chittoor Taluk and District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab fixed into the celling of the Nāgēśvara temple.

The record is dated Kali 4953, Śālivāhana śaka 1775, Paridhāvin, corresponding to 1853 A.D. Pramādīcha could be the cyclic year, and it lasts upto 9th March, 1853. In the A.R. for 1955-56, the Kali year was wrongly noted as 4653.

[Seems to state that the mukha-maṇḍapa was built or renovated on the specified date.]

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ kaliyuga gata saṁ[vatsa]raṁ

⟨2⟩ 4953 śālivāhana śaka

⟨3⟩ 1775 ki sari ·ayina pari-

⟨4⟩ dhāvi saṁ[vatsa]raṁ mukha maṁ-

⟨SIIv42p0i0140⟩ No. 140. (A.R. No. 3 of 1955-56.) Mēḍikurti, Vayalpad Taluk, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh.

On the south wall of the Lakshmīnarasiṁha temple.

Dated Śaka 1530, Kīlaka, Kārtika, śu. 15, corresponding to 1608 A.D., November 11, Friday. (In the A.R. for 1955-56, the Śaka year was wrongly noted as 1533).

Registers that the vidvan-mahājanas, the village officials and Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Rāmarāju Kōnēṭi Timmarājayyadēva mahārāja agreed among themselves that the levy of grain at a specified rate collected on all the lands in the village, be utilized for maintaining the tanks, ponds and the canals of the village in the proportion of the irrigated areas under each of them. ⟨Page 110⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīrāma śubhamastu || svasti śrī jayādbhu(bhyu)da[ya śālivā]hana śakavaruṣaṁbulu 153[0] ·agunēṭi kīlaka saṁ-

⟨2⟩ vatsara kā¨rtika śu 12 lu śrīmatu yajanayājanā[di ṣaṭka¨rmma] niratulaina mēḍiku¨rtiki pratināmamaina lakṣmīnārāyaṇapu-

⟨3⟩ ramagrahārasthitāśēṣa vidvanmahājanālunnu śrī[manmahāmaṁ]ḍalēśvara rāmarāju kōnēṭi timmarājayyadēva mahā-

⟨4⟩ rāju[lu]gārunnu yīgrāmaṁ kāṁpu karaṇālunnu sthānamānyālavārunnu gollaveṁkarivārunnu pallepaṭṭeḷlavārunnu sahitaṁgā-

⟨5⟩ nu yī tithi puṇyakālamaṁdu voppivēyiṁcina dha¨rmaśāsanamu | ceruvulanu kuṁṭalanu kāluvalanu catussīmanunnuyē-

⟨6⟩ ·imaḍi kaddu ·aṁttamaḍikinni kōru guttamānyālaku sahāgānu maḍi é1 ki vaḍlu é1 lekhanu kōrumaḍiki vubhayarāsinini guttama-

⟨7⟩ ḍiki kāpupālilōnunnu mānyā(nya)gāṁḍlu tamamaḍi mīda vaḍlunnu yī tīru[na] dhānyaṁ yettipedda ceruvu kāluvalakiṁdi maḍikinni vacci-

⟨8⟩ na dhānyaṁ pedaceruvu panikinni [ka]ṭukāluvapanikinni yaye(·ē·ē) ceruvulakiṁda vaccina vaḍlu ·āyā ceruvulamīda vēśi ·ācaṁdrā¨rkasthāyigānu panulu

⟨9⟩ śēyiṁcakalavāru [|] yī maryāda tappi ·āpanulu sēyiṁcaka śīma yēlēvāru vūru yēlēvāru paṭṭina gāna grāmālu kāpu karaṇālu mānyālavāru yiyyaka dho(dhā)tu-

⟨10⟩ ¨rvādāla pōyināgāni vāri tallitaṁḍṟlanu biḍḍalanu guruvulanu gōvulanu brāhmalanu vāraṇāśilō vadhiṁccina pāpāna pōvuvāru [|] vāri mānā-

⟨11⟩ bhimānālu caṁḍālulaku yiccinavāru [|] ·iṭlāguna voppivēyiṁcina dha¨rmaśāsanamu [|] yī śāsanamu vēyiṁcina vāru satyē(tte)na pegaḍa raṁggayya-

⟨12⟩ [lu] rācakaraṇaṁ mālyavaṁttaṁ kōnamarasu vēyiṁccina dha¨rma śāsanamu || śrī śrī śrī jēyunū ||

⟨SIIv42p0i0141⟩ No. 141. (A.R. No. 4 of 1955-56.) Mēḍikurti, Vayalpad Taluk, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab at the entrance of the Lakshmīnarasiṁha temple.

. • • • • (In characters of 13th century).

Damaged. Mentions Śāntaśiva-dēśika of Nava-Gōḷakī-maṭha and seems to refer to a gift of land made for his memorial. ⟨Page 111⟩

TEXT.

1st piece.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ dēvadēvō • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ padumā(dmā)rādhakulai-

⟨4⟩ na śrīparu[va](¨rva)tamula

⟨5⟩ • • [nava]gōḷakī maṭhamu śrīma-

⟨6⟩ tu nijaguru śāṁtapū¨rva śi-

⟨7⟩ vadēśikulaku śivaliṁga pa-

⟨8⟩ davilō maṁḍapa [brahma] ya-

⟨9⟩ niśuśa[·iṣṭapa]brāhmaṇa ·a-

⟨10⟩ • talamā¨rgamūbhitamu

⟨11⟩ [mapahara] • maḍi bhūmi

⟨12⟩ [pani cēyiṁciri] maḍiku-

⟨13⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨14⟩ ma mū sakalāya sahita-

⟨15⟩ mugānu dhārāpū¨rvakamu[gā]-

⟨16⟩ [nu] ·ācaṁdrā¨rkastā·igā(sthāyigā)-

⟨17⟩ nu yicciri ||

2nd piece.

⟨18⟩ sva[dattaṁ]

⟨19⟩ paradattaṁ vā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨20⟩ badhnāṁṇa va[su] • • • • •

⟨21⟩ ppi va • • • • • • • • • •

⟨22⟩ jāya[tē] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨23⟩ krimiḥ |

⟨SIIv42p0i0142⟩ No. 142. (A.R. No. 5 of 1955-56.) Mēḍikurti, Vayalpad Taluk, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a stone in Survey No. 959.

Kumāra Hariyaṇṇa Oḍeya, A.D. 1380.

Dated Śaka 1302, Raudri, Māgha śu. 1, Friday, corresponding to A.D. 1380, December 28.

Damaged. Registers a gift of land to Basavaṁṇa, son of Dēvaṁṇa of Gautama-gotra and ⟨Page 112⟩ Ṛik-śākhā by the Chief.

TEXT.

1st piece.

Figures of Sun and crescent-moon at the beginning and ending respectively of line 1.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śakava-

⟨2⟩ ruṣaṁbulu 1302 gunēṭi

⟨3⟩ ravudri(raudri) saṁvvatsara māgha

⟨4⟩ su(śu) 1 śu[kra]vārāna śrī-

⟨5⟩ manmahāmaṁḍḍaḷēśva-

⟨6⟩ ra ·arirāyavibhāḷa bhā-

⟨7⟩ sage tappuvarāyaraga-

⟨8⟩ ṁḍa pū¨rva paścima dakṣi-

⟨9⟩ ṇa samudrādhipati ·a-

⟨10⟩ ·i[na] virupaṁṇa vo-

⟨11⟩ ḍayala kumāra ha-

⟨12⟩ riyaṁṇa voḍaya-

⟨13⟩ lu rukuśyā (·ṛk śā)kha gauta-

⟨14⟩ magōtraṁ dēvaṁṇaṁ-

⟨15⟩ gāri koḍuku basava-

⟨16⟩ ṁṇagāriki dā-

2nd piece.

⟨17-20⟩ lines are damaged

⟨21⟩ dhārāpū¨rvvaka-

⟨22⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨23⟩ guṁṭlayi sthaḷāna

⟨24⟩ • • • grāmamaṁdu paḍa-

⟨25-28⟩ lines are damaged

⟨SIIv42p0i0143⟩ No. 143. (A.R. No. 6 of 1955-56.) Mēḍikurti, Vayalpad Taluk, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh.

On a slab lying near the Śiva temple.

Hariyaṇṇa Oḍeya, A.D. 1381.

Dated Śaka 1303, Durmati, Pushya śu. 1, Tuesday, corresponding to A.D. 1381, December 17.

Registers a gift of land in Mēḍikuru situated in Penugoṇḍa-Mārjavāḍi by the chief to ⟨Page 113⟩ Ōbaḷanātha.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śakava[ruṣaṁbulu]

⟨2⟩ 1303 gunēṁṭi du¨rmmati saṁ[vatsara pu]-

⟨3⟩ ṣya su(śu) 1 ma [|] svasti śrīma[nu][mahāmaṁ]-

⟨4⟩ ḍḍaḷēśvara ·ari[rā]yavibhāḷa bhāsege[tappuvarā]-

⟨5⟩ yaragaṁḍa pavva[pū¨rvva] paścima dakṣiṇa [samudrā]-

⟨6⟩ dhipati śrī vīrakumāra virupaṇna [komā]-

⟨7⟩ ruṁḍu hari[ya]ṇna voḍayalu ·a • • •

⟨8⟩ koḍuku ·ōbe(ba)ḷanāthaniṁgārikini [·i]-

⟨9⟩ • vuddhā(·utthā)na dvādasi(śi) puṁṇyakāla[maṁ]du pe-

⟨10⟩ [nuṁ]goṁḍḍa mā¨rjjavāḍa(ḍi)lōni mēḍikuru-

⟨11⟩ kriṁdi juvvi puṁtanu maṇunyapāthiri

⟨12⟩ bumaja • puṭṭeṁḍu maḍinni sū • •

⟨13⟩ sa¨rvvabādhāparihāramugānu • • • • •

⟨14⟩ • • • mamugānu sukhamaina

⟨15⟩ [·ā]caṁdrā¨rkkasthāyigā • • • [maṁga-]

⟨16⟩ lāni

⟨SIIv42p0i0144⟩ No. 144. (A.R. No. 10 of 1955-56.) Chēgireḍḍipāḍu, Bezwada Taluk, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh.

Slab on the bund of the irrigation canal to the west of the village.

States that the well was the gift of Sundarayya, Subbayya and Achchayya, sons of Veṁkanna of Garigepāḍu. (Written in late characters).

TEXT.

Figures of Conch, tirunāmam and discus.

⟨1⟩ garigepāṭi

⟨2⟩ veṁkanna komā-

⟨3⟩ rlu dharmācara-

⟨4⟩ ṇa suṁdarayya

⟨5⟩ • subbayya

⟨6⟩ ·accayya ⟨Page 114⟩

⟨SIIv42p0i0145⟩ No. 145. (A.R. No. 11 of 1955-56.) Saṅgam, Kovur Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On the tiers of the entrance to the Saṅgamēśvara temple.

Nallasiddhi, A.D. 1203.

Dated Śaka 11[2]6, Rudhirōdgārin, Āśvija. The cyclic year corresponds to Śaka. 1125 and Āśvija corresponds to 8th September-6th October of 1203 A.D.

Registers a gift of a perpetual lamp by Nallagāmaka, the queen of Nallasiddhirāju, to the god Saṅgāmudēva.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīmatu sakavaruṣamulu 11[2]6 rudhirōdgāri saṁvatsaramu ·āsvi(śvī)-

⟨2⟩ ja māsamunaṁdu nallasiddhirājudēvulu nallagāmaka viri-

⟨3⟩ yūri saṁgāmu dēvaraku ·akhaṁḍadīpamu ·ācaṁdra sthāyi-

⟨4⟩ gā beṭṭenu | ·i (·ī) dha¨rmmuvu māhēśvara rakṣamaṁgaḷamahā śrī [|]

⟨5⟩ śrīmatu nallakētamaraḍḍi koḍuku dāmana peṭṭina saṁdadīpa (saṁdhyādīpamu) |

⟨SIIv42p0i0146⟩ No. 146. (A.R. No. 12 of 1955-56.) Saṅgam, Kovur Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On the tiers of the entrance to the Saṅgamēśvara temple.

Dated Śaka 1140, Phālguṇa, ba. 3, Tuesday, corresponding to A.D. 1219, March 5.

Fragmentary. Seems to refer to some grant made by Polī-raḍi-Surapa-raḍi-Bhīmana for the merit of his mother (Cf. NDI, Part II, Nellore, No. 103).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śubhaśakava¨rṣamu-

⟨2⟩ 1140 nēṁṭi bha(phā)lguṇa kri(kṛ)ṣṇa-

⟨3⟩ tritīyayu maṁggaḷavāra-

⟨4⟩ mu[nā]ḍu pōtiraḍi surapa-

⟨5⟩ raḍi bhīmanayu dama talli-

(The inscription ends here).

⟨SIIv42p0i0147⟩ No. 147. (A.R. No. 13 of 1955-56.) Saṅgam, Kovur Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On the tiers of the entrance to the Saṅgamēśvara temple. ⟨Page 115⟩

Dated Śaka [1149], Chaitra śu. 7, Thursday, corresponding to A.D. 1227, March 25. The cyclic year is Sarvajit. [The Govt. Epigraphist could not trace the Śaka year on the stone, but NDI, Part II, No. 102 refers to the Śaka year. By the time of the visit of the Epigraphical officer, the stone could have peeled off.]

Damaged. Seems to record some gift by Bhaima • • la-sāni for the merit of her husband.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śakava¨rṣamulu [1149] nēṭi caitra-

⟨2⟩ śuddha saptamiyu guru[vāramu] viṣusaṁkrā-

⟨3⟩ ṁttināṁḍu kaṁdamūri bhaima[• • lasāni tana]-

⟨4⟩ penmiṭiki dha¨rmvu(¨rmmu)vugā saṁ[dhyādīpamu saṁgga] • • •

Rest of the inscription is lost.

⟨SIIv42p0i0148⟩ No. 148. (A.R. No. 14 of 1955-56.) Saṅgam, Kovur Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On the right wall of the mukha-maṇḍapa of the Saṅgamēśvara temple.

Sadāśiva-mahārāya, A.D. 1551.

Dated Śaka 1473, Virōdhikṛit, Chaitra ba. 7, Sunday, corresponding to A.D. 1551, March 28. (The week day appears to be Saturday).

Registers a gift of the income derived from palmgrove raised at Saṅgam by Rāmireḍḍi, son of Koṇḍā-Mummaḍireḍḍi of Duvvūru, for the merit of Baicharājayya administering over the Udayagiri-rājya, the nāyaṅkara of Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Rāmarāju Yaram-Tirumalayyadēva-mahārāju. Also registers another gift of land at Navūru and other villages in the nāyaṅkara of Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Apratīkamalla Parichchhedi Mummaya Dēvachōḍa-mahārāja. (Cf. N.D.I., Part II, No. 104).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivāhana śakava¨rṣaṁbbulu 1473 ·agunēṁṭi virōdhikṛtu saṁvva-

⟨2⟩ tsara caitra ba 7 ·ā | śrīmadrājādhirāja rājaparamēśvara śrī vīrapratāpa śrī sadāsi(śi) vadēva-

⟨3⟩ mahārāyalu vijayanagaramaṁdu vajrasiṁhvāsanārūḍhulai prithivī sāmrājya-

⟨4⟩ mu sēyucuṁḍaṁgānu śrīmanmahāmaṁḍalēśvara rāmarāju yaraṁ dirumalayyadē-

⟨5⟩ vamahārājulayyavāri nāyaṁkarānaku celli(llē) vudayagiri rājyānaku ·adhipati ·ayina ·a-

⟨6⟩ ṭuvaṁṭi kalūri baya(bai)carājayyavāriki puṇyamugānu duvvūri koṁḍā mummaḍireḍḍi- ⟨Page 116⟩

⟨7⟩ ṁgāri komāruṁḍu rāmireḍḍi saṁgamēśvaradēvuniki daṁḍaṁpeṭṭi sama¨rppiṁcci yiccina dha¨rmma śā-

⟨8⟩ sanakramameṭlannanu vudayagiri rājyaṁlōni saṁgāmu staḷamaṁdunu tāmu vēyiṁccina tāḍlavanamuvalla vaccina • • •

⟨9⟩ ṭaku rokhaṁ saṁgamēśvaruni dīpārādhanaku sāgēyaṭlugānu dhāravōsi sama¨rppiṁstimi [|] śrīmahāmaṁḍalēśvara ·apratī-

⟨10⟩ [kamalla]pariceja(paricchēdi) mummayadēvacōḍa mahārājuluṁ gāriki nāyaṁkarānaku cellipaḍaśēstimi [|] duvvūri grāmāna

⟨11⟩ māku mānyaṁgānu mummaḍi[reḍḍi]peṭṭina velicēnu vāṁtapāṭi polamē-

⟨12⟩ ra rāviguṁṭa poṭladuṟuṇapu ·aṁmana goṟiteṁḍu velicēnu ·ācēni-

⟨13⟩ tū¨rpu ·aṁcuna goṟiteṁḍu cēnu kūḍānu nā vūranu reṁḍu

⟨14⟩ [kālva] velicēnu kollimiṟṟa • nu māku pū¨rvvānanuṁḍḍi sāgi-

⟨15⟩ vaccē yaduvaṁḍḍi mānyapucēnu maṟanūṁti paḍumaṭi cāyatōṁ-

⟨16⟩ ppu varimaḍi muppayi guṁṭalunnu ·āgrāmānē saṁgāṁ polamēra-

⟨17⟩ kōṭagaṭṭu vu(·u)ttarapu ·aṁccuna goṟiteṁḍu velicēnu [|] yī reṁḍu grā-

⟨18⟩ mālu nāvūru kollimi¨rlla staḷālavaccina dhānyamu saṁggamēśvara dēvuniki [·a]-

⟨19⟩ mṛtapaḷlaku ·ayēṭaṭṭugā nunnu tāṭivanaṁ valla vaccina phalarokhaṁ dīpārādha-

(The inscription ends here.)

⟨SIIv42p0i0149⟩ No. 149. (A.R. No. 15 of 1955-56.) Saṅgam, Kovur Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On the stones built into the prākāra wall of the Saṅgamēśvara temple.

Komāra Veṅkaṭarāyalu (Veṅkaṭa III), A.D. 1617.

Dated Śaka 1539, Piṅgaḷa, Jyēshṭha śu. 15, corresponding to A.D. 1617, June 9.

States that Nalla-Guruvayya, son of Peḍḍi-batta and Virūpākshamma and grandson of Pōtā-batta of Poṅgūr belonging to Viśvakarma-gōtra, consecrated Kāśī-Viśvanātha along with some subsidiary deities. Contains below the record, the names of devotees: Aṅgappa Ekāmbaram, Yeraguruvu and Bālaguruvappa.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ vighnēśvara [|] svasti śrī śālivāhana śakaṁ 1539 ·agu piṁgaḷa saṁvvatsara jyēṣṭha-

⟨2⟩ śudha(ddha) 15 lu rājādhirāja rājaparamēśvara śrī komāra veṁkaṭrāyalu rā-

⟨3⟩ jyaṁ śāyaga viśva[ka]¨rma gōtra poṁgguri pōtābattu pautrapeddibatta puttra virūpākṣa-

⟨4⟩ [ṁma] tanūbhava śrī nallaguruvayya śrī kāśī viśvanāthādi parivāra sahita pratiṣṭha [||] ⟨Page 117⟩

⟨5⟩ ·aṁgappa yēkāṁbraṁ yeraguruvu bālaguravappa vīru(ra)lu sadāsēva [||]

⟨SIIv42p0i0150⟩ No. 150. (A.R. No. 16 of 1955-56.) Saṅgam, Kovur Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On an inside wall of the mukha-maṇḍapa of the Saṅgamēśvara temple.

Dated Śaka 1775, Parīdhāvi (A.D. 1853).

States that the mukha-maṇḍapa and other accessories were built on the specified year.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ ṁ śrī śālivāhana śaka-

⟨2⟩ 1775 ki sari ·ayina pa[rī]-

⟨3⟩ dhāvi saṁ[vatsa]raṁ mukha maṁ-

⟨4⟩ ṭṭapaṁ vagairā pani jarigi-

⟨5⟩ nadi [||*]

⟨SIIv42p0i0151⟩ No. 151. (A.R. No. 17 of 1955-56.) Saṅgam, Kovur Taluk, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.

On the tiers of the basement of the Saṅgamēśvara temple.

Records the perpetual devotion of Nalla-Guruvayya [Cf. No. 149 AR. No. 15 of 1955-56].

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī nalla guruvayya sadāsēva

⟨2⟩ śrī pādasēva

⟨3⟩ poṁguṭi nallaguruvayya

⟨4⟩ dha¨rmaṁ ·ā[rā]yaṁ

Sālihuṇḍām.

[Nos. 152-240 from Sālihuṇḍām contain the pot-sherd label inscriptions discovered in the course of excavations at Sālihuṇḍām, Srikakulam taluk, Srikakulam district (in Photographs). The language of the inscriptions is Prakrit and the script is Brāhmī of the early Centuries of the Chrishian era. As the content is small, the texts of the inscriptions are given with reference to Photograph numbers, and the probable dates on palaeographical grounds].

⟨SIIv42p0i0152⟩ No. 152. (A.R. No. 22 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

[Na] Kulāna.

In characters of the 1st century B.C. (Cf. No. 100).

⟨SIIv42p0i0153⟩ No. 153. (A.R. No. 23 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

Bamhaṇasa.

In characters of the 1st century B.C. (Cf. No. 101).

⟨SIIv42p0i0154⟩ No. 154. (A.R. No. 24 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

ḍage saghasa.

In characters of the 1st century B.C. (Cf. No. 102).

⟨SIIv42p0i0155⟩ No. 155. (A.R. No. 25 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

sa(cha)ratakō.

In characters of the 1st-2nd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0156⟩ No. 156. (A.R. No. 26 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

[Crown symbol] Khalabudhi.

In characters of the 1st-2nd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0157⟩ No. 157. (A.R. No. 27 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

Kumararā.

In characters of the 1st century B.C.

⟨SIIv42p0i0158⟩ No. 158. (A.R. No. 28 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

[Saṁ]budhi.

In characters of the 1st century B.C.

⟨SIIv42p0i0159⟩ No. 159. (A.R. No. 29 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

Sagha jerasa.

In characters of the 1st century B.C.

⟨SIIv42p0i0160⟩ No. 160. (A.R. No. 30 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

Na[ka]thana.

In characters of the 1st century B.C.

⟨SIIv42p0i0161⟩ No. 161. (A.R. No. 31 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

. • • jasa pātri.

In characters of the 1st century B.C.

⟨SIIv42p0i0162⟩ No. 162. (A.R. No. 32 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

Rāhilasa pa • .

In characters of the 2nd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0163⟩ No. 163. (A.R. No. 33 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

. • • lana rihāre saṁgha.

In characters of the 4th century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0164⟩ No. 164. (A.R. No. 34 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

Bodhikasa pati.

In characters of the 2nd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0165⟩ No. 165. (A.R. No. 35 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

. • • ḍhaka[su] • • .

In characters of the 4th century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0166⟩ No. 166. (A.R. No. 36 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

Śālipeḍake o • • .

In characters of the 3rd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0167⟩ No. 167. (A.R. No. 37 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

. • • pajarasa adhirasisa.

In characters of the 2nd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0168⟩ No. 168. (A.R. No. 38 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

. • • ragasa patō [Svastika symbol].

In characters of the 1st-2nd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0169⟩ No. 169. (A.R. No. 39 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

haghasa u • • .

In characters of the 1st-2nd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0170⟩ No. 170. (A.R. No. 40 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

Daharā Dhikaṇasa • haghasa u • • .

In characters of the 1st-2nd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0171⟩ No. 171. (A.R. No. 41 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

. • • [a]yata visāghasa pati cha • • .

In characters of the 1st-2nd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0172⟩ No. 172. (A.R. No. 42 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

jara [sikha] • • • • .

In characters of the 1st-2nd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0173⟩ No. 173. (A.R. No. 43 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

ja ariya-saghasa pāti charatika.

In characters of the 2nd-3rd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0174⟩ No. 174. (A.R. No. 44 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

takana.

In characters of the 1st-2nd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0175⟩ No. 175. (A.R. No. 45 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

[sha]pāti polikā.

In characters of the 1st-2nd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0176⟩ No. 176. (A.R. No. 46 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

. • • • • vāsika • • • • .

In characters of the 1st-2nd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0177⟩ No. 177. (A.R. No. 47 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

hāsa Gurichikāyā • • . [symbol].

In characters of the 2nd-3rd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0178⟩ No. 178. (A.R. No. 48 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

saṭanehala • • • • .

In characters of the 1st-2nd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0179⟩ No. 179. (A.R. No. 49 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

. • • ōpasakānāṁ jane pāti.

In characters of the 3rd-4th century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0180⟩ No. 180. (A.R. No. 50 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

. • • ya dānapāti [a]riyapariveṇe dakhiṇa bū (?)hāya puva bābitīya.

In characters of the 2nd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0181⟩ No. 181. (A.R. No. 51 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

paṭaṁ naḍāyā Kōṭaya da • • • • .

In characters of the 1st-2nd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0182⟩ No. 182. (A.R. No. 52 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

. • • ṇagasa pati pogalika.

In characters of the 1st-2nd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0183⟩ No. 183. (A.R. No. 53 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

Visāgasa • • • • .

In characters of the 1st-2nd century A.D. (Cf. No. 106).

⟨SIIv42p0i0184⟩ No. 184. (A.R. No. 54 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

mo.

In characters of the 1st-2nd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0185⟩ No. 185. (A.R. No. 55 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

. • garakidasa.

In characters of the 1st-2nd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0186⟩ No. 186. (A.R. No. 56 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

uhulasa pāti [po]galika.

In characters of the 3rd-4th century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0187⟩ No. 187. (A.R. No. 57 of 1955-56.)

TEXT.

rakasa jūbala hagasa • • .

In characters of the 2nd-3rd century A.D.

⟨SIIv42p0i0188⟩ No. 188. (A.R. No. 58 of 1955-56.)