# Name of Śrī Śailamuni

J. Ramayya Pantulu

Author of digital edition: J. Ramayya Pantulu

Contributor: Jens Thomas

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTelugu00037

Repository: Telugu Inscriptions (tfb-telugu-epigraphy)

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSTelugu00037.xml

Language: Telugu [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-09-09 14:31 (ea24452), last modified 2026-09-09 14:25
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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī śailamuni

## Translation

Śrī Śailamuni

## Commentary

The name was found on “a beam in the verandah of the seventh cave temple
at Bhairavakoṇḍa” (Ramayya Pantulu 1948, p. 19). The nature of the name
(≈ "holy man of the mountain (perh. Himalaya)" may rather point towards
a high ranking religious person who visited the place than towards a
craftsman who worked there; he might, however, have been a donor as
well.

## Bibliography

The inscription was noted in A. R. No. 278 of 1922 and was first edited
by J. Ramayya Pantulu with few metadata and without picture (1948, p.
19, № 53).

### Secondary

Ramayya Pantulu, Jayanti. 1948. South-Indian inscriptions (texts).
Volume X: Telugu inscriptions from the Madras Presidency. South Indian
Inscriptions 10. Delhi: Manager of Publications. Page 19, item 53.