# The name of Puṇyalābhuṇḍu

N. Lakshminarayan Rao

Author of digital edition: N. Lakshminarayan Rao

Contributor: Jens Thomas

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTelugu00045

Repository: Telugu Inscriptions (tfb-telugu-epigraphy)

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSTelugu00045.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⟩ puṇyalābhuṇḍu

## Commentary

Despite its early age (according to the entry in the Annual Report) the
inscription already shows the later suffix form -ṇḍu. This personal name
(from Sanskrit puṇya-lābha-) seems to be quite uncommon. The element
puṇyalābha- and the suffix -nṟu seem to be in a tatpuruaṣa relation
(which is comparatively rare) in that the name probably means ’the one
who has gain in/from meritorious acts’.

## Bibliography

### Secondary

Radhakrishna, Budaraju. 1971. Early Telugu inscriptions (up to 1100
A.D.): with texts, glossary & brief linguistic history. Hyderabad:
Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi. Page 26, item 37.