# The name Paradaraśukr̥dan

N. Lakshminarayan Rao

Author of digital edition: N. Lakshminarayan Rao

Contributor: Jens Thomas

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTelugu00050

Repository: Telugu Inscriptions (tfb-telugu-epigraphy)

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSTelugu00050.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⟩ paradaraśukr̥daN

## Commentary

It is not quite clear from the edition but the last akṣara seems to be
halanta. The suffix is not Telugu "proper" but appears to be a Kannaḍa
or Tamiḻ (like) suffix in -n. The name consists of two Sanskrit elements
which in normalized spelling probably are paratara-, the comparative of
para-, and sukr̥ta- ’good deed; virtuous’. Hence, the name’s meaning
might have been ’the utmost virtuous one’ or ’he whose good deeds are
the best’.

## 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 27, item 42.