# The name Māyalūrunṟu

N. Lakshminarayan Rao

Author of digital edition: N. Lakshminarayan Rao

Contributor: Jens Thomas

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTelugu00051

Repository: Telugu Inscriptions (tfb-telugu-epigraphy)

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSTelugu00051.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⟩ māyalūrunṟu

## Commentary

The name appears to consist of māyalūru and the suffix -nṟu. The first
element probably contains ūru ’village’ as the second member. To this
day there is at least one village with the name Māyalūru (to the west
from Ahobilam). The personal name is one of the comparatively few
instances in which the first element and the suffix -nṟu form a
tatpuruṣa: ’the one of/from Māyalūru’.

## 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 43.