# A pannavīśa of Immaḍi Īto during the reign of
Uttamāditya-cōḻa-mahārāju

K. A. Nilakanta Sastri and M. Venkataramayya

Authors of digital edition: K. A. Nilakanta Sastri, M. Venkataramayya

Contributor: Jens Thomas

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTelugu00055

Repository: Telugu Inscriptions (tfb-telugu-epigraphy)

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSTelugu00055.xml

Language: Telugu [Script (unspecified)]

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## Edition

⟨Face A⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨2⟩ Uttamā⟨3⟩ditya-cō⟨4⟩ḻa-mahā⟨5⟩rāju
pri⟨6⟩thivirājya(ṁ) ⟨7⟩ cēya ⟨8⟩ Immaḍi ⟨9⟩ Īto Icci⟨10⟩na pannavī⟨11⟩śa
kōsiya ⟨12⟩ paṟa cēdi⟨13⟩śarmma¡ko!⟨ki⟩cciri ⟨Face B⟩ ⟨14⟩
Eya(ra)⟨15⟩kallu kuḻa ⟨16⟩ gaṭṭuḷu ⟨17⟩ vendaraṁbu⟨18⟩ḷu
vēṇa⟨19⟩vōja⟨20⟩nṟu cakṣi ⟨21⟩ (dē)niki va⟨22⟩kraṁbu va⟨23⟩ ⟨Face C⟩ [1
lost or illegible line] ⟨24⟩ pañcama⟨25⟩hāpāta⟨26⟩kunṟugu ⟨27⟩ kacēṟu
pā⟨28⟩¡ḻa!⟨ṟa⟩ Eṟama ⟨29⟩ (vṟā)siri ⟨30⟩ koṭṭali ⟨31⟩ kuṇaṇḍā⟨32⟩ḷuvānṟu
⟨33⟩ koṭṭe

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ śrī • The subscript ⟨r⟩ is written in an ornate manner and looks
like the vocalic form.

⟨9⟩ Īto • The editors state in a note that this word could also be read
as ratō (Nilakanta Sastri & Venkataramayya [1956] 1947–1948, p. 241, n.
1).

⟨10⟩ pannavī⟨11⟩śa • There might be a misprint in the edition in that
the accent of the ⟨ś⟩ can be found after the ⟨a⟩. On the other hand the
misprint might be this accent itself and what has to be read is ⟨sa⟩.

## Translation by Nilakanta Sastri & Venkataramayya [1956] 1947–1948

Hail! Prosperity! While Uttamāditya-Chōḻamahārāja was ruling the earth,
Irmmaḍi[1] Itō gave to Chēdiśarmmā, the Brāhmaṇa of Kōsiya, (i.e., of
the Kauśika-gōtra) a pannavīsa, Eya[ra]kallu-Kula-gaṭṭuḷu and
Vendaraṁbuḷu-Vēṇavōjanṟu being the witnesses. He who destroys this
(gift) becomes guilty of the five great sins. Eṟama, the Brāhmaṇa (?) of
Kacēṟu wrote this. (This is) engraved by the Koṭṭali, Kuṇaṇḍāḷuvānṟu.

## Translation by Sastri 1969

Hail! Prosperity! While Uttamāditya-Cōḻamahārāja was ruling the earth,
Immadi Īto gave to Cēdiśarmma, the brahmin of Kōsiya, (i.e. of the
Kauśika gōtra) a pannavīsa, Eya(ra)kallu-Kuḻa gaṭṭuḷu, Vendaraṁbuḷu and
Vēṇavōjanṟu being the witnesses. He who destroys this (gift) becomes
guilty of the five great sins. Eṟama, the brahmin (?) of Kacēṟu wrote
this. (This is) engraved by the engraver (koṭṭali) Kuṇaṇḍāḷuvānṟu.

## Commentary

The word ⟨Immaḍi⟩ very probably means ’double’ or ’twofold’and comes
from inumaḍi. This word can still be found in older dictionaries but is
obsolete today. Sircar suggested that attributes like immaḍi, mummuḍi
(’threefold’) etc. were “prefixed to the names of certain kings in order
to distinguish them from their predecessors bearing the same name”
(Sircar 1966, p. 131).

## Bibliography

The inscription was noted in A. R. No. 297 of 1937-1938 and first
published by K. A. Nilakanta Sastri and M. Venkataramayya with
translation, annotations and a picture ([1956] 1947–1948, pp. 240–242, №
42 J). K. M. Sastri, while relying on this edition, re-edited the text
and provided another translation (1969, pp. 297–299, № 24).

### Secondary

Nilakanta Sastri, K. A. & M. Venkataramayya. [1956] 1947–1948. “Telugu
Chola records from Anantapur and Cuddapah.” EI 27, pp. 220–251. Pages
240–242, item 42 J.

Sastri, Korada Mahadeva. 1969. Historical grammar of Telugu with special
reference to Old Telugu c. 200 B.C. - 1000 A.D. Anantapur: Sri
Venkateswara Univ. Pages 297–299, item 24.

[1] The edition reads Immaḍi; yet, the editors seem to interpret this
word as coming from iru-maḍi (with graphemic duplication of the
consonant after the lost repha) rather than inu-maḍi with assimilation
of the dental nasal. The latter is more probable.