# Donation by the eldest son of Vikramāditya

Buduraju Radhakrishna

Author of digital edition: Buduraju Radhakrishna

Contributor: Jens Thomas

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTelugu00057

Repository: Telugu Inscriptions (tfb-telugu-epigraphy)

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSTelugu00057.xml

Language: Telugu [Script (unspecified)]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ bu(pe) ⟨2⟩ vikramā(di)⟨3⟩tya bē(r)bhabhā⟨4⟩ṇādhirāju ⟨5⟩
prathama-pri⟨6⟩ya-pu⟨7⟩trunṟu Icci⟨8⟩na kṣētraṁbu ⟨9⟩ dēniki sakṣi ⟨10⟩
pu(ṟa)nullu ⟨11⟩ saḷki raṭṭa⟨12⟩kuḍiyu ⟨13⟩ mukakāḷḷu ⟨14⟩ (pa)ṭṭeḷu[1*]
⟨15⟩ vāru(vaḍa) ⟨16⟩ gīyu sakṣi ⟨17⟩ vakraṁbu vaccu⟨18⟩vāru nāyu
va⟨19⟩nṟu vāraṇāsi ⟨20⟩ vēvurānu ⟨21⟩ vēyu dēva drō⟨22⟩guḷu vē
kavila⟨23⟩ḷānu ḻacci⟨24⟩vanṟu pondu

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ bu(pe) ⬦ [1*]bu(pe) RP.

⟨9⟩ dēniki sakṣi ⬦ [2*]sa RP.

⟨10⟩ pu(ṟa)nullu ⟨11⟩ saḷki raṭṭa⟨12⟩kuḍiyu ⬦ pu[3*] ⟨11⟩
saṭiraṭṭa⟨12⟩kuḍiki[1*] RP.

⟨13⟩ mukakāḷḷu ⬦ mukara[1*] RP.

⟨15⟩ (vaḍa) ⟨16⟩ gīyu sakṣi ⬦ (vada) ⟨16⟩ giyusa[1*] RP.

⟨18⟩ nāyu va⟨19⟩nṟu ⬦ nāya[1*]⟨19⟩nda RP.

⟨24⟩ pondu ⬦ (pendu) RP.

## Commentary

The dots in Ramayya Pantulu’s edition that represent lost akṣaras have
been interpreted as one akṣara per dot although the number of dots seems
to be a little bit random. The Annual Report offers a partial different
reading in its statement that it is a “[g]ift of land by the eldest son
of Vikramāditya Be[mpa]nādh-rāja” (ARIE 1904–05, p. 15, № 403, appendix
A/1904).

## Bibliography

The inscription was noted in the Annual Report and first edited by J.
Ramayya Pantulu. K. M. Sastri while relying on Ramayya Pantulu’s edition
republished the inscription with a summary: “Refers to a gift of land by
the eldest dear son of Vikramāditya and contains an imprecation” (Sastri
1969, p. 336). The inscription was re-edited by Buduraju Radhakrishna.

### Primary

[RP] 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 336, item 617.

### Secondary

ARIE 1904–05. G.O. No. 518, 18th July 1905. Epigraphy. Recording the
annual report of the Government Epigraphist for the year 1904-1905, and
directing that the report be forwarded to the government of India.
Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1905. Page 15, item 403, appendix
A/1904.

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 335–336, item 74.

Radhakrishna, Budaraju. 1971. Early Telugu inscriptions (up to 1100
A.D.): with texts, glossary & brief linguistic history. Hyderabad:
Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi. Pages 36–37, item 52.