# Grant of a tank by Apimanagaṁgukessaraju

J. Ramayya Pantulu

Author of digital edition: J. Ramayya Pantulu

Contributor: Jens Thomas

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTelugu00071

Repository: Telugu Inscriptions (tfb-telugu-epigraphy)

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSTelugu00071.xml

Language: Telugu [Script (unspecified)]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī vaṇavṟōla apimanagaṁgu kessaraju⟨2⟩n iccina datti i
ceṟuvuḷa vitara(ṭṭi) ve⟨3⟩ṭanivāru baranasiyu ceṟuvu kavila⟨4⟩yun
aḻisinavāri (pā)paṁ(bu) goṇḍṟu veṭaniva⟨5⟩ru bu(ṭe)limarammacari sēse

## Translation by Sastri 1969

Hail! Prosperity! Apimanagaṁgu Kessaraju made the grant at Vaṇavrōlu.
Those who do not (protect ?) these tanks will incur the sin of those who
destroy Baranasi, a tank and a cow. Buṭelimarammacari did (i.e. engraved
this inscription).

## Commentary

The text follows the edition of J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948, p. 341, №
633 in absence of a picture.

## Bibliography

The inscription was noted in A. R. No. 811 of 1917 and first published
by J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948, p. 341, № 633 with few metadata and
without translation. K. M. Sastry 1969, p. 341 provides a translation
while relying on J. Ramayya Pantulu’s edition.

### Secondary

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 341, item 633.

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. Page 341, item 86.