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Editors: Jens Thomas, N. Lakshminarayan Rao.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSTelugu00075.
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Language: Telugu.
Repository: Telugu Inscriptions (tfb-telugu-epigraphy).
Version: (585a60b), last modified (ec27c2b).
Edition
⟨1⟩ svasti śrī(ma)sarvvalōku(A)sraya ⟨2⟩ sraya śrī viṣṇuvarddhana-ma⟨3⟩hārājulaku pravarttamāna-vijayarājya-saṁ⟨4⟩vachsarambuḶ muppadimūnṟ-aku(n ē)ṇḍu ⟨5⟩ śrī veḷaḷūru raṭṭagoḍlu mayindaṟa(ga) rāmu(ṇḍa)luganu ⟨6⟩ kaṇaṁbuna vāru (Acca) muṟutalēṟa Unṟi ⟨7⟩ Icciri svasti śrī jūvipōṟiki Irugaṇḍaku Āṟla ⟨8⟩ paṭṭu (nēla) Icciri tīniki vakraṁbu va(cci)navāriki ⟨9⟩ pāranāsiki vēvuru pāṟanu kavilaḷanu caṁpina⟨10⟩[1 lost or illegible line] ⟨11⟩ tīniki vakraṁbu vaccinavāri[…] ⟨12⟩ tīniki vaṁjanaṁbu [ca. 3*]lu muḻaki[ca. 5*] ⟨13⟩ [ca. 5*]yūra āḍla paṭṭu poloṁbu[ca. 7*]duggara ⟨14⟩ vrasinavāru
Apparatus
⟨1⟩ svasti śrī(ma)sarvvalōku(A)sraya ⬦ svasti śrī[ca. 5*] ⟨2⟩ [ca. 2*]sarvvalōkā[ca. 4*] ?.
⟨2⟩ sraya • Lakshminarayan Rao states in a note that these two letters are reduntant. — ⟨2⟩ ma⟨3⟩hārājulaku ⬦ ma[ca. 4*]⟨4⟩hārājula ?.
⟨4⟩ °vachsarambuḶ muppadimūnṟ-aku(n ē)ṇḍu ⬦ °vatsaraṁbu[ca. 5*]ṇḍu ?.
⟨5⟩ śrī veḷaḷūru raṭṭagoḍlu mayindaṟa(ga) rāmu(ṇḍa)luganu ⟨6⟩ kaṇaṁbuna vāru (Acca) muṟutalēṟa Unṟi ⬦ śrī veḷaḷūru raṭṭago[ca. 5*] ⟨7⟩ (kaṁ)nōbuna vāru[ca. 4*] ?.
⟨7⟩ śrī jūvipōṟiki Irugaṇḍaku Āṟla ⬦ śrī[ca. 2*]Igaruṇḍu[ca. 2*] ?.
⟨9⟩ pāranāsiki vēvuru pāṟanu kavilaḷanu caṁpina° ⬦ paranāsiki vēvuru[ca. 1*]po[ca. 2*]nukaviḷalanu caṁpina[ca. 2*]nu ?.
⟨11⟩ tīniki vakraṁbu vaccinavāri[…] ⬦ tīniki vakraṁbu vaccinavāriki ?.
⟨12⟩ tīniki vaṁjanaṁbu [ca. 3*]lu muḻaki[ca. 5*] ⬦ tīniki[ca. 6*]ḷuvanātaniki ?.
⟨13⟩ [ca. 5*]yūra āḍla paṭṭu poloṁbu[ca. 7*]duggara ⬦ [ca. 2*]śahapaḷuṟnāru[ca. 3*] ?.
⟨14⟩ vrasinavāru ⬦ vrasinavaru[ca. 2*] ?.
Translation by Jens Thomas
Bibliography
The inscription was noted in A. R. No. 169 of 1917 and first published by J. Ramayya Pantulu with few metadata and without translation and picture (1948, p. 112, № 217). The reading was improved by N. Lakshminarayan Rao (1948, p. xliv).
Secondary
Ramayya Pantulu, J. 1948. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume X: Telugu inscriptions from the Madras Presidency. South Indian Inscriptions 10. Delhi: Manager of Publications. Page 112, item 217.
Lakshminarayan Rao, N. 1948. “Appendix II - Additions and corrections.” In: South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume X: Telugu inscriptions from the Madras presidency. South Indian Inscriptions 10. Delhi: Manager of Publications. Page xliv.
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