# Hero stone from the time of Manujatrinētra-Vaidumbamahārāju

J. Ramayya Pantulu

Author of digital edition: J. Ramayya Pantulu

Contributor: Jens Thomas

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTelugu00076

Repository: Telugu Inscriptions (tfb-telugu-epigraphy)

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSTelugu00076.xml

Language: Telugu [Script (unspecified)]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasty
anēkasamarasa(ṁ)gaṭṭaṇōpaladdajayalakṣmīśamā⟨2⟩liṁgitavakṣasthala-manujatrinētra-śrī-baiydumbamahārāju
⟨3⟩ rēnāṇṭi ēḷuvēḷu ēḷucuṇ(ḍ)i rājusamaraṁbu alagi[ca. 4*]⟨4⟩ṇḍina[ca.
6*] ⟨5⟩ cōjaḻga[ca. 2*]algi ⟨6⟩ guṟaṁbu paḍi gira[ca. 3*]⟨7⟩ḍi tala goni
koṭṭaṁbu ⟨8⟩ vajjirāju bala(ṁ)bu ⟨9⟩ ōḍaṅ gaḻagici pakko[ca.
1*]ṇvadhi⟨10⟩(ṁci) suralōkaṁb ēge ⟨11⟩ ka(llē)ga(ṇḍa)[ca. 1*]rāmaṇḍu
taṇa[ca. 2*] ⟨12⟩ [1 lost or illegible line] ⟨13⟩ [1 lost or illegible
line] ⟨14⟩ [1 lost or illegible line] ⟨15⟩ [1 lost or illegible line]

## Commentary

The text follows the edition of J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948, pp. 342–343,
№ 639 in absence of a picture. The dots used in the edition to indicate
lost or unintelligible characters can not clearly be attributed to a
certain quantity of characters (one dot may indicate one or more lost or
unintelligible characters).

## Bibliography

The inscription was noted in A. R. No. 342 of 1922 and first published
by J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948, pp. 342–343, № 639 with few metadata and
without translation. K. M. Sastri, while relying on J. Ramayya Pantulu’s
edition, gives a short summary:

  Sastri 1969, p. 342

  Refers to Manuja Triṇētra Baidumba mahārāja, with the usual praśasti
  of the Vaidumba kings, ruling the Rēnāṇḍu seven thousand, and a battle
  at Alagiṇḍi[1] the details of which are not clear. Some one is said to
  have defeated and destroyed the army of Vajjirāju, and having killed
  Pakko... went to Heaven.

### 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. Pages 342–343, item
639.

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 342, item 90.

[1] As indicated by four dots after the word alagi at the end of line 3
several akṣaras must be missing here according to J. Ramayya Pantulu’s
edition. If the edition is correct the place name could not have been
Alagiṇḍi.