# Hero stone of Śrī Meddi under the rule of
Candragaṇḍatriṇētravīramahārāju

J. Ramayya Pantulu

Author of digital edition: J. Ramayya Pantulu

Contributor: Jens Thomas

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTelugu00077

Repository: Telugu Inscriptions (tfb-telugu-epigraphy)

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSTelugu00077.xml

Language: Telugu [Script (unspecified)]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī candra⟨2⟩gaṇḍatriṇētravīrama⟨3⟩hārāju pritivirājya⟨4⟩ṁbu
sēya kuṟṟuma(ḍu)⟨5⟩v ēḷuvānṟu (gā)guḷla kā(ḍa)⟨6⟩mma śrī me(ddi)
sōravāḍi ⟨7⟩ kayyaṁbuna poḍi⟨8⟩ci paḍiye vīnṟi[ca. 1*]yakunṟu

## Translation by Sastri 1969

Hail! While the illustrious Candragaṇḍa Triṇetra Vīramahārāja was ruling
the earth, Śrīmeddi of Gāguḷḷakāḍamma, ruler of Kuṟṟamaḍuvu fought in
the battle of Sōravāḍi and fell.

## Commentary

The text follows the edition of J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948, p. 339, №
628 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. 307 of 1922 and first published
by J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948, p. 339, № 628 with few metadata and
without translation. K. M. Sastry 1969, p. 339 provides a translation
while relying on J. Ramayya Pantulu’s edition (omitting the akṣaras
after paḍiye).

### 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 339, item 628.

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 339, item 82.