# Hero stone of Śrī Ēḷuḷakālavilmeṟe

J. Ramayya Pantulu

Author of digital edition: J. Ramayya Pantulu

Contributor: Jens Thomas

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTelugu00078

Repository: Telugu Inscriptions (tfb-telugu-epigraphy)

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSTelugu00078.xml

Language: Telugu [Script (unspecified)]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kalivade⟨2⟩jamunṟu vāri maganṟu ⟨3⟩ śrī vāṇakabhāru ⟨4⟩
maganṟu ¿vō?⟨vā⟩ri cē⟨5⟩ta paṭṭa(ṁ) kaṭṭabaḍi⟨6⟩navānṟu śrī
Ēḷuḷa⟨7⟩kālavilmeṟe ⟨8⟩ sōramaḍi kayyaṁbu⟨9⟩na boḍici paḍiye

## Translation by Sastri 1969

Hail! Sri Ēḷuḷakāla Vilmeṟe who was anointed by the son of Śrī
Vāṇakabhāru (who is) the son of Śrī Kalivadejamunṟu fought in the battle
of Sōramaḍi and fell.

## Commentary

The text follows the edition of J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948, p. 340, №
629 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. 310 of 1922 and first published
by J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948, p. 340, № 629 with few metadata and
without translation. K. M. Sastry 1969, p. 340 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 340, item 629.

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 340, item 83.