# Hero stone of Bīreya at Kurubalakōṭa mentioning Gaṇḍasaṅkali and the
Cōḻas

J. Ramayya Pantulu

Author of digital edition: J. Ramayya Pantulu

Contributor: Jens Thomas

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTelugu00080

Repository: Telugu Inscriptions (tfb-telugu-epigraphy)

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSTelugu00080.xml

Language: Telugu [Script (unspecified)]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī gaṇḍasa(ṅka)liyya ⟨2⟩ maṟandi koḻanaḍippibī⟨3⟩reya
vallesappa yēḷuvānṟu ⟨4⟩ sōḍuḷatōḍa poḍicci vīralō⟨5⟩kamb ēge

## Translation by Sastri 1969

Hail! Koḻanaḍippi Bīreya, ruler of Vallesappa, (and) younger
brother-in-law of Sri Gaṇḍasaṅkaliyya fought with the Cōdas and went to
the world of heroes.

## Commentary

The text follows the edition of J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948, p. 339, №
626 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. 301 of 1922 and first published
by J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948, p. 339, № 626 with few metadata and
without translation. K. M. Sastry 1969, p. 338 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 339, item 626.

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 336, item 80.