# Hero stone of the reign of Vaidumbamahārāju

J. Ramayya Pantulu

Author of digital edition: J. Ramayya Pantulu

Contributor: Jens Thomas

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTelugu00082

Repository: Telugu Inscriptions (tfb-telugu-epigraphy)

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSTelugu00082.xml

Language: Telugu [Script (unspecified)]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [ca. 2*](sty a)nēkasamara[ca. 3*]⟨2⟩kṣmīsamāliṁgitava[ca. 3*] ⟨3⟩
[ca. 2*]duṁbamahārāju prithi[ca. 2*] ⟨4⟩ [ca. 2*]koḍuku valleya[ca.
1*]tri[…] ⟨5⟩ [ca. 2*]ko[ca. 1*]karaṇambu(ṇa dōsi) ⟨6⟩ [1 lost or
illegible line]⟨7⟩(na) pōḍi[ca. 4*] ⟨8⟩ [ca. 2*]ku[ca. 3*] ⟨9⟩ yē(ṁge)
⟨10⟩ ku[ca. 3*] ⟨11⟩ (ṭṭi) vrāse[ca. 1*]

## Commentary

The text follows the edition of J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948, p. 341, №
633 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. 327 of 1922 and first published
by J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948, p. 341, № 634 with few metadata and
without translation.

### 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 341, item 634.