# Hero stone at Basinikoṇḍa

J. Ramayya Pantulu

Author of digital edition: J. Ramayya Pantulu

Contributor: Jens Thomas

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTelugu00085

Repository: Telugu Inscriptions (tfb-telugu-epigraphy)

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSTelugu00085.xml

Language: Telugu [Script (unspecified)]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ (sva)sti śrī ḻōṅkuḷa[ca. 3*] ⟨2⟩ [ca. 1*]ḷki kumbandukala celvu[ca.
3*] ⟨3⟩ [ca. 1*](ppa)na (ve)ggeḍaḷ ādityana ⟨4⟩ prabhugaḷa gōṣṭi
(bi)rakayi(lō) ⟨5⟩ [ca. 2*]vikramarāmanamaḻuvakkadhū⟨6⟩(r)ttaN A[ca.
1*]nabaladakaya ḻō⟨7⟩ṅkuḷaprākara[ca. 1*]mavumuḍuvuka⟨8⟩yyaṁbuḷōna Ēnugu
taṇki ⟨9⟩ poḍici paḍiye(N)

## Commentary

The text follows the edition of J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948, p. 338, №
623 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). Sastri gives a summary of the content:

  Sastri 1969, p. 337, № 77

  The inscription refers to the ḻōṅkuḷa family, and a discussion
  (goṣṭhi) between the minister Āditya, and the king. States that a
  certain person attacked an elephant in the battle of Mavumaḍuvu (i.e.
  Mudumaḍuvu), and having fought with it fell.

## Bibliography

The inscription was noted in A. R. No. 294 of 1905 and first published
by J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948, p. 338, № 623 with few metadata and
without translation. K. M. Sastry 1969, p. 337 provides a short summary
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 338, item 623.

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 337, item 77.