# Hero stone near Nāgavūṭikālva

J. Ramayya Pantulu

Author of digital edition: J. Ramayya Pantulu

Contributor: Jens Thomas

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTelugu00086

Repository: Telugu Inscriptions (tfb-telugu-epigraphy)

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSTelugu00086.xml

Language: Telugu [Script (unspecified)]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [ca. 3*]dañcakeṟe ⟨2⟩ (yu)ṭṭu sūragati naḍaci ⟨3⟩ amaralōkamb ēṅge

## Translation by Sastri 1969

...dancakere yuṭṭu walked (i.e. fought) after the manner of the warriors
and went to Heaven.

## Commentary

The text follows the edition of J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948, p. 338, №
624 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. 296 of 1922 and first published
by J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948, p. 338, № 624 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 338, item 624.

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. Pages 337–338, item 78.