# Hero stone of Kuḷḷamma under the rule of Vīramahārāju

J. Ramayya Pantulu

Author of digital edition: J. Ramayya Pantulu

Contributor: Jens Thomas

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTelugu00089

Repository: Telugu Inscriptions (tfb-telugu-epigraphy)

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSTelugu00089.xml

Language: Telugu [Script (unspecified)]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī vīra⟨2⟩mahārājula ⟨2⟩ prithivirājyañ cē⟨3⟩ya ḻēmaṇḍaḷa
śrī jaya⟨4⟩mā(yi) reseṟaḷukumbaḷa ⟨5⟩ ko(ḍu)ku kuḷlammañ cē ⟨6⟩
ramaṅgalambuna to⟨7⟩ṟṟu koṇṇaN poḍici ⟨8⟩ peṭṭiñci paḍiye ⟨9⟩
bī(ralō)kaṁb ēge

## Translation by Sastri 1969

Hail! While the illustrious Vīramahārāja was ruling the earth, Ḷēmaṇḍala
Śrī Jayamāyi (i. e. Śrī Jayamāi of Ḷēmaṇḍala) having fought with
Kuḷḷamma, son of Reseṟaḷukumbaḷa for having taken away the cattle at
Cēramaṅgalambu (and) having restored them fell (in the fight), and went
to the word of heroes.

## Commentary

The text follows the edition of J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948, p. 340, №
631 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. 341 of 1922 and first published
by J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948, p. 340, № 631 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 631.

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 85.