Kalamalla grant of Erikalmudurāju Dhanañjayunṟu
Editor: Jens Thomas.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSTelugu00007.
Summary: The inscription possibly refers to a donation that was made at the instance of Rēvaṇakālu from Ciṟuṁbūru during the reign of Erikalmudurāju Dhanañjayunṟu over Rēnāṇḍu. The details are lost.
Hand description:
Language: Telugu.
Repository: Telugu Inscriptions (tfb-telugu-epigraphy).
Version: (585a60b), last modified (d5dcd05).
Edition
⟨Faces A⟩ ⟨1⟩ s(va)[st](i) [śrī] [Eri]⟨2⟩ka(l)mudurā⟨3⟩ju dhana(ñ)ja⟨4⟩yu[n]ṟu rēn[ā]⟨5⟩(ṇ)ḍu Ēḷa(N) ⟨6⟩ ciṟuṁbūri ⟨7⟩ rēvaṇakālu pa(ṁ)⟨8⟩pu cēnūru kāj(u) ⟨9⟩ Aḷikaḷa Ūri⟨10⟩(ṇa?)vāru U(ḷi)⟨11⟩[2×](ta)[ca. 3×] ⟨12⟩ [5×] ⟨13⟩ [ca. 5×] ⟨14⟩ [ca. 4×] ⟨15⟩ [ca. 3+]pañca⟨16⟩⟨ma⟩hāpātaka(sa)⟨17⟩[ṁyu](ka)[1×]
⟨Faces B⟩ ⟨18⟩ mududu (Etu)
Apparatus
⟨1⟩ s(va)[st](i) [śrī] [Eri]⟨2⟩ka(l)mudurā⟨3⟩ju ⬦ [ca. 4*](harā)⟨3⟩ju RP;[1 lost or illegible line]⟨2⟩kalmu(tu)rā⟨3⟩ju NS+V.
⟨3⟩ dhana(ñ)ja⟨4⟩yu[n]ṟu ⬦ dhana(ṁ)ja⟨5⟩yu(nṟu) RP; dhanaṁja⟨4⟩yuṟu NS+V.
⟨5⟩ Ēḷa(N) ⬦ Ēḷana RP.
⟨7⟩ pa(ṁ)⟨8⟩pu cēnūru kāj(u) ⬦ [1*] ⟨8⟩ praṟṟanūrukā[1*] RP; (paṁ)⟨8⟩pu cenūrukāju NS+V.
⟨9⟩ Aḷikaḷa Ūri⟨10⟩(ṇa?)vāru U(ḷi) ⬦ Adhikadhā[ca. 3*]⟨10⟩[1*](vā)ru[ca. 4*] RP; Aḻikaḷā (Ū)ri⟨10⟩ṇḍa vāru (Ūri)[ca. 2*] NS+V.
⟨16⟩ pātaka(sa)⟨17⟩(ka)[1×] ⬦ pātakasa⟨16⟩(ku) NS+V.
Translation by Jens Thomas
Bibliography
The inscription was noted in the Annual Report and first published by J. Ramayya Pantulu (1948, p. 333, № 607) without translation. It was edited anew by K. A. Nilakanta Sastri and M. Venkataramayya ([1956] 1947–1948, pp. 221–225, № 42 A) with annotations and a picture of face A. K. M. Sastri, while relying on the edition in EI, provides a summary of the content: “The inscription seems to record a grant by a certain Cenūrukāju and the people of the village of Aḻikaḷā at the instance of Rēvaṇakālu of Ciṟumbūru when Erikal-Muturāju Dhanaṁjaya was ruling Rēnāṇḍu.” (Sastri 1969, p. 282)
Primary
[RP] Ramayya Pantulu, J. 1948. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume X: Telugu inscriptions from the Madras Presidency. South Indian Inscriptions 10. Delhi: Manager of Publications. Page 333, item 607.
[NS+V] Nilakanta Sastri, K. A. and M. Venkataramayya. [1956] 1947–1948. “Telugu Chola records from Anantapur and Cuddapah.” EI 27, pp. 220–251. Pages 221–225, item 42 A.
Secondary
Venkayya, V. 1905. G.O. No. 518, 18th July 1905. Epigraphy. Recording the annual report of the Government Epigraphist for the year 1904-1905, and directing that the report be forwarded to the government of India. No place. Appendix A/1904, page 13, item 380.
Sastri, Korada Mahadeva. 1969. Historical grammar of Telugu with special reference to Old Telugu c. 200 B.C. - 1000 A.D. Anantapur: Sri Vekateswara Univ. Page 282, item 1.
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The text of face B follows the edition of J. Ramayya Pantulu (Ramayya Pantulu 1948, p. 333, № 607) because face B is labelled as damaged by Nilakanta Sastri and Venkataramayya and not represented by a picture in their edition. Furthermore, the first line on the stone is omitted in Ramayya Pantulu’s edition so that the line numbering does not match. This discrepancy was levelled out in the apparatus. In line 5 the reading Ēḷa(N) with halanta provides a grammatically correct form although there does not seem any graphemic indication for the vowel elision. Lines 11-16 have not been read in 1948, p. 333, № 607.