The work of Kuṟuvadi Ācaṟlu

Editors: Jens Thomas, J. Ramayya Pantulu.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTelugu00010.

Summary: The inscriptions mentiones Kuṟuvadi Ācaṟlu as a craftsman.

Language: Telugu.

Repository: Telugu Inscriptions (tfb-telugu-epigraphy).

Version: (585a60b), last modified (ec27c2b).

Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī kuṟuvadi Ācaṟla kē⟨2⟩sina paṇiyu

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ kuṟuvadi ⬦ (ka)ṟuvadi ARIE • This reading is given in the small summary of the Annual Report. — ⟨1⟩⟨2⟩sina ⬦ ⟨2⟩siva RP • The reading kēsina follows K. M. Sastri’s text. It is possible that the reading kēsiva is but a misprint for kēsina in Ramayya Pantulu’s text since both akṣaras are very similar in Telugu script.

Translation by Sastri 1969

(This) work was done by Śrī Kuṟuvadi ācāṟlu.

Translation by Jens Thomas

And a work done by Śrī Kuṟuvadi Ācāṟlu.

Commentary

The suffix -yu appears to be the conjunctive particle (Sastri 1969, pp. 259–260) and is rendered by "and" in the translation. The inscription was found among other inscriptions at the seventh cave temple at Bhairavakōna in Bhairavakoṇḍa that predominantly feature names (confer the respective Annual Report). The conjunctive particle may have had the function to refer to these other works done or donated by the persons whose names have been preserved. The name Kuṟuvadi Ācāṟlu does not seem to occur a second time. Grammatically, the oblique form (-la) of the name that is in attributive position is remarkable and probably indicative of old age (also confer Sastri 1969, pp. 266–267.

Bibliography

The inscription was noted in the Annual Report and edited by J. Ramayya Pantulu without picture and translation. K. M. Sastri republished the inscription and provided a translation.

Primary

[ARIE] Venkoba Rao, G. 1923. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for the year 1921-1922. Madras: Governement Press. Appendix C/1922, page 79, item 279.

[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 19, item 54.

Secondary

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 283, item 4.