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Editor: Jens Thomas.

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Language: Telugu.

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

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī raccayillu⟨2⟩(ṁ) jeṟuvuḷu guḷḷu gu[ca]⟨3⟩pōṟērivi Ip-prati(ma) vī⟨4⟩ri pedda koḍuku niḍumrāni kayya⟨5⟩ṁbuna jaccinavānṟu ⟨6⟩ iru-gaṇḍug āṟla paṭṭu sēnu ⟨7⟩ bhaṭaraḷaku ra(ṭṭō)ḍi yiccinadi

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ raccayillu⟨2⟩(ṁ) ⬦ raccayillu⟨2⟩(O) ? • The reading of B. Radhakrishna (i.e. ⟨O⟩) seems to be a printing mistake at first glance (and this might indeed be the case here). Yet, initial ⟨O⟩ in "archaic Telugu" - and that is what the script is described as - is quite similar to ⟨gu⟩ and this reading would make sense insofar as it could represent one of the several forms of the so called conjunctive or connective particle. It may be noted, though, that while this suffix is attested with a glide, the form is attested as ⟨vu⟩ and not ⟨gu⟩.

⟨2⟩ jeṟuvuḷu ⬦ jeṟuvu ?. — ⟨2⟩ guḷḷu gu[ca]⟨3⟩pōṟērivi ⬦ guḷḷu gu⟨3⟩pōṟērivi ?; guḷlugu[ca. 1*] ⟨3⟩ pō(ḍē)rivi ? • The text of J. Ramayya Pantulu is edited in modern Telugu script where the retroflex double /ḷḷ/ is normally represented via ⟨ḷl⟩. The reading of B. Radhakrishna, however, makes clear that ⟨ḷḷ⟩ was written which was to be expected. The element pōṟ(i)- can be found in several proper nouns but it is always attributed or itself attribute. Hence, there is a certain probablility that the last akṣara and another probably lost akṣara (B. Radhakrishna does not insert a dot in his edition) of line 2 form this attribute. In reference to Nilakanta Sastri and Venkataramayya [1956] 1947–1948, p. 244 (kūcapōṟi-) I have tentatively supplied the akṣara ⟨ca⟩ to form guca- (i.e. gūca) without claiming that both names refer to the same person. The form pōṟēri comes from *pōṟi-yāri with the so called honorific suffix in gen. case

⟨4⟩ niḍumrāni ⬦ niḍumrani ?.

⟨6⟩ āṟla ⬦ āḍla ?.

⟨7⟩ ra(ṭṭō)ḍi ⬦ ra(ṭṭo)ḍi • The inscription is of old age (confer forms like (āṟla) and the information about the archaic script) wherefore we can assume a long vowel which is a contraction of the diphthong as a result of the loss of the intervocalic /g/: raṭṭōḍi from raṭṭaguḍi/raṭṭakuḍi (attested).

Translation by Sastri 1969

Hail. Prosperity. The court-house, the tank and the temple belong to (i.e. are endowed by) Pōḍēri. This sculpture is of his eldest son who died in the battle of Niḍumranu. The raṭṭoḍi gave land sowable with two gaṇḍus of paddy to the God.

Translation by Jens Thomas

Commentary

My reading consists in small changes on grammatical grounds which were done without consulting the original in absence of a picture in the editions. The basic reading is due to J. Ramayya Pantulu and the corrections of B. Radhakrishna. The content seems to be quite heterogeneous but there is no reason to assume originally distinct inscriptions here. An inner connection might be produced by the assumption that the raṭṭōḍi is identical with Pōḍēru. The anusvāra in the beginning of lines 2 and 5 shows that the anusvāra was written on top of the akṣara that it was meant to be pronounced before as it is the case in some inscriptions.

Bibliography

Secondary

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 16, item 34.

Radhakrishna, Budaraju. 1971. Early Telugu inscriptions (up to 1100 A.D.): with texts, glossary & brief linguistic history. Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi. Pages 47–48, item 67.

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 327, item 53.

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