Hero stone of Śrī Meddi under the rule of Candragaṇḍatriṇētravīramahārāju
Editors: Jens Thomas, J. Ramayya Pantulu.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSTelugu00077.
Language: Telugu.
Repository: Telugu Inscriptions (tfb-telugu-epigraphy).
Version: (585a60b), last modified (ec27c2b).
Edition
⟨1⟩ svasti śrī candra⟨2⟩gaṇḍatriṇētravīrama⟨3⟩hārāju pritivirājya⟨4⟩ṁbu sēya kuṟṟuma(ḍu)⟨5⟩v ēḷuvānṟu (gā)guḷla kā(ḍa)⟨6⟩mma śrī me(ddi) sōravāḍi ⟨7⟩ kayyaṁbuna poḍi⟨8⟩ci paḍiye vīnṟi[ca. 1*]yakunṟu
Apparatus
Translation by Sastri 1969
Hail! While the illustrious Candragaṇḍa Triṇetra Vīramahārāja was ruling the earth, Śrīmeddi of Gāguḷḷakāḍamma, ruler of Kuṟṟamaḍuvu fought in the battle of Sōravāḍi and fell.
Translation by Jens Thomas
Bibliography
The inscription was noted in A. R. No. 307 of 1922 and first published by J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948, p. 339, № 628 with few metadata and without translation. K. M. Sastry 1969, p. 339 provides a translation while relying on J. Ramayya Pantulu’s edition (omitting the akṣaras after paḍiye).
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 339, item 628.
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 339, item 82.
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Hail! While the illustrious Candragaṇḍa Triṇetra Vīramahārāja was ruling the earth, Śrīmeddi of Gāguḷḷakāḍamma, ruler of Kuṟṟamaḍuvu fought in the battle of Sōravāḍi and fell.
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