Hero stone of Kuḷḷamma under the rule of Vīramahārāju

Editors: Jens Thomas, J. Ramayya Pantulu.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTelugu00089.

Language: Telugu.

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

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

Edition

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

Apparatus

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.

Translation by Jens Thomas

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, J. 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 Vekateswara Univ. Page 340, item 85.