Hero stone of Aravaḷa

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-05-22Z

Editor:   J. Ramayya Pantulu.

DHARMA Identifier: INSTelugu00005

Summary: Quite destroyed hero stone that mentions Aravaḷa, (probably) son of Śrī Cōḻamahārāju.

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Classification: commemorative-memorial-hero memorial

Languages: Telugu

1. Predominantly in Telugu, script and

Corresponding Artefact: ARTTelugu000005 inscription on North-east of Budidagaddapalli, hamlet of Budili

Layout: 3 lines are observed/preserved on the artifact.

Edition

¹svasti śrī cōḻamahārāju[?1*]
²maganṟu Aravaḷamahā[?3*]
³[?2*]dipra[?2*]khamu[?3*]
⁴[1 line lost or illegible]

Translation by Jens Thomas

Salutation! Aravaḷamahā[...], son of Śrī Cōḻamahārāju [...].

Commentary

The text follows the edition of J. Ramayya Pantulu (1948: pages 331–332, № 602) 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). The Annual Report informs us that the inscription was found on a hero stone and states that it [s]eems to record the death of another hero called Ara[va]ḷa-Mahēndra Raṭṭaguḍi, a subordinate of Chōḻa-MahārājaARIE 1917-1918, page 82: .

Bibliography

The inscription was noted in the Annual Report (ARIE 1917-1918: appendix B/1917, № 798) with a summary of the content and edited by J. Ramayya Pantulu (1948: pages 331–332, № 602) without translation. K. M. Sastry, while relying on J. Ramayya Pantulu’s edition, gives the following summary: Mentions Aravaḷa, son of Cōḻamahārāja.Sastri 1969, page 333.

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