Kalamalla grant of Erikalmudurāju Dhanañjayunṟu

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-05-22Z

Editor:   Jens Christian Thomas.

DHARMA Identifier: INSTelugu00007

Summary: The inscription possibly refers to a donation that was made at the instance of Rēvaṇakālu from Ciṟuṁbūru during the reign of Erikalmudurāju Dhanañjayunṟu over Rēnāṇḍu. The details are lost.

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Origin: Written in 575-600.

Classification: donative

Languages: Telugu

  1. Predominantly in Telugu, script and

Corresponding Artefact: ARTTelugu000007 inscription on On two faces of a broken pillar lying in the court-yard of the same temple [i. e. Cennakēśava temple at Kalamaḷḷa]

Layout: 18-19171 lines are observed/preserved on the artifact.

Edition

Faces A 1s(va)[st](i) [śrī Eri-]
2ka(l)mudurā-
3ju dhana(ñ)ja-
4yu[n]ṟu rēn[ā-]
5(ṇ)ḍu Ēḷa(N)
6ciṟuṁbūri
7rēvaṇakālu pa(ṁ)-
8pu cēnūru kāj(u)
9Aḷikaḷa Ūri-
10(ṇa?)vāru U(ḷi)-
11[2×](ta)[?3×]
12[5×]
13[?5×]
14[?4×]
15[?3+]pañca-
16⟨ma⟩hāpātaka(sa)-
17[ṁyu](ka)[1×]

Faces B
18mududu (Etu)

Apparatus

1–2 3 s(va)[st](i) [śrī Eri-]/ka(l)mudurā/ju ◇ [?4*](harā)/ju RP; [1 line lost or illegible]/kalmu(tu)rā/ju NS+V
3–4 dhana(ñ)ja/yu[n]ṟu ◇ dhana(ṁ)ja/yu(nṟu) RP; dhanaṁja/yuṟu NS+V
5 Ēḷa(N) ◇ Ēḷana RP
7–8 pa(ṁ)/pu cēnūru kāj(u) ◇ [1*] / praṟṟanūrukā[1*] RP; (paṁ)/pu cenūrukāju NS+V
9–10 Aḷikaḷa Ūri/(ṇa?)vāru U(ḷi) ◇ Adhikadhā[?3*]/[1*](vā)ru[?4*] RP; Aḻikaḷā (Ū)ri/ṇḍa vāru (Ūri)[?2*] NS+V
16–17 pātaka(sa)/(ka)[1×] ◇ pātakasa/(ku) NS+V

Translation by Jens Thomas

Commentary

The text of face B follows the edition of J. Ramayya Pantulu (Ramayya Pantulu 1948: page 333, № 607) because face B is labelled as damaged by Nilakanta Sastri and Venkataramayya and not represented by a picture in their edition. Furthermore, the first line on the stone is omitted in Ramayya Pantulu’s edition so that the line numbering does not match. This discrepancy was levelled out in the apparatus. In line 5 the reading Ēḷa(N) with halanta provides a grammatically correct form although there does not seem any graphemic indication for the vowel elision. Lines 11-16 have not been read in 1948: page 333, № 607.

Bibliography

The inscription was noted in the Annual Report and first published by J. Ramayya Pantulu (1948: page 333, № 607) without translation. It was edited anew by K. A. Nilakanta Sastri and M. Venkataramayya (1947-1948: pages 221–225, № 42 A) with annotations and a picture of face A. K. M. Sastri, while relying on the edition in EI, provides a summary of the content: The inscription seems to record a grant by a certain Cenūrukāju and the people of the village of Aḻikaḷā at the instance of Rēvaṇakālu of Ciṟumbūru when Erikal-Muturāju Dhanaṁjaya was ruling Rēnāṇḍu.Sastri 1969, page 282

Primary

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 333, № 607. [siglum RP]
Nilakanta Sastri, K. A. & M. Venkataramayya. 1947–1948. “Telugu Chola Records from Anantapur and Cuddapah.” EI 27: 220–51.
Pages 221–225, № 42 A. [siglum NS+V]

Secondary

ARIE 1904-1905. Appendix A/1904, page 13, № 380.
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 282, № 1.