Craftsmanship of Vēḷuguṁṇṭha Ācāṟlu

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Current Version:  draft, 2025-01-09Z

Editor:   J. Ramayya Pantulu.

DHARMA Identifier: INSTelugu00009

Summary: The inscription mentiones the name of the craftsman Vēḷuguṁṇṭha Ācāṟlu

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Classification: utilitarian-label-artwork label

Languages: Telugu

1. Predominantly in Telugu, script and

Corresponding Artefact: ARTTelugu000009 inscription on On the proper right pillar in the same verandah [i. e. the verandah of the fifth cave-temple at Bhairavakōna in Bhairavakoṇḍa]

Layout: 2 lines are observed/preserved on the artifact.

Edition

¹śrī vēḷuguṁṇṭha Ācāṟlu
²paṇi kēsiri

Translation by Sastri 1969

Śrī Vēḷuguṇṭha ācārlu did the work.

Translation by Jens Thomas

Śrī Vēḷuguṁṇṭha Ācāṟlu did the work.

Commentary

According to the information about the find spot Vēḷuguṁṇṭha Ācāṟlu was entrusted with work regarding the seventh cave temple at Bhairavakoṇḍa (Bhairavakōna). The form kēsiri is conservative in that it preserved initial k- instead of c- and is thus possibly indicative of old age. Vēḷuguṁṇṭha is a place name in the locative case (’thousand ponds’), ācāṟlu is the Telugu plural of the skt. loanword ācārya and denotes a craftsman. Confer the similar expression pallavācārjya- (Master 1947–1948: lines 24–25) that contains the name of the dynasty as its first member.

Bibliography

The inscription was noted in the Annual Report and first published by J. Ramayya Pantulu (1948: page 18, № 47). K. M. Sastri re-published the inscription in normalized spelling and provided a translation (1969: page 283, № 3).

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