Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-05-22Z

Editor:   Jens Christian Thomas.

DHARMA Identifier: INSTelugu00027

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Origin: Written in 657.

Classification: donative-religious land grant

Languages: Telugu and Sanskrit

1. Predominantly in Telugu, script and
2. Secondary language is Sanskrit, script and

Corresponding Artefact: ARTTelugu000025 inscription on On a slab set up in front of the Pāpavināśēśvara temple at Turimella

Layout: 12 lines are observed/preserved on the artifact.

Edition

^{a 1}spiralR svasti śrīmaT dandaHooked satyāśraya^b-śrī-¿pr̥i?thivī^a-
²-vallabha-mahārājādhirāja-vi^bkramāditya-paramē^a-
³śvara-bhaṭaruḷāku(N) śrīmad-unnata-prava^brddhamāna-vijaya^a-
⁴rājya-saṁvatsaraṁbuḶ Ācandratāra^bpurassaraM^a
5dvitīya-varṣam-prava⟨⟨rta⟩⟩mānaṁ kānu goggi^b-bhaṭaraḷa dakṣiṇa^a-
⁶bhujāyamānuṁṟ ayina ālakuma(ra) ^bpriya-tana¡yi!⟨yu⟩ṁṟ ayina
⁷Ujēnīpiśāca-nāmadhē¡yi!⟨yu⟩ṁṟu (tuṟu)-taṭāka-nāmābhi-
⁸dhāna-naga¡radhī!⟨rādhi⟩ṣṭhāṇuṁṟ ayi Ēṟuva-(viṣa)yaṁb ēḷan tasya
⁹mā¿tā?⟨trā⟩ dattaṁ gōvr̥ṣāṇa-bhaṭṭārahō śata-paṁcāśat kṣētram
¹⁰svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vā yō harē¿ti?⟨ta⟩ vasuṁdharā(M)
¹¹ṣa¿ṣṭhiṁ?⟨ṣṭiṁ⟩varṣa-sahasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jā-
¹²yatē krimiḥ

Apparatus

¹ spiralR ◇ ōṁ • The reading of the editor is an interpretation of the symbol.
³ bhaṭaruḷāku(N) ◇ bhaṭaruḷākuN

Translation by Jens Thomas

Commentary

The halanta akṣaras in this inscription are not written without the upper horizontal stroke of the standard akṣaras but with an elongated horizontal stroke that rises to the right side.

Bibliography

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