Shrine of Śrī Dāmōdhara

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-05-22Z

Editor:   J. Ramayya Pantulu.

DHARMA Identifier: INSTelugu00031

Additional Metadata

Alternative identifier:

Origin:

Classification: utilitarian

Languages: Telugu

  1. Predominantly in Telugu, script and

Corresponding Artefact: ARTTelugu000030 inscription on On the top of a niche containing a liṅga to the proper right of the first cave-temple at Bhairavakōna in Bhairavakoṇḍa

Layout: 1 lines are observed/preserved on the artifact.

Edition

1śrī dāmōdharēśvaraṁbu

Translation by Jens Thomas

(This is the shrine of) Śrī Dāmōdhara

Commentary

The ending -aṁbu makes clear that the inscription does not represent a proper noun. The context, On top of a niche containing a lingaRamayya Pantulu 1948, page 18: , shows that it probably is the name of that niche.

Bibliography

The inscription was noted in A. R. No. 266 of 1922 and first published by J. Ramayya Pantulu with few metadata and without picture and translation (1948: page 18, № 41). K. M. Sastri summarizes: Records the name of the shrine Dāmōdharēśvaraṁbu1969, page 328, № 56.

Secondary

A. R. No. 266 of 1922
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 18, № 41.
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 328, № 56.