The name Paradaraśukr̥dan

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-05-22Z

Editor:   N. Lakshminarayan Rao.

DHARMA Identifier: INSTelugu00050


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Origin:

Classification: utilitarian-name person

Languages: Telugu

  1. Predominantly in Telugu, script and

Corresponding Artefact: ARTTelugu000043 inscription on On a marble pillar (first) on a mound at a place known as Stambhālabōḍu on the bank of the river Kṛishṇā

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

Edition

1paradaraśukr̥daN

Translation by Jens Thomas

Commentary

It is not quite clear from the edition but the last akṣara seems to be halanta. The suffix is not Telugu “proper” but appears to be a Kannaḍa or Tamiḻ (like) suffix in -n. The name consists of two Sanskrit elements which in normalized spelling probably are paratara-, the comparative of para-, and sukr̥ta- ’good deed; virtuous’. Hence, the name’s meaning might have been ’the utmost virtuous one’ or ’he whose good deeds are the best’.

Bibliography

Secondary

A. R. No. 58 of 1943-1944, App. E
Radhakrishna, Budaraju. 1971. Early Telugu Inscriptions (up to 1100 A.D.): With Texts, Glossary & Brief Linguistic History. Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi.
Page 27, № 42.