Grant of a tank by Apimanagaṁgukessaraju

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2025-01-09Z

Editor:   J. Ramayya Pantulu.

DHARMA Identifier: INSTelugu00071

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Origin: Written in 700-800.

Classification: donative-secular donation

Languages: Telugu

1. Predominantly in Telugu, script and

Corresponding Artefact: ARTTelugu000064 inscription on On a stone lying in a field near Būḍidigaḍḍapalli, a hamlet of Vanavōlu

Layout: 5 lines are observed/preserved on the artifact.

Edition

¹svasti śrī vaṇavṟōla apimanagaṁgu kessaraju-
²n iccina datti i ceṟuvuḷa vitara(ṭṭi) ve-
³ṭanivāru baranasiyu ceṟuvu kavila-
⁴yun aḻisinavāri (pā)paṁ(bu) goṇḍṟu veṭaniva-
⁵ru bu(ṭe)limarammacari sēse

Translation by Sastri 1969

Hail! Prosperity! Apimanagaṁgu Kessaraju made the grant at Vaṇavrōlu. Those who do not (protect?) these tanks will incur the sin of those who destroy Baranasi, a tank and a cow. Buṭelimarammacari did (i.e. engraved this inscription).

Translation by Jens Thomas

Commentary

The text follows the edition of J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948: page 341, № 633 in absence of a picture.

Bibliography

The inscription was noted in A. R. No. 811 of 1917 and first published by J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948: page 341, № 633 with few metadata and without translation. K. M. Sastry 1969: page 341 provides a translation while relying on J. Ramayya Pantulu’s edition.

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A. R. No. 811 of 1917