Hero stone from the time of Manujatrinētra-Vaidumbamahārāju

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-05-22Z

Editor:   J. Ramayya Pantulu.

DHARMA Identifier: INSTelugu00076

Hand Description:

Additional Metadata

Alternative identifier:

Origin:

Classification: commemorative-memorial-hero memorial

Languages: Telugu

  1. Predominantly in Telugu, script and

Corresponding Artefact: ARTTelugu000069 inscription on On a slab set up to the north of Cēnnārāyaṇapalle (the one closer to Madanapalle)

Layout: 15 lines are observed/preserved on the artifact.

Edition

1svasty anēkasamarasa(ṁ)gaṭṭaṇōpaladdajayalakṣmīśamā-
2liṁgitavakṣasthala-manujatrinētra-śrī-baiydumbamahārāju
3rēnāṇṭi ēḷuvēḷu ēḷucuṇ(ḍ)i rājusamaraṁbu alagi[?4*]-
4ṇḍina[?6*]
5cōjaḻga[?2*]algi
6guṟaṁbu paḍi gira[?3*]-
7ḍi tala goni koṭṭaṁbu
8vajjirāju bala(ṁ)bu
9ōḍaṅ gaḻagici pakko[?1*]ṇvadhi-
10(ṁci) suralōkaṁb ēge
11ka(llē)ga(ṇḍa)[?1*]rāmaṇḍu taṇa[?2*]
12[1 line lost or illegible]
13[1 line lost or illegible]
14[1 line lost or illegible]
15[1 line lost or illegible]

Translation by Jens Thomas

Commentary

The text follows the edition of J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948: pages 342–343, № 639 in absence of a picture. The dots used in the edition to indicate lost or unintelligible characters can not clearly be attributed to a certain quantity of characters (one dot may indicate one or more lost or unintelligible characters).

Bibliography

The inscription was noted in A. R. No. 342 of 1922 and first published by J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948: pages 342–343, № 639 with few metadata and without translation. K. M. Sastri, while relying on J. Ramayya Pantulu’s edition, gives a short summary:

Refers to Manuja Triṇētra Baidumba mahārāja, with the usual praśasti of the Vaidumba kings, ruling the Rēnāṇḍu seven thousand, and a battle at Alagiṇḍi↓1 the details of which are not clear. Some one is said to have defeated and destroyed the army of Vajjirāju, and having killed Pakko... went to Heaven. (Sastri 1969, page 342)

Primary

Secondary

A. R. No. 342 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.
Pages 342–343, № 639.
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 342, № 90.

Notes

↑1. As indicated by four dots after the word alagi at the end of line 3 several akṣaras must be missing here according to J. Ramayya Pantulu’s edition. If the edition is correct the place name could not have been Alagiṇḍi.