Hero stone of Śrī Meddi under the rule of Candragaṇḍatriṇētravīramahārāju

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-05-22Z

Editor:   J. Ramayya Pantulu.

DHARMA Identifier: INSTelugu00077

Hand Description:

---

Additional Metadata

Alternative identifier:

Origin: Written in 880.

Classification: commemorative-memorial-hero memorial

Languages: Telugu

1. Predominantly in Telugu, script and

Corresponding Artefact: ARTTelugu000070 inscription on On a slab in a field at Mudivēḍu

Layout: 8 lines are observed/preserved on the artifact.

Edition

¹svasti śrī candra-
²gaṇḍatriṇētravīrama-
³hārāju pritivirājya-
⁴ṁbu sēya kuṟṟuma(ḍu)-
⁵v ēḷuvānṟu (gā)guḷla kā(ḍa)-
⁶mma śrī me(ddi) sōravāḍi
⁷kayyaṁbuna poḍi-
⁸ci paḍiye vīnṟi[?1*]yakunṟu

Translation by Sastri 1969

Hail! While the illustrious Candragaṇḍa Triṇetra Vīramahārāja was ruling the earth, Śrīmeddi of Gāguḷḷakāḍamma, ruler of Kuṟṟamaḍuvu fought in the battle of Sōravāḍi and fell.

Translation by Jens Thomas

Commentary

The text follows the edition of J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948: page 339, № 628 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. 307 of 1922 and first published by J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948: page 339, № 628 with few metadata and without translation. K. M. Sastry 1969: page 339 provides a translation while relying on J. Ramayya Pantulu’s edition (omitting the akṣaras after paḍiye).

Primary

Secondary

A. R. No. 307 of 1922