Hero stone of Śrī Ēḷuḷakālavilmeṟe

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-05-22Z

Editor:   J. Ramayya Pantulu.

DHARMA Identifier: INSTelugu00078

Hand Description:

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Origin: Written in 880.

Classification: commemorative-memorial-hero memorial

Languages: Telugu

  1. Predominantly in Telugu, script and

Corresponding Artefact: ARTTelugu000071 inscription on On one of three slabs set up in a field at Mudivēḍu

Layout: 9 lines are observed/preserved on the artifact.

Edition

1svasti śrī kalivade-
2jamunṟu vāri maganṟu
3śrī vāṇakabhāru
4maganṟu ¿vō?⟨vā⟩ri cē-
5ta paṭṭa(ṁ) kaṭṭabaḍi-
6navānṟu śrī Ēḷuḷa-
7kālavilmeṟe
8sōramaḍi kayyaṁbu-
9na boḍici paḍiye

Translation by Sastri 1969

Hail! Sri Ēḷuḷakāla Vilmeṟe who was anointed by the son of Śrī Vāṇakabhāru (who is) the son of Śrī Kalivadejamunṟu fought in the battle of Sōramaḍi and fell.

Translation by Jens Thomas

Commentary

The text follows the edition of J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948: page 340, № 629 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. 310 of 1922 and first published by J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948: page 340, № 629 with few metadata and without translation. K. M. Sastry 1969: page 340 provides a translation while relying on J. Ramayya Pantulu’s edition.

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Secondary

A. R. No. 310 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 340, № 629.
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 340, № 83.