Hero stone of Bīreya at Kurubalakōṭa mentioning Gaṇḍasaṅkali and the Cōḻas

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-05-22Z

Editor:   J. Ramayya Pantulu.

DHARMA Identifier: INSTelugu00080

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Origin: Written in 849-892.

Classification: commemorative-memorial-hero memorial

Languages: Telugu

1. Predominantly in Telugu, script and

Corresponding Artefact: ARTTelugu000073 inscription on On a slab in a field to the south of Kurubalakōṭa

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

Edition

¹svasti śrī gaṇḍasa(ṅka)liyya
²maṟandi koḻanaḍippibī-
³reya vallesappa yēḷuvānṟu
⁴sōḍuḷatōḍa poḍicci vīralō-
⁵kamb ēge

Translation by Sastri 1969

Hail! Koḻanaḍippi Bīreya, ruler of Vallesappa, (and) younger brother-in-law of Sri Gaṇḍasaṅkaliyya fought with the Cōdas and went to the world of heroes.

Translation by Jens Thomas

Commentary

The text follows the edition of J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948: page 339, № 626 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. 301 of 1922 and first published by J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948: page 339, № 626 with few metadata and without translation. K. M. Sastry 1969: page 338 provides a translation while relying on J. Ramayya Pantulu’s edition.

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A. R. No. 301 of 1922