Pannasa given to Pāṟacāri by Gaṇḍatriṇētra Baydumbamahārāju

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2025-01-09Z

Editor:   J. Ramayya Pantulu.

DHARMA Identifier: INSTelugu00081

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Origin: Written in 835-880.

Classification: donative-religious land grant

Languages: Telugu

  1. Predominantly in Telugu, script and

Corresponding Artefact: ARTTelugu000074 inscription on On a slab in a field near Gālivāṇḍlapalle, hamlet of Guḍupalle

Layout: 11 lines are observed/preserved on the artifact.

Edition

1svasty anēkasama-
2rasa(ṁ)ghaṭṭaṇōpa-
3labdhajayalakṣmī-
4samāliṁgitavakṣa-
5sthala gaṇḍatriṇētra
6śrī baydumahārāju
7sabbēta(vva ū)ri me(yke)-
8ṭivinakuccava pāṟa-
9cāriki iccina pannasa
10ḻaccinavānṟu bāranāsi ṟacci-
11navānṟu

Translation by Sastri 1969

Hail! Gaṇḍa Triṇētra Baydumba Mahārāju, whose breast is embraced by the Goddess of victory obtained in several conflicts of battles, gave a pannasa to Meykeṭivinakuccava Pāṟacāri of Sabbetavva village. He who destroys (it) incurs the sin of destroying Bāranāsi.

Translation by Jens Thomas

Commentary

The text follows the edition of J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948: page 341, № 635 in absence of a picture.

Bibliography

The inscription was noted in A. R. No. 338 of 1922 and first published by J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948: page 341, № 635 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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Secondary

A. R. No. 338 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 341, № 635.
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 341, № 87.