Hero stone of Kuḷḷamma under the rule of Vīramahārāju

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-05-22Z

Editor:   J. Ramayya Pantulu.

DHARMA Identifier: INSTelugu00089

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Origin: Written in 835-880.

Classification: commemorative-memorial-hero memorial

Languages: Telugu

1. Predominantly in Telugu, script and

Corresponding Artefact: ARTTelugu000081 inscription on On a slab in front of the Maddemma temple to the south of Gaṅgireḍḍipalle

Layout: 10 lines are observed/preserved on the artifact.

Edition

¹svasti śrī vīra-
²mahārājula
²prithivirājyañ cē-
³ya ḻēmaṇḍaḷa śrī jaya-
⁴mā(yi) reseṟaḷukumbaḷa
⁵ko(ḍu)ku kuḷlammañ cē
⁶ramaṅgalambuna to-
⁷ṟṟu koṇṇaN poḍici
⁸peṭṭiñci paḍiye
⁹bī(ralō)kaṁb ēge

Translation by Sastri 1969

Hail! While the illustrious Vīramahārāja was ruling the earth, Ḷēmaṇḍala Śrī Jayamāyi (i. e. Śrī Jayamāi of Ḷēmaṇḍala) having fought with Kuḷḷamma, son of Reseṟaḷukumbaḷa for having taken away the cattle at Cēramaṅgalambu (and) having restored them fell (in the fight), and went to the word of heroes.

Translation by Jens Thomas

Commentary

The text follows the edition of J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948: page 340, № 631 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. 341 of 1922 and first published by J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948: page 340, № 631 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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A. R. No. 341 of 1922