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South Indian Inscriptions

 
 

GODAVARI DISTRICT, WEST
ELURU TALUK

         
268

Ēlūru.─Left side pillar (top) in the Vishṇumaṇḍapa, Fort at Gandhakam.

Kākatīya ….

Śaka 1234, Paridhāvi, Phālguṇa ba. 1, Monday = 1313 A.D., February 12, ∙88.

Telugu

States that the leṅkas, sahavāsis and others, who had come  to Ḍeṁdulūru, granted to god Bhīmanātha some land for expenses of offerings. The gift is stated to have been made for the merit of Pratāparudradēva-mahārāja.

269 Same pillar …. …. Śaka 1117 Telugu verse

States that Paṇṭanāyaka Pōtaya built the stone maṇḍapa for god Śiva.

270

Do.

….

….

Śaka 1127, Pushya, saṅkrānti.

Telugu

Registers the gift of money made by Errama-seṭṭi to god Bhīmēśvara-Mahādēva, to the east of Ḍendulūru.

 

271 Right pillar (top), same maṇḍapa …. …. …. Do.

 

Records the gift of land for the maintenance of a lamp.

272

Same pillar

….

….

Śaka 1109

Telugu verse

Damaged. Seems to record a donation made by Mulukaṭi Pōtama-seṭṭi of Dhanēśa-vaṁśa.

 

273 Same pillar (bottom) …. ….

Śaka 1156, Āshāḍha śu. 15, Monday = 1234 A. D., June 12, f.d.t., ∙07,

Do.

Damaged. Seems to record a donation made by some pious devotees of Ḍendulūru to god Bhīmēśvara-Mahādēva.

 

274 Same pillar …. …. Śaka 11.., Uttarāyaṇasaṅkrānti, Do.

States that provision was made by some person (name lost) for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of god Bhīmēśvara.

 

275

Broken pillar lying at the Bazaar Post Office.

…. …. …. Do. Indistinct. In characters of about the 10th century.

GUNTUR DISTRICT
ONGOLE TALUK

276

Kanuparti.─Ēlēśvara temple, stone slab near the threshold.

Eastern Chālukya Vijayāditya …. Sanskrit, Telugu Damaged. Published in NDI, Vol. II, Ongole, No. 57.
277

Sītārāmasvāmin temple, stone in front of the temple.

…. …. Śaka 12[23], Kārttika [śu. 11], Friday, Śatabhishaj = 1301 A.D., October 13, f.d.t. ∙39 ; ∙75.

Sanskrit and Telugu, Telugu.

Records a gift of land for the expenses of worship and offerings to Malamaṇḍala-Perumāḷ of Mōṭṭuppalli by Kāmana-bōya. Ibid., No. 54.

278

Do. Stone in the prākāra

Vijayanagara Vīra-Dēvarāya

Śaka 1348 (gajaabdhi- jvalanaśaśi), Parābhava, Māgha śu. 11, Thursday = 1427 A.D., January 9.

 

Do.

States that the chief (mentioned below) remitted certain taxes on the temple and Brāhmaṇa holdings in Kōśambikāpurī situated at the confluence of the Brahmakuṇḍi, 12 yōjanas to the east of Śrīśaila. The Telugu version of the grant refers to the place as Kanuparru and mentions the donor as Mahā maṇḍalēśvara Vīra-Aubhaḷadēva Chōḍa-mahārāja, son of Sambeṭa Ālamandala Nuṁkayadēva Chōḍa-mahārāja. The remission is stated to have been made for the merit of Vīra-Dēvarāya-mahārāya, his queen Dēmā-ammaṅgāru and the crown prince Vijaya Bukkarāya. Ibid., Nos. 55 and 56.


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