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No. 9.)
THE BEZWADA PILLAR INSCRIPTION OF YUDDHAMALLA.
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been able to ascertain the exact meaning of vēradu (11. 39 and 40) and provisionally regard it as & corruption of virudu, a hero. Jatra : this is a corruption of the Sanskpit word yātrā. The correct tadbhava form would be jātara. The form jātra represents an earlier stage in the process of phonetic decay, and is perhaps taken from the Prakrit. Gomara-svāmi (11. 7 and 8): the correct Sansksit form of this compound is Kumāra-svåmin. The Telugu tadbhava form would be Komara-bāmi, and it should be ao pronounced here. As in the case of the word jatra, the form used in the verse represents an intermediate form of the word.
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First (or front) side. 1 Svasti nsip-āmkus=atyanta-va[tsa)2 la satya-Trimētra | vistara-śri-Yu[ddha)3 Mallund- anavadya-vikhyāta-kirtti |-3 4 prastuta-raj-asrayundu dri-bhu5 van-abharanunda sakala | vastu-sa6 [mojtundu rāja-Salki-bhū-vallabhu7 pd-arttin [ll 1°] Paraganga Bejavadam Goma8 ra-svāmiki7 bhaktuņd-ai gadiyu 1 ni. 9 rupama-mati npipa-dhåmund-ettichche 10 n[elgi-di[rehohe] mathamba 10 goragal-gåklora11 l-indu vidisi brindabula goni-ya12 da-vāru [1] • rigāka yab-Bara. 13 nägil vrachchina pāpamba go14 ndru 1.1.2*] Velayamgan-iy=yottu lassi 15 malinur-ai viţisina [m] bro. 16 la [l*l gala 15täna-patuluna rā17 j[u]-pattabum.18gattina pati
Second (or left) side.17 18 ya-[l*]n=aliyar18 bay-värals 19 Velvarimchinan-afvamodhambu [17 -20 phalam b=1'apökshimchini limgarb-4-20 21 lisins påpambu damaku [13] Ja
1 From ink-impressions.
Read - Mallud-ao. Telugu grammar requires a half anusvāra aftor - Mallu.
. The mark of ponctuntion is bore represented by three vertical strokes and a horizontal, as in the PallavaGrantha inscriptions. Other marks of punctuation throughout the inscription are represented by a single vertical stroke, the danda. . Read Sharanunu.
Read =ariti. • For the full anusvåra rend half anua vara. 1 The correct form of the word would be Gomara-sämi. • Read Bhaktud-ai with half annarära after ktu... Read .dhamud ottiche with hall annetära after mu. 1. Bead mathamu.
11 Metre requires the syllable l=gå to be short, 1 Read brindarbu.
11 Read onasi. * Read half amuspära sfter na-.
15 Read athana
* Read .paffahbr. 11 The writing on this face has to be read from the bottom upwards. 14 Read aliya with a ball anwsodra after yo. ** Read phalan-wpåkommolina.
** Read lithgam=a
