[INDOLOGY] Andhra toponymy

[Nagaraj Paturi]

http://www.e-books-chennaimuseum.tn.gov.in/ChennaiMuseum/images/books/CATALOGUE%20OF%20COPPER%20PLATE%20GRANTS.pdf

Five *copper-plates *discovered sometime before 1887. during the
excavation of earth at the Atikavani tank in the *Chikkulla agrahara*
*in the Tuni division of the Godavari district *by Pindi
Nammayya of U,PperaguQem, a hamlet of Amalapuram, In the
GolgoI)Qa taluk of the Vizagapatam district, and received from the
Collector of Vizagapatam in 1896-97 to whom the plates were sent
.. '
by the karnam of Amaillpuram" who secured them, when they were
offered for sale in 1895 by the wife of Nammayya. The plates
are strung on a ring, the ends of which are soldered to a circular
seal bearing: in relief on the countersunk surface a lion.
The inscription is in Sanskrit, though Prakrit words occur now
and then. The script employed is pre-Chalukyan.

On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 10:38 PM, Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Search for Chikkulla Agraharam yielded :
>
> 426. Like in Kanchipuram, in the 6th Century itself the Kings of the
> Telugu speaking lands had cared for and nurtured such Gatikas. There were
> such Gatikas on the banks of Godavari River. In Tuni Taluqa, in a place
> known as Chikkulla Agraharam, while digging for a pond, a copper plate
> Saasanam was found. It was mentioning about a Vikramendra Varma II of
> Vishnu Kuntina Vamsa or dynasty, who accumulated a lot of meritorious PuNya
> (merits as opposed to Sins), by establishing proper facilities for a
> Gatika; Quote, “yataa vidhi vinirmapita katika vaapta puNya sanjayasya”
> Unquote.
> (To be continued.)
> Sambhomahadeva.
>
> at http://advaitham.blogspot.in/2010/08/deivathin-kural-53-
> vol-4-dated-08-aug.html
>
> On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 10:30 PM, Arlo Griffiths <
> arlogriffiths at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Dominik and Nagaraj.
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>> Yes, for course Tk. was (my own abbreviation) for Taluk. I am supposing
>> Tuni is nowadays a 'mandal', although I haven't confirmed this yet.
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>> Nagaraj: short of being able to travel to Tuni taluk/mandal to ask local
>> people, how would one find out what "Ch." stands for in this case? And what
>> cultural practice lies behind abbreviating the identifying part of toponym?
>>
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>> Best,
>>
>>
>> Arlo Griffiths
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>> Kolleru Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in India located in
>> state of Andhra Pradesh 15 kilometers away from the city of Eluru. Kolleru
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>> *From:* Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Saturday, June 17, 2017 5:32 AM
>> *To:* Dominik Wujastyk
>> *Cc:* Indology; Arlo Griffiths
>> *Subject:* Re: [INDOLOGY] Andhra toponymy
>>
>> Place names beginning with initials is common in Telugu. This is not
>> limited to agraharams.
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>> On Jun 17, 2017 5:26 AM, "Dominik Wujastyk via INDOLOGY" <
>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>
>>> "Tk" may be for "Taluk," though your online resource says it's a Tehsil.
>>>
>>> The names of agraharams that I'm aware of in the Thanjavur district are
>>> not abbreviated in the way you describe.  Rather, they seem to be named
>>> always in full, even if long.
>>>
>>> Thank you for villageinfo.in ! Wonderful resource.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Dominik
>>>
>>> --
>>> Professor Dominik Wujastyk
>>> <http://ualberta.academia.edu/DominikWujastyk>
>>> ,
>>>
>>> Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity
>>> ,
>>>
>>> Department of History and Classics
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>>> ,
>>> University of Alberta, Canada
>>> .
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>>> On 15 June 2017 at 06:33, Arlo Griffiths via INDOLOGY <
>>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Colleagues,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am looking to identify the modern coordinates of an epigraphic find
>>>> spot in Andhra Pradesh for which data from colonial times indicate "Chikula
>>>> agrahāra, East Godavari, Tuni Tk.". Searchuing with the name Chikulla
>>>> or Chikulla I don't find anything. But within Tuni (mandal?) I have found a
>>>> "Ch. Agraharam" (https://villageinfo.in/andhra
>>>> -pradesh/east-godavari/tuni/ch-agraharam.html). This, I presume, must
>>>> be my place.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is it common in AP nowadays not to spell out the name of agraharams?
>>>> (It reminds me of the Telugu naming pattern with a first initial which is
>>>> never spelt in full — although perhaps there is no connection.)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Arlo
>>>>
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> --
> Nagaraj Paturi
>
> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
>
>
> BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra
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> BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala
>
> Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies
>
> FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
>
> (Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )
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-- 
Nagaraj Paturi

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.


BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra

BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala

Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies

FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,

(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )


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