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Chapter 4 (Cntd) MORPO-PHONEMIC
CHANGES IN THE PLACE NAME BARAKURRU
AND IT DERIVATION For
a proper study and
interpretation of a place name it is necessary to know the earliest
form of
the name and the later changes that it has undergone from time to time. We may first
trace the morpho-phonemic changes epigraphs and then
proceed to
the derivation of the earliest form
of the name.The earliest form of
the name
available in the
Durga (Mahalakshmi) temple inscription of Hosala in Barakuru.
On palaeographical grounds
it is
assignable to the 11th century A.D.
This is the earliest
form of the name available
in records.
But in course of time the name Barahakanyapura came to be used in records
instead of Barakuru.
K. V. Ramesh
has argued
that Kavi
Alupendra shifted
his capital
from Udyavara
to Barakuru
after 1144 A.D.
Gururaj Bhatt has
taken this event of
the transfer of the capital to the 11th century A.D. Somewhere during
this period, after the acceptance of
Barakuru as
the capital city
by the Alupas
this trasformation
of the
name Barakanuru into Barahakanyapura
took place. Another point that
attracts our
attension in this connection is the association of the story of Bhutalapandya with the
name Barahakanyapura The traditional account has it
that Bhutalapandya
married 12
Jaina maidens
and hence
the town
took its
name accordingly. Though the credibility of the story of
Bhutalapandya can not
be established it seems that there is some connection between the
story of Bhutalapandya and
the name of Barahakanyapura. The
name Barahakanyapura which had royal sanction came to be used in royal records. This is evidenced by kote epigraph of
1254 A.D. The first epigraph that mentions the form Barakuru is of
Virapandyadevalpendra deva dated
1257 A.D. While
Alupas continued
to use in their
royal records the
old name Barahakanyapura, Hoysalas gave royal sanction to Barakuru, the
new form of the old name Barakanuru. Under Vijayanagara administration
and Nayakas of Keladi, the same form was retained. Thus
"Barakanuru" the earliest form of the name gave rise to "Barakuru".
In between we have Barakanyapura a form probably found only in
records and not used
by common man which is easier in pronounciation.
Hence he adopted Barakuru instead of Barakanuru and recently even
this form has been
shortened into BARKUR. |
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