[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Indian Epigraphy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965) › c16.s2.82 # Indian Epigraphy c16.s2.82 Indian Epigraphy c16.s2.82 - **Language:** English ### [c16.s2.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s2.82) The name of a king generally had the word \*śrī\* prefixed to it. Particular epithets were also sometimes prefixed to royal names. Thus certain medieval rulers of the Kannaḍa-speaking area prefixed words like \*Nūrmaḍi\*, \*Immaḍi\* and \*Mum-muḍi\* to their names probably to distinguish them from their predecessors bearing the same names.² But names like Kubja-Viṣṇuvardhana falls in another category in which a descriptive epithet was added to the name. The word \*vīra\* became a popular prefix to royal names in some families. Thus the later Gaṅga kings, alternately named Narasimha and Bhānu, are usually called Vīra-Narasimha and Vīra-Bhānu. The word \*pratāpa\* and sometimes the expression \*Vīra-pratāpa\* were similarly used as prefixes to royal names. The expression \*prauḍha-pratāpa\* was also used.³ - [Previous: c16.s2.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s2.81) - [Next: c16.s2.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s2.83) - [Up: c16.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s2.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s2.82) · Pramāṇa