inscriptions in the hassan district

4 Hassan Talttq.
famous kings from the banks of the Ganges to Lanka (Ceylon), and from the
rising to the setting sun.- In Ramesvara and other chief sacred places, he
made the sixteen and other great gifts, according to the sastras, surrounded
with learned men, and so increased his fame. (Omitting laudations:) From
Tippaji and Nagala-devi were born to him Nrisimha and Krishna-Raya.
The heroic Narasimha, seated on the jewel-throne in Vijayanagara, by his
fame and policy putting to shame Nriga, Nala, Nahusha and other kings of
the earth, ruled the kingdom from Setu to Suraeru and from the eastern to
the western mountains drawing the hearts of all to himself. All manner of
gifts did he make in Kanakasadas (Chidambram), in the temple of Virupaksha
(at Hampi), in the town of Kalahasti (North Arcot District), in Venkatadn
(Tirupati), in Kanchi (Conjeveram), in Srisaila (Karnul District), in Sonasaila
(Tiruvarmamalai), in the great Hanhara (Chitaldroog District), in Ahobala
(Karnul District), in Sangama, in Sriraiiga (near Tnchinopoly), in Kumbhaghdna
(Tanjore District), in the Mahanandi-tirtha, in Nivritti, in Gdkarna (North-
Kanara District), in Ramasetu (Madura District), and many other sacred
places, —namely, every variety of the great gifts, such as the golden egg, the
golden wheel, the golden pot, the golden cow, the seven golden seas, the
wishing tree, the golden cow of plenty, golden earth, gold horse-chariot, a
man's weight in gold, a thousand cows, a golden horse, the golden-wombed
(Brahma), gold elephant-chariot, and the five ploughs. Having ruled a perfect
kingdom unopposed, this king of the earth, famed for his virtues, went to
svarga, as if to rule the kingdom of the sky.
Mightier even than him, the king Krishna-Raya took the earth upon his
| shoulders as if a jewejjed spatulette. (For laudatory stanzas which follow, see
Md. 55). In Kanchl, Srisaila, Sonachala, Kanakasabha, Venkatadri and other
places, so as to add greatly to his glory, did he again and again bestow the
great gifts described in the sastras, together with the grants associated with
them. Pumsher of warlike kings, able in protecting the world which lies in
the arms of Sesha, pumsher of kings who break their word, giver of joy to his
dependents, fierce in war, styled rajadhiraja and raja-paramesvara, sultan
over the Hindu kings, destroyer of the tigers, the evil, a male bherunda,
distinguished by these and other titles; served by Anga, Vanga, Kahnga,
and other kings, with such words as "Look on us, great king! Victory!
Long life!"—his generosity praised by the wise, this king of kings Krishna-Raya,
seated on the jewel-throne in Vijayanagara, daily surpassing Nriga and all
others, shone in the power of good fortune and the fullness of fame from the
eastern to the western mountains, and from the extremity of Hemachala to Setu.
(On the date specified), at the time of the moon's eclipse, in the Sim
temple at Sriparvata, in the presence of Mallikarjuna, to Braumans of various
sskbss, gotras and sutras, renowned and versed in the Vedas, he made a grant