inscriptions in the hassan district

Hassan Taluq. 15
whose son was Vishnu. (Ihs praises, among which are the following.) Why is
the south wind delayed? why has it not set in yet? Because the breeze from
Malaya is impeded by blowing into the nostrils of the myriad skulls of his
enemies slain in king Vishnu's expeditions along the banks of the Kaveri.
(Also) Dhara, which was the stronghold of the Malava kings, and which had
been brought to great fame by king Bhdja, he swallowed, as if the preliminary
sip (aposana) before devouring the whole earth in his expedition to the north,—
who can describe such a hero? (Also) These are not mere eulogies, he having
gained the fame of Kripa and Arjuna, why should there be a separate Bharata
story? is not the history of king Vishnu enough?—To Vishnu and to Lakshmi-
Devi was born Narasimha. (His praises.)
While (with usual titles) Tribhuvana-malla, the capturor of Talakddu,
Gangavadi, Nonambavadi, Banavase, Hanungal, Ilalasige, and Beluvala; the strong-armed Vira
powerful arms the whole earth between Hima and Setu, putting down the evil
and upholding the good, was ruling the kingdom m the enjoyment of peace
and wisdom:—The dweller at his lotus-feet,—was the great minister Heggade-
Kahmeyya, whose high descent was as follows:—
Reading and explaining the Veda, studying the meaning of the Veda,
devoted to following the precepts of the Veda, delighter in the Veda, was a
great Brahmana named Govinda. His eldest son, by his justice, life, piety and
wealth, famed as chief in the world, was Naga-ltudra. His next younger
brother was Maddimayya, like maddu (medicine) to those in distress; whose
wife was Makavve. Their son, whose employer was Buchana, was Kahmayya
(his praises),
(With numerous titles) the great minister, Heggade-Kalimayya, having
set up the god Kalegvara in Jakkeyanahalli, belonging to Koravaiigala attached
to the great agrahara of Santigrama,—in order to provide for the ceremonies,
offerings and worship of the god, and for repairs of the temple and the food
of the ascetics, made a grant of certain lands (specified).
The priest of the temple was Sivasakti-Pandita, to whomKalimayya-Heggade
made over the temple. (Usual final verses.)
Engraved by Suryyana, acharyya of the scribes, Madana-Mahcsvara
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Date? 1176 A.D.
By order of the sharer in a thousand unalloyed supreme delights, equal
to a second Lakshml, a rutting elephant to co-wives, the senior queen Ketala-
Devi,—the Heggade-Bittiyanna and the Heggade-Malhyanna presented (on the
date specified) one hand-oil-mill for the perpetual lamp of the god Kalesvara