inscriptions in the hassan district

Hassan Taktq. 19
the slopes of the Sahya mountains, when in a certain place a tiger hounded
out to devour a muni who was there doing penance. That mum, in order to
test his bravery, said pay Sola, on which he immediately killed the tiger with
his dagger. The muni being pleased, conferred on him the tiger as a
victorious crest and that exclamation as a victorious name From which
time forth the Yadu-vaihsa itself was reckoned as the Poysala-vamsa
In that line, — though there be twelve adityat (suns), the glory of
Vmayaditya was such as to outshine them all. His wife (omitting laudations)
was Kcleyabharasi Their son was Ereyanga, by whose anger was burnt up
Bali's city, calling to mind the destruction wrought by Rama's tire-arrows.
His wife was Echala-Devi, who bore three sons, — Ballala, Vishnu, and
Udayaditya. Mahesa, the chief object of his worship, the goddess of victory,
his choson wife; his subjects, his kingdom; his relations by marriage, his
allies; his fame, which resembled the milk in the cocoa-nut, his treasury: —
thus did Ballala acquire all greatness in the world.
First acquiring the wealth of the Poysala kingdom, and holding it with
the strength of his arm, as his power grew, his commands were issued beyond
the points of the compass, and seizing by force Talakadu, he becamo the
first in the Ganga kingdom, the upraiser of the Yadu-vamsa,— Vishnu-bhupfilaka
The Earth goddess was immovable as a statue in the pillar of his
arm, while the goddess of valour by forced labour fed his sharp sword, so
that it should not wasto away; and Yama gave up his buffalo on which to
carry away the corpses of his slain enemies' — who could fight against him,
who conquer him, who stand before him without trembling? The Tulu
country, Chakragotta, Talavanapura, Uchchangi, Kolala, the seven Male,
Vallur, Kanchi, Hadiya-ghatta terrible to behold, Bayalnad the Nilachala hillfort,
the great Rayarayapun, Tereyur, Koyatdr, Gondavadi—all these did
he take with a frown, the mighty and powerful king Vishnu.
Be it well While, entitled to the five big drums, the maha-mandalesvaia,
boon-lord of Dvaiavati-pura, receiver of a boon from the goddess Vasantika
of Sasakapura, a proud royal swan of the banks of the Kaveri, the capturer
of Talakadu Kongu Nangali Gangavadi Nonambavfuli Banavase and Hanungal,
the strong-armed Vira-Ganga Vishnuvarddhana-Poysnla-Deva, — protecting
all the earth lying within the Nangah-ghat on the east, Koiigu on the south,
Barakanur on the west, and Savimale on the north, — was in his residence at
Dorasamudra, ruling the kingdom of the world in peace and wisdom —
A dweller at his lotus-feet, was Koneya-sarikara-Dandanatha, deceiver of
those who deceive, smiter of those who attack him, turning and striking but
once, the champion who took off the head of Kallatti-Loka, an ornament to
the face of dandanathas When the Maleyalas, palhkaras, valiant sons of
kings, ddalajas who were masters of the horse, and generals of feudatory kings,
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