inscriptions in the hassan district

Hassan Taluq. 21
69
Date 1155 A. D
Praise of Sambhu . . . . . .
While — entitled to the five big drums, the maha-mandalesvara, a moon
to the water-lily the Yadu-kula, an ocean of virtue, the Yadava-Narayana, an
object of desire to the cleverest of the fair, in bravery the king of beasts,
raja of the hill-rajas, a thunderbolt in splitting the skull of Karapala,
champion over the hill-chiefs, master over the herd of adult elephants the
race of kings, lord of Gandagiri, Indra in reducing the mountain the pride of
the fierce Pandya, Brahma in wisdom, Garuda to the serpent the army of
Jagaddeva, Balarama in might, an axe in cutting down the tree Narasmgha-
Brahma, thunder to the swan the pride of Irungola, Pururava in attaining
the objects of human desire, a jewelled arch to the abode of the goddess of
victory, destroyer of the pride of Adiyama, a great serpent to the chiefs, a
Kandarppa in beauty, devoted to the remembrance of Vishnu, adorned with
valour, the champion who capturod Talakadu, unshaken, brave, a sarahha to
the lion Chengin, the equal of Adiraja, having received a boon from the goddess
Vasantika, scented like musk, with these and all other titles, — the mahamandalesvara,
the capturer of Talakadu Kongu Nangah Gangavadi Nonambavadi
Banavase and Hanungal, the strong-armed Vira-Ganga Kadamba
Vishnuvarddhana's dear son, Narasimha-Hoysala-Deva, putting down the evil
and upholding the good, was governing the Gangavadi Ninety-six Thousand
and the Konambavadi Thirty-two Thousand, his victorious kingdom
extending on all sides to continue as long as sun, moon and stars, and he
was in his residence in Dorasamudra, ruling the kingdom in peace and
wisdom: —
A dweller at his lotus-feet, was the great minister and general, senior
master of the robes, Bokimayya, whose bravery was as follows. —When the
great victor Bokana marches forth, is Chola not terrified, does not Malava
retire in fear, Kalinga run to the refuge of his hill-fort, Gujjara escape to
one side, or will they meet him in war and survive — this Garuda of Bitti-
Deva, in the middle of the earth? The Tulu country, the Changa king's
territory, the famous Bayalnad, the Konga king's dominion, the groat Chola
country, and the celebrated places in . . did he by the
strength of his own arm bring into subjection to his king, and was like a
band-mirror to the goddess of victory in all the earth — Bokana Annexing
the territory of hostile kings who would not submit, and protecting the
territory of chiefs who were shaking with fear, he brought the whole earth
into subjection to the king vira-Narasimlia, — the master of the robes,
Bokana, — as far as the western ocean.