inscriptions in the hassan district

28 Hassan Taluq.
89
Date 1135 A. D.
Praise of Sankara.
When (with an eloquent profusion of epithets, among which are) the lord
of Gandagiri, a thunderbolt in splitting the great rock Pandya, in the sport
of war bursting the heart of the Tulu king, a Bhairava of the last day to the
army of Jagaddeva, a powerful lion in devouring the fierce lion Somesvara,
manifesting his pride in war to Manikya-Devi of the Chakrakuta throne, a
skilful archer in destroying the pride of Adiyama, breaker down of the tree
Narasimha-Brahma, pleasing the Yoginis with draughts of blood in the skull
of Kalapala, his sword a Garuda in devouring the serpent Chengiri, raja of
the hill rajas, a fierce elephant in breaking down the plantain garden the
spears of IrungSla, covering up the points of the compass withMhe dust
raised by his armies, a Vainya in shaking with his bow the Chengiri mountain,
establisher with his own army of Patti-Perumala, having made his own
Talavana-pura, having taken the Kongu country, having acquire4 Nolambavadi,
having subdued Nila-parvvata, having taken possession of Kolala-pura,
having destroyed Kovatur, having shaken Tereyur, having crossed over
Vallur, having unbound Nangah-pura, having broken open the doors of
the Ghats, having terrified Kanchi-pura, (with other general epithets) —
Tribhuvana-malla, the strong-armed Vtra-Ganga Vishnuvarddhana-Deva,—
having by the might of his arm subjected the foreign countries bounded by
the lower ghat of Nangah on the east, Kongu on the south, Barakanur and
the other frontier places of Konkana on the west, and the Perddore on the
north, — was ruling the kingdom in peace and wisdom: —
Considered as a dweller at his lotus feet (with praises) was Keteya-Nayaka,
whose wife was Jakkiyabhe; and they had a daughter santala-Devi. She by
her beauty attracted the king, as the daughter of the milk ocean (Lakshmi)
attracted Purushottama (Vishnu), and obtaining his regard, had a lovely
daughter, Chikka-santale. When by favour of her own hushand Vira-Ganga
Vishnu-varddhana-Deva, she was ruling the kingdom, Santala-Devi herself and
her daughter went to the world of gods. And Jakkiyabhe, by the favour of
king Vishnu, erected Siva temples to the memory of her daughter and granddaughter,
in Elegunda in Nirggunda-nad, setting up therein Santalesvara and
Boppesvara.
And the maaha-mandalesvara Tribhuvana-malla, capturer of Talakadu, the
strong-armed Vtra-Ganga Hoysala-Deva (on the date specified) made a grant
in Elagunda in Nirgunda-nad of 3 shares for the god Mahadeva of the tfrtha
there, 14 shares for the Brahmans, and 3 shares for the princess's mother;
altogether 20 shares, in memory of Chikka-Santala-Devi, And the heggaditi