inscriptions in the hassan district

Hassan Taluq 33
Cheugiri, Vallur, Chakragotta, Uchchangi, Virata's city, and Bankapura. Also
some account of a fight with Jagadeva's array, in which Basavana slew some
enemy and was offered a reward by Vishnuvarddhana) SAhani-Basavayya
(with various titles) having erected a temple at Purvvagave, (on the date
specified), washing the feet of KnyaSakti-pandita, he made a giant of land
(specified) to provide for the decorations and offerings of the god Kali-deva
and for the food of the ascetics
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Date 15.32 A. D.
Praise of Dharmesvara and Sambhu.
(On the date specified) when the maharajadhirJija raja-pdramesvara vira-
pratapa Achyuta-Deva-Raya-maharaya was ruling a peaceful kingdom, and
Narasimha's son, Krishna-Rlya's younger brother, Achyutendra was established
on the throne in Vidyanagan —
A full moon in raising the tide of the favour of that master of the four
oceans, devoted to the worship of Siva, son of Dandappa, was Timma-bhupala.
(His praises)
Achyuta-Deva-Raya-maharaya assigned to Kerega-Timmarasa the Santi-
grama-sime for his office of Amara Nayaka, —and he presented the village of
Vogarahalli theroin, belonging to Yeleyur, (on the date specified), in order to
provide for daily offerings to the god Dharmesvara and its processional image
Chandrasekhara, and for feeding 10 Brahmans, making it over to Devaru-
bhatta the priest. The grant is repeated three times (Usual final verbes )
Praise of Kesava and Siva
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Date 1123 A. D.
Rise of the Yadu race (as usual). In it arose a celebrated king Sala,
who in a certain forest, at the exclamation poy Sala of a chief mum, slew the
tiger, and obtained that as a name Of the Poysalas, who were loids of
Dvaravati, having the tiger crest, there was born in Sasapura the king Vina-
yaditya (Omitting laudations) His wife was Keleyabhe and they had a son
Ereyanga, whose wife was Echala-Devi. To them were born three sons,—
Ballala, Vishnu, and Udeyaditya. Vishnu and Ballala bit with their swords
the pride of Pandya who opposed them, seizing the wealth of his kingdom; and
in D6rasamudra destroying the army of Jagadeva, they let out the blood of his
elephants, capturing his treasury together with the central ornament of his
necklace. Mahesa his god, the goddess of victory his wife, his subjects his
territory, his allies, those related to him by marriage, his fame, which resembled
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