inscriptions in the hassan district

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marine fire to the ocean the Pandya race, a wild fire to the sprouts of the
creeper the fame of Pallava, a sarabha to the lion Narasimhavarmma, his
unshaken fame a lamp into which Kalapala and other kings fall like winged
white-ants, the twang of his bow putting to flight the deer the Vanga, Anga,
Kahnga and Simhala kings, Kanchipura resounding with his orders as with
the sharp sounds of drums (named), the wives of hostile kings employed in bis
house as female servants, squeezing in his hand the southern Madhurapura,
having destroyed Jananathapura l ) by his general, — Kanchi-gonda ') Vikrama-
Uariga vira-Vishnuvarddhana-Deva, protecting under his sole umbrella the
Gangavadi Ninety-six Thousand, the Nonambavadi Thirty-two Thousand and
the Banavase Twelve Thousand, was ruling the kingdom in peace and
wisdom: —
Beared up from the root the feet of that emperor of the Kshatra-kula,
and nourished by the stream of the nectar of his favour, was Vishnu-dandadhipa
(compared to the tree of plenty) (His praises.)
When (with numerous epithets, among which are), a sun to the Kasyapagotra;
the beloved son of Chinnama, possessed of all learning acquired at
the feet of the emperor of logicians, Sripala-tramdya-deva, who was named
Vadfbhasirhha, invested by Kanchi-gonda Vikrama-Ganga Vishnuvarddhana-
D§va with the rank of mahd-prachanda-dandandtha; having in half a month
completed an expedition of victory to the south, pleasing his king to horripilation
with all the wealth and elephants he bad captured in attacking and
uprooting groups of brave kings on the shore of the ocean; the flames of
Rayar«\yapura, which was consumed by his valour, drying up the hearts of the
Chera, Chola, Pandya and Pallava kings; strewing the battle-field with the
brains of the elephants m the Konga army; erecting pillars of victoiy to his
master in his victorious expedition to the south, adorned by the Sahya
mountains; a right-hand to Vishnuvarddhana-Deva; —with these and all other
titles, the great minister, Immadi-dandauayaka Bittiyanna, being both
sarvvadhikari and benefactor of all people, was in peace: —
3) Among the titled marayas who is there like you in the world? Bung
quickly tribute from Kongu". — On the king thus ordering, in half a paksha
he put to flight Chengiri, burnt his city, plundered his territory, took an
astonishing amount of tribute, and brought it in with a troop of lusty
elephants, — Vishnu-dandadhinatha. "This boy will take Kongu, will he not?
He will bring in the troop of elephants, will he not? with his golden smile"—
While even the powerful were thus speaking in alarm, he fought the hostile
kings, put them to flight, subdued Konga so that the earth raised an outcry,
and by the power of his arm brought the troop of elephants to his ruler, and
1) The first letter has evidently been altered to Ji, but Chikmagalur No. 160 shows the correct reading
2) Capturer of Kaoohl. 3) This is a description in verse of exploits previously referred to in prose
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