inscriptions in the hassan district

50 Belur Taluq.
pleased him with his great attachment,— Vishnu-dandadhinatha. While the
regents of the points of the compass in their respective stations were trembling
and hiding themselves, while Ch61a, Lala and other kings running away,
shut themselves up trembling with their wives in hill-forts and were lamenting,
Vishnu put to flight the kings along the seashore and plundered all their
wealth. Rayarayapura was burnt, and seeing the smoke of the flames spreading
towards Kanchi, the minds of Ch61a, Chcra and Pandya were filled with
fear,- thus did the flame of Vishnu's valour grow brighter- And by his unequalled
ronown he made famous the glory and name of both families, his
father's and his mother's, and of the ruler who had protected him To describe
his descent — In the yuga created by the blessed Adi Brahma there was
Kasyapa Prajapati; from whom in the pure Kasyapa-gotra arose many great
ones; after whom, an abode of praise and renown, was (omitting laudations)
Udayaditya, whose wife was Santiyakka. Their son was Chinna-Raja-dandadhisa,
who bore the burden of king Ereyanga's territory His wife was
Chandale, and their son was Udayana, a full moon in raising the waters of the
ocean the kingdom of the Yadava kings After bearing several daughters,
she bore another son, Vishnu, who daily increased in size and glory like the
new moon.
On his growing up with indications of all good qualities, as a reward to
the household of an hereditary minister and a meritorious family, Kanchigonda
Vikrama-Ganga Vishnuvarddhana-Deva, treating him like a son, himself had
his up army aria performed with great festivities And after seven or eight
years of age, when he had become proficient in all the science of arms,
obtaining for him a virgin-jewel, the daughter of his own chief minister,
distinguished by all auspicious marks and well-born, that Vishnuvarddhana-
Deva himself lifted up a golden halala and pouring water on his hand, gave
away the virgin, thus providing him with a marriage of unimagined happiness.
And at the age of ten or eleven, having become as sharp as kutsa grass in
intelligence, and perfect in the four tests of character, Vishnuvarddhana-
Deva noting this and praising him, with his own hand invested lum with the
titlo of trmhA-pradianda-dandandtha, with double confidence, and giving him
all authority, he became the sarvvddhikdri and benefactor of all the people.
Having succeeded in an unequalled, victorious expedition, he obtained the
leputation of being invincible, and all the people in the world loving him for
the brightness of his fame, were reminded by his brave exploits of the great
men of old time, - Immadi-dandanayaka.
When his youth had matured, having gained experience of all public
affairs, and made many gifts in great holy places, he erected this Vishnuvarddhana-
Jinalaya in Dorasamudra, the capital of the Yadava kingdom
Loyalty, disinterestedness, continence And courage.