inscriptions in the hassan district

80 Belur Taluq.
land presented by himself or by another, is cooked in dreadful darkness ,} for
sixty thousand years. What has been given with (pouring of) water, what
has been enjoyed for three (generations), what has been maintained by just
persons, these may not be resumed, nor the grants of former kings.
.Whoso through avarice or desire takes away this, incurs the guilt of the
five great sins.
He it well with cows and Brahmans
122 2 )
Date 1660 A. D
Invocation of the Boar form of Hari. Praise of sambhu
(On the date specified), when the rajadhiraja raja-paramesvara vlra-pratapa
Sri-vira-Ranga-Raya-Deva-maharayalayya, seated on the jewelled throne in
Velapuri, was ruling the empire of the world:—He (titles and name repeatod),
the son of Gopala-Rajayya, and grandson of Arviti Rama-Raju-Raiigapa-Rajayya,
of the Atroya-gotra, Apastamba-sutra and Yajus-saklm, made to Kuchchayya,
son of Tiruvengalappa and grandson of Venkataya, of the Srivatsa-gotra,
Aivalayana-sutra and Rik-sakha, a grant of certain lands (specified) in
Halebiti belonging to the Belur-sime, (Repetition of the grant.)
Usual final verses. (Signed) srl-Rama.
123
Date 952 A. D.
(On the date specified), when Nanniya-Ganga, jayad-uttaranga, Butuga was
ruling the kingdom: — On the death of Moni-bhatara, disciple of Gunachandrabhatara,
disciple of Gunasagara-bhatara of the Kondakundavaya,— Kiriya-
Moni-bhatara, disciple of Abhayanandi-pandita-bhatara, erected tins monument
to him. Written by Sridharayya.
Praise not ? the effeminate''; go and praise the beloved, the treasury of
virtues, the donor in the world, the free from defect, — Mom, in Kellaiigere.
When Ballapa with great pride went there, saying 'I will slay and capture
it,'-—having spoken (or advised) so as to give him no chance, and by the aid of
archers held possession of Kellaiigere, — Moni-bhatara gained the applause and
affection of all the world,— how great was his energy.
Ballaya, son of the Basadi-oja rleleyammOja, made this.
1) This Is one department of Naraka or bell.
2) The inscription is in Telugu.
3) Penigalam—this word is not found In any of the dictionaries, possibly it may bo connected
with pedi or neds