inscriptions in the hassan district

Belur Taluq. 97
155
Date 1280 A. D
(On the date specified), when the pratapa-chakravartti Hoysana vita-
Narasimha-Devarasa was in the royal city Dorasamudra, ruling the kingdom
in peace and wisdom: —the great minister Perumale-Deva-dannayaka's mother
Manchiyakka, for the purpose of erecting vrtndavanas, bought certain land
(specified), paying the proper price of the time into the hands of the Srivarshnava
Brahmans of Vijaya-Narasimhapura and the hands of the builders And
they will therefrom provide for two servants to plant flower-shrubs on three
tolasi-vrinddvanas, and every year to present flowering lavender to the god
Narasimha, and for ? feeding forty people in the name of the god in future,—
altogether provision for the living of 42 persons
And to provide for the ceremonies and offerings (specified) on the day of
the god's festival and his going on a visit, Perumale-Deva-dannayaka granted
certain lands (specified)
Both these ordinances (repeated) Devappanna's son Appanna and all those
Srivaishnava Brahmans will carry out without any defect, free of all imposts,
as long as sun and moon endure (Usual final verse.)
156 to 158
Grants (in Tamil) by Andiyakka, wife of Vandiyanna, and her son Sokku,
to srivaishnavas, for (the god) Smga-Perumal
161
Date? 1285 A. D.
(On the date specified) the great minister Sovanna-Nayaka's (son) Gopuladannayaka,
for the holy visit of the god Narasimha and worship of the gurus,
deposited with the Vaishnavas 3 gadydna From the interest on this, at the
rate of 1 haga a month, amounting to 9 pana a year, to the reciters of mantra
and gita will be given. ., for Vaishnava worship 1 pa, for the offerings to
the god 6 pa. (Engraved by) the royal sculptor Mabhaloja
162
Date? 1158 A.D.
When (with usual titles) Hoysala Narasinga-Deva was in Dorasamudra,
ruling the kingdom of the world in peace and wisdom: — a dweller at his
lotus-feet, Udayaditya-Nayaka (on the date specified) made a grant of land
(specified) under the tank he had constiucted, for the god Billesvara
(Usual final phrases.)
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