inscriptions in the hassan district

138 Arsikere Taluq.
whose son was the king Nrisimha, whose son was the king Ballala, whose son
was the king Narasunha. When he was ruling the kingdom, — dwellers at his
lotus feet, the bhakta-jana (or faithful) of Arasiyakere made deposits for a
permanent fund to provide for the perpetual lamp for the god Kattamesara
and Balesvara.
Here follows a list of donors and their gifts.
71
Date 1173 A. D.
Obeisance to Kesava. His two lotus feet the birthplace of the pure Ganga,
his navel the birthplace of Brahma, his broad chest the first resting place of
Sri, — who can farther describe the ancient exalted Kesava's glory?
Usual account of the rise of the Yadu-vamsa, in which arose the king Sala.
On his prostrating himself to a certain holy yogindra, who was sinless, versed
in the knowledge of incantations and without fear, — he, looking on the king
Sala, and thinking with affection 'I will give him empire 1) performing
suitable worship to bring the goddess Vasantika of Sasakapura into subjection,—
when, in order by any means to break (the spell), she sprang forth
in the form of a tiger, on which the yogi exclaiming 'you hit it, Sala' {mm
poy Sala), that bravo warrior unshaken smote it with his cane, — whence the
name Poysala was acquired by the Yadu kings, together with a boon from the
goddess, and the tiger and cane as their crest. The tiger crest and the cane
being their proper emblems, in the Yadu-vamsa arose many of great fame,
by their courage putting down a host of hostile kings. In that line (omitting
laudations) arose Vinayaditya. His offspring was Erega, whose wife was
Echala-Devi. To them were born Ballala, Vishnu and Udayaditya. The middle
one of these became the chief. His son was Narasimha, whose wife was
fiohala-Devi. Their son was vira-Ballala; his praises.
Be it well. When, (with usual titles), Hoysala Ballala-Deva, protecting
the lands bounded by Hima and Seta, putting down the evil and upholding the
good, was in the residence of Dorasamudra, ruling the kingdom of the world
in peace and wisdom —
Dwellers at his lotus feet, were the royal inspector heggades and Brahmans
of Arasiyakere, whose greatness was as follows:—The head-jewel of great
ministers, chief of the treasury enclosure (bhanddra-vddi), was the lord Harihara,
who caused to be erected a temple for the lord of Lakshmi. In Arasiyakere,
adorned with a tank like the milk ocean the source of wealth (or Sri), with
great mums and Brahman Aradhyas, with a pleasure-ground surrounded with
vines of plenty, with betel gardens, with mango and other trees like trees of
plenty vibrating with the sound of crickets, with a band of courtesans beautiful
l) This it more clearly expressed in No. 82 below, here it ia ambiguous.