inscriptions in the hassan district

140 Arsikere Taluq.
100 lamps a day, the faithful people made to the Brahmans grants as
follows • — (here comes the list).
74 and 76
Date 1203 A. D.
Grants for the garland-makers of the god.
76
Date about 1220 A. D
Praise of sambhu. Praise of the Hoysalanvaya, in which was Padmala-
DevS, who bore Narasimha.
When, (with usual titles) Hoysala-vira-[Narasimhal-Deva was in the
residence of Dorasamudra, ruling the kingdom in peace and wisdom: —
(rest effaced)
77
Date 1220 A. D
Praise of the Jina sasana. Usual account of the rise and genealogy of
the Hoysalas, down to Ballala
When, (with usual titles), the pratapa-chakravartti Hoysala vira-Ballala-
Deva, putting down the evil and upholding the good in all the world, was in
the residence of Dorasamudra, ruling the kingdom in peace: —
Dwellers at his lotus feet were the Jain townsmen of Arasiyakere; hearing
of whose steadfastness in the essence of the three jewels and ability to
maintain the dharmma, Recharasa, the eminent councillor of the Kalachuryyakula,
taking refuge at the lotus feet of that Ballala, set up in Arasiyakere
the image of Sahasra-kuta Jina,— and for the eight kind of ceremonies for
that god, for the livelihood of the pujari and servants, and repairs of the
temple, — obtaining Handarahaju-from the king Ballala, — made it over to the
guru of his line, — of the sri-Mula-sarigha, Desi-gana, Pustaka-gachcha and
Ingulesvara-bah, Maghanandi-siddhanta-dova's disciple Subhachandra-traividyadeva's
disciple, — Sagaranandi-siddhanta-deva.
To describe the greatness of Recharasa who (thus) protected the Jain townspeople,
and -of Arasiyakere: — praise of Recha-chamupa, who acquired the
name of the sole friend of the world. To those who properly observe, in the
celebrated Arasiyakere the Brahmans were versed in the vedas, the guards
brave, the traders wealthy, the fourth caste of unshaken speech, the women
beautiful, the labourers submissive, the temples ornaments to the world, the
tanks deep and wide, the woods full of fruit, the gardens full of flowers.
With lotuses covered with bees, with groves filled with parrots and cuckoos,
with tanks overflowing, pervaded with the perfume of gandhasdh rice, filled