inscriptions in the hassan district

146 Arsikere Taluq.
87
Date $ about 1090 A D.
Be it well. When, (with usual Chalukya titles), Tribhuvanamalla-Deva's
victorious kingdom was extending on all sides: —
And, a dweller at his lotus feet, (with usual Hoysala titles), the mahamandalesvara
Tribhuvanamalla Hoysala-Deva was ruling hill and ? dale
(maleyum mandamam) under the shadow of his sole umbrella: — (No meaning
can be made out of what follows).
Obeisance to Sarasvati. — ? The chief Desi of the Sarasvati-gana, .. .
? having seen a tiger, .. Puligere made the Arasiyakere (or Pullarasiyakere) 1 '
and set up (this stone).
88
Date 1184 A D.
With the perfume of musk, a hand-dagger, a golden sheath, a small rattle
(gaggara), a garland of pearls, armlets, a water-lily on his hair parting, a
thick sacrificial string, a tasselled cane, creaking ivory sandals, and earrings
of talc, on his body, the Brahmeya who wanders at night, — may he grant
our desires.
Praise of the Hoysaja kings from Vishnu to Ballala.
Be it well. When, (with usual titles, including) a submarine fire to the
ocean the Tuluva army, an elephant to the lotus garden the Pandya-kula,—
with these and all other titles, Hoysala vira-Ballala-Deva, putting down the
evil and upholding the good in the whole circle of the earth, was in the
residence of Dorasamudra, ruling the kingdom in peace and wisdom: —
Dwellers at bis lotus feet were the royal inspector heggades Revanna and
Ketamalla, and all the subjects of Arasiyakere; to describe whose greatness: —
(After praises of the former), with beautiful full tanks, with lofty Siva temples,
with bands of tasteful gallants, with courtesans/with the sounds of divine
worship and song, —ever charming in various ways was Arasiyakere. Praise
of the great minister, the senior treasurer K6sava-deva or KeSiraja, who had
acquired great merit by providing for regular worship of the gods
And the worshipper of the feet of the god Brahmayya, Ketamma, who had
the stone, brick and mortar work of the god Brahma's mantapa done, and his
image made and consecrated, was like an incarnation of merit. His senior
uncle was Bitta-gaunda, his father Baruraa-gaunda, his mother Darave,—how
great was Ketamalla.
Be it well. By order of Hoysala vtra-Baliaja-Deva, the royal inspector
heggades Revanna and Ketamalla, the senior treasurer Kesava-deva, with the
1) The Princess's tank or the Princess Pullis tank.