inscriptions in the hassan district

152 Arsikere Taluq.
earth, — thus was Vinayayta Poysala renowned in this world. Hostile kings
who would not submit he knocked down like balls, and by his skill the Poysala
king brought them into obedience to the ruler of Kuntala and to himself.
That king Vinayaditya ruled from the west as far as to Talakadu like Devendra,
so that all the world in approval exclaimed Jiya, Jiya! His son, the best of all
kings, unstinted donor; a lion to the lusty elephants hostile kings; ?deceiver
of women, 1) —was the world-renowned Ereyanga Poysala. At the emperor's
bidding, he caused the elder brother to sheath (his sword); the Cholikas' king
he caused to wear leaves; Nannuge he caused to write himself down in three
letters (i.e. ridiculed); so that the world praised him,—the king Ejeyaiiga.
What more can be said? — putting a bit into (the mouths of) the host of kings
between the llima mountain and Setu, he mounted them, — the king Erega, at
the bidding of the Chalukya emperor. With the hot rage in Nannuge's breast
as the witness of fire, and by means of Dhara (otherwise, with the pouring of
water), he suddenly wedded the goddess of Valour, —the brave Poysala king
As the mandapa was consumed in the burning of the Khandava (forest), so
the fire of the Poysala king's glory sprang up in the Vindhya mountains and
seized the city ? of his enemies 2) An abode of energy, lord of fortune,
surrounded by the learned, a thunderbolt weapon to the mountains his enemies,
profound as the ocean, with foreign kings bowing at his footstool, of great
might of arm, a god of love to the best of women, of splendid glory, —was
the famous Ereyanga Poysala.
His wife (with praises) was Mahadevi, a Lakshmi-Devi in the earth. To
describe her descent, greatness and character.—
From the emperor Ikvaku of the Suryya-vamsa (or Solar race) were
descended in unbroken lino the Chola emperors; in the line which was reckoned
a security (vajra) to whose camp (or capital, fcataka), protecting seven thrones
by the might of his arm, was Teja-Raya, whose glory was as follows.—
In protecting the earth an able right arm, a hon to the elephants his enemies,
a house of adamant to refugee kiugs, the favourite of heroic women, a bee at
the lotus feet of Hara, destroyer of all his enemies,— such was Teja-Raya's
fame (teja) in the world. There were no kings who did not flee, no people
who did not supplicate him, none who did not retreat when he attacked, no
foreign territories, — so extensive was the fame (teya) of Teya-Raya.
His son, possessed of all good qualities, snatcher of victory from hostile
kings, a moon to the waterhly his own family, fierce breaker of the vessels his
enemies' breasts, —was Pandya. Overwhelming the host of hostile kings, he
with ease became known as Skdhgcwira, and was adorned with the title of
1) Abala jaitakan—thit seems a singular encomium, but see lower down.
2 ) Apparently an Udhapuram is mentioned, but the verse is defective and should probably be
read virodhi-puram.