inscriptions in the hassan district

182 Arsikere Taluq.
Somesvara-Devarasa was in Kamianur, ruling the kingdom of the world*—(on
the date specified), Narasimba-nayaka, son of Namayya-nayaka of Gandasi, who
went with a message against Niagara, fought in the battle of .ttodu-mangala
and attained to the world of Brahma.
167
Date 1635 A. D.
(Nagari charactets.)
Praise of Sainbhu. Be it well. (On the date specified), when raaharajfidhiraja
paramesvara vira-piatapa vira-Achyuta-Raya-maharaya was ruling the
kingdom of the world.—Timmarasa's son Raraappa gave to Brahmans of many
gotras, sutras and sakhas a grant of land on a stone sasana as follows. — In
the Honnavali-sime which Achyuta-Raya-mahaiaya favourod to us for the office
of nayak, Chikka-Gandasi, otherwise named . samudra,—in the presence of the gods Virupaksha an
that merit may accrue to Achyuta-Raya-mabdiaya and that our Kadigalala
Sarasi-amma may attain to the world of merit, — dividing it into numbers,we
have given to the Brahmans. (Hero follow the boundaries.) The grant is
repeated three times, and given with the usual details Usual final verses.
172
Date 1163 A. D.
Praise of Vishnu.
Usual account of the Hoysalas West, the Western Ocean; east, the
famous Kanchi-pura; south, the chains of Sandal-wood mountains, with gentle
sandal-scented breezes, north, the Perddore; the lands within these boundaries
did Vishnu rule by his valour. To Vishnu varddhana and Lakshma-Devi was
born Narasimha He simply astonished the world, for when the Kadamba
army was in Bankapura preparing to make an attack, hearing of it, filled
with a proud spirit, he destroyed that force, brought all the best of their
spoils and gave them to his father Like Dharmma, Bhlma, Arjjuna, Yama,
Rama, Bharata and Satrughna he was equal to the ancient heioes of the
Bhdtata and Rdmdyana. He was, as if Nala, Nabhaga, Ambansha, Prithu,
Hanschandra, Chandragupta, Rama, Arjjuna, Puru, Sagara, Dushshanta, all
the famous kings in the world, were combined into one and bom in this Kali
age as the king Narasimha. His faither praise
Be it well When, (with usual titles, including) a submarine fire to the
ocean the Tuluva forces, an elephant to the lotus garden the Pandya-kula,—
with these and all other titles, (and the conquests of Vishnuvarddhana),
Hoysala Narasimha-Deva, protecting the world from Hima to Setu, was ruling
the kingdom in peace and wisdom.—