inscriptions in the hassan district

192 Channaraywpatna Taluqi
150
Date 1182 A D.
Praise of the Jina Sasana. Usual account of the rise and genealogy of the
lloysalas to Ballala. Of him it is said—The famous fort of Uchchangi, who
of the former kings that took it, captured it with such a powerful arm as the
unassisted hero, Samvara-siddhi, Giridurggamalla, Ballala ?
Be it well. When, (with usual titles and epithets, including) a submarine
fire to the ocean the Tuluva forces, a wild-fire to the Pandya-kula, plunderer
of the Chola camp (or capital), — with these and all other titles, the pratapalloysala
Ballala-Deva, protecting the region of the South in righteousness, was
in the residence of Dorasamudra, ruling the kingdom in peace and wisdom —
A. dweller at his lotus feet, praised by learned men versed in music,
dgamas, logic, grammar, upantshads, purdnas, dramas, and poems; of established
merit; was Chandramauli, the ornament of ministers. The rod in the celebrated
king Ballala's right hand; the horizon pervaded by the beautiful rising
ocean of his fame white as a stream of milk, frost, crystal, the moon, or
jasmin; an abode of unlimited merit; praised by all the learned without
exception; was this lord the councillor Chandiamauli,—were others fortunate
as he was fortunate. His wife was Achambike. With eyes of the doe, with
lotus mouth, with full hips and breasts, a perfect beauty, with red lips, the
voice of a cuckoo, sandal breath, a flexible slim waist, with long hair like lines
of bees, the gait of a swan, and a shell-like neck,—Achala-devi, a happy wife,
eclipsed all by her beauty. For her family descent: — The good poet, the
Nayaka with the qualities of a tree of paradise, Chandrambike's son Sdvanna-
Nayaka was her father, her mother Bachambike, Devi-dandanayaka her senior
elder brother. Bamraeya-Nayaka was her junior elder brother, and Mareya-
Nayaka, her sister Chahyabharasi, Kama-deva her beloved younger brother.
Being the daughter of the world-renowned Sdvanna, Chandramauli being her
hushand, skilled in all arts, what other wives in the world could compare with
Achala-devi? Another verso describing the affection of Achala-devi and
Chandramauh
The family of her gurus, of the sri-Mula-sangha, Desiya-gana, Pustakagachchha,
and Kondakundanvaya, were (with praises) Gunachandra-siddhantadeva's
son Nayakirtti-siddhanta-dova His disciple was Adhyatmi-Balachandramunindra.
With desire did she cause to be made in the Belgola-tirttha the temple of
the Jinapati, Parsva-deva, — devoted to the lotus feet of Nayakirtti-yogindra's
disciple Balachandra-muni, the faithful Achala-devi. And (on the date specified)
the councillor Chandramauli having begged for it to provide Tor the worship
of the Parsva Jinesvara temple which his wife the deer-eyed Achiyakka had