inscriptions in the hassan district

Channarayapatna Taluq, 193
erected, the generous king vira-Ballala granted Bammeyanahalli, to continue as
long as the earth and the ocean endure. And what the king had granted, Achale,
worshipping the two feet of Balachandra-muniraja, made over for the famous
Jinapati for as long as the four oceans exist. Boundaries. Usual final verses
And the maha-mandalacharyya Nayakirtti-deva caused to be made in
Bammeyanahalli a virgin basadi, and having set up Parsvanatha, for the eight
kinds of ceremonies for the god, made grants of land (specified), together with
Mareya-Nayaka's son Sovanna, and all the farmers and subjects, to continue
as long as moon and stars.
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Date about 1200 A D
Praise of the Jina-sasana. Obeisance. Usual account of the Hoysalas, to
Ballala. King Ballala was guarding the Lakshtni of universal dominion under the shadow of his whi
How, Vadiraja, can I describe your unique qualities and greatness? From
the glory of his penance known to all the world as the ganadhara of the Kah
ago, was Malhshena-Maladhan Dunking up the ocean of the six schools of
logic as a preliminary sip (aposana), ho disparaged Agastya's greatness,—
sripala-yogindra.
His chief disciple Vadiraja-deva, in Kumbcyanahalh belonging to his
(village) Salya, on the depaituro (or death) of his guru, caused a virgin basadi
called the Paravadimalla Jinalaya to bo made, and for the eight kinds of
ceremonies for the god, and for gifts of food, made grants of land (specified),
freed from all imposts Usual final verse
The great minister and sarwddhikart, the superintendent of ceremonies,
Kammata Machayya and his father-in-law Ballayya granted the tax on oilmills,
to provide for the god's perpetual lamp.
Kandachcha-Nayaka's wife Rachave-Nayakiti's son Kundada-heggade, by
order of Nayachakra-deva, caused the basadi to be made.
Be it well The great minister, sarvvidhikari, the senior treasurer
Ilullayya's brother-in-law, superintending heggade of the horse, Hanyanna
had the god of Kumbeyanahalh made and presented it
To Sripala-tramdya-deva's disciple Padada-Santismga-pandita, to his son
Paravadimalla-pandita, his youngor brother Umeyada, and his younger brother
Vadiraja-deva, — Vadiraja-deva made grants
152
Date 1187 A D.
(The inscription is very much defaced.) The first pait is an account, as
usual, of the Hoysalas.