inscriptions in the hassan district

Chcmnarayapatna Taluq. 211
202
Date 1651 A. D.
May it be prosperous. Be it well. (On the date specified), when Narasa-
Raja-Vader was ruling the peaceful kingdom of the Maisur country. — and
[Do]daiya, son of Chennaviraiya, prabhu of the Tungam-sthala in the Chennapatna-sime,
was holding the havdh of Anati,— Lakkanaiya and Chandaiya set
up ... for the god Somesvara of Anati.
203
Date 1223 A.D.
His two feet reverenced by the crowns of celestial, serpent, aerial, and
mortal kings; the preserver of the gods, to the world-renowned king Soyi-Deva,,
may the unfading form, the god Vira-Lakshmi-Narasimha, ever grant uninterrupted
festivals.
Usual genealogy of the Hoysalas, to Narasimha, the son of Ballala and
Padmala-madevi. He is said to be a sun to the lotus the Chola-kula. His
forcible capture of Adiyama, Chera, Pandya, Makara, and the powerful Kadavas,
why should I describe? Describe how he lifted up Chdla, brought under his
order the land as far as Setu, and pursuing after the Tn-Kaliriga kings,
penetrated their train of elephants, displaying unequalled valour, — Naiasimha-
Raya. His farther praises. To him and to Kalala-Devi was born Soyi-Deva
or vira-Somesvara-Deva; his praise.
In the splendid royal palace of the great Nnsimha, chief of the karanas
was Visvanatha, an ornament of the Brahman race, whose ancestial bit thplace
was in the world-renowned Belvola, in its chief village Lokkagundi. In it, to the
Maligeya, of the Vasishtha-gotra, Rayarasa, and to Chamavve was boin a son
Isvara-deva, whose wife was Chagale. Their sons were Rayanna and Visvanatha
That Rayanna'8 wife was Muddavve, and to this couple were born Isvata-deva,
G6parasa, Visvanatha, and Dovana,—who in course of time became ornaments
in the council of Narasimha. Having taught the king Nusimha letters and
accounts, and made him proficient in arts, Isvara-deva gamed a position equal
to that of the best generals. His junior, Gopanna, in display of learning,
good qualities, in modesty and character was always considered the eldei.
The second to him, as if stringing garlands for Bharatt was his chief pleasure,
could write the letters with both hands, and go through a hundred avadhdnas
(or mnemonic feats), so that the learned men who examined him nodded their
heads, and even in.his games as a boy he showed unusual attention and
diligence, this chief among the karanas, Visvanatha. When the king Narasimha
made him the chief karanam, as a return for his kindness, he made success
his chief aim, and attained to fame.
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