inscriptions in the hassan district

Chanmrayapatna Taluq. 231
253
Date 1226 A.D.
Be it well. When, (with usual titles), the nissanka-pratapa-chakravaitti
Hoysala vira-Narasimha-deva was ruling the kingdom of the world — (on the
date specified), Sovi-deva-dannayaka
254
Date 1184 A D
Praise of sambhu. Usual genealogy of the Hoysalas, to BalltUa. Lain
lost his gaiety, Gurjjara was seized with severe fever through fear, Gaula was
racked with pain; naked and lean, Pallava retained but a little of his wealth;
Chola cast away even his clothes, when in the face of the battle the drum
beat of the matchless arm, a fire of the last day to the ocean powerful hostile
kings, of vira-Ballala-Deva
Be it well. When (with usual titles, including) a thunderbolt to the
mountain the Pandya-kula, plunderer of the Chola camp, (and giving him the
conquests and titles of Vishnuvarddhana), the pratapa-Hoysaki vira-Ballala-
Deva was in Dorasamudra, ruling the kingdom in peace and wisdom:—His
wife (with praises) was Bammala-devi; said to be a lion to the elephant haughty
co-wives; passed mistress in singing, playing music and dancing; a whip for
the backs of oo-wives; a mirror to the faces of co-wives. Her father was
Mokhari Lakhayya, the son of Vallipayya and Akabayi. His wife was Somavve,
the daughter of Chandayya and Malh-devi.
Mokhari Lakhayya's wife Somavve built the temple of Amaresvara in
Attigondanahalji attached to Tavarekere in Kalkani-nad, and with the consent
of the prabhu (named) of the place, (on the date specified), for the decorations
and illuminations of the god, the offerings, perpetual lamp, and temple repairs
made, to the temple priest Honna-jiya's son Chauda-jiya, a grant of lands
(specified). Usual final verses.
May great happiness be to senabova Narana-deva through whom Somavve
granted the land.
255
Date 1627 A.D.
Obeisance to Ganadhipati. May it be prosperous. May it be unobstructed
Praise of Ganadhipati.
(On the date specified), for the Guru-deva of the Nuggeyahalli throne, Sali-
Nayaka's (son) Immadi-Bhairappa-Nayaka founded Bhairapura, giving it his
own name. Parainesvara-Nayaka, the keeper of the seal, set up this Sasana.