inscriptions in the hassan district

Channarayapatna Taluq. 233
of victory, on his coming forth from the gate of the city the clouds of dust
raised by his army were sufficient to cover up the ocean, which feared to give
the hostile kings who fled away through fear, a resting place. On his making the
hemddri gift to Brahmans according to the rules, the gods forsook their pleasant
abodes in paradise, and resorting to the satras of the agraharas he established,
dwelt unknown to him in their pictures on the walls.
By him, king Hanhara the rajadhiraja, the village of Jambur in the Uoysana
country, together with its hamlets, (on the date specified), at the time of the
moon's eclipse, was given to Brahmans, naming it Honnalapuia after his
mother. The distribution of shares was made by Mudda-dandesa as follows. -
(Here come the names etc. of the shareholders.) Altogether an agrahara of
36 shares. Its boundaries are here written in the Karnata language (here
come the boundaries).
Such was the copper sasana given (repeating the grant in Kannada), with
all usual details.
Usual final verses. Benedictions on the Brahmans and on Hanhara,
Bukka-Raja and their posterity. May cows and Brahmans as far as the four
oceans be fortunate.
The king's signature (in Kannada characters) — sri-Virupaksha.
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Date about 1200 A. D.
Dear to the eyes of Gauri, joy of the mind of the pure Ganga, adorned with
the chief and other Nagas, worshipped by the gods, slayer of Kama, manifest
to the band of chief yogis, reverenced by the three worlds, lord of hosts, — may
Singesa daily grant prosperity as long as sun and moon endure.
The learned praise (as described) Pirane-perggade. His wife was Gorayiyakka.
Her brother-in-law was Muktabudha. To Pirane-perggade and
Goraviavve were born the ministers Kuppana, Bhairava, Somauatha, and
Javanaiya. Their sister was Changauve. Of them Javana was the savana of
Surige Perumala's kingdom. The great Ballala's minister Sunge Peruraaladandadhinatha's
younger brother was Singipilla, to whom Javanaya becamo
the servant. His praises as a minister. His wife was Kahyakka, her praises
as a Jama. Imprecations.
Praise of the Hoysala family, and their usual genoalogy to Ballala.
His head at the feet of Siva, Javaneya-heggade set up the god SingeSvara,
built a virgin tank, consecrated the tank, and under that Heggadeyaker.e, with
the consent of all the Brahmans of Kumarana-Hebholalu, made a grant of
land (specified) for the god Singesvara, washing the feet of Kumara-deva of
the KaSyapa-gotra, retaining for life half a share for himself. Usual final verses.
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