inscriptions in the hassan district

260 Arhalgud Taluq.
79
Date 1189 A.D.
Praise of Sambhu Be-it well. When, (with usual titles and Vishnuvarddhana's
conquests), the nissanka-pratapa-Hoysala vira-Ballala-Dova was in
the residence of Dorasamudra, ruling the kingdom of the world: — at the time
when the great minister, sarvvadlukari, great master of robes, the senior
dandanayaka Machimayya was luling Konga-nad; the four srikaranas ...
having set up Iluhkal Bandayya's god in . .ua-bhuva's granary,—with the
consent of the Ekoti-chakravartti, Malesvara-guru, the priests of the five mathas
(a great number i.amed), these mahd-rupas and some others (named), the Desi
son Nonamba-Setti gave a sasana, (on the date specified), in which Sulligod
Mahadova-Setti made grants of land (specified) for the service of the god of
Yaka-nad.
As long as Yama, the moon and sun, as long as the earth remains, as
long as the story of Rama is in the world, so long be the Vibhishana reign
(otherwise, without fear). The meaning of which sloka is as follows: (no
meaning is given). Usual final verse.
80
Date ? about 1200 A, D.
Be it well. Suryakiranappa of Tariganale in Mali-nad caused it (the pillar)
to be made
81
Date 1189 A, V.
Be it well. When, (with usual titles), the nissanka-pratapa-Hoysala vira-
Ballala-Deva was in the residence of Dorasamudra, ruling the kingdom of the
world:—Amitarasi, son of the raja-guru Vamasakti-deva, worshipper of the
lotus feet of the Ekkdti-chakravartti, Malesvara-deva, head of the five mathas
there, — the Ekkoti mahd-rdpu-svdmis of the Konga-nad two Two-thousands, the
ruler of the five mathas there, and others (named, as in No. 79 above), headod
by the four srikaranas, — when the Desi son Nonabi-Setti was ruling Tariganale,
(on the date specified), he bought from the priest (named) of the god Bogesvara
half the land belonging to that god, and justly dividing it in the presence of
the god, made a grant of it in the presence of all the above. Boundaries of
the land. Usual final verses.
Witnesses.