The Indian Analyst
 

South Indian Inscriptions

 
210

Āñjānēyasvāmin temple. East wall of the gōpura (inside).

 

 

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Siddhārthi, Chittirai 5.

 

Tamil

States that the gōpura, prākāra, the steps leading to the pond, etc., were the benefactions of Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Śiṅgirirāju Chinna-Timmarāja.

 

 

 

 

211

Do. West wall of the gōpura (inside)

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Śaka 1541, Siddhārthi, Chaitra śu. 10.

 

Telugu

A copy of No. 210 above. States, in addition, that the chief built the temples for the Saptaṛishis and Varadarāja-Perūmāḷ at Ghaṭikāchala.

 

 

  TIRUVANNAMALAI TALUK          
212

Tiruvanṇāmalai─Rock in the guhai of Namaśśivāyar.

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Śaka 1419(?), Īśvara, Arpaśi.

 

 

 

Tamil (verse)

Records the date of the death of Namaśśivāyar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

213

Same place

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Śaka 1739, Kali 4919, Īśvara, Vaiyāśi 15, Monday, Pūśam. Irregular.

 

 

Tamil

 

Stops with details of the date. Another fragment in verse by its side refers to Namaśśivāyan of Śōṇagiri and cites the cyclic year Īśvara.

 

 

 

 

 

BELLARY DISTRICT ALUR TALUK

         
214

Mārlamaḍiki.─Stone set up at the entrance into the village.

Vijayanagara

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Telugu

Damaged. Mentions Prauḍha-Dēvarāya and Kṛishṇadēvarāya Gururāja (the preceptor) Chandrabhūshaṇa is also mentioned.

 

 

  HADAGALLI TALUK          
215

Hūvina-Haḍagalli─Fragment of a stone near a tank, now kept at the inspection Bungalow.

[Western Chālukya] [Tribhuvanamalla] ….

Kannaḍa

Contains only portions of the king’s praśasti and parts of the eulogy of a Mahāsāmanta.

  HARPANAHALLI TALUK          
216

Kuruvatti─Mallikārjuna temple. Capital of a pillar, proper right of the temple.

Hoysala

Vīra Ballāḷa

Year 15, Raktākshi, Vaiśākha Puṇṇame, Monday, lunar eclipse=1204 A.D., April 15, Thursday April 15, Thursday

Do.

Registers a gift of 2 gaṇigana-mattar of land to god Āhumallēśvara by the Mahājanas headed by the Ūroḍeyas, etc., of the village Kureti. The gift was entrusted into the hands of Rājaguru Lōkābharaṇadēva.

217

Do. Capital of a pillar, proper left of the temple.

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Do.

Praises the two brothers Guḍayya Seṭṭi and Karṇa Seṭṭi and seems to record a gift of one mattar of land out of the 26 mattars to god Āha[va]mallēśvara.

218 Do. Southern entrance, wall behind the sculpture of a royal personage. …. …. Chālukya Vikrama year 11, Naḷa, Āshāḍha Puṇṇame, Monday, lunar eclipse, Vyatīpāta. Irregular. Do. Damaged. Registers a gift of land for a flower garden by the Ūroḍeyas, etc., of the Brahmapuri village Kuruvatti. The gift was entrusted to Abhinava Vā[ji]dēva.
  HOSPET TALUK          
219 Kamalāpuram─Archaeological Range Office. Fragment of a slab found near the Zenana enclosure in the ruins at Hampi. …. …. …. Do.

Fragmentary. Contains some verses in praise of an ascetic (muni). In characters of the 10th or 11th century.

220 A second fragment from the same place. …. …. …. Do.

Indifferently engraved. Seems to mention Chikavoḍeya and a gift made by him. In late characters.


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