The Indian Analyst
 

South Indian Inscriptions

 

No.

Place of inscription.

Dynasty.

King.

Date.

Language and
alphabet.

Remarks.

 

DHARWAR DISTRICT­─cont.
HAVERI TALUK─cont.
Lakshmesvar─cont.

 

 

 

 

 

40

On the same slab         ..          ..            ..

Western
Chalukya.

Vikramāditya [II] at Rakta-
pura.

Śaka 656, 2nd  year,
Māgha, paurṇamāsī.

Kannaḍa          ..

Spurious-Published Indian Antiquary, Vol. VII,
p. 106-7

41

Pillar in the northern entrance
into the temple of  Śōmēśvara.

Vijayanagara.

Sadāśivarāya   ..          ..          ..

            ..

Do.                  ..

Records the remission of marriage-tax in Huligere-nāḍu
made by the kings at the request of Liṅgi Śeṭṭi.

42

Pillar in the utsava hall in the
same temple.

Western
Chāḷukya.

Tribhuvanamalla Vīra-Sōmēśvaradēva.

2nd year, Plavaṅga,
Pushya, śu.
puṇṇamī, Thursday, Uttarāyana-saṅkrānti, Vyatipāta, lunar eclipse.

Do.      ..

Registers a gift of oil made by the Fifty Families to
Aghōraśaktidēva for the temple of Kattamēśvaradēva.
Cf. the village name Kaddama of no. 35 above.

43

Pillar near the southern entrance
into the same temple.

            ..

                        ….

Prajōtpatti, Phālguna, ba. 5,
Thursday.

Do.      ..

In characters of the 14th -15th  centuries A.D. States that
the southern gate (teṅkaṇa-dhāraṭa) (of the Sōmēśvara
temple) was renovated by Bhairavadēva son of  Khēyi-
deva who was a relative of Kumāra Śivarāmayya.

44

Right pillar at the eastern
entrance into the same temple.

            ..

                        ….

Śaka 1354, Virōdhikrit, Māgha, ba.
30, Monday, solar
eclipse.

Do.      ..

Registers a gift of toll-income made to the temple of
Sōmanāthadēva by Aḷiya-Viṭharasa at the instance of
Ārādhyadēva of Ubhayamārga.

45

Left pillar in the same place    ..

            ..

                        ….

Ānanda, Mārgaśira,
dvitīya-paksha.

Do.      ..

Records the renovation of the temple of  Sōmanātha
by Garu Nāgēśvara who appears to have hailed from
Saurāshṭra.

46

Slab set up near the Bilva tree in
the same temple.

[Western
Chāḷukya].

[Trailōkyamalladēva]  ..          ..

2nd year, Śrīmukha,
Āshāḍha, śu.
Puṇṇame, Monday
lunar eclipse and
Vyatīpāta.

Do.      ..

Records the gift of money made by Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara
Vīra-Pāṇḍyadēvarasa the Hiriya-manneya of Huligere-
300 province, and One Thousand body (Parigraha) to
Jñānasōma-Paṇḍitadēva for the benefit of the temple
of Svayambhū-Dakshiṇa-Sōmanāthadēva at the Rājadhāni-pattaṇa Puligere.

47

Fragment of a broken slab lying
in  Dharmanta’s house near the
same temple.

            ..

                        ….

            ..

Do.      ..

Only the concluding portion is preserved. Seems to
record a gift of a picotta (yēta). Also refers to the
boundaries of Lakshumaṇēśvara written at the instance
of Mallika [Nā]dātta-Vaḍeya and to the gift of toll-incomes made to Lingaṇa-Gauḍa son of Sōmaṇa-Gauḍa
of Huligere.

48

Pillar in Karibasappana-maṭha.

Western
Chāḷukya.

[Bhūlōkamalladēva]    ..          ..

Vīra Bhūlōka [malla]
year 7, Paridhāvin Jyēsha,
puṇṇami, Wednesday.

Do.      ..

Records the rules for constructing houses (in the temple
site) formulated by Indrakirtti-Paṇḍita, the āchārya
of Goggiyabasadi,  Perggaḍe  Mallinyaṇṇa, devaputrakas et. Also records a gift of land made by
Hēmadēva-Bādhya to Ta[rma]ya the pujāri of Goggiya
basadi.

49

Stone set up near the Agastyatīrtha.

            ..

                        ….

            ..

Do.      ..

States that Timmaṇa son of Chavuḍada-Rāsaya installed
the image of Rāmachandradēva at Agātt pura.

50

Pedestal now bearing a Basava
image near  the  Sahasraliṅga
temple.

            ..

                        ….

            ..

Do.      ..

Records the installation of the image of Vāgdēvī by
Bāchirāja.

51

Hero-stone set up near the well
known as jōdu kappalibhāvi.

            ..

                        ….

            ..

Do.      ..

Incomplete. Mentions … nadaya-Nāyaka son of Jaya
kēśidēvarasa, and Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Boppadēva. th
manneya of Huligere-nāḍu.


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