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THE HOYSALAS
Vira-Somesvara.
36. There is only one inscription in the year’s collection belonging to the
Hoysaḷa dynasty. It is No 193 engraved on a slab set up in a street at Tirup-
paṅgili in the Trichinopoly district, and
belongs to the time of Vīra-Sōmēśvara
who is introduced with all his birudas such as Ēkāṅgavīra, Śanivārasiddhi,
Magadharājya-nirmūlana, Pāṇḍyadiśapaṭṭa and Chōḷarājyapratishṭhāchārya. It
relates to the erection of a maṭha apparently at the site where the slab is now
planted by the king Pratāpachakravartin Pōśalar Vīra-Sōmēśvaradēva and
his queen (dēviyār) whose name is not specified. A crudely cur figure of a tiger
at the top portion of the slab evidently indicates the banner of the dynasty.
The record does not bear the regnal year; and though the denomination of the maṭha is not mentioned, it may be presumed that it was a Śaiva maṭha founded
by the king at Tiruppaṅgili. This maṭha has now disappeared completely and
a stone-riveted well with a low kerb of rounded stones is all that remains of
this institution. Two inscriptions (Nos. 133 and 147) from Śrīraṅgam which
belong to the 29th and 32nd years of Rajarāja III mention king Sōmēśvara
(No. 147) and (princess) Sōmalādēvī (No. 133), probably identical with the
queen of Rājarāja III.
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