On a slab lying in the garden of Kranam Narayana Rao at Mudlapuram, near Hospet, Hospet taluk, Bellary district.

This is dated Saka 1435, Srimukha, Chaitra, su. 5, corresponding to A.D. 1513 March 12 Saturday  (not verifiable), in the reign of Krishnaraya-Maharaya.  It records the grant of the village Virupapura in Hosaura-magani made by the king in the cyclic year Angirasa on Phalguna ba. 30 Somavara, Suryagrahana corresponding to A.D. 1512 March 7 Monday, for offerings to the god Vitthaladeva, car-festivals, daily, fortnightly, monthly and yearly festivals.  The gift was made for the merit of his father Narasanna-Nayaka-Vodeya and his mother Nagajidevi-Amma.

No. 491.

(A.R. No. 500 of 1907.)

On a slab discovered in the under-ground temple of Prasanna-Virupaksha at Hampi, Hospet taluk, Bellary district.

This is damaged and dated Saka 1435, Srimukha, Chaitra, su. 5, corresponding to A.D. 1513 March 12 Saturday (not verifiable), in the reign of Krishnaraya-Maharaya.  It records that the king made a gift of certain villages (named), together with two gardens for the service of the god Prasanna-Virupakshadeva.  The gift was made for the merit of his father, Narasanna-Nayaka, and mother Nagaji-Amma.

No. 492.

(A.R. No. 161 of 1924.)

On the west wall of the third prakara of the Kalahastisvara temple at Kalahasti, Chandragiri taluk, Chittoor district.

This is dated Saka 1435, Srimukha, Jyeshtha, su. 7, Saumyavara corresponding to A.D. 1513 May 11 Wednesday, in the reign of Krishnaraya-Maharaya.  It records a gift of a pendant (padaka) consisting of various precious stones presented by the king to the god Kalahastisvara.

No. 493.

(A.R. No. 714 of 1922.)

On both sides of the souther entrance of the temple of Virupaksha at Hampi, Hospet taluk, Bellary district.

This is dated Saka 1435, Srimukha, Ashadha, su. 5, corresponding to A.D. 1513 June 8 Wednesday (not verifiable), in the reign of Krishnadevaraya-Maharaya.  It records the grant of some villages (named) and of the gift of gold vessels and plates by the kin for the service of the god Virupakshadeva.  The gift is stated to have been made on the occasion of a solar eclipse for his own well-being as well as for the merit of his father Narasana-Nayaka and his mother Nagaji-Amma.

No. 494.

(A.R. No. 309 of 1905.)

On a pillar within the antarala-mandapa of the Channakesavasvami temple at Pushpagiri, Cuddappah taluk, Cuddappah district.

This is dated Saka 1436, Bhava, Chaitra, su. 1, Somavara corresponding to A.D. 1514 March 27, Monday, in the reign of Krishnaraya-Maharaya.  It records that the king made a gift of the village China-Mamchupalli in Charnnura-sime, a subdivision of Mulikinada-sime for the service and offerings of the god Channakesava of Pushpagiri.

No. 495.

(A.R. No. 330 of 1905.)

On a slab lying in front of the Anjaneya temple at Chinamasapalle, Cuddapah taluk, same district.

This is dated Saka 1436, Bhava, Chaitra, su. 1, Somavara corresponding to A.D. 1514 March 27 Monday, in the reign of Krishnaraya-Maharaya.  It records that the king made a gift of the village Chika-Manchupalli in Chenuri-sime a sub-division of Mulukinadu-sime, for the service of the god Channakesavadeva at Pushpagiri.

No. 496.

(A.R. No. 385 of 1904.)

On two faces of a pillar set up in the Ramalingesvara temple at Ramesvara, near Proddatur, proddaturu taluk, same district.

This is dated Saka 1436, Bhava, Chaitra, su. 1, So[mavara] corresponding to A.D.  1514 March 27 Monday.   It records that king Krishnaraya-Maharaya made a gift of the village Payindale  in Chernura-sime for the service of the god Ramayadeva at Maha-Ramesvara in Ghandikoteya-sime.

No. 497.

(A.R. No. 196 of 1918.)

On a slab set up near the Maramma temple at Tagarapuram, Kollegal taluk, Coimbatore district.

This is dated Saka 1437, Bhava, Chaitra, ba. 5, Sukravara corresponding to A.D. 1514 April 14 Friday, in the reign of the Vijayanagara king Krishna-Dharma-Mahadhiraya (Krishnadeva-Maharaya).  It records the grant of the village Tagavuru to Somayyadeva-Vodeya, son of Balodeya of Moguru, by Saluva Govindaraja, made with the consent of his elder brother, the Mahapradhana Saluva Timmarasa, under the orders of the king.  The king is stated to be the son of Narasimha-Dharma-Maharaja.  The donee’s grandfather Somesvaracharya, also called Mallikarjuna, was the guru of Vira-Rudra of Orungal.

No. 498.

(A.R. No. 558 of 1915.)

On a pillar in the Kesvarasvami temple at Cheruvu-Belagallu, Kurnool taluk, Kurnool.

This is damaged and dated Saka [143]6, Bhava, Vaisakha, su. 15, corresponding to A.D. 1514 May 8 Monday  (not verifiable), in the reign of the Vijayanagara king Krishnaraya-Maharaya.  It records that Karanam Basavarasa, son of Somarasa of Tirapatur who belonged to the Gautama-gotra and Asvalayana-sutra, made a gift of a plot of land in Keriya-Kelugallu  in the division of Adavani-durga, to the actor of Nagayya, whose father Chagaya had become famous in the drama called Tayikundanataka and to the actress Patri, daughter of the Nattuva Timmayya of Potavara.  The gift was made in the presence of the god Jalasingadeva for the merit of the king.

No. 499.

(A.R. No. 513 of 1919.)

On the base of the east, south and west verandahs round the ‘rock’, Arulala-Perumal temple, Little Conjeeveram, Conjeeveram taluk, Chingleput district.

This is dated Saka 1436, Bhava, Ashadha, su. 10, Budhavara Uttara-nakshatra.  The date is irregular.  In Bhava = Saka 1436, Ashadha su. 10 was neither a Wednesday nor  was the nakshatra Uttara current on that day.  The record refers itself to the reign of the Vijayanagara king Krishnaraya-Maharaya.  It gives in Sanskrit verse the genealogy of the king and records that for the merit of himself his father, Narasana-Nayaka, and his mother, Nagaladevi-Amma, the king had the Punyakoti-vimana of the god Varadarajadeva gilt with pure gold.

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