MISCELLANEOUS
INSCRIPTIONS IN KANNADA
VOLUME
IX - Part
- II
DYNASTIES
OF VIJAYANAGARA
No. 516.
(A.R. No. 450
of 1920.)
On a rock to
the west of Velpamadugu, Gooty taluk, Anantapur district.
This is dated Saka 1446, Tarana, Magha, su. 7,
So[mavara], corresponding to A.D. 1525 January 30, Monday, in
the reign of Krishnadevaraya-Maharaya.
It records that Lingarasa of Dharasura issued
orders to Settis, Senabovas and local and foreign merchants
residing in Velupadige, also called Krishnarayapura,
fixing the rate of taxes in the new bazaar street opened in the
name of the king as follows : no taxes are to be levied during the first
three years ; then a varaha per oil-mill ; 3 panas for a
weaving machine ; 3 panas for a stall ; if ten weaving machines
are kept by a single family, only nine are to be taxes ; a pana for
a stall of minor articles ; all these are to be collected once a year.
No. 517.
(A.R. No. 431
of 1928.)
On a slab set
up in front of a house to the south of the tank called Sannakarekatte at
Basrur, Coondapur taluk, South Kanara district.
This is damaged and is dated Saka 1447 = A.D.
1525 (the details being lost), in the reign of Krishnaraya-Maharaya.
It states that while Vitharasa-Vodeya, son of Lakshminarayana-Karanika,
was ruling the Barakura-rajya, Naranamunila of Chennavara,
son of Tammimunila-Sankarasetti of the Paduvakeri of Basrur and
Kupana-Setti caused the construction of a matha to
Lakshminarayanadeva and endowed it with lands and interest-bearing
grants of money outstanding on many persons (named).
No. 518.
(A.R. No. 97
of 1913.)
On a pillar
lying in the outer prakara of the Mallikarjuna temple at Kambaduru,
Kalyanadrug taluk, Anantapur district.
This is dated Saka 1447, Parthiva, Kartika, su.
12, corresponding to A.D. 1525 October 28, Saturday (not
verifiable), in the reign of Krishnadeva-Maharaya.
It records the gift of the village Jaluvati to the temple
of the god Mallikarujuna at Kambaduru in Kumdurupeya-rajay
made by Rayasada Ayyapparasayya, for the merit of Rayasada
Kondamarasayya.
No. 519.
(A.R. No. 76
of 1912.)
On a slab set
up in front of the Bhogesvara temple at Konakondla, Gooty taluk, same
district.
This is damaged and dated Saka 1448, Parthiva,
Kartika, ba. 7, Mangalavara, corresponding to A.D. 1525 November
7, Tuesday, in the reign of Krishnadeva-Maharaya.
It records that, under the orders of the king, Kottanara
ramaraja made a gift of land to certain persons (names lost) of Kondakundi
for constructing a tank of the village and for its supervision.
No. 520.
(A.R. No. 368
of 1927.)
On a slab set
up near the Ganapati shrine at Voderhobli, a hamlet of Coondapur, on the
east side of the road, to Udipi, Coondapur taluk, South Kanara district.
This is dated Saka 1448, Parthiva, Phalguna, su.
1 Somavara, corresponding to A.D. 1526 February 12, Monday,
in the reign of Krishnaraya-Maharaya ruling from Vijayanagari.
It records that Lingarasa-Vodeya, appointed as governor of
the Barakura-rajya by the king, placed Etiraya-Vodeya in
charge of the province and that the latter made a gift of the income
derived from Kota in Kundapura to
Raghupatitirtha-Sripada and Srinivasatirtha-Sripada of Anegondi
(Vyasaraya Matha), for the prosperity of the king, on the occasion of a
lunar eclipse.
No. 521.
(A.R. No. 559
of 1915.)
On a pillar
set up in front of the Virabhadra temple at Cheruvu-Belagallu, Kurnool
taluk, Kurnool district.
This is damaged and dated the cyclic year Sarvajit,
Ashadha, su. 6, in the
reign of Krishnadeva-Maharaya, corresponding to A.D. 1527 June 6,
Thursday (if the month was Adhika) or July 5, Friday (if Nija).
The date is not verifiable.
The inscription records that Sunkana-Nayaka, son of Dadi-Nayaka,
made a gift of a field in Kere-Belugallu in Adavani-durga
under his amara, for the service of the god Virabhadra at
Belugallu. The gift was made for the merit of the king and of the
donorâs father.
No. 522.
(A.R. No. 280
of 1918.)
On a pillar
in the front mandapa of the Isvara temple at Gudihalli, Harapanahalli
taluk, Bellary district.
This is dated Saka 1449, Sarvajit, Sravana, su.
10 corresponding to A.D. 1527 August 7, Wednesday (not
verifiable), in the reign of Krishnaraya-Maharaya ruling from Vijayanagari.
It records that while Rayasada Narayanappa, son of Chinna-Bhandarada
Timmarasa, was ruling Nonabanarasikere in the volita
of Kotura-sime and while his agent Nagarasaya had the parupatya
over Kotura-sime, Timmarasa, son of Rangadasa, who was
administering Arasikere under the orders of Nagarasaya, had the damaged
sluice of the tank at the village rebuilt.
No. 523.
(A.R. No. 323
of 1925.)
On a stone
planted in a field at Maraba, Kudligi taluk, same district.
This is dated Saka 1450, Sarvadhari, sravana, su.
15, Sukravara, corresponding to A.D. 1528 July 31, Friday, in
the reign of Krishnaraya. It
records that Mallapanna of Elabarige caused the
construction of a shop or stall and made a gift of the same, together
with the toll-revenue of the fair held in Malapura, and some land
at Moraba to the god (?) Suryanarayanadeva, for the merit of his mother,
Viramma. Moraba is stated
to have been situated in Pand[y*]a-nadu.
No. 524.
(A.R. No. 57
of 1904.)
On a rock to
the south of the Basavesvara temple at Kurugodu, Bellary taluk, same
district.
This is damaged and dated Saka 1450, Sarvadhari,
Bhadrapada, ba. 1, corresponding to A.D. 1528 August 30, Sunday
(not verifiable), in the reign of Krishnadeva-Maharaya. It
records that Bagila Krishnaraya-Nayaka made a gift of land for
offerings to the god Dodda-Basavanna.
No. 525.
(A.R. No. 411
of 1928.)
On a slab set
up in the outer prakara of the temple of Mahalingesvara at Basrur,
Coondapur taluk, South Kanara district.
This is dated Saka 1451, Sarvadhari, Kartika, su.
1, corresponding to A.D. 1528 October 14, Wednesday (not
verifiable) in the reign of Krishnaraya-Maharaya.
It records that, while Aliya Timmanna-Vodeya was ruling
over Barakura-rajya under the kingâs orders Sankarasetti, son
of Sovanasetti, built a matha and that Mallapasetti, son of
Sankarasettiâs first wife, and Sankamanayakiti, Sankarasettiâs
second wife, and her sister, Deku Adeyiti, endowed the matha with some plots of land for its maintenance.
No. 526.
(A.R. No. 619
of 1904.)
On the south,
east and north walls of the central shrine of the Vedanarayanasvami
temple at Nagalapuram, Ponneri taluk, Chingleput district.
This is damaged and dated the cyclic year Sarvadhari,
Magha, su. 3, corresponding to A.D. 1529 January 13, Wednesday (not
verifiable), in the reign of Krishnaraya-Maharaya.
It records that the services of the god Vedagiri-Perumal should
be conducted as detailed in the copper-plate document granted for the
purpose and that the expenditure should be met from the income of the
villages granted for the purpose. It
also states that the fine levied from the culprits who removed the
boundary stones should be given to the temple.
No. 527.
(A.R. No. 626
of 1904.)
At the
entrance into the second gopura of the Vedavalli-Tayar shrine in the
Vedanarayanasvami temple in the same village.
This is a copy of A.R. No. 619 of 1904
above.
No. 528.
(A.R. No. 194
of 1904.)
On a stone in
front of the Anjaneya temple at Havinahalu-Virapura, Bellary taluk,
Bellary district.
This is dated Saka 1450, Sarvadhari, Magha, su.
6 corresponding to A.D. 1529 January 15, Friday (not
verifiable), in the reign of Krishnaraya-Maharaya.
It records that the people of the village of Dondavate
made a grant of land to Malesani, son of Gundapa for
repairing the tank at the village.
The gift is stated to have been made under the orders of Mundana-Nayaka
to whom the king had given the village as an umbali.
No. 529.
(A.R. No. 216
of 1913.)
On a stone in
front of the Anjaneya temple at Yalpi, same taluk and district.
This is damaged and dated Saka 1451, Virodhi,
Magha, su. 1[1], corresponding
to A.D. 1530 January 9, Sunday (not
verifiable). It records
that Danayakara Timmaras made a grant of varahas 36
payable out of the revenue of the village Yalape, which was
granted to him by Krishnaraya-Maharaya, for feeding in the satra
12 Brahmans that may come to the village.
The charity was made for the merit of king Achyutaraya-Maharaya.
No. 530.
(A.R. No. 716
of 1922.)
On a slab set
up in front of the Hanumantaraya temple at Kampli, Hospet taluk, same
district.
This is damaged and the date is partly lost.
It mentions the cyclic year Virodhi (=A.D. 1529-30) in the
reign of Achyutaraya-Maharaya and records the gift made by him of
the revenue raised in the bazaar street of Vijaya-Virupapura for
the service of the god Mallikarjunadeva.
No. 531.
(A.R. No. 453
of 1920.)
On a stone
lying in a field by the side of the cart-track of Vajrakarur from the
village Pottipadu, Gooty taluk, Anantapur district.
This is damaged and dated Saka 1452, Vikriti,
Chaitra, ba. 1, Somavara, corresponding to A.D. 1530 March 14,
Monday, in the reign of Achyutaraya-Maharaya.
It records that Basappa-Nayaka made a gift of some plots
of land for the service of the god, Channakesava, at Karur.
The gift was made for the merit of the king.
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