MISCELLANEOUS
INSCRIPTIONS IN KANNADA
VOLUME
IX - Part
- II
DYNASTIES
OF VIJAYANAGARA
No. 532.
(A.R. No. 200
of 1910.)
On slab set
up in front of the Ankalamma temple at Adhamankottai, Dharmapuri taluk,
Salem district.
This incomplete record is dated Saka 1452,
Vikriti, Bhadrapada, su. 5, corresponding to A.D. 1530 August 27,
Saturday or 28 Sunday (not verifiable), in the reign of Immadi
Achyutadevaraya-Maharaya. It
records a gift of the toll-revenue raised in the fair held in the
presence of the god Bhairavadeva, for the service of the same god by Kamiyappa-Nayaka,
son of Bommiyappa-Nayaka, by reviving the fair.
No. 533.
(A.R. No. 22
of 1904.)
On a rock
east of the Travelerâs Bungalow on the Bellary road, at Kamalapuram,
Hospet taluk, Bellary district.
This is damaged and dated Saka 1453, Khara,
Chaitra, su. 15, Sthiravara corresponding to A.D. 1531 April 1,
Saturday. It refers
itself to the reign of Achyutaraya-Maharaya and records that Saluva-Danayaka
made a gift of land for burning a perpetual lamp before the god
Narasimhadeva in Kondamarasayana-Palya.
The writer was Timmapa, son of Lingarasa of Cheratimangala.
No. 534.
(A.R. No. 3
of 1904.)
On the south
base of thecentral shrine of Vitthalasvami temple at Hampi, same taluk
and district.
This is damaged and dated Saka 1453, Khara,
Jyeshtha, su. 15, corresponding
to A.D. 1531 May 30, Tuesday (not
verifiable), in the reign of Achyutaraya-Maharaya.
It records that a village was granted by the king for offerings
to the god Vitthaladeva.
No. 535.
(A.R. No. 579
of 1912.)
On the rocky
floor of the second prakara of the Virabhadra temple at Lepakshi,
Hindupur taluk, Anantapur district.
This is damaged and dated Saka 1453, Khara,
Sravana, ba. 8, corresponding to A.D. 1531 August 6, Sunday (not
verifiable), in the reign of Achyuta.
After giving the genealogy of the Vijayanagara kings in Sanskrit
verses it records that at the request of Virapanna, son of Nandi-Lakkisetti
and Muddamamba, the king made a gift of the village Chelavindla,
surnamed Achyutendrapura, in
the presence of the god Virupaksha on the bank of the Tungabhadra,
for the service of the gods Virabhadra, Raghunatha and Papavinasa of Lepakshi.
No. 535.
(A.R. No. 785
of 1917.)
On a rock in
the Gavi-Rangasvami hill at Chalivendla, same taluk and district.
This is a copy of No. 579 of 1912 above.
The only difference is the marginal note added to the inscription
at the right top-corner, which states that Virapanna was the Talavara
of the Vijayanagara city.
No. 537.
(A.R. No. 578
of 1912.)
On the rocky
floor at the foot of the east wall of the second prakara of the
Virabhadra temple at Lepakshi, same taluk and district.
This is dated the cyclic year Khara, Sravana, ba.
12 in the reign of the Vijayanagara king Achyutaraya-Maharaya,
corresponding to A.D. 1531 August 9, Tuesday (not verifiable).
It records the royal order to the Gaudas of Cheluvindla
stating that the king made a gift of the village Cheluvindla surnamed Komara-Venkatadriyapura
to the god Papavinasana and Ganapatihalli to Virapanna
of Penugonda and that the ownership of both the villages was
given to the latter.
No. 538.
(A.R. No. 786
of 1917.)
On a rock on
the Gavi-Rangasvami hill at Chalivendla, same taluk and district.
This is a copy of No. 537 above, but it does not
mention the village Ganapatihalli.
No. 539.
(A.R. No. 679
of 1922.)
On a slab set
up near the temple of Sannakki-Virabhadra at Hospet, Hospet taluk,
Bellary district.
This is dated Saka 1453, Khara, Asvija, su. 1,
corresponding to A.D. 1531 September 11 Monday (not
verifiable), in the reign of Achyutadeva-Maharaya.
It records that Kampadevarasa-Anna and the Nanadesa
merchants agreed to pay at the rate of one kasu per load of paddy
and panas 2 on every marriage for the service of the god
Gauresvara at Tirumaladevi-ammana-pattana.
No. 540.
(A.R. No. 424-A
of 1928.)
On a slab set
up on the building site north of the Doddakerekatte at Basrur, Coondapur
taluk, South Kanara district.
This is dated the cyclic year Khara, Margasira,
su. 1, Guruvara, corresponding to A.D. 1531 November 9, Thursday.
It records that Sadanandasetti and Devusetti made
gifts of land and money for the service of the god Mahadeva, consecrated
by the former and for feeding Brahmans and Sumangalis in the
temple, and for the worship of the goddess Durgadevi during the Navaratri
festival. This date falls
in the reign of Achyutaraya.
No. 541.
(A.R. No. 360
of 1920.)
On a slab
lying near the Anjaneya temple at Medimakulapalli, Gooty taluk,
Anantapur district.
This is mutilated record is dated Saka 1452,
Khara, Margasira, ba. 5, corresponding to A.D. 1531 November 28,
Tuesday (not verifiable). It
refers itself to the reign of Achyutadeva-Maharaya.
No. 542.
(A.R. No. 690
of 1919.)
On a slab set
up in the Bhogesvara temple at Chippagiri, Alur taluk, Bellary district.
This is damaged and dated the cyclic year Khara,
Pushya, ba. 6, Sukravara, Sun in Makara corresponding to A.D.
1531 December 29, Friday. It
states that Kondabhupa made a grant of land to the temple of
Bhogesvara. It also registers another gift to the same god by Chikka-Timmappayya
with the permission of the king, Achyutadeva-Maharaya.
No. 543.
(A.R. No. 8
of 1904.)
On the west
base of the central shrine of the Vitthalasvami temple at Hampi, Hospet
taluk, same district.
This is damaged and dated Saka 1453, Khara,
Magha ba. 10 corresponding to
A.D. 1532, January 31, Wednesday (not
verifiable), in the reign of Achyutaraya-Maharaya.
It records the gift of the villages (1) Hepe, (2) Cheluvanahalu
and (3) Aneganahalu for offerings to the god Vitthaladeva made by
Talapaka Tirumalayya of Bharadvaja-gotra, Asvalayana-sutra
and Rik-sakha.
No. 544.
(A.R. No. 387
of 1920.)
On a slab set
up in the Anjaneyasvami temple at Gadekallu, Gooty taluk, Anantapur
district.
This is dated Saka 1453, Khara, Magha, ba. 14,
Sivaratre corresponding to A.D. 1532 February 3, Monday (not
verifiable), in the reign of Achyutaraya-Maharaya. It records
that Lakumisetti, son of Muttina Lakumisetti, the officer in
charge of the vajra-bhandara at Karuru in the Uruvakonde-sime
which was granted to Yallapanna by the king made a gift of land
in the village Gadekallu to Konda-Jyosya, son of
Purushottama-Bhatta of Polaki, and also some other land in the same
village to Bhusi-Bhatta, son of Kantrike Siri-Bhatta.
No. 545.
(A.R. No. 175
of 1910.)
On a slab
lying in the centre of the village Eraganahalli, Gopichettipalaiyam
taluk, Coimbatore district.
This is a little damaged and dated Saka 1454,
Nandana, Jyeshtha, su. [5, Guruvara], corresponding to A.D. 1532
May 9, Thursday, in the reign of Achyutaraya-Maharaya.
It records that, under the orders of Kanikeya Kampadevarasanna
and in the presence of Benneya, the Sthanikas of eight
villages and Parapatyagara Kondappayya, Senabova
Gummatayya and the Gaudas of the Badakonga-nadu, the
apportionment of some plots of land in Eraganahalli was made
among Bhogananjayya, son of Nanjeyadeva, Annadani-Vodeya, son of
Parata-Vodeya of the feeding-house of the Jangamas, and Devanna-Ayya,
son of Lingappayya of the feeding-house of the Brahmans.
No. 546.
(A.R. No. 178
of 1910.)
On a second
slab set up near the pond west of the same village.
This is damaged and is of the same date and reign
as A.R. No. 175 of 1910, above.
It specifies the plots of land which were given to Annadani-Vodeya
in charge of the Jangama-satra.
No. 547.
(A.R. No. 541
of 1919.)
On the south
wall of the second prakara of the Arulala-Perumal temple at Little
Conjeevaram, Conjeevaram taluk, Chingleput district.
This
is dated Saka 1454, Nandana, Jyestha, ba. 12 Guruvara,
corresponding to A.D. 1532 May 30 Thursday, f.d.t. 66, in the reign of Achyutaraya-Maharaya.
After enumerating the kingâs conquests, it states that the
king, queen Varadadevi-Amma and prince Venkatadri
performed the ceremony of tula-purusha and granted jewels and
seventeen villages (named) to the god Varadarajadeva.
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