MISCELLANEOUS
INSCRIPTIONS IN KANNADA
VOLUME
IX - Part
- II
DYNASTIES
OF VIJAYANAGARA
No. 676.
(A.R. No. 507
of 1914.)
On a slab set
up in front of the Anjaneya temple at Nakkarahalu, Hadagalli taluk,
Bellary district.
This is damaged and dated Saka 1483, Dundubhi,
Nija-Sravana, su. 10 corresponding to A.D. 1562 August 9, Sunday
(not verifiable), in the reign of Sadasivaraya.
It records that Pedapa, son of Gajulla-Nagayya and
the Adhikari of Nagarehal fixed the desavandha
payment on a canal at Nagarehal and granted manya lands to Senabova
Timmarasa, the Gauda, Talara and Joyisa.
No. 677.
(A.R. No. 215
of 1913.)
On a stone in
front of the Anjaneya temple at Yalpi-Kaggallu, Bellary taluk, Bellary
district.
This is dated Saka 1485, Rudhirodgari, Chaitra,
su. 10, Su[kravara], corresponding to A.D. 1563 April 2, Friday, f.d.t.
â36, in the reign of Sadasivadeva-Maharaya who was ruling at Vidyanagara.
It records that Raghnatharajayya-Maha-arasu, son of the Mahamandalesvara
Ramaraja-Tirumalarajayadeva-Maha-arasu, confirmed the grant of a
land made by him in the cyclic year Nala, Kartika, su. 12, corresponding
to A.D. 1556 November 12, for the service of the god Siddhesvaradeva at Kemana-Belugallu.
The land granted was situated in Kaggallu on the bank of
the river Hagari, in the Rayadurga-sime.
No. 678.
(A.R. No. 11
of 1904.)
On the north
base of the central shrine of the Vitthalaswami temple at Hampi, Hospet
taluk, Bellary district.
This is dated Saka 1485, Rudhirodgari, Sravana,
ba. 2 corresponding to A.D. 1563 August 5, Thursday (not
verifiable), in the reign of Sadasivadeva-Maharaya who was ruling
at Vidyanagara. It
records that Nammalvarulu of the Vithala temple made a gift of
some lands to the treasury of god Vithaladeva for sending to him, every
day with music band, the offerings made to the god in the morning.
No. 679.
(A.R. No. 706
of 1922.)
On the south
base of the central shrine of the same temple.
This is damaged and incomplete. It is dated Saka 1485, Rudhi[rodgari] (= A.D.
1563-64), with no further details, in the reign of Sadasivadeva-Maharaya.
No. 680.
(A.R. No. 15
of 1910.)
On a slab set
up in front of the entrance of the Lakshminarayana temple at Kollegal,
Kollegal taluk, Coimbatore district.
This is damaged and dated Saka 1491, Sukla,
Pushya, su. 10 corresponding to A.D. 1569 December 18, Sunday
(not verifiable), in thereign of Sadasiva-Maharaya.
It records that Ramarajayadeva-Maha-arasu, son of the Mahamandalesvara
Ramaraja-Tirumalarajayadeva, made a gift of the village Kologala
in Sivasamudra-sthala, a sub-division of Hadinada-sime, as
pallakki-umbali to Ramaraja-Nayaka, the chief of
Hadinada-sime.
No. 681.
(A.R. No. 408
of 1920.)
On a stone in
front of the Chennakesava temple at Chyabala, Gooty taluk, Anantapur
district.
This is damaged inscription whose date is lost
refers itself to the reign of Sadasivaraya.
It records that, not capable of bearing the enhanced and numerous
taxes, the people of the village Chebale had deserted it and that
Dalavaayi Appala-Nayaka, the agent to Kondayadeva-Maha-arasu,
to whom the district containing the village was given as amaramangani,
invited the people and persuaded them to resettle in the village giving
them some concessions. They
were that they need not pay for three years to come senabova-vartane,
rayasa-vartane, fees to royal servants, kanike, kadaya cess
on marriage and other domestic festivals, free work for the service of
the god Henneyadeva and other imposts ; that after three years such
taxes as were current elsewhere would be justly levied ; and that the
rate of rent payable to the palace would be according to the quality of
the soil.
No. 682.
(A.R. No. 464
of 1914.)
On a slab set
up in a field at Nandihalli, Hadagalli taluk, Bellary District.
This is not dated.
It records that Sadasivadeva-Maharaya made a gift of the
village Volalagundi-Bhairapura,surnamed Gopinathapura, for
the service of the gods Bandesvaradeva and Gopinathadeva in the agrahara
Timmalapura, set up by Bayikara-Ramapaya in the temples
which the latter had caused to be constructed.
A copper-plate charter recording this gift is also stated to have
been granted.
No. 683.
(A.R. No. 409
of 1928.)
On a slab set
up in the outer prakara of the Mahalingesvara temple at Basrur,
Coondapur taluk, South Kanara district.
This is damaged and the date and the kingâs name
are lost. It mentions Sadasivaraya-Nayaka
and Barakura-rajya and records that Timmannasetti and his
elder brother Chemmana-Heggade lent 350 varahas, of which
they had made a gift for the worship of the god Mahadeva at Paduvakeri,
to the residents of Anegali village.
The interest on the amount was payable to the temple of Mahadeva
for conducting the worship of the god.
No. 684.
(A.R. No. 391
of 1920.)
On a stone
near a well to the north of the village Kadadarabenchi, Gooty taluk,
Anantapur district.
This is damaged and dated Saka 1500, Isvara,
Jyeshtha, ba. 12 corresponding to A.D. 1577 June 13, Thursday
(not verifiable), in the reign of Srirangarayadeva-Maharaya.
It records that the king made a grant of a village (name lost) in
Adavanidurga to Handeya-Hanumanayaka-Ayya for the repairs
of a tank.
No. 685.
(A.R. No. 318
of 1925.)
On a stone
lying before the Karnamâs house at Kottur, Kudligi taluk, Bellary
district.
This is dated Saka 1502, Vikrama, Margasira, ba.
10, corresponding A.D. 1580 December 1, Thursday (not
verifiable), in the reign of Timmarajaya-Maha-arasu, son of Ramarajayyadeva-Maha-arasu
ruling from Anegondi. It
records that Vadi-Nayaka, son of Machi-Nayaka of Baguli,
agent of the king, exempted the shepherds of Kottura-sime from
tax on their sheep. The
gift was made in the presence of the god Kallinatha of Baguli, for the
merit of his parents. Kottura-sime
is stated to have been situated in Kogali-venthe, a sub-division
of Pandya-nadu in Hastinavati-valita.
No. 686.
(A.R. No. 732
of 1916.)
On a stone
fixed into the floor of the tank-bund at Harasamudram, Madaksira taluk,
Anantapur district.
This is damaged and fragmentary. It is dated Saka 1505, Svabhanu, Margasira, ba. 30,
Budhavara, Suryoparaga, corresponding to A.D. 1583 December 4,
Wednesday, in the reign of Srirangarayadeva-Maharaya ruling
at Penugonde.
No. 687.
(A.R. No. 2
of 1917.)
On the second
face of the pillar set up in the court-yard of the Ranganatha temple at
Pailabanda, same taluk and district.
This is damaged and dated the cyclic year Svabhanu,
Magha, su. 1, corresponding probably to A.D. 1584 January 4,
Saturday (not verifiable). It
records that Immadi-Timmana-Nayaka of Nidugal gave the kanachi
of the tank, Narasambudhikunte, to Samani-Papaya under the orders
of the god Tiruvemgalanatha of Peyalakonde for carrying a chappara
every year to Tirumale.
No. 688.
(A.R. No. 23
of 1928.)
On a slab
built into the south wall of the Rangasvami temple at Srirangapuram,
Kalyanadrug taluk, same district.
This is damaged and dated Saka 15[05], Svabhanu,
Magha, su. 7, Guruvara, corresponding to A.d. 1584 January 9,
Thursday, in the reign of Srirangadeva-Maharaya ruling at Penugone.
It refers to the report made by the learned men of Eragudi
to the east of Hagare
in Veparala-venthe, a sub-division of Rayadurga-rajya to
the king Srirangaraya about the gift made to them to the village Srirangasamudra
during the reign of king Krishnaraya by Srirangayya, son
of Tirumalanatha of Chaturtha-gotra, who had also
constructed for their use the temple of Sriranganatha, a tank and a
canal connecting the tank with a river for the supply of water and
provided for the worship of the god by granting lands to the temple ;
and that these had been ruined by the Turukas.
The rest of the record is lost.
No. 689.
(A.R. No. 721
of 1917.)
On a slab set
up in front of a mandapa to the south-west of Ratnagiri, Madaksira,
taluk, same district.
This is damaged and the date is lost.
It refers itself to the reign of Srirangadeva-Maharaya
[ruling at Penugonde-durga and records the gift of Bhuttenahalli,
surnamed Rangapura, in Ratnagiri-sthala, situated in Agali-sime
a sub-division of Rayadurga-rajya, to Bhadrappadeva, son
of Kachchutadadeva and grandson of Hariti-Dundapa-Nayaka
of Yanumala family and of Valmika (Valmiki)-gotra and
disciple of Bhadrappadeva.
No. 690.
(A.R. No. 728
of 1917.)
On a boulder
at the gate of the village, Dodderi, same taluk and district.
This is dated Saka 1508, Vyaya, Kartika, su. 12,
corresponding to A.D. 1586 October 14 Friday (not
verifiable), in the reign of Venkatapatideva-Maharaya ruling at Penugonde.
It records that the Mahanayankacharya Rangapa-Nayaka
and grandson of Hariti-Dundapa-Nayaka, made a gift of the village
Dodderi, surnamed Venkatesvarasamudra in Areyakote-sime,
a sub-division of Agali-sime which had been granted for amaranayakatana
to Tirumaleya-Krishnayya, son of Vedamarga-pratishthacharya
Singarabhattara-Vengadamale-Vithayya of Kasyapa-gotra,
Vaikhanasa-sutra and Yajus-sakha.
No. 691.
(A.R. No. 687
of 1919.)
On a stone
lying near the Basavanna well at Beludona, Alur taluk, Bellary district.
This
is dated Saka 1514, Nandana, Vaisakha, su. 15, corresponding to A.D.
1592 April 16, Sunday (not verifiable), in the reign of Venkatapatideva-Maharaya.
It records that Rahuta Lingappa-Nayaka of Chippagiri-sime,
agent to the Mahamandalesvara Aliya-Raghunatharajayadeva-Maha-arasu,
made a gift of land to five persons (named) for repairing a water-well
at Beludone to the north of the road called Dandina-dari.
The gift was made for the merit of Vengalarajayya.
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