South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

Mâṇikyanandin, and guru of king Iruṇgô ḷa ; and the erection of a tomb in his memory by his lay-disciple, the minister Nâgadȇva. the son of Bammadȇva and Jôgâmbâ:─

Śâkȇ randhra-nava-dyu-chandramasi Durmmukhy-âkhya-saṁvatsarȇ Vaiśâkhȇ dhavaḷȇ chaturddaśa-dinȇ vârȇ cha Sûryâtmajȇ | pûrvvâhṇȇ prahaṛȇ gatȇ ’ rddha-sahitȇ.

Saturday, 24th April A, D. 1176 ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 128, No. 89.

415.─Inscr. at Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa, No. 90, p .71. Sanskṛit and Kanarese inscription,^[1] eulogizing, and recording works of piety by, Gaṅgarâja,^[2] minister and general of the Hoysaḷa Vishṇuvardhana, and Huḷḷayya ( Huḷḷa), minister and senior treasurer of Vîra-Ballâḷa (Ballâḷa II.),^[3] and lay-disciple of Nayakîrtidȇva, the son of Guṇachandradȇva.

416.─Ś. 1104*─Inscr. at Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa, No 124, p. 89. Sanskṛit and Kanarese inscription,^[4] recording a grant by the Hoysaḷa Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Vira-Ballâḷa Tribhuvanamalla (Ballâḷa II., the son of Narasiṁha I . and Êchaladȇvî ), ‘ lord of Dvârâvatî,’ made at the request of his minister Chandramauli, the son of Śambhudȇva and Akkavve :─

Śaka-varshada sâyirada-nûṛa-nâlke(lka)neya Plava-saṁvatsarada Paushya(sha)-bahuḷa-tadige Su(śu)kravârad=uttarâyaṇa-saṅkrântiy=e(a)ndu.

Friday, 25th December A.D. 1181 ;^[5] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIV. p.1, No. 123. Vîra-Ballâḷa laid siege to Uchchaṅgî and captured its Pâṇḍya king Kâmadȇva.^[6]

417.─ Inscr. at Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa, No. 107, p. 81. Kanarese inscription recording a grant by the Hoysaḷa Vîra-Ballâḷa (Ballâḷa II.), made at the request of Chandramauli’s wife Âchaladȇvî.^[7]

418.─Ś. 1113(?).─PSOCI. No. 221 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 103, p. 196 Tâḷgund Kanarese inscription of the Hoysaḷa Vîra-Ballâḷa (Ballâḷa II.):─

(L. 51).─Sa(śa)ka-varshada 1113neya Sidhdhârththi-saṁtsarada^[8] Chaiyatra-su 11 Âdivâra vyatîyapâta-saṁkramâṇad=^[9]aṁdu.

Siddhârthin would be Ś. 1121 expired ; but the date is irregular for that year, as well as for Ś. 1113 current and expired.

419.─Ś. 1114.-─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 94; PSOCI. No. 98. Gadag inscription of the Hoysaḷa Mahârâjâdhirâjâ Pratâpa-chakravartin Vîra-Ballâḷa (Ballâḷa II.), ‘ lord of Dvârâvatî,’ recording a grant made from his camp at Lokkiguṇḍi ; (composed by Agniśarman) :─

(L. 43).─Śakanṛipakâl-âtîta-saṁvatsara-śatêshu chaturddaś-âdhikêshv=êkâdaśasu aṁkatô=pi 1114 varttamâna-Paridhâvi-saṁvatsar-âṁtarggata-Mâggaśîrsha-paurṇṇamâsyâṁ Śanaiśchara-vârê sôma-grahaṇê.

Saturday, 21st November A.D. 1192 ; a lunar eclipse, visible in India ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 117, No. 26.

In the lineage of Yadu (the legendary) king Saḷa, at Śaśakapura, acquired the name Hoysaḷa ; then, after other kings, Vinayâditya ; his son Ereyaṅga ; his sons Ballâḷa [I.]

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^[1] Partly identical with Inscr. at Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa, No. 59 ; above, No. 389.
^[2] He defeated the Chôḷa’s feudatory Adiyama, the ‘liguḷa Dâman, the feudatory Dâmôdara, Narasiṁhavarman
and other Chôḷa feudatories.─ Regarding Adiyama compare Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 331, note 7.
^[3] He laid siege to Uchchaṅgî and took its king Kâmadêva ; compare No. 416.
^[4] The text partly agrees with the text of No. 410.
^[5] On this day the tithi of the date commenced 0 h 30 m. after mean sunrise.
^[6] Compare Nos. 415 and 423.
^[7] A full account of her is given in Inscr. at Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa, No. 124 ( above, No. 416) where her name is given also as Ȃchiyakka.
^[8] Read Siddhârtthi-saṁvatsarada Chaitra-śu.
^[9] Read vyalîpâta-saṁkramaṇad =.