Epigraphia Indica Vol 15

SR No.: 032569
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Sten Konow, F W Thomas
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1919
Total Pages: 478
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 23 MB

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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
(Vol. XV
The record begins by referring itself in 11. 1-3 to the reign of Jagadēkamalla-Jayasinha (II), and then in 11. 3-7 introduces with all his titles his cousin Kundarāje, or Kundiga, son of king Irivabodenga (Akalankacharita-Satyāśraya), who was ruling the Banavisi Twelvethousand and the Payve nādu (see Dyn. Kanar. Distr., p. 437). Kundarāja among other titles bears that of " & chatta to Sattiga," i.e. to his father Satyásraya; and his valour and success are glorified in two verses (11. 7-11), where he is said to have routed the elephant-squadrons of the Chola, the Gangēga (i.e. & Ganga king?), and Bhojarāja (see Dyn. Kanar. Distr., p. 436); through him the golden doors of the Malepas were destroyed, and so forth. Next there appears on the scene Kandarāja's chief wife, Kundala-dēvi or Kundabbarasi, the daughter of Bachi or Bachayya; she is styled "a crest-jewel of the house of Thāni," which seems to mean that Bachi was a prince of Thăņe, the modern Thapa, and her ascendancy in the palace seems to have been enforced with a rod of iron, for our author twice styles her " whip to the backs of rival wives," as well as "a lion to the elephants rival wiyes" and "one who buffets (literally, smacks) rival wives" (11. 11-19). We then learn that on the given date, when Kannamma was nāl-gāvunda of the Bāsavura Hundred-andforty and Balguļiyara Puņuseyamma's son Kallayya was gāvunda over a part of Siguņūr, this lady con veyed to the Saiva doctor Sankarāśi for the benefit of the temple certain lands in the neighbourhood (11. 19-34). The details of this endowment shew that the mattar or mattal consisted of 100 kamma. A supplement records that the Seventy (burgesses) of Sigupir granted for the maintenance of the tank a bittu-vatta or permanent right of sowing in certain lands (1. 34 ff.). The edict was drafted by Gurubhaktar-Acharya,' and engraved by Dēmoja (II. 37-38). On 1.28 there is mention of a stone-mason Babboja, who made this: what is meant by “this" is not clear, for the whole inscription is by one and the same hand; possibly he was the mason who built the temple.
The date is given on 11. 21-22 as: Saka 950, the cyclic year Vibhava; Pausha saddha 5, Monday; the uttarāyana-samkrānti. There is a slight irregularity in these details. The given tithi corresponded to Tuesday, 24 December, A.D. 1028; it ended on that day 1 h. 9 m. after mean sunrise, i.e. at 7.9 A.m., and it began at 6.45 A.m. on the preceding Monday. The uttarāyana-sankranti occurred, according to the Arya-siddhanta, 14 h. 23 m. after mean suprise on the Monday, while the given tithi was current, and the 1st Makara was reckoned as corresponding to the Tuesday.
The places mentioned are: the Banavāsi Twelve-thousand (11. 6, 19), Banavāsi town (1. 3), the Payvo nādu (1. 6), Thāņi (1.16), the Bāsavura Hundred-and-forty (1. 19), Siguņūr (11. 21, 35), Balebbe (11. 23-24), Pavari (1. 24), Tāvaregere (11. 34-35), the tirthas on 11. 30 and 37, and some minor local names. Payve or Hayve is a well-known Five-hundred. Thani is probably the same as Thane, now Thapa District. The Basavura district included the towns of Dēvagöri and Kolùr, as well as Kuļēnar. The name Sigunür is practically identical with Sirunar in the Sadi inser. F. (above, Vol. XV, p. 87), and possibly may denote the same place, in spite of the distance between Kulēnār and Sudi. Påvari is the modern Håveri, the head-quarters of the Karajgi taluka in Dhārwār District, lying in lat. 14° 47' and long. 75° 28'. Tho Távaregere seems to have been a local tank, and to bave nothing to do with Tävargeri near Kalghatgi.
1 Tala-prahari; on this term see especially Ep. Cars. VI. Kd. 36.
[The longth of cha and the repha of ryya are not seen on the Plato. I think the name has to be read Garabhakta Rüclays a.-H. K. S.]
* I bare again to think Mr. R. Sewell for verifying my calculations.