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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
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from Somê van onwards, with exception, of course, of Chandrabhúshana, were in the service of the temple of Dakshina-Kedårêsvara at Baļag&mve:
Kedåra aktipanditadêva.
Srikanthapaņditadêva.
S8mêsvara-(or Sómanátha-)panditadàva;
A.D. 1099, 1102, 1112.
Vidyabharanapanditadêva;
A.D. 1129.
Gautamapanditadêva;
A.D. 1129, 1149.
Chandrabhushanapanditadêva.
A.D. 1191, 1192, 1199.
Varnasaktipanditaddva, Rajaguru; A.D. 1155, 1158, 1161, 1168, 1171, 1179, 1186, 1192. Lines 46 ff. contain the usual benedictive and imprecatory verses, and the inscription ends with the statement that, by order of king BallAladêva, the dásana was composed by Agnisarman, an emperor among the learned.
The date of our inscription corresponds, as shown by Prof. Kielhorn, to Saturday, the 21st November A.D. 1192, when there was a lunar eclipse visible in India, commencing 0 h. 18 m, before mean sunrise.
Of the localities mentioned, Kratuka is the modern Gadag itself; Lokkigundi, the modern Lakkundi, 5 miles east-south-east of Gadag; and the village of Hombåļalu, the modern Hombal, 7 miles north-west of Gadag.
TEXT. 1 Svasti Traiļdkya pályatê yêna sadayam sat[t]va-vpittinål devo
Yadu-sárddalah Sri-patiḥ srøyseesstu vah || [1] 2 Déyah samasta-s&manta-mastaka-nyasta-sâsana) A-chamdr-&rkkam pripaḥ påyåd= - bhuyam=anbhodhi-mekhylâm || [2]. 3 Asttekshitau kshatriya-pungavån&m* siro-manib fri-Yadu-námadh@yah yad-anvavayê
& Harir-dhdha(ddha)ritri-bhår-Avatár-&rttham=ajdąpi jatah || [3] Tad-anvavayê 4 bahay babhyur-bhbhubbhu)j-odbhava visruta-kirtti-bhajah ady=&pi lokê charit
Adbhutáni yênha puranesha pathatti samtaḥ 11 [4] Kala-kramên=&tha
babh va kaschin=mah5 patis-tatra sal-abhidhånah kulasya kritvá vyapadéśamanyam vismáritó yêna
Yadus-tad-Adyah [5] Kên=&pi bra(vra)ti-patina Bra-dévakäryyê sárddalam
grasitum=up&gatan ni6 hamtum &dishtaḥ sasa kapuré sa hoy=Sal=&ti prapatuta kila vinihatya
Hoysal-Akhyam || [6] Tatab-prabhfiti tad-vamse pravřittam Hoysal-Akhyaya sârdad lasachs dhvaja
1 Vidyabharapa is once called the younger brother of some vars; ibid. p. 91.
"A pupil of Våmabakti was probably Sv&midevs or Såvidêva, of whom in an inscription at Balagårve dated in A.D. 1181 It is said that his head was marked by the lotus bands of the excellent mm Vamasaktike, the Siva seer; compare ibid. p. 119.
• Prom an impression supplied by Dr. Fleet. 4 The woond andra of this word has been drawn out by the engraver into an ornamental figure.
