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of supplicants, for (his) surpassing beauty which amazed (those who saw him), for his high proficiency in the sciences, for (his) refined goodness, for (his charming behaviour, for the greatness of (his) pridel (and) for the display of (his) dauntless heroism, ---became famous.
(V. 3.) Who does not extol the minister of the mandalika Kákatî Bêta, Vaija, that master of prodigious fame, who by (his) immeasurable prowess made, amidst the applauses of the world, the renowned king Kakati Bêta to successfully visit the feet of the Chalukya emperor (chakrin), (and) to rule by the favour of that emperor) the Sabbi (one) thousand (district) (in such a way) as to attract the attention (of the world).
(V. 4.) To him and to his wife) the blooming lotus-faced Yakamabbe was born pergade Bêts who, famous as he was) in the world, was a head-jewel in the diadems of the ministerclass.
(V. 5.) He (Beta), the exalted minister of the prosperous king Kåkatî-Próla, who was counted as equal to Mandhata and Råma, the foremost among the wise, proficient in all sciences, an admirer of good behaviour, a mine of literary lore, a celestial tree to learned men possessing truth and virtue, built, with great delight, ten houses for gods (i.e. temples) in his own village.
(V..6.) The wife of the minister Bêta, the son of (Ya] kamâmbika, (was) Mailama, whose face was as pleasant as) the moon (and) whose lips were (red like) the bimba (fruit), the colour of whose body was praised as being fair and her) full breasts as being golden pots, (who was) the (veritable) lady Bhârati, & Såsanadêvî (par excellence) acceptable to the doctrines of the Jaina religion (and) decidedly, (the goddess) Lakshmi (but) without the latter's) fickleness.
(V. 7.) Who, who in this world does not extol Mailama saying: "The lotus-born (Brahman) having produced, out of the five gems (such as best suited the portion of the body (under creation), the several) limbs with (their) adjuncts from the feet right up to those tremulous curls, (and) having filled (them) with happiness, grace, joy (and) beauty (which he) culled from among the celestial nymphs, -(he) loved (to see this gem of womankind his own creation)."
(V. 8.) The whole world would praise deservedly the wife of the minister Bêta saying: “She possesses praiseworthy beauty; she is full of lustre ; (she) is a Rati in dalliance; (she) is the lady Sri (i.e. Lakshmi), (she) is the lady Ghatântaki;" (she) is the lady Vani (e. Sarasvati)."
(V. 9.) The thus-praised abode of Rama (ie. Lakshm!)- Mailame- having caused to be built with delight and devotion the resplendent Kadalal@ya-basadi (temple) on the top of the hill in order that it may bring prosperity to her
(L. 70.) for the daily worship, incense, lights (and) oblations in the temple) (and) for food, clothing, etc., of the temple priest,
(L. 72.) while the reign of Kakatiya Polalarasa, son of the glorious king, the Mandalika Tribhuvanamalla, was continuously prosperous and successful, at Ammakunde, (to last) as long as the moon, sun and stars in the forty-second year of the prosperous Chalukya-Vikrama years, corresponding to the Hémalambi-samvatsara ; on account of the Uttarayana-samkranti
1 The word endntana is not found in Dr. Kittel's Kannada-English Dictionary. Perhaps it is a poetical form for manalana.
The Jains saint Akalanka is said in the Mallishēņa epitaph (above, Vol. III. P. 200) to have overcome. along with the Bauddhas, the Buddhist goddess Tara who had secretly descended into a pot as dwelling place. According to the Rdjdvall kath. (Mr. Rice's Epigraphia Carnatica, Vol. II. p. 46) Akalahka was helped in his disputation against the Buddhas by the Jains goddess Kushmkodint and eventually kicked over the pot with his left foot and smashed it. In the present inscription Mailsma is apparently compared to the goddess Kashmåndini who helped Akalahka to smash the pot in which the goddess Tari had taken her abode.
