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MAREDAPALLI GRANT OF SRI-RANGARAYA II.
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Suklayajuh-kha. He was the son of Varadabhatta and grandson of Balöndubhapta (vv. 55-7).
The village granted was Marēdapalli alias Krishnapuram belonging to the Rüyadurgarajya girt round by Hastināvati (i.e. the modern Hampi in the Bellary District), to the Pennavēntha (P-nadu) and to the Bhüdigumma-simal (vv. 58-9). It was to the east of the river Penna (? Northern Pennir) and south of the hill bounding the village of Oholasamudra and near the chemada-bush lying east of Nilădri (lit. blue hill) situated on the outskirts of the village of Korakodru and close to the river Penna. It was to the west of the blue elevated ground bordering on the Giddamaligāns-kshētra and lying to the west of Kummarllapalli, which again was the western boundary of the village of Palukür, west of the tamarind tree adjoining the sandy tract bounding the village of Vēlēti. It was to the north of the stone pillar set up near the sami tree growing on the outskirts of Timmäpura. Of these places, Krishộäpuram may have taken its name from Virakfishộams of the Kåśyapa-götra, at whose instance the grant was made. He was the son of Varabayyappa and lord of Maninagapura and is said to have borne the biruda Sitakaragandārika (vv. 70-3) and to have been the terror of Dhavalanka(na).
The titles Sindhu-Govinda, Sitakaraganda, Davaļarika-Bhima and Maninagapuravaradhisvara are applied to Tirumalaraja of Udayagiri in an inscription of Saka-Samvat 1457, the cyclic year Manmatha, corresponding to A.D. 1535-36.3 In a copper-plate record of Saka-Samvat 1484, the cyclic year Radhirodgărin, corresponding to A.D. 1563-646 the same epithets are given to Krishnapa-Nayaka, son of Baiyappa-Nayaka, of Balam (Belür). Of KrishnapaNayaka (also called Era-Krishọapa-Nayaka) Mr. Rice remarks, that he " is represented in most of the inscriptions as the head of the family, who was enfeoffed by Krishqariya of Vijayanagara. He was the hadapada, or bearer of the king's betel-bag". According to Mr. Rico, Venkatadri-Nayaka, son of Krishnapa-Nayaka, was the head of the Balam family in SakaSanyat 1498, the cyclic year Dhātri, corresponding to A.D. 1576-78. About Mapinågapura Mr. Rice adds, "I have been unable to identify Mapināgapura. It appears to be a place in the Central Provinces."
The composer of the inscription was the son of Sabhāpati and the engraver Ganapayacharya, the son of Virana. These two persons also figure in the same capacities in the Tumkur Plates of Tirumalarāya.?
The grant concludes with the usual imprecatory verses and Sri-Virupaksha in old Kanarese characters at the end.
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Būdigumms in the name of a village in the Rayadrag täluks of the Bellary District. It s. 29 miles and of Bayadrug.
1 The correct form of this biruda is Davalaska-Bhima u will be seen in the next paragraph. * Ep. Carn., Vol. III, Sr. 95.
ibidem, Vol. V, H. N. & bidem, Vol. V, Part I, p. xxxiii. (bidem, Vol. IV., Ya. 19. Tibidem, Vol. XII, p. 5. • Metro: Anushţubh. Read THEIT. . Read art. 0 Metre: Apashfubla.
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