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for the gold of warriors, an adamant rampart for those who come for refuge, a unique tree of desire to the world, white as the passage of the sun (into Makura), Nárāyaṇa incarnate, a sun of fame, one whose badge of office is worn) on the brows of rulers of provinces,
grindstone of foemen, a crest-jewel of warrior-kings, a crest-jewel of the Kadambas; he who is adorned with these and all other titles, to wit, the Mahamandalesvara Jayakēsidēva ; and likewise
(Lines 102-106)-Hail! She who is constantly brilliant with the moonshine of the moon of abounding stainless glory shewing the grace of the white auspicioas ornaments of the Goddess of Earth ; who rides on fiery elephants ; the dear daughter of the Chāļukyan Emperor who is lord of the whole world enclosed in the circle of the shores of the four oceans a creeping plant of desire to eulogists; a touchstone for the gold of warriors; she whose body is marked by many auspicious features of happy augary for the welfare of the kingdom, who occupies half the body of him who excels the world in liberality; mistress of soft sweet speech and the series of ingenious arts, the treasure-store of the essence of grace, the dweller upon Jayakēsidēva's broad breast, to wit, the Senior Queen Maiļalamah dēvi :
(Lines 106-107)—while they were ruling the nine-hundred of the Konkan and the twelve-thousand of Palasige and the five-hundred of Payve and the lakh and a quarter of Kavadi-dvips so as to suppress the wicked and to protect the cultured, -
(Lines 107-111)--granted to the temple of the god Lakshmaņēśvara constructed by Singarasa the high minister, Dandanāyaka, and high chamberlain of the blest Mailalamahādēvi, on Friday, the thirteenth day of the dark fortnight of Bhadrapada of the cyclic year Visvāvasu, the 1047th Śaka year, on & great tithi that is a Yugādi, for the worship, food-offerings, means of personal enjoyment, perpetnal lamps, largesge, and processional cloths! for the god, for gifts of food and clothing to learned men, ascetics, and students, for gifts of food to Brāhmang, and for restoration of broken, burst, and outworn (parts of the buildings), on tala-vritti tenure in Kundür, the first town (and) royal residence of the five-hundred forming part of the twelve thousand of Palasige,
(Lines 111-112)-a town, the boundaries whereof are : on the east, the high-road going to Kennele ; on the south, the Kumbāragere tank; on the west, the road of Savanana-palli ; on the north, the lands of the sacred building on the hill;
(Lines 112-113)-(also a garden (comprisirtg) one mattar in the estate of Chinamma Gåvonda in the land within the tank on the east of the town ; (also) on the south-western side, a grainfield-nere below the Baisagere tank ;
(Lines 113-115)--and likewise 70 mattar in the eastern fields of Daravāda, a town form. ing part of the five-hundred, on the west of Aneya-suņļil (and) north of the boundary of Navilür, and likewise the local seigniory of Kauvalagēri, a town forming part of the Kundür five-hundred, outside the above town of Kundur, all of thich they bestowed with clear definition both of the four sides of access and of the things included in the tribhoga 3
B.-OF THE TIME OF VIKRAMADITYA VI AND THE KADAMBA JAYAKESIN
II: A.D. 1126. This record is on a stone tablet built into the eailing, in the course of some re airs or restoration, of a temple in the field Survey No. 9, which is known as the temple of Sankaralinga, and seems to be what remains of the temple of the god Sankara of Arakere who is mentioned in
* The word nere is not clear as to meaning.
Parula : see above, vol. XII, p. 270. See I. 4., vol. XIX, p. 271.
