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MADAGIHAL INSCRIPTION OF SAKA 1098, ETC.
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patibrate (1. 36), -brāt- (1. 36), -byāpāra- (1. 40), -brata (1. 45), -braja (1. 48), byavahari? (1. 61), dibya- (11. 79, 87), -bratiindran (1. 80). In the verse parts p is changed to h only in the puvning phrase hen-madi Heinmadi (1. 12) and in ulihinh (1. 32) and hiridum (11. 82, 94); in the prose initial p and h are both found. Among the words of lexical interest may be mentioned pramanjula (1. 20), prapēšala (1.21), biru (1. 22), utkamala (1. 31), kaļe with apparently the meaning of " building ” (1. 32), udvimäna (1.48), pragēna (1. 50), avata (1. 60), nela-megtu (11. 66-7), singaraltige (1. 67), mantarike (1. 68), and leru (1. 93). The verb kesu is not given in Kittel's Dictionary ; but Gangadhar Madwaleswar Turmari in his Sabda-mañjari glosses keru by (1) prakāsisu and (2) dat[=&gu.
The record is a composite one, chronicling donations made at different times to the same pair of temples. After invocations of Siva (v.1), Gaņēsa (v. 2), Siva-Somanátha (v.3), and Siva Bijevara (v.4), the author describes Kuntala as situate in Bharata-kshötra (v. 5, 11. 7-S). In the nad of Tarikādu in Kuntala is the city of Mangaļivěda (v. 6, 11. 8-9). In the lineage of rulers of Mangaļivēda was born Kannams; his son was Raja ; his sons were Ammugi, Sankama, and Jõgams (v. 7, 11. 9-10). The valiant and glorious Jógama's son was Hemmādi, who in turn begot Bijjala (v. 8, 11. 10-12). To the glories of Bijjala, the founder of the Kalachurya kingdom, the author devotes three stanzas (vv. 9-11, 11. 12-18). Bijjala's son is Soma (Soyi-dēva), who is now reigning in imperial splendour, and has conquered the Māļavas, Cholas, Nēpāļas, Kalingas, Påñchālas, and Görjaras, and receives the homage of the Gaudas, Pandyas, Malayāļas, and Vorāļas (vv. 12-16, 11. 18-27). Then comes the formal preamble referring the document to the reign of Rāya-Murāri Söyi-döva, with the usual Kalachurya titles (11. 27-30), followed by verses in praises of Malige, the modern Mädagihal, in the Tarikādu nãd (vv. 17-9, 11. 30-4), and of its prabhu or sheriff Bijjeya Nāyakar and his wife Sāvitri-dēvi or Sāyiyakka (vv. 20-9, 11. 34-48). His pedigree is as follows: Malla Gauņda begot Balla Gaunda, who hegot a second Malla Gaunda, who begot by Muddiyakka-Bijjaya (vv. 20-3, 11. 34-9). Bijjaya is distingaished as a statesman, warrior, poet, and master of the Kanarese tongue (v. 27, 11. 43-5). He has built a temple to śiva-Somanatha, with the title Baya-Muräri-Sómanátha, in compliment to the king, and another to the same god under the title [Sudēki)-Bijjēsvara, after his own name, and has caused a pond to be made beside the latter (vv. 30-2, 11. 48-53). Then follows a series of formal endowments for these establishments by Bijjaya Nayaka and other benefactors, apparently all of the same date, which, as we shall see below, is A.D. 1172 (11. 53-68). Immediately after theso comes a second series of endowments to these temples, dated in the reign of the Kalachurya Bankama (11. 68-73), followed by a third set belonging to the reign of the Yadaval Bhillama (11. 73-8). We are next introduced in four verses (vv. 33-6, 11. 78-83) to an eminent Saiva divine, Lökābharana, and his equally distinguished disciple Kalyanadēva ; and then is registered the transference of the two temples with their estates to the trusteeship of Kalyāyaděva by Bijjsya Nayaka (11. 83-6), with regulations for discipline (11. 86-8) and commonitory ve ies (11. 8894),
1 Here spelt Adada : see above.
This must be the same as the Lökibharana mentioned in a record of A.D. 1112 at Dirangere as having graat made in his favour by Vin Pandya-dôra (Mysore Inser., p. 16),
