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pediment remains; and on this the only sculptures visible are a linga on a stand with a squatting ball to the proper right. The text below this is contained in three compartments, all of them about 2 ft. wide. The first of these, comprising 11. 1-5, is about 41.in. high; the second, II. 6-68, some 4 ft. 3 in. high; and the third, 11. 69-70, about 2 in. high.-The character is ** fair Kanarese of the middle of the twelfth century, with letters varying in height from fin. to 1 in.-Apart from the Sanskrit stanzas Nos. 1, 2, 15, and 26, the language is Old Kanarest, The ancient has been changed to rin kirtt- (1. 10) aud negarddan (1. 42), and elsewhere to . The upadhmdniya appears in -payahpuru- (1. 25) and Vāchapati (1. 54). P is changed to lo only in the Dames Tailaha (1l. 22, 32, 48, 56, 58) and Hänu ingall= (11. 65-6; elsewhere Panu igallu). Among the words of lexical interest we may notice Chaluki (1. 5), jagadalu (1. 6), nirvuddhe (1. 15), kamdarisu (1. 27), kanmayisu (1. 27), ullēkha in the sense of highflashing" (1. 57), gadduge (1.58),' and kandarane, " carving" (1.70).
The record chronicles three endowments, and was redacted in its present form on the occasion of the last of these. The first part, after a prelude (vv. 1-4), opens with a series of stanzas (II. 6-10) praising in succession Permāļi-Rä[ja], by whom Vikramāditya VI seems to be meant (v. 5), Tailapa (i.e. Ahavamalla Nürmadi Taila II), Satyábraya, and Vikrama, i.e. Vikramāditya VI (v. 6); and Vikramaditya's successes over the Cholas, Nēpaļas, and Gürjaras are glorified (v.7). Then comes the formula referring the grant to Vikramaditya's ruiga (11. 10-19), followed by verses giving the lineage of bis feudatory the Kādamba Maha-Mandalesvara Taila (II) or Tailaba-dēvaraga of Hängal (11. 12-17). Ho was the son of Santa (Santivarman) and Sriya-dēvi; and Suuta liad four brothers, named Taila (I), Māvuli, Choki, und Bikki (.e. Vikrama). After this comes # prose passage giving to Tailaha all the standing titles of his family and referring the grant to his reigu (11. 17-24). Then we have bome verses in praise of the town of Purikara, i.e. Lakubmöshwar (11. 24-26), its sanctuary of Mahs-svayambhu-Somanátha, or Dakshiņa-Soma, "the Somnath of the South" (II. 26-28), and the prior of that establishment, Mahendrasoma Pandita-dēva (11. 28-30); and then comes au interesting prose paragraph (11. 30-34) relating how the latter paid a visit to the Mubi-Mandalesvara Tailaha-dēve (the above-mentioned Kadamba Taila II) at Pänungallu, and gave him his blessing and gift of the Saiva eucharist, in return for which he received from Tailaha the gift of the town of Kallavaņa for the maintenance of his temple (ll. 34-38). A formal ending of the usual kind then brings the first section to a conclusion (11. 38-40).
The second part then opens with a verse in praise of the Chāļukya Taila II, who in allusion to his title Nürmadi-Taila, "a hundred times a Taila," is bere called Irmadi-padirmadi-nūrmadiTaila,"twice, twelve times, a huudred times a Taila" (1!. 41-42), and it then formally refers itself to his reign (11. 42-44). We are then introduced in three verses to another Kadamba prince, Māvuli-Taila, also called Tailaha-dēva and simply Taila, & grandson of the abovemontioned Tailaba II; he was reigning at Nareyangallu (II. 41-48), and was a worshipper of Somanätha (11. 48-49). He had a foudatory, the Maha-Mandalesvara Vira Pandya, who at the time was holding the manneya or seigniory of the Puligere näd (11. 49-51), while the General Mahādēvarasa was governing the same district wud the Banavāse country in the office of
Cl. the phrase in a Sogal inscription, 11. 11-12, snanan mäducargge gaddugeya niran. It seems to be the same as the Kushmiri gode, "Aspersion," "coremonial sprinkling."
1 Ou this pedigree soe Dyn. Kanar. Distr., pp. 559 sqq.
Among other titles he is described as Datavarmma-vraja-niyukta (1. 29). "employed in tho sraja o Dabavarman." Properly vraja ineans cattle-stall; here perhaps it signifies #royal court. Who Dusavarmu Was is a mystery.
On Viva Pandya, who also appears as ruling at this time in Uchchangi-lurga over Nolaubavadi, see Dyn. Kanar. Distr., PP. 456,458, PSOCI., Nos. 116, 117, 139, Mysore Inser., No.. 8, 9, 32, 34, 35. He was father of Vijaya Pandys.
