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SOMALAPURAM GRANT OF VIRUPAKSHA: SAKA 1389.
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(Vv. 7 and 8.) Then came king Bukka, the foremost of the kingly race, in the fire of whose valour the hostile rulers were consumed as moths. In this king of great fame, the goddess of prosperity of the Karnata (kingdom) rested with pleasure. And the goddess of the earth also for the first time realised the significance of her) names Vasundhara and Sthira on account of her qualities of bearing wealth and remaining permanent.
(V. 9.) Like the moon of bright lustre rising from the Udaiya-Saila of lofty peak, king Harihara of rising full glory took his birth from king Bakka who wore a splendid crown and filled all the quarters with abundant wealth acquired by taxation as the moon with the exuberent lustre of his rays.
(V. 10.) What could stand comparison with him the reflection of whose fame is protected by the deities of the quarters, by whom the (stern) Kali age has been turned into one better than the (golden) Kçita age; by whom was caused the highway of the school of philosophy which considers Duty (Karma) as god (Brahmi) free of all obstacles, and by whom the earth, having for (its) girdle the oceans, was ruled with justice.
(V. 11.) She, who was called Möļädēvi because she was a combination of Sri i.e. Lakshmi) and Parvati and was in every way possessed of auspicious marks, was the consort of this king.
(Vv. 12 and 13.) Indra, desirous of removing his stains, obtained on earth the form of this (king) and in the nam of Dovariya, with Pratipa prefixed to it, ruled the world with his prowess. In the glowing fire of this king's valour, the Turushkas were scorched up and (other) hostile monarchs, with (their) bravery lost, sought self-protection in forests and ant-hills.
(V. 14.) The son of this husband of Damămbik, was Vijayabhāpati, the destroyer of his enemies, the store-house of learning, of supreme knowledge and a hero.
(Vv, 15 and 16.) To him, through Nārāyanidovi, was born the king called Pratápa, renowned as Praudhapratapa, who had fame for wealth. He shone on this earth with many virtues, obtained famo by meritorious deeds, got the (kingdom) of Ghanidri-rajya from his (uterine) elder brother and was a Pärijäta in granting their desired objects to crowds of mendicants.
(V. 17.) His wife was Siddaladēvi, the resort of all good qualities, like Lakshmi to Nårdyana And Sachi to the enemy of Namuchi (i.e. Indra).
(V. 18.) Siva (himself) was born of her under the well-known name of Viräpåksha, full of good qualities, a rajadhiraja, the head-ornament of kings, a munificent person and the one ocean of mercy.
(V. 19.) Acquiring the kingdom through his own prowess, attended with all kinds of prosperity, and conquering all his enemies with the point of his sword, he, as the play-ground of heroism, rejoices.
(V. 20.) He who is renowned as Chhurika-Bhālanētra (i.e. Śiva in wielding the sword) and ripe of wisdom holds the high (sounding) titles, such as Mūrurāyaraganda, Pararāyabhayarikara and Hindurayasuratrana.
(Vv. 21 to 29.) On the bank of the Tungabhadră river (and) in the presence of the god) Virå påksha, having obtained his ancestral throne, this king Virupaksha, the foremost among those) possessing noble virtues, rules the earth, surrounded by pious Brahmanas assembled in his court. In the course of the Sala yeary determined by the Sālivahana-[Ern), in the excellent year Sarvajit (corresponding to the year) expressed by nine, eight, gunas (three) and bha (one) (i.e. 1389), on the auspicious occasion of Utthānadvadasi, in the brigbt half of the month of Kärttika, he, the best of kings, the wise Virūpåksha, a rājādhiraja (and) rajaparamātusta, of great valour, with the intention of making charity, made a grant to Brahmana resident of Nittura, who was the son of Sårangärya, who belonged to the Atröya-[gotra), and was a endent of the Rik-[Sakha], who was well versed in all the Sastras, who knew the sixty-four arts
