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waste-land hasuga of Kokkuligori; the aru-vana for it is one hana on ench mattar. As regards the bounds of the field, the northern bound is from the field of the god Gokarnesvam, on the south from the field of the god) of the Ajjavas, on the north-east the fata of Kattiyagērı, on the west the sata of Raviyaņi.
(LI. 44-47.) Hail! The Thousand, headed by the mayor, assigned to the god Andhåsura for baths and oblations eight mattar as & sarva-namasya holding in the hasuge of the Lower (?) Field. As regards its bounds, the eastern bound is the Goldsmiths' Field, the southern bound the hill, the western bound the sauti, the northern bound the fata of Ghaisasagēri.
(LI. 47-48.) On the uttarayana-sankrānti, Monday, the full-moon of the bright fortnight of Pushya in the cyclic year Krödhi, the second of the (regnal) years of-hail !-the Chalukya Emperor Somësvaradeve,
(LI. 48-52.) The Hundred of Kaļasavalligēri and the Thousand (of Pali), together with the Samaya-chakravartti Kalidēvayya Setti, assigned to the god Andhäsura for baths and oblations a (?) mattar as a sarta-namasya holding in the first grounds of the waste-land hasage of Kokkuligēri, in exchange for a field of fourteen mattar belonging to Mainivana. Its bounds are : on the east from the data of Raviyanagēri; its northern bound the highroad of Båragutti; its eastern bound the fata of Kattiyagēri ; its southern bound the road of the Edava's river." This pious foundation the Thousand shall protect.
(L. 53.) On Monday the eighth of the bright fortnight of Jyöshtha in the cyclic year Tirana, the 1146th year of-hail !-the auspicious Saka era,
(L!. 53-56.) Hail ! Endowed with all virtues, worshippers of the divinely blest lotus-feet of the god Trikütösvara, the weavers' guilds of Pili, in the presence of the mayor and the Thousand, granted with pouring of water a votive gift (?) to Vāmasaktidëva, the Acharya of the establishment of the god Andhasura, for the business of the god : for each household, on every gold-piece..
F.-OF THE REIGN OF VIKRAMADITYA VI: SAKA 1029. This is an inscription on the upper part of a black stone found standing in the manda pa on the southern side of the entrance into the adytum of the temple of Kere-Siddhappa. The lower part of the stone, with the inscription from 1. 31 onwards, has been broken away and lost. What remains is 3 ft. 5} in, high and 1 ft. 84 in, wide. It has a rounded top, on which are sculptures, vis, in the centre a liriga; to the proper right of this, & squatting figure, possibly Śiva or a Yogi; to the left of the liriga, a cow with calf; over the cow, a scimitar; above these, the sun (to right of linga) and moon (to left). The inscribed area below this is 2 ft. 2 in high and 1 ft. 8} in, broad.-The character is good Kanarese of the period, with letters about in, high, which, however, become smaller as the inscription goes on. The cursive occurs in ryatipātadalu, 1. 26.-The language is Sanskrit in the prelude (11. 1-3), and for the rest Old Kanarese. The ! appears only as ), viz. in vogaļuudo (1. 14) and pogaļuud- (1. 18).
The record opens with two Sanskrit verses, the first of which is the formal Namasturgao, and the second the introductory stanza of Kalidasa's Raghuvarka (11, 1-3). It then refers itself to the reign of Tribhuvanamalladēva, i.e. Vikramaditys VI (11. 4-7), and next ins series of verses extols the Belvala nadu, Pali, the Thousand of Pūli, the Hundred of Kalasavalli. gēri, the Saiva divine Siddhāśvara, and his disciple Somēģvara, both of whom were Acharyas
The Ajjava family is mentioned above, in inscr. D.
1 This is the name of a demon, an ally of Rävaņs, whose legend is popular in the south. Possibly & sanctuary of his may be meant; but it is doubtfal.
On the epithet edava noe above, Vol. XV, p. 81, n. 7.
