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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
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and in the vernacular was named Kurumbetta (v.7), it proceeds to extol the Yadu race and its scion the Yadava king Bhillams (v. 8), his son Jaitugi [I] and his son Simhaņa (v. 9), of whom the last-named is here said to have been a patron to Bhoja and over come Arjuna, the Gürjaras, Māgadhas, Cholas, Gaudas, the Turaga-pati (i.e. the Afva-pati), and Ballala (v. 10), Simhana's son Jaitugi [IT] (v. 11), and the latter's son Kanhara, who is now reigning after overthrowing his enemies and restoring the Vedic religion (vv. 12, 13), with his younger brother Mahadēva as Heir-Apparent (v. 14). Then comes & prose prasasti of Kanbara (11. 18-20), giving him his usual titles, and stating that he had conquered the MAļavas and Gurjaras, that he was suzerain to the Tailanga king, and that he was reigning at Dēvagiri. Next we are introduced to one of his great officers. The minister Bioha, son of Chikkadēva, subdued, for his master Kanhara, the lands from Himalaya to Satu and enjoyed half the kingdom; his eldest son was Malla (vv. 15, 16). Malla's son Chamunda conquered the Pandya kingdom, the Konkan, the region around the KĀvēri, and other lands (vv. 17, 18). Chåmun. da's preceptor is Vāgisvara ; his wife is Lakhkhadēvi (vv. 19, 20); and he has set up many images of Siva (v. 21). Then follows a prose prasasti of Chamunda (11. 30-38), which states that he suppressed the arrogance of the haughty Hoysala emperor Somedvara and that besides setting up a "sapphire linga ” in a certain "white temple " he consecrated in the Trikütapräsida of Kurumbetta two lingas of Siva and an image of Madhava, in the name of his father Mallinatha (Malla) and his brother Dēva-Setti, in the Saka year (elapsed) 1172, and deter. mined to give this sanctuary into the charge of an eminent divine. This divine is Vimalasiva or Vimalasambhu, disciple of Bhusankara, disciple of Tryambakasa, in the succession of Lakshadhyāna, a sage in the spiritual lineage going back to the mythical Durvāsas (vv. 2327). A prose passage gives the praises of Vimalasiva (11. 43-45), and a verse states that the gift was duly made (v. 28). Now comes a series of prose details of endowments to this sanctuary (11. 47-66), the first of which mentions a former foundation in Saka 1167 by Adi-Setti, a son of Malli (11. 47-48), who now gives the village of Sabbetta (11. 53-54). Prominent among the donors is the guild of merchants (Bananju, on whom see above, Vol. XVI, p. 332), among whom Chåmunda was a shining light (11. 56-65).
As regards the Yadava kings and their exploits here mentioned, it is sufficient to refer to Dynast. Kanar. Distr., pp. 518-27, and Bombay Gaz., I. ii. Pp. 239 ff., 243, 245. The family of Settis descended from Chikkadēva figures also in the inscriptions published in J. Bo. Br. As. Soc., Vol. XII, pp. 25 ff., 42 ff., Vol. XV, pp. 383 ff., Ind. Ant., Vol. VII, p. 304, and PSOCI., No. 21 (cf. above, Vol. VII, App., Nos. 351, 357), and from these sources we can establish the following pedigree:
Chikkadēva
Malla
Bicha (Bichiriya)
Mallinåtha (Malli-Setti)
Chaunda (Chamanda)
Chảmunda (Chaundi)-Setti, m. Lakhkhadovi
Adi-Setti Two dates are given. The first is Saks 1172 elapsed, Sadharana ; Vaisakha kri. 6; Saturday (11. 35-36). This is practically correct, for the tithi specified, if calculated by "true" Sürya-Siddhānta, ended 19 h. 33 m. after mean sunrise on Friday, 29 April, A.D. 1250, i.e. 1.33 A.m. on Saturday morning. The late Mr. R. Sewells, who with bis usual kindness
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*[This and the following article were contributed several years before the sad death of this yeteran fcholar. See aboye Yol. XVIII, p. 261 f. n. 1.-Ed.)
