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MAY, 1876.]
TWO CHERA GRANTS.
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[V.] pravṛitta eva kindhah Kânvâyanasa gotra śriman Kongani mâhârâjasya âtmanah pravarddhamana vipula svaryya ekona trimsato Jaya sabatsare satayanakshatre mâdelasa gotrebhya Kada svamiśva sarvva bhi madala vallabhascha Kâda svâmintyata bhûmi tathaiva parihârantyaparihârayantya vaya etad asmachhchâsanam akramet sa påpah sariran dandam arahati. Apichâtranugita sloka [VI.] svadattam paradattam và yo hareta vasundharâm gavêm śata sahasrasya hannyaṛpivati dushkrita. Svandatu
vi[ja]yai
taiyyi
sumahachhchakya dumkham [duhkham] anyâtt palana danam vâ pâlanam vetti dâna chchhreyonupâlanam. Bahubhir vasudha dabhih Sagarâdibhih yasya yasya yada bhumi tasya tasya tatha palam. Mahârâjasvâmanuja
tta raja pya divåkare ka.
ke
peggelaginda pannirkkaṇḍugavedenelmannyandendu pâlundendu ativura padedanu padedo narama & alnegalda satvaparaśarâgata
sun, his favour and his anger like nectar and like poison, his sins destroyed by religious rites and numerous gifts of cows, gold, lands, and other things, of widespread fame for his renewal of Brahman endowments long since destroyed, as performing the sacrifice of many wars, the sole sacrificer (in the world), like Indra of valour invincible, like Kubera wonderful in the possession of heaps of treasure inexhaustible, like Yama in his arrows which destroyed the battlements of the neighbouring chiefs, of mighty victorious valour, was M â dhava Raja.
By his son Kongani Râjâ was given to Kâda Svâmiśva, a Taittiriya Brahman, chief of the Hiranya-kesi sútra
Translation.
May it be well! Success through the adorable Padmanabha, resembling (in colour) the cloudy sky.
A sun illumining the clear firmament of the Jahnavi kula, possessed of the wealth of the glory of the kingdom conquered by the might of his own arm, of distinguished fame through striking down the anila (or nila) stambha, a wildfire in consuming the stubble of the forest the ba. .ti, was Śrimat Kongani Varmma Dharmma Mahadhiraja.
His son, inheriting the qualities of his father, author of a treatise on the law of adoption, adorned with the wound acquired by entering into many wars, of a wealth and glory protected by Bhagavat, was Śrimat Madhava Adhiraja.
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His son, whose fame acquired by (his) many elephants had tasted the waters of the four oceans, skilled in riding on the best elephants and the best horses, the destroyer of hosts of enemies, was Śrimad Hari Varmma Mârâja.
His son, endowed with the group of qualities inherited from his father and grandfather, in kingly policy the equal of Brihaspati, his mental energy unimpaired to the end of life, of a valour equal to that of Sakra (Indra), was Srimad Vishnu Gopa Rája.
His son, like Kubera in the merit of smiting his enemies in great wars, a young (or rising)
to Tippûra Kâda Svâmi was given, in the manner of a Brahman endowment, 10 kanduga of paddy land below Melûr tank, freed from all dues of the eighteen castes. and formed into a Brâhman vritti with pouring of water; for the increase of merit and health was it given.
In pursuance of which, in the year Jaya, the 29th of the wealth of the great victories increased by himself, (namely by) Śr îmân Kongani Mahârâja, of the Kân vâyanasa gotra, of a might invincible by any in the world, chief in affection for the Brâhmans, devoted to the worship of the lotus feet of Hara (Siva),the moon being in the Sataya nakshatra, to Kâda Svâmîśva of the Mâdelasa gotra
Let this land be
Satabhisha.
