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84 / The Later Gangas : Manqali-Thousand
balle-30 Kampana of Mandali-1000, Sāvanta Ramayya, after washing the feet of Padmašideva, the priest of god Nāgeśvara, made a grant of land (specified) in 1076. He also made a gift of land for Paļayiga, the dancing girl, the singers, for the man who brings bilpatre leaves, the Bael tree, and others. Rāmayya had carried out the stone work of the Nāgeśvara temple, built a tank for the god Śiva, with devotion set up the god keśava in his own name, Rāma-keśava, and made grants of land including those given by the previous order (HI. 14. 1076)
Bagavadi Someśvara Pandita was the chief of the Saiva temple in Edadore-70 of the Mandali-1000. After washing his feet, the nā!-prabhu Nema Veggade, a liac Jain, with several others, made grant of land for the god (Sh. 43. 1172). A temple of Kāleśvara was erected by the general Hemmāļi, in the name of his mother Kalevve. Later, his son Kāleya alias Kāļa had it built of stone, made for it a grant of land, washing the feet of Kalyāņa Pandita, Malloja built the garbhagsha (Sh. 55. 1167).
Märaya, doorkeeper of Hoysala Vira Ballāla, in the name of his younger brother Cikkatamma, erected temple called Cikkeśvara, and made a grant (specified) for the service, offerings, food of ascetics and repairs of the temples; the people and farmers of Gangana nād (Mandali) also made grants (specified) to the god Cikkeśvara from the customs dues. The donee was Mallikārjuna pandita, disciple of Sūryābharaṇadeva, ācārya of Tripurāntaka, at the eastern gate of Sriparvata. To the Pattaņasvāmi Goyisetti, a dweller at the feet of Jinendra, 20 bullocks were allowed out of the 100 bullocks granted to the temple (Sh. 88. 1203).
Nā!-prabhu Madhusudanadeva, son of Vibhu Ganga and Vijjale-Rāņi, had a door made to the Gangeśvara temple erected by his father. Later he also granted land (specified) for the ceremonies and perpetual lamp of the temple (Sh. 5. 1218). Literature
The Mauryas, the Sātavāhanas, the Cutus - were all alien to the soil of Karnataka; they employed either Prakrit or Sanskrit as
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