Later Gangas Mandali Thousand

Author(s): Nagarajaiah Hampa
Publisher: Ankita Pustak

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not submit. Those who ruled from Āsandi had their early affiliation to the Hoysaļas.
Āsandi was a part of the Banavāsi Kadambas and continued to be a Jain centre from fifth century onwards. Perhaps the first prominent chief of the Āsandi Gangas was Vaijarasa- I, who was a direct subordinate of the Hoysala Ereyanga. When the hostile Aggadarāya ran into the Bedarabanki forest, in front of Hemmādi alias Tribhuvanamalla Rakkasa Ganga Permmādi (1076-1102), Vaijarasa-l aimed an arrow at the foe from his bow, which not only went through the skull but continuing on, to the amazement of the onlookers, hit one eye of a kite that was flying in the sky. For this extraordinary feat, Vaijarasa received from Hermmāçirāya the title Kanna-ambi, eye arrow (Ci. 64 1214).
To Vaijarasa of extraordinary achievements was born king Nadaņņa alias Nada. Nadaņņa and his consort Nāgale, by the boon of the three eyed god Mukkaņņa (Śiva), was born the king Vayja-11. Vayjamāndalika-11 worshipped the goddess Padmāvati saying 'this is my deity, the only light of my family, character and power. Similarly, his lady partner Vayjala Devi also worshipped daily the same deity. By their single dedication to the goddess Padmăvati was born a son. sandinād, with its head-quarters at Āsandi, now in Cikkamagalūr dt/Kadūr tk, has been a seat of Nirgranta activities, ever since it was a part of the Banavāsi Kadamba dynasty, as early as 5th cent. C.E., and it was very soon under the sway of the Gangas. A basadi at Asandi is mentioned in an inscription of A.D. 961 (EC. VI (old) Kadūr. 159. C.E. 961]. Keleyaladevi was the queen consort of the Hoysaļa king Vinayaditya who was ruling with his residence in Sosevūr.
Vinayāditya (1047-98) and Keleyaladevi, or the occasion of the marriage of Mariyāne Dandanayaka with Dekave Daņdanāyakiti, granted Āsandinäd and Sindagere in the year C.E. 1048 [EC. VI. (1901) Cm. 160). Mariyāne Dandanāyaka, younger brother of Nākaņa Dandanāyaka, was the son of Dākarasa Dandanāyaka and Ecave Dandanayaka's consort Dekave was the sister of the greatest of generals Gangarāja (EC. VII (R) “Intro” p. viii).