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130 ANDHRA KARNATA JA’INISM.
(5) Pathadakal Canarere Ins. inentioning the same lady. . (5) Pathadakal Canarese Ins. mentioning the same lady (Ind. Ant. X).
(6) Pathadakal Canarcse Ins. mentioning the same lady (Ind. Ant. X).
Rāshtra kūtas.
S. 687. ---Hatti Matlur Canacese memorial tablet- of the reign of Akalavarsha (Krishna I)" (Ep. Ind. VI).
S. 796.-Canarese Plates af Rashtrakūta Govindaraja III Prabhutavarsha (Ind. Ant. XI).
Anything like a thorough discussion of the features of phonology, grammar and synt:ix of these inscriptions in either of the languages in comparison with those of either Kayiraja Mārga or Mahābhāratam, however interesting and important for the historical study of the Karnata and Andhra literary dialects, falls outside the scope of the present studies. What is urged by this table of parallelisms is just the fact of panegyrical poetry having been cultivated on similar lines in both the Karnāta and Andhra countries, particularly under Chalukya patronage. "A further feature which is important from the point of view of the make-up of the literary dialects of Karnāta and Andhra, brought out by these inscriptions is the gradual development of a highly sonorous literary style by the