270 ACCOUNT OF 



Translation of an Inscription^ act on a Stone, upon the 

 Hill of Belligola, in front of the Image. 



' BE GOOD FOR ALL.' 



J3E success to tlie famous Ra'manu'j a *, who is 

 lord above the lords of Atifhis or Sannyasis ; who, 

 like the miglity fire from the face of Vadavanala, dis- 

 perses or dries up the water of the ocean of Pashan- 

 das, or infidels ; who is chief among the slaves of the 

 Lily feet of Srirangaraja ; who allows a passage 

 through Vicunta, ornamented with many edifices of 

 precious stones. 



In the year of the Saca 1290 f, in the Cilaca year 

 of tliC cycle, on Thursday, the 10th of the month 

 oi' Bhadrapad, be success and glory to the honour- 

 able monarch, tlie sovereign and destroyer of envious 

 princes, lord of foreign kings, whose name is Bucca- 

 raVa. During his reign, on account of the disputes 

 of tlie Jains and Bhactas^ the principal citizens of 

 the new cit}^ or Hasapattan, of Anegondi, of Penu- 

 gondii, of Caldhatti pattan, and of other places, re- 

 presented to the prince the injustice committed by 

 the Bhactas: he assembled a court, composed of the 

 following people: Covila Tikamala, Peru Co- 

 viLA TiRUMALA Rayana, and other chitf A'chdryas, 

 judges, inhabitants, and other followers of the Tin^- 

 man and Tcruhadi marks, and the head people or 

 chief officers of districts, and the Fa is knavas of Ti- 

 rucul -And Jambavacul ; in which it was determined, 

 that there was no real cause of diflerence between 



* Ra'ma'nuja, the famous author o( the Sii-bhashi/a, and re- 

 former of the \S«nia doctrine, was born A.D. 1008. Tlie invoca- 

 tion to iiini shows, that tlie inscriptiou was placed with the consent 

 of goverumcut. C. M, 



t A.D. 1567* 



