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TRANSLATIONS OF INSCRIPTIONS 



which is cultivated by Kana MaLLIAH, in which are four ti'ims of seeds. In these 

 two villages there is land equal to seven turns of seeds. 



These eight villages were presented by us as Blaniem, or as a gift. The seeds 

 thereof were two candies and one half turn, and the two vartis, with the coooanut trees 

 in the village. Nalala, Hunesa, which we purchased, are in addition ; the seeds of which 

 were two candies. Those who unite together in continuing this charity will be rewarded 

 a thousand fold. He who withholds or diminishes the charity will fall into the principal 

 bell, and be guilty of a sin of the same magnitude as if he had murdered his mother and 

 father at Casi (Benares), near the shore of the Ganges. 



SEVENTH INSCRIPTION, 



A Sond of Donation written on the Wall, in the Temple of Hazdr 



Rdmaswdmi. 



May virtue, fortune and victory prevail ! 



In the year of SdlivdJiana 1442, corresponding to the Vriliaspati year Vikramu, it) 

 Mdgha Sudi Saptami, Timmarazu, the son of Chakka* Deva Maha Raya, ofthe 

 tribe of Casyapa, the noblest of men, strong as the Garuda Bharunda-f, and whose 

 dwelling was in the heart of Saraswati, (the goddess of learning) repaired the lake 

 granted by Krishna Maha Raya, and also presented the adjoining lands, on Radlid- 

 saptami the 7th of the moon, (in the month of March, 1520,) to RAmaswami for offerings 

 at the festivals, &c. in order to obtain salvation for his father and mother, &c. 



EIGHTH INSCRIPTION. 



A Sond of Donation on a Stone called Vori, in the Temple of Vithala Deva, 



Fortune and victory ! 



In the year of SalivdJiana 1483, corresponding to the year Durmati, in Chaitra Sudi 

 Panchami, Sanivar, or on the 5th of the moon (in the month of April, 1561,) while the king 



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* Qiiere Chak Das, 116 of Pedigree, Timmarazu is not mentioned in the Pedigree. 



t A fabulous bird with two heads, supposed to be able to lift up elephants in its talons. 



