FROM VIJAYANAGAR. 



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of kings, Parameswara, the fortunate, famous and heroic Sadas'vA* Maha Raya was 

 reigning at Vijaijanagar, CoNATi CoNDiA Raja Deva Maha Raya, the son of 

 CoTiA Deva Maha Raya of the tribe of Casyapa presented his village, lands, &c., 

 as an offering to Vithala Deva in the season of 3{akara, Sancranti Puniakdl, i. e. 

 'when the sun entered the eleventh sign of the Zodiac. 



NINTH INSCRIPTION, 

 On the Statue of the G^otZ Narasinha Deva in the Village Krishnapuram. 



In the reign oi SdlivaJiana 451, f corresponding to the year Virodhi, in Vaisdkha Sudi 

 Purniynd, (or on the 15th of the moon in the month of May, 1539.) 



The fortunate, the great king of kings, Parameswara, the famous and heroic 

 Krishna Raya Maha Raya the sage, the poet, the hero, the chief of three Ramas 

 named Narapati, (Raja of Vijayanagar), GAJAPATlj,;, and Aswapati§ established the 

 god Narasinha Deva by the hands of a great man, named Krishna Bhakti, in 

 the village called Krishnapuram, which with other villages were presented as an offering 

 to the deity. 



Detail of Villages. 



One village called Vuravoconda Tosacaram Kitachinta, near the country called Udi. 

 One village called Vanganur, which is in the same country. These two villages have 

 been given by my hand with my own free will with the gold and water to Nara Sinha 

 Deva for the daily offerings, &c., while I am ruling the world, sitting on the precious 

 throne, at the time of the moon's eclipse, on the 15th of the moon, in the month of Vaisdkha 

 or May, in the year Virodhi. Whatever rare thing, water, stones or gold may be found 

 within the boundaries of the above two villages, together with the duties on imports and 

 exports have likewise been presented by me to Narasinha Deva as a donation with 

 my free will. Let the grant be continued until the sun and moon shall cease to shine. 

 {Three Sanscrit Stanzas follow, see the Twelfth Inscription.) 



* This must be Sadasiva, the brother of Achita Rao (Achyuta). He is not mentiooed in tlie Pedigree as 

 having sat on the throne. 



t Probably 1451. ^: Raja of Orissa, ^ Raja of Satara. 



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