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Of the race of Oijisdla Kings, [No. 32. 



Of the race of Oyisala Kings, from the posterity of Yaclu. 



Brahma was (born) from the lotus flower, which sprang out of the 

 navel of Vishnu, the preserver of the whole world. By him [Brahma) 

 Atri-7'ishi was (born) from the eye of Atri was (born) Chandra. 

 From him Budha : from him PurHrava. From him Ayu, From 

 Ayu (was born) Nahusha. From Nahusha {proceeded) Yayati, 

 From Yayati, came Yadu. Of the race of this Yadu many kings 

 ruled in the town of Dwaraca, and governed the kingdom. Among 

 those kings one named Sala was a king, who set out with a great 

 army for the purpose of hunting ; and came to a hill named Sim- 

 machala ; during the time of the hunt he saw there a hare chas- 

 ing a tiffer. He reflected — " this spot is a strongs 

 Vira-cshetrya, , „ , ^ . . , 



place (or one fortunate, or propitious to the 



brave) ; and while thinking so, as that tiger was about to attack an 



ascetic, engaged there in his devotions, the king killed the tiger, 



with an arrow. Thereupon that rishi, addressing the king, gave to 



him the title of Vijaya (conqueror). As this 

 2. Sala, or Oyisala. , . i ^ 7 i . , , i i . , 



king named oaea killed the tiger there he also 



gave him the title of Oyisala ;* and told him to conquer that land, 

 and gave him the (varam) permission to exercise a kingly rule there : 

 he, by reason of this sanction accordingly took possession of the 

 country ; and was crowned king. Subsequently when many years 

 had gone by, as a king of that race was very devout he acquired a 

 reputation like that of ,ddity a (the sun) ; and by consequence was 

 known by the name of Vinai-aditya (the devo- 

 2. Vinai aditya. tional sun, or sun of devotion.) That Vinai-aditya 

 residing in Talicadu subjugated and brought within his power this 

 country, by gradual accessions of territory. He induced the chiefs 

 (PdUiya-carar) to be on friendly terms with him, and governing 

 (still) comparatively a small country, as Talicad was not suitable to 

 him he went into the Tuluva\ country, and there took possession of 

 some villages, with connected lands. At that time this Carnataca- 



* I think it should be Visala a title of some Jaina kings in the north. The fable of 

 the hare and tiger is in the native style, when professing to account for anything of which 

 they know no better origin, or reason- 



+ Vinai-aditya gradually acquired territory around Talicadu, and then took possession, 

 of villages in the Tnluva country. This statement does not appear to me to accord with 

 the notion of Talicadu being near the modern Mysore. It is moreover added that the 

 Carnataca-Congu-desa was then under chieftains ; that is to say the modern Mysore 

 country. There must be, I think, two localities termed Talicadu ; and I should be dis- 

 posed to take Telicota north for the one, and Talcad south near Mysore for the other 

 Mallicarjuna is a northern God. I take the capital of Vinai-aditya to have been Telicota : 

 on the west of which is the Tuluva country, or modern Concan. 



