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INSCRIPTIONS. 



are pushing at the back of the cart and helping to move the 

 wheels by means of a large lever. On the next stone six 

 carts decorated with flags are represented, each cart being 

 drawn by one pair of bulls. 



B. 



TRANSLITERATION OF THE INSCRIPTION. 

 Svasti samastagunaganakara satyaratnakara saujanyagau- 

 rava a digandabhairava sahaso^tunga kakatiyakatakasarimaha 

 viracitaranotsaha kudupaluripuravaradhisvara vlralaksumi- 

 nijesvara hasulukulakamalamartanda kadanapracanda misara- 

 5 ganda ubhayabalaganda gandaraganda abhanga gandabher- 

 unda hagibaraganda hadimuvaraganda ladakunarapendara 

 ekajagadekavira kantikarakalamauli santatojvala sasimaulini- 

 jayanta dustaturagarekharevanta samarasamayadurdharavi- 

 ravatararisadiyelitalagonduganda uppulasomanitalagondu- 

 10 ganda gandibhupalunitalagonduganda lakkinayakunitala- 

 gonduganda yedipalikaceyanakunisirakhanda kandurikesina- 

 yinitalagondaganda aparabhimanirdhumadhamanirupama- 

 sangramarama te r alakadadesapattani r uvatondagodhumapat- 

 tanapurattacirabelakinay ininisahanapaharana sahaj akraurya- 



The letters in italic print are not in the text. Spelling mistakes occur in the 

 inscription. 



Line 2, sdhasottunga. This expression is in Local Records XIII, p. 162, 1. 5, 



an epithet of the king Anantapaladanda. 

 Line 4, hasulu, denotes the Hoysala kings. 



Line 5, gandaraganda. In the preface to the Balabhagavatam, p. 14, 1. 2, Papa- 

 timmaraja is called gandaraganda, and in the Ramarajiyam, p. 2, 1. 13 

 the Calukya Narayana is called dharanivarahagandaraganda. Compare 

 also p. 23C\ 



Line 6, hadimuvaraganda. In the Ramarajiyam, p. 2, 1. 12, the Calukya Nara- 

 yana is called hattumuvaraganda. See also hattibbaraganda on p. 235- 



Line 6, ladakunarapendara. In the preface to the Balabhagavatam, p. 6, 1. 7 

 Timmaraja is called Gandapendara. 



Line 7, kantikarakalamauli. With this expression compare Tirumalardya- 

 mauli in Balabhagavatam, si. 121 , 



Line 10, lahkindyakuni. See p. 217 and p. 240. 



Line 11, kdceyandkunisirakhanda. According to the preface to the Balabhaga- 

 vatam Ramaraja, son of Bukkaraya, conquered the Kacadhlsa of 

 Adaveni (Adoni) see p. 231 — Kandurikesindyini t seep. 217. 



