GADDAK INSCRIPTIONS. 299 October, 1873.]
- 8 not elucidated by the fanciful explanation of
it given in line 35 of the inscription. The word kata has a variety of meanings; trikuta may denote a mountain with three peaks, or a temple with three cupolas; but Trikutesvara, as a name of Siva, can have no allusion to moun¬ tains, and, I think, has no particular allusion to temples; ‘ trikuta’ in this compound appears to me to be probably a symbolisation of the three powers of creation, preservation, and destruc¬ tion, as personified by the well-known triad of Brahma,Vishnu, and Siva; the three heads on the altar among the emblems will then denote Siva as representing, in the eyes of the worship¬ pers of the linga, this triad, the Sakti to the left of the altar being his goddess or female principle, Parvati. The inscription, which has been extremely well preserved, consists of fifty-six lines of about fifty-four letters each. Though the char¬ acters are Old Canarese, the language is Sans¬ krit. A copy of it will probably be found in the Elliot collection, as it is apparently the one alluded to by Elliot in the notes to his essay on inscriptions at Gaddak No. 2. The substance of it also has been given by Dr. Bhau Daji.* As, however, it is always desirable for pur¬ poses of comparison to obtain copies of inscrip¬ tions by different hands, and as Dr. Bhau DAji’s version is anything but correct in some of its details, a transliteration and a translation of this inscription are appended. The inscription relates to the Hoysala dynasty ofDvaravatipura, an offshoot of the Y A - (lava race, and gives the following genealogy:— Yadu. Hari (Krishna). Sala or Hoysala. Vinayaditya. Ereyanga. Balia ta. Vishnuvardhana. Udayaditya. Narasimha m. to Echaladcvi. I Viraballfila. The meaning of lines 8 and 9, in which the
- See Journal of the Bombay Branch of the R. Asiatic
Soc. vol. IX. p. 321; Ind. Ant. vol. I. p. 158.—Eo. sons of Ereyanga are mentioned, is not very certain. It seems pretty clear that he had three sons, but Udayaditya may be the eldest or the youngest of the three, according as we take the word udiydditya-paschimiu as a Tatpurusha or as a Bahuvrihi compound. I have followed Elliot in making him the young¬ est of the three, and I think that this view is borne out by the context. I am also aware that Narasimha and his successors are given by Elliot as the descendants of Udayaditya; but this is certainly not supported by the present inscription, which is clear enough on the point of Narasimha being the son of Vishnu¬ vardhana. The grant recorded in the inscription is made to the god Trik Cites varadeva in 6aka 1115+ (a.d. 1193), the Paridhiivi Samvatsara, by VI- raballaladeva, who, having wrested the country of Kuntala from the Yudava dyn¬ asty ofDcvagiri, had fixed upon Lokki- gundi, the modern Lakkundi,as his ca¬ pital. TRANSLITERATION OF GADDAK INSCRIPTION No. 2. Svasti || Trailokyam pAlyate yena sadayaih satva- (ttva)vpittinA | Sa devo YadusArddAlah Sripatih sreyasA i stu vah || f)evah samastasAmantama- stakanyastasasanah | AchamdrArkkam nripah pAyAdbhuvamambhodhimekhalAm || Asitkshitau kshatriyapumgavAnA[m] siroraanih SriyadunA- madheyah | YadanvavAye sa Harirdhdha(rdaha)- ritribhArAvatArArtthamajo pi jAtah || TadanvavAye bahavo babhftvurbhbhu(rbbhu)jodbhavA viSru- takirttibhAjah [ AdyApi loke charitAdbhutAni yeshAm purAneshu pathamti samtah || KAlakra- menAtba babhtiva kaSchinmahl-patistatra SalA- bhidhAnah | Kulasya kritvA vyapadesamanyam vismArito yena YadustadAdyah || KenApi bra(vra)- tipatinA svadevakAryyA sArdddlam grasitumupA- gatam ni-hantum | Adishtah &asakapurd sa Hoysaloti prApattam kila vinihatya Hoysalakhyam || Tatah prabhpiti tadvamse pravrittam HoysalA- khyayA | &arddftlascha dhvaja-syAsidaiiikah satru- bhayamkarah. || Apareshu cha tadrAjyam bhukta- vatsvatha rajasu | VinayAditya ityAsitkramaAah ppithivipatih || EreyamgAbhidhAno J bhAnnyipati- stasya cliAtmajah | GunairananyasAmAnyaih pra- khyAtah prithivitale || Atha tasyApi BallAlavish- nuvarddhananAmakau | AbhdtAmatmajanmAnAmu* + According to the original, “ eleven hundred and fourteen of tho year* of the era of tho 3aka king having elapsed
