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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR.
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At Kudali are three temples of the great gods, all reckoned cele- CHAPTER
. . i- XVIII.
brated by the Brahmans, and alL accompanied-by miraculous tradi- k^^/^j
tions. The buildings are mean, and have the appearance of being Apm 4.
° L l ° Ihree ancient
ancient. The oldest, according to tradition, is that dedicated to temples.
Brahmbswara, one of the names of Siva. Many Yugams ago, it rose
spontaneously from the earth. In the same manner the second
sprang up three Yugams ago, and is dedicated to Narasingha, ope of
the incarnations of Vishnu. At this there is an inscription on stone,
but it is no longer legible. The third, compared with the others, is
modern, and was built by Rama only a few hundred thousand years
ago, and dedicated to Siva, under the name of Rameswara, in order\
to wash away the sin which Rama had incurred by killing TValli king
of Kiskinda, a place that is near Vijaya-nagara, and is now called by
the vulgar name of Humpay. This happened immediately after
Rama's return from Lanca, or Ceylon. When I tell the Brahmans:
here, that the English have now conquered this celebrated island,
they do not venture to call me a liar; but what they think is
evident.
At the temple of Rameswara are four inscriptions on stone, of Inscription*,
which one only is entirely legible. It is written in the Nagara cha-
racter, but in the Karnataca language intermixed with Sanskrit. A
copy of it in the character of Karnata has been delivered to the
Bengal government. Another, that is partly legible, is also in the
Nagara character. Two, that are in the character of Karnata, are
only legible in pa"rt. The one is dated in Cara Sal. 1214, in the
reign of Vira Narasingha Rdya Malta Ray a. Who this prince was I
cannot say. The date is 44 years before the foundation of Vijaya-
nagara, according to Ramuppas chronology. The other is in the
year of Sal. 1242 ; the Rajas name, however, is not legible.
5th April.—I went four cosses to Sahasiva-hully. I recrossed the April 5.
Tunga immediately above its junction with the Bhadra, where both ^.™^d,hadra
rivers are nearly of an equal size, and even at this season contain
considerable streams. The united rivers form the Tungabhadra,
mz
At Kudali are three temples of the great gods, all reckoned cele- CHAPTER
. . i- XVIII.
brated by the Brahmans, and alL accompanied-by miraculous tradi- k^^/^j
tions. The buildings are mean, and have the appearance of being Apm 4.
° L l ° Ihree ancient
ancient. The oldest, according to tradition, is that dedicated to temples.
Brahmbswara, one of the names of Siva. Many Yugams ago, it rose
spontaneously from the earth. In the same manner the second
sprang up three Yugams ago, and is dedicated to Narasingha, ope of
the incarnations of Vishnu. At this there is an inscription on stone,
but it is no longer legible. The third, compared with the others, is
modern, and was built by Rama only a few hundred thousand years
ago, and dedicated to Siva, under the name of Rameswara, in order\
to wash away the sin which Rama had incurred by killing TValli king
of Kiskinda, a place that is near Vijaya-nagara, and is now called by
the vulgar name of Humpay. This happened immediately after
Rama's return from Lanca, or Ceylon. When I tell the Brahmans:
here, that the English have now conquered this celebrated island,
they do not venture to call me a liar; but what they think is
evident.
At the temple of Rameswara are four inscriptions on stone, of Inscription*,
which one only is entirely legible. It is written in the Nagara cha-
racter, but in the Karnataca language intermixed with Sanskrit. A
copy of it in the character of Karnata has been delivered to the
Bengal government. Another, that is partly legible, is also in the
Nagara character. Two, that are in the character of Karnata, are
only legible in pa"rt. The one is dated in Cara Sal. 1214, in the
reign of Vira Narasingha Rdya Malta Ray a. Who this prince was I
cannot say. The date is 44 years before the foundation of Vijaya-
nagara, according to Ramuppas chronology. The other is in the
year of Sal. 1242 ; the Rajas name, however, is not legible.
5th April.—I went four cosses to Sahasiva-hully. I recrossed the April 5.
Tunga immediately above its junction with the Bhadra, where both ^.™^d,hadra
rivers are nearly of an equal size, and even at this season contain
considerable streams. The united rivers form the Tungabhadra,