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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
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The grant under notice belongs to the reign of Venkatapatidėvar sa-Mahiraya I. The venealogy of the third Vijayanagara dynasty is, as usual, traced from the Moon, thus:--
Moon.
Budha. Parūravas.
Ayu.
Nabusha.
Yayāti.
Paru.
(In his race) Bharata.
(In his race) Santana. (The fourth from him ) Vijaya (Arjana).
Abhimanyu.
Parikshit. (The eighth from him) Nanda.
(The ninth from him) Chalikka. (The seventh from him) Rajanarëndra. (The tenth from him) Bijjalēndra. (The third froin him) Vira Hemmāļiraya.
(The fourth from him) Tata-Pindama.
The regular genealogy begins from Tāta-Pinnama and runs as follows:
Tata-Pinnama.
Bomidēra.
Raghavadêra. Pindama, the Lord of Āravida.
Bukka, md. Ballambika. Ramaraja, md Lakkambika. Srirabgardja, md. Tiramalambika.
Ramaraja.
Tirumalariya, md. Vengalambi.
Venkatadri.
Srirangariya.
Venkatapatidėvariya. Somidēva of the above table is said to have taken seven forts from his enemies during the course of a day (V. 7). Pinnama is called the lord of Aravidu. His son Bukka is said to have established firmly Sāļava Nrisimha on the throne (V. 8). His son Rāmarāja, a great devotee of Vishnu, defeated Sapida and took the Avanigiri-durga, drove off Kisappodaya and
