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C w 3 According to the legend, Bijala calling in question the spiritual origin of Ndgaldmbikd' s pregnancy, she was delivered m presence of his whole court of a child resplendent with all the attributes of Siva, and whose divine nature was consequently fully proved and acknowledged. The incarnation of the Pranava was for the purpose of instructing Bdsa- va, or the incarnate Nandi, in the tenets of the Vi- rasaiva faith, the establishment of which is thus di- vided between the uncle and the nephew. Chenna Bdsava appears to have been more wholly a religi- ous character, although the secular authority of Bd- sava was most instrumental in the augmentation of the Jangama sect. By Virupaksha. X. — Chenna Bdswana Kdlajnydn. Palm leaves A prophetic account of the Beldl sovereigns who ruled at Dwdrasamudra and who were as follows. Hayasala Beldla Ray a — reigned 59 years from S. 906 to 965 or A. D. 1043. Vinaydditya Beldla to S. 995* or „ 1073 Yareydnga Beldla „ 1036 or „ 1114 Vishnu verddhana B. „ 1067 or „ 1145 Vijaya Narasinha B. „ 1 1 10 or „ 1 188 ViraBeltta „ 1155 or „ '1233 Vira Narasinha Deva „ 1 171 or „ 1249 Virasomeswara „ 1190 or „ 1268 Vira Narasinha „ 1230 or „ 1308