The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s15.95

c8.s15.95

At Kalyâna, there were two specially pious Lingâyats, named ‘Halleyaga’ and ‘Madhûveyya,’ whom Bijjala, in mere wantonness, caused to be blinded. Thereupon, says the Basava-Purâna,⁹ Basava;—himself leaving Kalyâna for a place named ‘Kudali-Sangamêshvara,’—deputed one of his followers, Jagaddêva, to slay the king. And Jagaddêva, with two unnamed friends, succeeded in making his way into the palace and accomplishing his errand,—stabbing the king even in the midst of his court. Civil war ensued. And, the news reaching Basava as he was journeying, he hastened on his way, and, reaching