Collection of Prakrit and Sanskrit Inscriptions

SR No.: 007577
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: P Piterson
Publisher: Bhavnagar Archiological Department
Total Pages: 322
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Catalogue
File Size: 8 MB

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VALABOI DYNASTY.
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as well as foes forcibly subdued, who had secured the good will (of the people) by glorious gifts, respectful treatment and politeness emanting from his power, who had obtained royal fortune by the force of the line of subordinate crowned-heads and whose line was not interrupted, was descended his grandson Guhasena, who had washed off all his sins luy bowing down at the lotus-like feet of (his) father and mother, who had shown his strength, his sword being his only friend, from infancy, by cutting down herds of mad elephants of the cocmies, the grcat brilliancy of the nails of whose foct was mixed with that of the jewels of the enemies' crowns bowed down by his prowess, to whom the word rdjd was agrccably applicable in its full scnse on account of his pleasing the hearts of his subjects by properly following the ways mentioned in all the Smritis, whosurpassed Kamadeva, the moon, the Himalayas, the oceans, Bphaspati and Kubera, in beauty, brilliancy, steadiness, deepness. intelligence and wealth respectively, who cast of his own ends like a straw in luing ever ready to give shelter to those who sought it, who plcascd the bearts of learned men, rektives and friends by giving them more than they desired, who was as it were a walking personi. fication of the joy of all the world, and vbo was a great (levotce of Sankara. His son was Sri Dharusena, who had wished off al bis sius in the waters of the Ganges of the rays proceeding from the nails of his father's fect, who was possessed of all good qualities, as if they were forcibly enticed to him by a desire for that greatness which was the source of the life of innumcrable friends who astonished all bearers of the bow by (his) natural strength and by his peculiar tact, who maintained all religious grants made by his predecessors, who averted all calamities distructive to his subjects, who was the common abode of Lakśmi and of Sarasvati, whose strength was clever in enjoying the wealth of his cnenies, snatched away from their side, who acquired purc royal fortune by bis prowess and who was a great devotee of Sankara ; he had a son called Sri Siladitya, who was a meditator on his father's feet, who filled all directions with the lustre of his most wonderful qualities picasant to the whole world, whose shoulders were brilliant with the clear lustre of numerous battles and with the lustre which accompanies a leader of armies, who bore the great burden of great desires, who though possessed of an intelligence highly purified by a knowledge of the higher and ordinary Vidyas was so placable as to be easily pleased with a good word from any one, who though possessed of a heart whose depth was impenetrable exhibited the most beneficent disposition by his many good deeds, whose fame spread all round by his walking on the way of the past kings of the Satyayuuga, who acquired the descriptive title of Dharmaditya for his cajoying wealth, happiness and greatness, all made more splendid by his never transgressing the limits of religious duty, and who was a great devotee of Sankara; he had a brother called Sri Kharagraha, who meditated
L. 9.
Aho I Shrutgyanam