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resembling a thunderbolt, the rock of the temples of the elephants of the enemy are split, and a goad to the wild animals-the enemye are present.'
“Who fiercely roared thus in the fight with King Ranasimha, 'o King Jagadekavira ! By your prowess I can conquer in a moment an enemy, even if he be Ravana, nis city Lanka, the citadel,
Irikuta, and the moat, the salty ocean'. : "To whom the celestial damsels.
bestowed the blessing.' we thirsted in many battles of this hero by our eagerness to embrace his neck, but now we have been satiated with the water of the edge of his sword. O victor of Rana-ranga-simha! live to the end of age."
He earned more than a dozen titles by his chivalorous deeds and his distinguished actions made him shine as the best of the commanders; but inspite of these martial deeds, Chamundaraya was a man of religious bent of mind. He was so calm, so steady and so undisturbed in mind that he is believed to have composed his "Chamundarayapurana" during the eventful moments of warfare - during his military comaigns against one of his 1. Rice Inscriptions at Shravanabelgola, p. 85.
