Indian Antiquary Vol 02

SR No.: 032494
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jas Burgess
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 428
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 20 MB

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
(DECEMBER 1873.
ed together until the first watch of the night had "Oh, there is a young Rakshasa tied there." As soon passed away. At that time, according to previous As the kotwal heard that, he leaped out, and the arrangement, the councillor oame, and when he king seeing him thought, "Ho will eat me;" the knocked at the door the kotwdl asked the girl councillor thought, "He will eat me;" the prime who it was, and was very much frightened to hear minister thought, "He will eat me:" so they all, one it was the king's councillor, and asked where he after the other, ran away to their own houses, and could hide himself. She then smeared him all the kotwal also went to his house. When the over with molasses, and poured water on him, and king reached his palace, he ordered his generals covered the whole of his body with cotton wool and army to go to the house of the garland-maker and fastened him in the window. After that the and destroy the young RAkshasa : 80 they went councillor came in and sat down and began to and surrounded the house, but when the girl heard talk, and she gave him some milk and water, and of it she said, "It is only a tame young Rakshasa, so the second watch of the night passed. After and perfectly harmless;" so the generals and army that the king's prime minister came and knocked went away again. After that the king fetched his at the door, and the councillor asked the girl who son from the house of the garland-maker, and it was, and when she told him, he was exceedingly seeing that he was still mad he was very much alarmed and asked where he could hide. She told disturbed at it, and asked him what was the matter, him she had placed the kotrodl in the window and bat he merely replied, “This is where it w38; covered him with cotton wool, and made s fright- give it me." As soon as he said "Give it me," the ful object of him; and then she covered the coun- girl put the touchstone into his hands, and directly cillor with a mat and opened the door to the prime he received it he became well and anointed himminister. He came into the house and sat down on self with oil, and bathed and drank some sherbat. the stool, and, as before, the girl talked with him, After two days he was quite recovered, and the and so the third watch of the night passed away. girl told him the whole story of the loss and Then the king himself came and knocked at the recovery of the touchstone and sent him away door, and the prime minister inquired who it was, with it to his own house : so he gave the touchand as soon as he heard he was tery much fright- stone to his father, and his father gave it to the ened and asked where he could hide, as ho was priest; and the prince put his first wife and the in danger of his life : so the girl took him near the ko wd to death, and took Prannsins to his house frightful-looking kotrod and put him under | with great splendour, and the king gave his king. screen of bamboo, and then opened the door to dom to his son, and himself went to live as a hermit the king. The king chme in and talked to the in the woods. After some time the five brothers girl, and meantime the councillor from beneath of Pr&nnAsint came to the kingdom to search for his mat, and the prime minister from behind his their sister, and the king seized them, and, after screen, seeing the hideous form of the kohodl, be- having punished them well, made them promise came excessively frightened. Just at that moment not to live by robbery any longer, and gave them the king happened to be looking round on every some money and sent them away, and he himself side of the house, and seeing the kobod he said, governed his kingdom in peace for the rest of his "What is that fastened there p" the girl replied: life.
INSCRIPTIONS IN THE PAGODAS OF TIRUKURANGUDI, IN TINNEVELLI:
AND OF SUCHINDRAM, IN SOUTH TRAVANCORE.
BY HIS HIGHNESS RAMA VARMA, FIRST PRINCE OF TRAVANCORE. The following is an inscription in the Tamil The above may be translated thus " In the Grantha character on a large bell, about three year Bhavati (644) of the Koļamba era, king feet in diameter at the base, which hangs in Adityavarm, the ruler of Vañchi, the centre of the eastern colonnade of the large born in Visakha, who is a string of gems of Vaishnava Pagoda at Tirukurangudi :
virtues, and a master of all arts (kald), who श्रीमल्कोलम्बवर्षे भवति गुणमणिश्रेणिरादित्यवर्मा
adorns the Jayasinha dynasty, and who has atamaica: ART: PARTI
tained the sovereignty of Chiravaya Manda
lam (kingdom), hung up the bell which adorns T arquet for a 174: sigt
the gate of Murári (Vishna) enshrined in the मोद्यखानो मुरारेरधिगतचिरवा मण्डलेन्द्रोनरेन्द्रः॥ I rikuranga (Tirukurangadi) temple."
• The 16th asterism in the Hindu calendar.