Indian Antiquary Vol 06

SR No.: 032498
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jas Burgess
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 458
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 21 MB

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[MARCH, 1877
favourite of the world, the Great King, the supreme king, the supreme Lord, Satya- sraya, who was possessed of the second name of Supreme Lord' acquired by defeating srl Harshavardhana, the warlike lord of all the country of the north ;-(was) Vikram - ditya, who,-borne by one horse of the breed called Chitrakanth ag, and having with his arm, that was like the coils of the serpent who sustains the burden of the earth, conquered those who were desirons of conquering him,-though many blows fell upon his armour, acquired for
with his pure and sharp and cruel sword that was irradiated by the elixir which consisted of tasting the blood of the hostile kings in the front ranks of many battles, the royalty of his father, which had been interrupted by a confederacy|l of three kings, and who, having effected the subordination of the whole king. dom to one (sovereign), reëstablished, by his own (word of) month, in order to increase his piety and fame, the grants which had been made to gods and Brahmans, but had been destroyed by those three reigns, and, having conquered the hostile kings in country after country in the van of war, without any impediment (made) the goddess of the fortunes of those of his lineage to possess the position of supreme lordship. And again, when he was conquered by the 'lord, Sri-Vallabha, who' trampled upon the fame of Narasimhat and etfecced the destruction of Mahendra prat åpa and surpassed even i śvara in the art of government, -he achieved the rain of the Palla v&s, and, thongh delighting much in KAichikat, which is, as it were, the wanton girdle of the woman who is the country of the south, he bears preeminently, the condition of being the favourite of the goddess of fortune. Having shoulders that delighted in war and were glorious and of great strength, he con
I Cf. No. XIII., Transcr., 1. 11, Vol. V., p. 70. $Sc., speckle-throated.'
Tritaya, a collection of three', denotes clearly some confederacy that was formed against Vikramaditya. Probably the reference is to the three kings of Chola, Pandya, and Kerala, who, as we learn from the inscriptions of Viday&ditya I., were conquered by Vikramaditya I. Or, the reference may be to the Trair&jya-Pallavas, 'the Pallavas, whose kingdom consists of three dominions', of Vinayadi. tya's inscriptions, who were conquered by Vinayaditya at the command of his father, Vikramaditya, and whose lead. er, previously overcome also by Vikramaditya himself, is described as having been "the cause of the humiliation of that family (of the Chalukyas) which was as pare as the rays of the moon."
T See note to line 20 of the text, as it stands in the original, the sentence is incomplete, being without a verb.
quered that family of mighty wrestlers|who were possessed of the title of Royal Wrestler.' By him, the ruler of the southern region, was Kaichi captured, the mighty abode of enmity that was hard to be surmounted and difficult to be borne, -which was girt about by a moat that was very deep and difficult to be crossed, and which was as it were the girdle of the sea-king Jaya tosvara.
He, Vikramaditya-Satyasra ya, the favourite of the world, the Great King, the supreme king, the supreme lord, who possesses the supreme sovereignty over all the countries of the world, which have been invaded by his prow. ess, thus issues his commands to all people :
"Be it known to you. The village of Chinta kuņtha, to the east of the village of Kandugu!, in the district of Kanna, has been given by us to Nandis vami, of the lineage of Kasya pa, who has attained the excellence of the supreme knowledge of the whole of the Vedanta by means of his manifold penances which comprise the Krichchhra and Atikrichchhra and Chandrdyana and other ascetic exercises. And half of a village each has been given to Santisarm of the lineage of Kas y apa, who celebrates the Soma sacrifice, and Adityasarma, of the lineage of Harita, who has studied the science of reasoning, and who celebrates the Sôm a sacrifice."
Twelve shares were given) to Agundubh o y ôpid disarma, and one to Dâmasarma, and one to Lo ha svå mi, of the Bharad v âja gôtra. One share was given) to Bhallas vê mi, and one to Bådi. sarma, and one to Pidisarma, of the Måndavya gôtra. One share was given to Nijubhôyð dôņa sarma, and one to Gandab h 0 y 0, of the Kasyap gôtra. In the whole village there are fifty shares.
. I do not know to what dynasties Sri-Vallabha and Mahendra prat&pa belong. From the context, Sri Vallabha may perhaps be a Pallava king.
# Whether the god or some king is alluded to, is not clear. I K oht, the capital of the Pallavas : Hoe No. XIII., Transcr., 1. 14, Vol. V., p. 70.
$ See note s to line 23 of the texty which is corrapt here.
What particular family is alluded to, is not clear. It was probably from this conquest that the Chalukyas came to assume, 48 secondary Dames, titles ending in malla, Yudhamalla, Abavamalla, Tribhuvanamalla, &c.
Pataraja, lit. the king of ships.' Who Jayattávars was, I do not know.
• See note it to l. 84 of the text.