________________ 58. Siri Sirivalakaha The mother of the prince (thereupon) revealed (her whole story thus :) " In the country named Anga there is a very famous and excellent city named Champa, unshaken by the enemies. (285) "There, there is a king (lit. the best of men) named Siharaha, who is like a lion to the elephants in the form of his enemies. He has a beloved named Kamalappaha, the young. er sister of the king of Kunkuna. (286) " She, who had no son, after a long time gave birth to a son who was betokened by an excellent dream, and who created delight in the hearts of all persons). (Then) he was reared up (with great fondness). (287) " Then the king (i.e. Siharaha) said (to her): " This our son is (i.e. will be) able to protect our goddess of royalty (rayalachhi') when she will be without its protector (i.e. when king Sibaraha will die ), therefore, let him be named Siripala (i.e. he was given the name Siripala ' or 'the protector of the goddess of royalty '). (288) " (Now), when that child Siripala became two years of age, the king (Siharaha, bis father) all of a sudden died due to the disease of rheumatism (Sala). (289)
