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SOLANKI DYNASTY.
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beauty of a bright cloud, ever nourish your Lakshmi (wealth)-glances which are sluggish oving to the heaviness caused by enjoyment, which give a peculiar beauty to the body and which are as it were the flames of great conflagrations to the forest of the trees of poverty.
The temple of Somanátha here is like a finger of the earth raised up to point out as it were that this city, the like of which does not exist, belongs to Sankara.
... This city, the lotus on the face of the earth, the ornament of the cities of the world, the trcasure-house of all kinds of wealth, the favourite (place) of Siva stands above all near the sea, being created by the moon in former ages, to free herself as it were from the insuffcrable pain of consumption.
This beneficent place is inhabited by Brahmi-like men who perform sacrifices with due ceremonies, has the earth and the sky about it dark with smoke constantly issuing (fron sacrifices) and is the play-ground of the three Vedas. God Siva, who has the halt-inoon on his crest thinking that the invaluable city is for the best of Brahmans, gave it to sixty-four best Brahmaras of eight families for his own satisfaction.
The Vastrákula Gotra, which is the best and is like the Dag (of all the gotras) of the Sandilya family, is well-known. There was one Devayu of this Gotra, spotless as cotton, who was significantly called a Daivajza (as he knew the past and future).
IIc by whose blessing Mularaja enjoyed for a long time his kingdom of Analilapura void of all foes, putting to slight even the reign of Indra-he after killing the Kings gave the sovereignty with all good deeds to their sons.
His three sons Madhava, Lūla, and Bhabhi were like the three streams of the Ganges. They, who were adorned with fame, were placed in front by Mularaja as (the streams) by Bhagiratha.
King Mularaja, who was the head jewel of the Chalilukyas, caused to be made, through these three who were like Ayrisa (?), vdpis, wells, ponds, kotariis, monastries, temples, Sadavrilas (places where alms are daily given,) golden flags, arches, shops, towns, villages, and Parabos (places where water is freely given,) thus acquiring fame, wealth, and virtue.
When he marched, the canopy of the heaven (on the licad) became one unifornz umbrella being covered to its ends in all directions, with dust raised from the carth reduced to powder by the hoofs of his horses, and the sound of the bcating of his drums piercing cyen the cave-like ears of the clephants of the quarters, as also their rock-like teinples, pierced through the row of fun (mountains and kings),
Ahol Shrutgyanam
