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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
(Verse 37).-...... through (his) liking for distinguished qualities, having been properly tried, all were appointed by the king Sallakshanavarman ...... in offices suitable to wise, upright, and valiant men.
(88).---Then the lord] Sallakshanavarman ........., again, in the country of Antarvedt .........
(89).-..........:. utterly defeated by the excess of his heroism, were made to prostrate themselves at the feet of his master; having cleared the country of thorns (and) dissipated the fears of the subjects, he" in an unparalleled manner increased their treasure and power,
(40).-When the venerable Ananta, having abandoned his body in the waters of [the river of ] the gods and of the daughter of the Sun,' had attained to ..... supreme union with Brahman, he, considered the chastiser of the enemies (and) famous for his greatness, was eagerly appointed by the king Jayavarman, near his own person, in the office of Pratihdra.
(41).- And (being) a hereditary servant, born in a noble lineage, upright, of clear intellect, versed in sciences, tried by practice, eloquent, clever, resolute, expert in mounting elephants, horses and chariots, skilled in archery, [secret in council,) endowed with affection and other excellent qualities, (and) ......, he subsequently was appointed chief of the ministers by the illustrious king Přithvivarman.
(42). --Then sustaining the high office of minister, possessed of keen intelligence, he made the government of that king prosper in all its constituent parts, and so he did afterwards that of the king Madana. Having gradually reduced all princes to the state' of dependency by applying the six expedients" and so forth, each in due season, he made the king's) sovereignty over the earth characterized by a single umbrella."
(48).-...... able, ... endowed with manifold multitudes of excellencies, illustrious, not haughty, spoken of by people as GadAdhara "incarnate(?), ..... by his depth the ocean, by his understanding surpassing the preceptor [of the gods (?)],who [is there that has attained to] greater elevation P
(44).-He has his wife for the procreation of children and his sacred knowledge for the practice of good conduct; the Vedas serve him for the welfare of the earth, and his wealth he has for the benefit of all people. Inclined as his mind is to ........ people in consequence of his conduct indeed believe that with him the Kali age has oome to an end (2)
(46).-Since he has got for his sons Sridhara, Vidyadhara, and the rest, who by their excellent qualities surpass all people, he takes the lead of all family men.
(46).-Always anxious to engage in pious and beneficial acts and other good deeds, ho caused this edifice to be erected, endowed with...... in it there is here the god [Nárdyana (?)]; for the wealth of the great is employed in acts of piety.
(47).-Moreover, with his exceedingly pure wealth, he caused carefully to be built on the boundary of the village of Deddu, a tank, charming with its masonry of many
* I believe that the personage here spoken of in GadAdhara, one of the sons of Ananta. See verses 36 and 13.
Ni..., at the confluence of the Gangl sad Yamun. Compare verso 66 of No. IV of the insoriptions from Khajuraho, ante, p. 148.
17 Pesce, war, marobing, sitting encamped, dividing his forces, and seeking the support of a more powerful king. #1.., be made the king the one supreme ruler of the whole earth.
1..., the god Visbpa.
