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INSCRIPTION OF THE TIME OF THE YADAVA SIMGHANA. 345 the rulers of the earth, meditated solely on the lord of Lakshmi, (and) bent his thoughts on revering gods and Brahmans. Since in the qualities of bravery, generosity, discrimination and prowess none else was his equal, he obtained that title which had been gained by the foremost of the Påndavas,-the title of Dharmaraja."
(Vo. 11 and 12.) From him sprang a son, the illustrious Indraraja, of far-reaching intelligence (and) endowed with eminent prowess; a hero, whose head was fanned" by the wives of his enemies. And he had & son, gracious to the good, expert in teaching the wives of (hostile) feudatories the vow of widowhood, endowed with sterling qualities (and) a store-house of religious merit,-Govana, skilful as a rider of horses like Revanta, at whose sight the god of love, proud as he was of his beauty, left the body."
(13.) From the illustrious Govana, an ocean, as it were, containing countless jewels, sprang, a very Indra among the rulers of the earth, the illustrious Soïdeva, who spread the fame of bis religious merit, conquered the hosts of enemies, (and) adored Vasudeva;
(14.) A cage of adamant to shelter) those who sought his protection, always & brother to others' wives, in keeping the vow of truth a very Yudhishthira, (and) ever & fever of terror to the enemies' wives.
(15 and 16.) Since Soïdeva has gone to heaven, his younger brother rules here the country of the sixteen-hundred villages' with its forts and towns. May he, Hemadideva, the son of the illustrious Govana, whose thoughts are fixed on Nanda's gon," long live happily,-he who in liberality resembles the son of the Sun, (and) who in bravery is like Arjuna; that famous frontal ornament of the princes in Nikumbha's family, whose hand is a lion to the elephants of the enemies of the illustrious Simghaṇadeva!"
(17.) In the sandilya race was the king of poets Trivikrama. To him was born & son, named Bhaskarabhatta, on whom king Bhoja conferred the title of Vidy&pati.
(18.) From him was born Govinda, the omniscient, like unto Govinda; (and) be had a son, a second Sun, as it were, Prabhakara.
(19.) From him was born Manoratha, who fulfilled the desires of the good ; (and) from him, the illustrious Mahesvaracharya, the chief of poets.
(20.) His son was the illustrious Bhaskara, the learned, endowed with good fame and religious merit, the root (as it were) of the creeper-true knowledge of the Veda, (and) an omniscient seat of learning; whose feet were revered by crowds of poets, while his words were rendered perspicuous by the enemy of Kamsa, (and) with whose disciples no disputant anywhere was able to compete.
(21.) Bhaskara's son was Lakshmidhara, the chief of all sagen, who knew the meaning of the Veda, (and) who was the king of logicians (and) conversant with the essence of discussions on the subject of sacrificial rites.
(22.) Judging him to be well acquainted with the contents of all the Sastras, Jai. trapala took him away from this town and made him chief of the learned.
L... king of justice,' an epithet of Yudhishthira,
This is not the ordinary meaning of vid drita, but I see no other way of translating the word. • The original bus & play on the word Analga, 'the bodilew one,' which is one of the names of the god of love. .L.. Vishnu.
L. Karpe.
Or,' whose hand is to the enemies of the illustrious Singhnnndova what the lion is to clophanta.' "Le Vishpu-Kriabpe.
